RNAiso Plus (TaKaRa Biotech, Dalian, China) was used to extract total RNA from frozen kidney tissues and HK-2 cells according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer. Subsequently, the
PrimeScript™ RT Reagent Kit (TaKaRa Biotech) was used for reverse transcription into cDNA. In all PCR experiments, the expression of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase was used as the internal reference. The qRT-PCR analysis was performed using the
ABI ViiA7DX System (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). The following qRT-PCR primers for the specific target genes (listed below) were designed and synthesized by TaKaRa Biotech:
R-Dot1l: 5‘-TGACCGCACCATACTTGAAAACTA-3ʹ(F)
5‘-GGCTCTTCTTGGACTTGCGAT-3ʹ(R);
R -β-actin: 5‘-TGCTATGTTGCCCTAGACTTCG-3ʹ(F)
5‘-GTTGGCATAGAGGTCTTTACGG-3ʹ(R);
H-α-SMA: 5‘-CCTATCCCCGGGACTAAGAC-3ʹ(F), 5‘-CCATCACCCCCTGATGTCTG-3ʹ(R);
H-Vimentin: 5‘-GGAGGAGATGCTTCAGAGAGAG-3ʹ(F), 5‘-GGATTTCCTCTTCGTGGAGTTTC-3ʹ(R);
H-Fibronectin: 5‘-GCCGAATGTAGGACAAGAAGC-3ʹ(F),
5‘- AAGCACGAGTCATCCGTAGGT-3ʹ(R);
H-β-actin: 5‘-CACCCAGCACAATGAAGATCAAGAT-3ʹ(F), 5‘-CCAGTTTTTAAATCCTGAGTCAAGC-3ʹ(R);
Routine qRT-PCR was performed as follows: 94°C for 3 mins, followed by 30 cycles (25 cycles for β-actin) at 94°C for 30 s, 55°C for 30 s, and 72°C for 1 min.
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