Table 1.

RT-PCR gene-specific primers

OligoSpecificitySequencePositionTa(°C) Predicted product size (bp)
Trp1-1Rat Trp15′-CGTAAGCCCACCTGTAAGAAGATAA-3′1003–10271-a53.5373
Trp1-2Rat Trp15′-CCAAGTAAAGGGAATTCATAACAAAG-3′1350–13751-a
Trp2-1Rat Trp25′-AGCCAGCGGTAGTGCGTCGTCT-3′369–3901-b60.8413
Trp2-2Rat Trp25′-CTTAAACTCAGGCTCCTTCCGTGCA-3′757–7811-b
Trp3-1Rat Trp35′-TGTAACTATGGTGGTCGTTCTGCTCA-3′45–701-c55.2363
Trp3-2Mouse Trp35′-TGATATCGTGTTGGCTGATTGAGAAT-3′2266–22911-d
Trp4-1Rat Trp45′-CCTACTTGAATGCCGTGGAAAAG-3′220–2421-e56.3343
Trp4-2Rat Trp45′-AAGATGATAGGCGTGATGTCTGG-3′540–5621-e
Trp5-1Rat Trp55′-AGTTTGTGGGAGCTACTATGTTTGG-3′23–471-f54.9431
Trp5-2Mouse Trp55′-TTCTTCTGTTAGCCCCTCATTTGTT-3′2601–26251-g
Trp6-1Rat Trp65′-TCTTTCTGAAGTGAAGTCGGTGGTCA-3′33–581-h55.1465
Trp6-2Mouse Trp65′-CTCCTTGTACTTGATTGTTTGTTGTGTGC-3′2344–23721-i
Trp7-1Mouse Trp75′-GCAAAGTACAACCCAGCGTTTACCAC-3′1913–19381-j57.2558
Trp7-2Mouse Trp75′-CACGTATCTCTTTATGAGCCGCTTCA-3′2445–24701-j
  • a–jPrimer positions are given as the nucleotide sequences for the available rat or mouse transient receptor potential protein (Trp) cDNA with the following GenBank accession numbers:

  • F1-a AF061266,rattus norvegicus Trp1 mRNA;

  • F1-b AF136401, rattus norvegicus Trp2 mRNA;

  • F1-c AF061875 rattus norvegicusTrp3 mRNA;

  • F1-d AF190645 mus musculusTrp3 mRNA;

  • F1-e AB008889, rattus norvegicus Trp4 mRNA;

  • F1-f AF061876,rattus norvegicus Trp5 mRNA;

  • F1-g AF060107, mus musculus Trp5 mRNA;

  • F1-h AF061877, rattus norvegicus Trp6 mRNA;

  • F1-i AF057748m mus musculus Trp6;

  • F1-j AF139923, mus musculus Trp7 mRNA.