Total RNA was isolated from whole zebrafish embryos using QIAzol Lysis Reagent (Cat. No. 79306; Qiagen, Venlo, Netherlands). The RT reaction was performed with 300 ng of total RNA prepared from each sample using an Omniscript RT Kit (Ca. No. 205111; Qiagen) with a mixture of oligo(dT) and random primers. The RT product (1 µL) was subjected to PCR amplification (15 µL) using a Taq PCR Core Kit (Ca. No. 201223; Qiagen) in a standard thermal cycler
PC707 (ASTEC, Fukuoka, Japan). Thermal cycling conditions were as follows: 94 °C for 30 s, 53 °C for 30 s, and 72 °C for 60 s.
The following primers were used: vegfaa, fwd 5'-CTCCTCCATCTGTCTGCTGTAAAG-3' and rev 5'-CTCTCTGAGCAAGGCTCACAG-3' (29 cycles, product size: 490 bp); nos2a, fwd 5'-GTGTTCCCTC AGAGAACAGAT-3' and rev 5'-GATCAGTCCTTTGAAGCTGAC-3' (35 cycles, product size: 822 bp); and elfa, fwd 5'-CTTCTCAGGCTGACTGTGC-3' and rev 5'-CCGCTAGCATTACCCTCC-3' (29 cycles, product size: 358 bp). PCR products were separated by electrophoresis on a 1.5% agarose gel and visualized with SYBR Gold Nucleic Acid Gel Stain (Cat. No. S11494; Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR, USA), followed by detection under a UV transilluminator (
Red Imaging System; Alpha Innotech, San Diego, CA, USA). PCR bands were quantitated by densitometry using the ImageJ software in a blinded manner and normalized to the levels of elfa.
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