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Gene Expression of Aromatic l‐Amino Acid Decarboxylase in Cultured Rat Glial Cells
Author(s) -
Li XinMin,
Juorio Augusto V.,
Paterson I. Alick,
Walz Wolfgang,
Zhu MengYang,
Boulton Alan A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1992.tb08363.x
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , aromatic l amino acid decarboxylase , messenger rna , complementary dna , biology , northern blot , astrocyte , gene expression , rna , cdna library , neuroglia , enzyme , gene , biochemistry , endocrinology , central nervous system
Northern blot hybridization was performed to detect aromatic L‐amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) mRNA in primary cultures of astrocytes and C6 glioma cells. The cDNA probe for rat AADC was generated by reverse transcription from rat adrenal gland total RNA and was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction method. AADC mRNA from cultured astrocytes and C6 glioma cells was present as a single band, 2.2 kbp in size, that comigrated with the RNA from rat kidney. Western immunoblot showed a single protein band at 52 kDa for AADC enzyme protein. These findings demonstrate that AADC is expressed in rat glial cells.