Figure 1.
Distribution of amino acid receptors mRNAs along the rainbow trout GIT. For (a–e), quantitative analysis of mRNA abundance was performed by RT-qPCR considering actb and ee1af1α as reference genes. Data are expressed as mean + SEM (n = 6), relative to the tissue with the lowest mRNA abundance. For all genes, one sample from each tissue was run on a 1.5% agarose gel and representative bands are shown; please refer to Supplementary Fig. S1 for entire gels. Ant. middle int., anterior middle intestine; casr, calcium-sensing receptor; gprc6a, Dist. int., distal intestine; G protein-coupled receptor family C group 6 member A; grm4, metabotropic glutamate receptor 4; Interm. middle int., intermediate middle intestine; Post. middle int., posterior middle intestine; Prox. int., proximal intestine; tas1r1, tas1r2a, tas1r2b, tas1r3, taste receptor 1 family member 1, 2a, 2b, and 3.