Figure 5.
Relative amounts of HSP25 and HSP27 in both pancreas and isolated islets from WT and HSP27TG mice. A, In the pancreas of HSP27TG mice, there was a 6.5-fold increment in native HSP25 and a 6.0-fold increment in the HSP27 transgene. B, Quantified by relative RT-PCR, pancreatic mRNA levels for HSP25 corrected for ribosomal 18S mRNA in the WT and HSP27TG mice were similar. C, In islets of HSP27TG mice, the amount of HSP25 and HSP27 was approximately 8.2- and 10.5-fold the amount of HSP25 in WT, respectively. Total HSP25 plus 27 in the TG mouse islets was 18.7-fold the amount of HSP25 in WT (P < 0.01). D, Real-time PCR performed in islets showed similar native HSP25 mRNA expression in both WT and HSP27TG mice.