Research Article

Tropomyosin Isoform Diversity in the Cynomolgus Monkey Heart and Skeletal Muscles Compared to Human Tissues

Table 2

Expression of transcripts of various sarcomeric TPMs in heart and skeletal muscles in human and nonhuman primate.

Isoform
Human heart
Monkey heartHuman skeletal musclesMonkey skeletal muscles

TPM1α1.95 × 10^10 ± 1.94 × 10^71.60 × 10^10 ± 6.04 × 10^61.73 × 10^10 ± 4.70 × 10^62.72 × 10^10 ± 6.80 × 10^7
TPM1κ1.57 × 10^8 ± 5.30 × 10^57.01 × 10^6 ± 8.90 × 10^32.32 × 10^6 ± 2.80 × 10^37.65 × 10^5 ± 6.98 × 10^2
TPM2α1.40 × 107 ± 9.40 × 10^19.00 × 10^6 ± 6.20 × 10^45.50 × 10^8 ± 4.90 × 109.60 × 10^7 ± 4.50 × 10^5
TPM3α1.60 × 107 ± 3.20 × 1031.40 × 10^6 ± 2.70 × 10^32.10 × 108 ± 1.90 × 10^45.26 × 10^7 ± 2.90 × 10^4
TPM4α7.70 × 10^3 ± 4.70 × 101.46 × 10^5 ± 1.50 × 10^21.03 × 10^4 ± 1.70 × 108.50 × 10^4 ± 4.00 × 10

cDNA from human and Cyn RNA were made with the same oligonucleotide(s) and amplified with the same primer pair.