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In situ hybridization histochemical techniques were used in an attempt to demonstrate atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) messenger RNA (mRNA) in the rat brain. A synthetic oligonucleotide derived from previously reported ANF cDNA sequence was used as a probe. Northern blot analysis of total RNA isolated from rat heart demonstrated that the oligonucleotide recognized a single species of RNA (0.9 kb), a size consistent with previous reports. Rat heart sections revealed dense accumulations of ANF mRNA in the cardiac atria and lesser densities in the ventricles. Rat brain sections hybridized with the same oligonucleotide did not label ANF mRNA accumulations in any neuronal cell bodies. A possible explanation for this latter observation is either sparcely distributed expressing neurons or low expression and high turnover of ANF mRNA in brain.
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Sutin, E.L., Montpied, P. & Jacobowitz, D.M. A synthetic oligonucleotide probe encoding for atrial natriuretic peptide detects specific mRNA transcripts in rat heart but not brain using in situ hybridization histochemistry. Histochemistry 93, 519–523 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266411
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