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First, we carried out semi quantitative RT PCR experi ments to analyse the expression patterns of the Echino coccus insulin receptor genes in different larval stages. As shown in Figure 3A, emir1 and emir2 expression Janus キナーゼ 阻害剤 was detected in all larval stages that were responsive to host insulin. We also analysed the expression levels of both genes in available transcriptome data sets that were generated for gene annotation of the E. multilocularis genome project, According to these data, emir1 is about two to three fold higher expressed in Echinococ cus larvae than emir2, and both genes show the lowest expression levels in adult worms, For biochemical and histochemical investigations, we next produced specific antisera directed against the intracellular portions of EmIR1 and EmIR2, As shown in Figure 3B, the anti EmIR1 anti serum detected a band of approximately 150 kDa, the intensity of which increased upon treatment of para site lysate with B mercaptoethanol, as well as several lar ger bands around 195 kDa.<br><br> This pattern indicated that the 150 kDa band represents the EmIR1 B subunit, whereas the 195 kDa band are most likely B subunit dimers that are still connected by disulphide bridges. The actual molecular mass of the EmIR1 B subunit is higher than the calculated mass of the polypeptide, which is most probably due to post translational modification, such as glycosylation, as 価格 LDE225 has already been shown for insulin receptor B subunits of other organisms, including the human insulin recep tor, In the case of EmIR2, an intense band of 87 kDa was observed when immunoprecipitates were treated with 10% B mercaptoethanol, indicating that this is the EmIR2 B subunit, whereas in the presence of 1% B mercaptoethanol one large band was visible that, due to its size of 230 kDa, could represent an 2B2 tetra mer.<br><br> When total parasite lysate was probed with LY2157299 700874-72-2 the anti EmIR2 antiserum, a smaller band of approximately 60 kDa was detected alongside the 87 kDa band, which could be due to alternative processing of the EmIR2 B subunit, Interestingly, when we analysed the E.<br><br> multilocularis larval stages for the presence of EmIR1 in Western blot experiments, clear signals were obtained for protosco leces and metacestode vesicles but no signal was ob tained for primary cell cultures, In the case of EmIR2, on the other hand, signals were obtained for protoscoleces and primary cells, but only a very faint sig nal was seen in metacestode preparations, Since RT PCR and transcriptome data revealed the pres ence of emir1 transcripts in primary cell cultures and emir2 transcripts in metacestode vesicles, these results were unexpected and indicated that the ex pression of EmIR1 and EmIR2 in primary cell cultures and metacestode vesicles, respectively, might be subject to translational repression. Using the anti EmIR1 antiserum, we next investigated the localization of EmIR1 in Echinococcus larval stages by immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence and electron microscopy.