Total RNA from each tissue was extracted using
TRIzol (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) or
TRIsure reagent (Bioline, Luckenwalde, Germany). Total RNA of ovine testis and adrenal was purchased from Zyagnen (San Diego, CA, USA). RT-PCR was performed as described [24 (
link),25 (
link),26 (
link)]. The cDNA was synthesized from total RNA of each tissue using random hexamers and
SuperScript III Reverse Transcriptase (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). PCR was performed using
Ex Taq (Takara Bio Inc., Shiga, Japan), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The reaction products of the RT-PCR assay were subjected to electrophoresis in a 1.25% agar gel, and the resulting bands were visualized by staining with ethidium bromide. The primers used for PCR are described in
Table S1. To identify the ORF of ovine HSD17B3, the PCR product obtained using testis cDNA as template was cloned into the
pGEM-T Easy Vector (Promega Cooperation, Madison, Woods Hollow Road Madison, WI, USA) and sequenced on an
ABI PRISM 3500 Genetic Analyzer with a Big-Dye Sequencing Kit version 3.1 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA), using universal primers (SP6 and T7).
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