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  • Title: Developmental and regional changes of cholecystokinin mRNA in rat brains.
    Author: Hasegawa M, Usui H, Araki K, Kuwano R, Takahashi Y.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 1986 Jan 06; 194(2):224-6. PubMed ID: 3940896.
    Abstract:
    Since the nucleotide sequence of cholecystokinin (CCK) cDNA was found in the rat gene, we applied cDNA to quantitate the CCK mRNA. The size of the mRNA for a CCK precursor was 850 nucleotides in length using brain cytoplasmic RNA. There were no bands except CCK mRNA by Northern blot analysis. We also examined the developmental changes and regional distribution of CCK mRNA in rat brains by dot-blot and gel-blot hybridization using CCK cDNA as a probe. CCK mRNA was barely detectable in the fetal brain, but started to increase postnatally and attained the plateau level after 20-30 days. Further, the level of CCK mRNA was highest in the frontal cortex, followed by those of the hippocampus and striatum. The cerebellum contained only negligible CCK mRNA. These results are in agreement with those of CCK concentration in the corresponding brain areas and suggest a transcriptional control of CCK concentration.
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