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. 2013 Sep 19;592(Pt 5):881–897. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.259622

Table 3.

Organ/tissue distribution of PEPT1 mRNA in teleost fish (with emphasis on the localization along the post-gastric intestinal tract)

Description Order Species GenBank Acc. No. Organ/tissue distribution Distribution along the (post-gastric) intestinal tract Assay(s) References
PEPT1B Cypriniformes Zebrafish (Danio rerio) NM_198064.1 Intestine >> spleen > kidney (adult) Proximal intestine (intestinal bulb) (larva) Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and in situ hybridization Verri et al. 1993a
PEPT1B Cypriniformes Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon. idella) JN088166.1 Intestine >> Muscle > kidney = heart = liver > spleen Foregut >>> midgut > hindgut (juvenile) Quantitative real-time PCR Liu et al. 2012
PEPT1B Cypriniformes Asian weatherloach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) DQ668370.1 Heart > liver Anterior zone of the foregut > posterior zone of the foregut > midgut (adult) RT-PCR Gonçalves et al. 2011
PEPT1B Salmoniformes Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) NM_001146682.1 Intestine >>> Brain > belly flap = skin = heart > eye = ovary > others (juvenile) Pyloric ceca > midgut > hindgut (juvenile) Quantitative real-time PCR Rønnestad et al. 1998
PEPT1B Salmoniformes Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Pyloric ceca > midgut > hindgut (juvenile) Quantitative real-time PCR Kamalam et al. 2004
PEPT1B Gadiformes Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) AY921634.1 Intestine >> kidney = spleen (adult) Midgut = hindgut (larva) S2 = S3 = S4 = S5 = S6 = S7 ≥ S8 ≥ S9 > S10 (S2, pyloric area; S3, pyloric ceca (inner segments); S4, pyloric ceca (outer segments); S5-S10, six adjacent segments in the remainder of the intestine, starting after the pyloric ceca (S5) and ending with the anus (S10) – based on divisions of the three loops present in the dissected gut. The last segment also comprises the hindgut) (adult) S1 = S2 = S3 > S4 > S5 (S1, pyloric ceca; S2–S5, equally long parts from the remainder of the intestine) (juvenile) Quantitative real-time-PCR Semi-quantitative RT-PCR Quantitative real-time-PCR Amberg et al. 2013 Rønnestad et al. 2013 Bakke et al. 2004
PEPT1A Cyprinodontiformes Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus) JN615008.1 Anterior intestine = posterior intestine (adult) Quantitative real-time PCR Koven & Schulte 2001
PEPT1B Cyprinodontiformes Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus) JN615007.1 Anterior intestine = posterior intestine (adult) Quantitative real-time PCR Koven & Schulte 2001
PEPT1B Perciformes European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) FJ237043.2 Intestine >>> gills >brain > heart > liver > spleen > muscle > ovary (adult) Pyloric ceca ≤ intestinal segment (IS) 1 < IS2 > IS3 (segments 1–3 approx. correspond to the first 3 cm) > IS4 > IS5 > IS6 > IS7 > IS8 > IS9 > IS10 >> rectum (adult) Quantitative real-time-PCR Terova et al. 2005
PEPT1B Perciformes Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) GU733710.1 Intestine >>> brain > muscle > spleen (adult) Intestinal segment (IS) 1 = IS2 > IS3 (segments 1–3 approx. correspond to the first 3 cm) > IS4 > IS5 > IS6 > IS7 (adult) Quantitative real-time-PCR Terova et al. 1999
PEPT1B Perciformes Antarctic icefish (Chionodraco hamatus) AY170828.2 Intestine >>> kidney >>> brain (adult) Intestine, no regions specified (adult) Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and real-time PCR Rizzello et al. 2011