Total RNA from frozen human mature adipocytes and in vitro-differentiated adipocytes were isolated using an RNeasy Lipid Tissue Mini Kit (Qiagen, GmbH, Hilden, Germany) as previously described [23 (link),27 (link),29 (link)]. Gene expression was assessed by real-time PCR using an Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Real-Time polymerase chain reaction System (Applied Biosystems, Darmstadt, Germany). The reactions were carried out in duplicate for all genes using specific TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays: MSR1 (Hs00234007_m1, RefSeq. NM_002445.3, NM_138715.2, NM_138716.2), CXCL16 (Hs00222859_m1, RefSeq. NM_001100812.1, NM_022059.2), LOX-1 (Hs01552593_m1, RefSeq. NM_001172632.1, NM_001172633.1, NM_002543.3), CL-P1 (Hs00560477_m1, RefSeq. NM_130386.2), HIF-1α (Hs00153153_m1, RefSeq. NM_001243084.1, NM_001530.3, NM_181054.2), GLUT1 (Hs00892681_m1, RefSeq. NM_006516.2), IL6 (Hs00174131_m1; RefSeq: NM_000600.3) and TNFα (Hs00174128_m1; RefSeq: NM_000594.3). The threshold cycle (Ct) value for each sample was normalized with the expression of cyclophilin A (PPIA) (4326316 E, RefSeq. NM_021130.3) [1 (link)]. SDS software 2.3 and RQ Manager 1.2 (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) were used to analyze the results with the comparative Ct method (2ΔCt).
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