Table 1.
Comparisons of ratios of OT and VP mRNA and hnRNA values between male, virgin, pregnant, and lactating female rats
| Conditions | n | OT mRNA/OT mRNA* | OT hnRNA1/OT hnRNA1† | OT hnRNA2/OT hnRNA2‡ | OT hnRNA2/OT hnRNA1§ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Ratios of OT mRNA and hnRNA contents under various physiological conditions | ||||||||||
| Female control | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 831 | |||||
| Pregnant, 19 days | 5 | 1.12 | 0.54 | 0.88 | 1370 | |||||
| Lactating, 7 days | 4 | 3.56 | 4.64 | 1.7 | 305 | |||||
| Male control | 5 | 1.24 | 1.06 | 0.55 | 431 | |||||
| Conditions | n | VP mRNA/VP mRNA* | VP hnRNA1/VP hnRNA1† | VP hnRNA2/VP hnRNA2‡ | VP hnRNA1/VP hnRNA2§ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Ratios of VP mRNA and hnRNA content under various physiological conditions | ||||||||||
| Female control | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.86 | |||||
| Pregnant, 19 days | 5 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.25 | 8.04 | |||||
| Lactating, 7 days | 4 | 2.37 | 3.60 | 3.62 | 8.81 | |||||
| Male control | 5 | 1.30 | 1.59 | 1.28 | 11.0 | |||||
*
Ratios compared with oxytocin (OT) mRNA (in A) or vasopressin (VP) mRNA (in B) in the female controls (whose ratio equals one).
†
Ratios compared with OT heteronuclear (hn) RNA1 (in A) or VP hnRNA1 (in B) from the female control (whose ratio equals one).
‡
Ratios compared with OT hnRNA2 (in A) or VP hnRNA2 (in B) from the female control (whose ratio equals one).
§
Ratios of ratios of OT hnRNA2 compared with OT hnRNA1(in A) or VP hnRNA2 compared VP hnRNA1 (in B) in the group of animals under the same physiological condition.