Real-time quantitative PCR analysis of the expression of cytoskeleton regulator genes in 2 week old male MeCP2 A140V mutant mouse brain cortex. Mus musculus

The goal of this study was to identify brain cortex gene expression differences between mutant MeCP2 A140V mice and their wild type littermates.The PCR array used for these experiments was the Mouse Cytoskeleton Regulators Array (Catalog# PAMM-088A) from SABiosciences. Mice used in this study were 2 week old males. Overall design: Total RNA was extracted from the somatosensory/motor cortex of 2 week old male MeCP2 A140V hemizygous mutant mice and their wild type littermates. For this study, cortical tissue from 3 mice of each genotype was used and RNA from the cortex of each mouse was analyzed separately (ie., triplicate biological replicates). The RNA was purified to remove genomic DNA and was then reverse transcribed for use in quantitative RT-PCR analysis of gene expression using the SABiosciences RT2 profiler PCR array system. The PCR array used for these experiments was the Mouse Cytoskeleton Regulators Array (Catalog# PAMM-088A).