Total RNA was isolated from primary mouse hepatocytes using
NucleoSpin kit (Macherey-Nagel cat# 740955.25) according to the manufacturer's protocol. For qPCR, 1 μg of total RNA was reverse transcribed to generate cDNA (Quantabio cat# 76047–074). qPCR was performed using a
C1000 Touch thermal cycler CFX96 instrument (Bio-Rad) using
SYBR Green (Quantabio cat# 101414–276). Gene values were normalized with a house keeping gene (
Rpl13). The primers indicated ‘nascent’ were designed to amplify nascent transcripts (i.e. the amplified region span exon-intron junctions) as a proxy for transcription and in order to avoid confounding post-transcriptional events. The sequences of primers used in this study are:
Rpl13 - Fwd: AGCCTACCAGAAAGTTTGCTTAC, Rev: GCTTCTTCTTCCGATAGTGCATC
Ahr (nascent) - Fwd: AGGATCGGGGTACCAGTTCA, Rev: ATGTGCCGTATATCAGGCGG
Fh1 (nascent) – Fwd: AGGTGTCGAACTCTACACGGA, Rev: GCTGGTCAGAGTTTGTTTGCTTT
Fosl2 (nascent) – Fwd: CGTCGAATCCGGAGGGAGA, Rev: GCATAATGTCGACCCATGTCC
Gpcpd1 (nascent) – Fwd: CCAGCGCTTCTTCCACTCTC, Rev: GACCCACCTTTGACAAGTCCT
Ppp1r3g (nascent) – Fwd: GGATGCACTTCGCTCGATTG, Rev: ATAGCTTTGATCCACCCCGC
Mt1 (nascent) – Fwd: CTGCTCCACCGGTAAGACTC, Rev: CAAGCCTCTACAACTCGGGG
Nr3c1 – Fwd: CTCCCCCTGGTAGAGACGAA, Rev: TTGACTGTAGCTCCACCCCT
Creb1 – Fwd: TGTAGTTTGACGCGGTGTGT, Rev: TCCACTCTGCTGGTTGTCTG
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