The esophageal adenocarcinoma human cell line,
SKGT4 (Sigma Chemical, St Louis, MO), was grown in culture medium containing 10%
fetal bovine serum (Invitrogen, San Diego, CA). All cultures were maintained at 37°C in an incubator supplemented with 5% CO
2. Itraconazole (Sinoway Industrial Co, Xiamen, China) was dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) for invitro experiments and was delivered to cells to reach concentrations of 1, 5, and 10μM in 2mL of cell culture medium. Total RNA was extracted from
SKGT4 cells using
TRIzol (Invitrogen, Frederick, MD) according to the manufacturer’s protocol. Total RNA of 500 ng was used for reverse transcription with high-capacity cDNA Reverse Transcription Kits (Applied Biosystems, Waltham, MA). Real-time PCR was performed using
iQ SYBR Green Supermix (BioRad, Hercules, CA). The primer sequences were as follows: BMP4, 5′-GGC TGG AAT GAC TGG ATT GT-3′ and 5′-TGG TTG AGT TGA GGT GGT CA-3′; GAPDH, 5′-CAG CCT CAA GAT CAT CAG CA- 3′and 5′-TGT CGT CAT GAG TCC TTC CA-3′. Fold change in expression of target mRNA (BMP4) relative to GAPDH mRNA was calculated based on the threshold cycle (C
T) for amplification as 2
Δ(ΔCT), where ΔC
T =C
T,target – C
T,GAPDH.
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