Eric L Gustafson, Maureen Maguire, Marilena Campanella, Glauco Tarozzo, Yuping Jia, Xiao-Wei Dong, Maureen Laverty, Nicholas Murgolo, Tony Priestley, Angelo Reggiani, Frederick Monsma, Massimo Beltramo
The mas-related gene (Mrg) family is a large family of G-protein-coupled receptors which are variable in number depending on species. The so-called sensory-neuron-specific receptors (SNSRs) make up a subset of the Mrg family, and several of these have been implicated in nociceptive processes. To verify their specific localization in sensory ganglia, we have determined the expression patterns of two of them, rMrgA and rMrgC, in a panel of rat tissues. The quantitative PCR results in the rat tissue panel indicate that, while several non-neuronal tissues contain significant levels of mRNA for both receptors, these two receptors are most highly expressed in dorsal root ganglia and trigeminal ganglia...
December 7, 2005: Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research