For RNA extraction, 1- to 4-d-old male adults were entrained to a 12:12 h LD cycle for 7 d at 29°C and then collected on dry ice at ZT 6. Total RNA was extracted from 30 heads of adult males of the Control (
repo>LacZ), Glioma (
repo>UAS-dEGFRλ,
UAS-dp110CAAX), and
repo>UAS-dEGFRλ,
UAS-dp110CAAX,
elav-LexA,
lexAop-Rheb genotypes after 7 d of glioma development. RNA was extracted with TRIzol and phenol chloroform. Total RNA concentration was measured by using NanoDrop ND-1000. cDNA was synthetized from 1 mg of total RNA using
M-MLV RT (Invitrogen). cDNA samples from 1:5 dilutions were used for real-time PCR reactions. Transcription levels were determined in a 14-ml volume in duplicate using
SYBR Green (Applied Biosystem) and
7500 qPCR (Thermo Fisher Scientific). We analyzed transcription levels of
ImpL2,
dRheb, and
Rp49 as housekeeping gene reference.
Sequences of primers were RP49 F: GCATACAGGCCCAAGATCGT, Rp49 R: AACCGATGTTGGGCATCAGA, ImpL2 F: CCGAGATCACCTGGTTGAAT, ImpL2 R: AGGTATCGGCGGTATCCTTT, dRheb F:CGACGTAATGGGCAAGAAAT, and dRheb R: CAAGACAACCGCTCTTCTCC.
After completing each real-time PCR run, outlier data were analyzed using 7500 software (Applied Biosystems). Ct values of duplicates from three biological samples were analyzed calculating 2DDCt and comparing the results using a
t test with GraphPad (GraphPad Software).
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