Real-time qPCR for TRF2 was carried out as described previously (Wang
et al., 2013 (
link)). Briefly, total RNAs were isolated using
QIAGEN RNeasy Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) and reverse-transcribed using the
iScript cDNA Synthesis Kit (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). GAPDH was used as internal control for normalization. For miR-23a, total RNAs were isolated using
Trizol (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and reverse-transcribed using
ReverTra-Ace-α-Transcriptase (TOYOBO, Japan). U6 small nuclear RNAs were used as an internal control for normalization. All qPCRs were performed using
SYBR green master mix (Applied Biosystems, USA) on Applied Biosystems
One-step-plus system.
The primers for miR-23a and U6 were purchased from Ribobio, Guangzhou, China.
The TRF2 primers are TRF2-forward (5′- CCCAAGAACAAGCGCATGAC-3′) and TRF2-reverse (5′-GGGTTGGTTGAGAACGGTGG-3′). The GAPDH primers are GAPDH-forward (5′-GGAGCGAGATCCCTCCAAAAT-3′) and GAPDH-reverse (5′-GGCTGTTGTCATACTTCTCATGG-3′).
The TRF2 3′UTR qPCR primers for RNA pull-down are TRF2 3′UTR-forward (5′- CCAGGTTGATGACAGACCAG-3′) and TRF2 3′UTR-reverse (5′-AGATGTTGACAGCAAATGCC-3′).
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