Research Article

N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Supplementation Prevents High Fat Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance in Rats through Transcriptional and Nontranscriptional Mechanisms

Table 2

Names, accession number, and primer sequences used in the study.

Accession numberLeft sequenceRight sequence

Irs2NM_001168633AGGTGACACTATAGAATAAGGCACTGGAGCCTTACGTACGACTCACTATAGGGAGCAGCACTTTACTCTTTCAC
Kcnj11NM_031358AGGTGACACTATAGAATACTACTTCAGGCAAAACTCTGGTACGACTCACTATAGGGAGAACTTTCCAATATTTCTTTT
InsrNM_017071AGGTGACACTATAGAATAAGCTGGAGGAGTCTTCATGTACGACTCACTATAGGGAAAGGGATCTTCGCTTT
GckNM_001270849AGGTGACACTATAGAATAATCTTTTGCAACACTCAGCGTACGACTCACTATAGGGATTGTTGGTGCCCAGA
PkNM_012624AGGTGACACTATAGAATATCGGAGGTGGAAATTGGTACGACTCACTATAGGGACTCTGGGCCGATTTT
B2mNM_012512AGGTGACACTATAGAATAATGCTTGCAGAGTTAAACAGTACGACTCACTATAGGGATGCATAAAATATTTAAGGTAAGA
Hprt1NM_012583AGGTGACACTATAGAATATCCTCATGGACTGATTATGGTACGACTCACTATAGGGACTGGTCATTACAGTAGCTCTT
Mapk1NM_053842AGGTGACACTATAGAATACATTTTTGAAGAGACTGCTCGTACGACTCACTATAGGGAAACTCTCTGGACTGAAGAAT
PrkczNM_022507AGGTGACACTATAGAATACTTTAACAGGAGAGCGTACTGTACGACTCACTATAGGGATATTGTCATGTTTCCGAGAT
IbkNM_053355AGGTGACACTATAGAATACTTGAACTTAAAGCTGGTTCGTACGACTCACTATAGGGAACATTTTACTGTTGTCAAAGAG
KanR
 MtorNM_019906AGGTGACACTATAGAATATGGAACTTCGAGAGATGAGGTACGACTCACTATAGGGATCACTTCAAACTCCACATAC
 ActbNM_031144AGGTGACACTATAGAATAAACTACATTCAATTCCATCAGTACGACTCACTATAGGGATAAAACGCAGCTCAGTAAC
 Pik3r1NM_013005AGGTGACACTATAGAATACATCAGTATTGGCTTACGGTACGACTCACTATAGGGATCATTTACTTCTTCCCTTGA

Housekeeping genes. #Normalization gene. Underlined sequences are left and right universal left and right sequences (tags). Internal control supplied by Beckman Coulter, Inc. (Miami, FL, USA), as part of the GeXP kit. RT conditions were 48°C for 1 min, 37°C for 5 min, 42°C for 60 min, and 95°C for 5 min and then hold at 4°C. PCR conditions were initial denaturation at 95°C for 10 min, followed by two-step cycles of 94°C for 30 sec and 55°C for 30 sec, ending in a single extension cycle of 68°C for 1 min. Actb: beta actin; B2m: beta-2 microglobulin; Hprt1: hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1; Irs2: insulin receptor substrate 2; Kcnj11: potassium inwardly rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 11; Insr: insulin receptor; Gck: glucokinase; KanR: kanamycin resistance; Mapk1: mitogen-activated protein kinase 1; Pk: pyruvate kinase; Prkcz: protein kinase C, zeta; mTOR: mammalian target of rapamycin (serine/threonine kinase); Ibk: inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells, kinase beta; Pik3r1: phosphoinositide-3-kinase, regulatory subunit 1 (alpha).