Table 3.

mRNA expression of selected ion channels in mouse sMAs

Gene name (protein name)	Young WT (8–17 weeks)	Adult WT (28–56 weeks)	Young KO (8–17 weeks)	Adult KO (28–56 weeks)
Kcnma1 (BKCa α1)	0.036 ± 0.002	0.040 ± 0.005	0.032 ± 0.004	0.035 ± 0.003
Kcnmb1 (BKCa β1)	19.35 ± 0.63	20.84 ± 0.70	15.96 ± 1.14	18.98 ± 0.42
Cacna1c (CaV1.2)	0.241 ± 0.012	0.286 ± 0.020	0.235 ± 0.025	0.224 ± 0.016
Cacna1a (CaV2.1)	0.022 ± 0.002	0.022 ± 0.001	0.023 ± 0.002	0.026 ± 0.003
Cacna1g (CaV3.1)	0.072 ± 0.007	0.030 ± 0.003 ***	0.053 ± 0.006	0.038 ± 0.003
Cacna1h (CaV3.2)	0.151 ± 0.017	0.118 ± 0.013	−	−
Trpc1 (TRPC1)	0.100 ± 0.008	0.143 ± 0.011	0.110 ± 0.006	0.136 ± 0.009
Trpc3 (TRPC3)	0.078 ± 0.007	0.086 ± 0.011	0.061 ± 0.007	0.077 ± 0.009
Trpc6 (TRPC6)	0.131 ± 0.010	0.146 ± 0.013	0.163 ± 0.015	0.164 ± 0.013

^*** P < 0.001 in young vs. adult WT.