U266 cells according to the TRIzol manufacturer’s protocol (InvitrogenTM, USA). A total of
2000 ng of RNA was reverse transcribed using specific miRNA stem-loop primers from Qiagen
for miR-19a to generate cDNA using a Hyperscript Reverse Transcriptase First-strand
Synthesis kit (GeneAll Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Korea). Snord47 was used as the internal
control for normalization of miRNA expression. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain
reaction (qRT-PCR) was performed with a SYBR® Premix Ex Taq™ miRNA RT-qPCR Detection Kit
(Takara, USA, cat. no. RR820Q) using a Qiagen Rotor-Gene Q 5PLEX HRM Real-Time PCR. Table
1 shows the primer sequences used in this experiment. The PCR program cycling parameters
were: 95˚C for 15 seconds, 58˚C for 30 seconds, and 72˚C for 30 seconds for 45 cycles.
Data analysis was done by 2-ΔΔCT to calculate the fold change for relative
miR-19a expression compared to the untreated control.