目前基因表达的转录分析多采用单一或多个看家基因作为内参来校正目的基因的表达量。该实验以鳜鱼6个不同组织和5个不同胚胎发育阶段为研究对象,应用实时荧光定量PCR技术,观察了GAPDH、β-actin和18SrRNA三个看家基因mRNA水平的表达情况。geNorm统计分析表明,胚胎发育阶段β-actin表达最为稳定;不同的组织样品间,GAPDH表达最为稳定;而18SrRNA的表达在不同的发育阶段不稳定。当利用多基因作为内参时,使用两个最稳定表达的看家基因即可对目的基因的表达进行准确校正。该结果证实了基因表达转录分析中内参基因选择的必要性,同时为鳜鱼等鱼类基因表达分析时内参基因的选择提供有价值的参考。
At present, transcription analysis of gene expression commonly uses housekeeping genes as control for normalization. In this study, the expression levels of three housekeeping genes including GAPDH, β-actin, and 18S rRNA in six tissues and five developmental stages of the Mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi were assayed with quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Differences in expression levels were analyzed using geNorm program. The results demonstrate that β-actin is the most stable gene at developmental stages and GAPDH is the most stable in different tissues. While 18S rRNA expression during development is differentially regulated, which indicates it is suitable as an internal control for gene expression normalization at the developmental level. Overall, the data suggest that the two most stable housekeeping genes are enough to accurately calibrate gene expression in S. chuatsi. The significance of this study provided convincing references and methodology for housekeeping gene selection and normalization in gene expression analysis with regular PCR or qPCR.