Figure 1.
Quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis of mRNA for the receptor types GPR92, GPRC6A, and CaSR in the murine gastric antrum from normal fed mice. (A) The relative expression levels of the three receptor types in the antral mucosa from five different mice. In all cases the results indicate the highest expression rates for the peptone-receptor GPR92.(B) Mean transcript levels of GPR92, GPRC6A and CaSR from A1-A5 shown in (A). The values for GPR92 are 4.6-fold higher than those for GPRC6A (P = 0.004) and 8.1-fold higher than for CaSR (P = 0.0003). Ribosomal protein L8 (RpL8) was used as an internal control. Relative expression was calculated using the formula: ΔCt = ECt(target)−Ct(reference) with corresponding efficiencies (EGPR92: 1.988, EGPRC6A: 1.967 and ECaSR: 1.965). Data are generated in triplicate are expressed as mean ± SD with n = 5 mice. Statistically significant results determined by the unpaired t-test (***P = 0.001).