For mRNA gene expression, 1 μg of purified RNA was reverse-transcribed with
OneScript® cDNA Synthesis Kit (Applied Biological Materials Inc., Canada) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. qPCR reactions were conducted in a
Rotor Gene Q 5plex HRM apparatus (Qiagen, Germany) in a 10 μl total reaction volume using
TB Green Premix Ex Taq II (Clontech Laboratories, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Each reaction was run in triplicate and always included a no-template control. The mRNA expression of the genes of interest was calculated using
GAPDH as the reference gene.
mRNA expression levels were analysed by the 2
−ΔCt method. The value of the relative expression of the genes of interest is given as mean ± standard deviation (SD) of three independent experiments.
The primers sequences (written 5ʹ-3ʹ) were: p16, Fw: CATAGATGCCGCGGAAGGT, Rv: CTAAGTTTCCCGAGGTTTCTCAGA; IL-1β, Fw: CCAGCTACGAATCTCCGACC, Rv: TGGGGTGGAAAGGTTTGGA; IL-6, Fw: CCAGCTACGAATCTCCGACC, Rv: CATGGCCACAACAATGACG; IL-8, Fw: TCTGCAGCTCTGTGTGTGAAGG, Rv: TGGGGTGGAAAGGTTTGGA; β-actin, Fw: TGCTATCCCTGTACGCCTCT, Rv: GTGGTGGTGAAGCTGTAGCC; DNMT1, Fw: AGAACGCCTTTAAGCGCCG; Rv: CCGTCCACTGCCACCAAAT; SIRT1, Fw: AGGCCACGGATAGGTCCATA; Rv: GTGGAGGTATTGTTTCCGGC. Primer concentration was 200 nM.
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