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Analysis and in situ detection of cholecalcin messenger RNA (9000 Mr CaBP) in the uterus of the pregnant rat

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The molecular cloning of a cDNA fragment synthesised from rat duodenal mRNA coding for cholecalcin (calbindin), a 9000 Mr vitamin D-induced calcium-binding protein (CaBP), has been previously described. DNA/RNA hybridisation assays have been used to examine CaBP mRNA production in the uterine horns and duodena of pregnant (21 day) rats using the cloned CaBP cDNA. Northern hybridisation studies showed that the 32P cDNA sequence hybridised to a single 500–600 nucleotide species in both the uterus and the duodenum, thus demonstrating identical CaBP mRNA processing in both tissues. Dot blot hybridisation studies showed that the CaBP mRNA concentration was greatest in the duodenum while that of the uterine horns was about 10% of the duodenal level. The observed differences in CaBP mRNA levels correlate well with the in vivo CaBP concentrations. In situ hybridisation histochemistry using 3H cDNA revealed that CaBP mRNA visualised by silver grains was found in all the parts of the endometrium and the myometrium. However, CaBP mRNA was more concentrated in the outer and inner muscular fibres and in the luminal cells of the endometrium than in the stroma cells. These results demonstrate that the CaBP gene is expressed in specific cells of the rat uterus.

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    Maryvonne Warembourg

  2. INSERM —Unité 120, Le Vesinet, France

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Warembourg, M., Perret, C. & Thomasset, M. Analysis and in situ detection of cholecalcin messenger RNA (9000 Mr CaBP) in the uterus of the pregnant rat. Cell Tissue Res. 247, 51–57 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216546

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