Research Article

Generation of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor-Dependent Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from the Massachusetts General Hospital Miniature Pig

Table 1

Primer sets for RT- and real-time qPCR.

Gene namePrimer Sets (5′→3′)References
ForwardReverse

For RT-PCR*
 hPOU5F1 GATCAAGCAGCGACTATGCA TCTGGGATGGAAACTGGAAEzashi et al. 2009 [5]
 hKLF4 CTGCGGCAAAACCTACACAAEzashi et al. 2009 [5]
 hNANOG CCACTAGGTATTTTAGTACTCCNM_024865
 hSOX2 CCTGGCATGGCTCTTGGC Ezashi et al. 2009 [5]
 hC-MYC GATTCTCTGCTCTCCTCGACG Ezashi et al. 2009 [5]
 hLIN28 GCGGCCAAAAGGAAAGAGCA NM_024674
 Gapdh CTCAACGACCACTTCGTCAATCTGGGATGGAAACTGGAAGX94251
 pPou5f1 ACAAGGAGAAGCTGGAGCCGCGCGGACCACATCCTTCTCTNM001113060
 pKlf4 TGGGCAAGTTTGTGTTGAAGAGGAAGGGTGGGTAGTTTGGDQ000310.1
 pNanog TGAGGTTTATGGGCCTGAAGATTTCATTCGCTGGTTCTGGNM_001129971.1
 pSox2 CAAGATGCACAACTCGGAGATGCTGTAGCTGCAGTTGCTCNM_001123197.1
 pc-Myc CAGATCAGCAACAACCGAAATCCAACTCTGGGATCTGGTCFJ882404.1
 pLin28 TGCACCAGAGTAAGCTGCACCTGCATATTCTTCCCCTTGGHM347046.1
For RT-qPCR
 Pou5f1 AGCGCTTCAGAAAGATCTCGGAGCTGCAAAGCCTCAAAACNM001113060
 Nanog GATTGGGGTGGTTAGCTCCTTGAAGGTGAGACTCGCTCTGNM_001129971.1
 Sox2 CAGGAGGGAAGACTCCATCACTCCCTCTTGGACAGTCGAGNM_001123197.1
 Klf4 GCCCTTAGAGGCCCACTTGCAGGGCAGGATGACAGTDQ000310.1
 Rex1 AGCTAACCCTGTCCACATCGCAAGTCAGCAGCAGTCTCCAXM_003123016.2
 Socs3 CTCCGACTGAACCCTCCTCCGTTGACTGTTTTCCGACAGHM045422.1

The reverse primer used for exogenous human POU5F1, KLF4, NANOG, SOX2, C-MYC, and LIN28 expression is a part of woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element (WPRE) region within viPS lentiviral vector. h: human; p: pig; F: forward; R: reverse.