The superior right lobe was excised and total RNA was extracted using
Tri Reagent solution (Invitrogen, CA, USA) from tissue homogenates. Following
DNase treatment (Invitrogen, CA, USA), reverse transcription was performed using
M-MLV reverse transcription enzyme (Invitrogen, CA, USA) and
random primers (Invitrogen, CA, USA). Quantitative real-time PCR was performed with
SYBR green (Applied Biosystem) using the following primers:
Mouse
CCL2: forward 5′-CCAACTCTCACTGAAGCCAGCTCT-3′
reverse 5′-TCAGCACAGACCTCTCTCTTGAGC-3′
Mouse
CCL7: forward 5′-GCTTCTGTGCCTGCTGCTCATA-3′
reverse 5′-CATAGCAGCATGTGGATGCATTG-3′
Mouse
CCL20: forward 5′-CGACTGTTGCCTCTCGTACA-3′
reverse 5′-AGGAGGTTCACAGCCCTTTT-3′
Mouse
G-CSF: forward 5′-ACTCAGGGAAGCCTTCGG-3′
reverse 5′-GCAAGTGAGGAAGATCCAGG-3′
Mouse
M-CSF: forward 5′-GGTAGTGGTGGATGTTCCCA-3′
reverse 5′-CCAGGATGAGGACAGACAGG-3′
Mouse
HPRT: forward 5′-AGGCCAGACTTTGTTGGATTTGAA-3′
reverse 5′-CAACTTGCGCTCATCTTAGGCTTT-3′
Gene expression was normalized relative to the housekeeping gene HPRT and expressed as a fold change relative to uninfected mice using the 2
−ΔΔCt formula.
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