Figure 1

Carbonic anhydrase mRNA in human hearts. mRNA, isolated from adult human heart ventricles, or human brain cortex was reverse transcribed, and the resulting cDNA was used as template for PCR (Additional file 1: Table S1). A, RT-PCR analysis of the expression levels of mRNA encoding carbonic anhydrase II, IV, and XIV, and encoding hypertrophic markers ANP, and BNP, in adult human ventricle, and adult human brain cortex. PCR products were analyzed on 1% agarose-ethidium bromide gels. B, mRNA expression was quantified from ventricles of non-hypertrophic human ventricles (black bars), hypertrophic human ventricles (grey bars), or failing human ventricles (white bars), using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. Data were corrected for individual variation with GAPDH standard curves, expressed as cycle threshold. ^*P < 0.05 compared to non-hypertrophic ventricle, Paired T-test; ^†P < 0.05 compared to mild/moderate hypertrophic or dilated ventricle, one-way ANOVA followed by Newman-Keuls Multiple Comparison Test. C, cycle threshold values of different genes corrected for individual variation with GAPDH, of right and left failing ventricles.