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Table 3 Real-time RT-PCR confirmation of microarray results

From: Gene expression alterations in brains of mice infected with three strains of scrapie

Encoded protein/gene

Symbol

Microarray fold change

RT-PCR fold change* (P value)

  

ME7

22L

RML

Ave.

ME7

22L

RML

Ave.

Diazepan binding inhibitor

Dbi

1.2

1.5

1.7

1.5

2.0 (0.021)

2.2 (0.009)

1.9 (0.026)

2.0 (0.001)

CD9 antigen

Cd9

1.3

1.9

1.5

1.6

2.9 (0.015)

4.2 (0.001)

3.7 (0.013)

3.6 (0.000)

CathepsinB

Ctsb

1.4

1.7

1.3

1.5

1.7 (0.019)

2.0 (0.003)

1.9 (0.009)

1.9 (0.011)

Chemokine (C-X3-C) receptor 1

Cx3cr1

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.3

1.8 (0.107)

3.2 (0.025)

2.0 (0.068)

2.4 (0.011)

Atpase, Na+/K+ transporting, beta 1

Atp1b

-1.6

-1.3

-1.2

-1.4

-1.3 (0.185)

-1.3 (0.195)

-1.3 (0.205)

-1.3 (0.02)

Glial fibrillary acidic protein

Gfap

4.9

11.7

4.3

6.3

11.6 (0.005)

14.6 (0.003)

12.3 (0.005)

12.8 (0.000)

Apolipoprotein E

Apoe

1.9

1.8

2.0

1.9

2.2 (0.005)

2.1 (0.013)

2.7 (0.086)

2.3 (0.002)

Glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Gapdh

NA

NA

NA

NA

-1.1 (0.619)

-1.0 (0.798)

-1.2 (0.445)

-1.1 (0.393)

Actin, beta, cytoplasmic

Actb

1.1

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.0 (0.829)

1.3 (0.275)

1.1 (0.693)

1.1 (0.352)

  1. NA, not available, Gapdh not represented on microarrays
  2. *Fold change for each strain was calculated by dividing the average mRNA level from the 2 infected animals by the average of the relative mRNA level of the two control animals.