Research Article

Dexamethasone Modulates Nonvisual Opsins, Glucocorticoid Receptor, and Clock Genes in Danio rerio ZEM-2S Cells

Table 1

Primers and probes for qPCR assays.

Templates  
(access number)
Primers and probesFinal concentration

18S RNA
X03205.1
Forward: 5′-CGGCTACCACATCCAAGGAA-3′50 nM
Reverse: 5′-GCTGGAATTACCGCGGCT-3′50 nM
Probe: 5′TexRd/TGCTGGCACCAGACTTGCCCTC/BHQ_2/-3′50 nM

opn4m1  
GQ925715.1
Forward: 5′-GGGCAACTTCCTGGTCATCTATG-3′300 nM
Reverse: 5′- AGGGAACTGACACTGGAACCA-3′300 nM
Probe: 5′-/5Cy5/AGGAGCCGGACCCTGAGGACCC/BHQ_2/-3′200 nM

opn4m2  
AY078161
Forward: 5′-GCGATTGTCTTCTGCCTCTGA-3′300 nM
Reverse: 5′-AGGGAACTGACACTGGAACCA-3′300 nM
Probe: 5′-/6FAM/AGTGATTCTTGCTGGACTGAGAGTGAGGCT/BHQ_1/-3′200 nM

gr  
NM_001020711.2
Forward: 5′-GAGGAGAACTCCAGCCAGAAC-3′300 nM
Reverse: 5′-TTCACAAAGGTGTAGAAGCAGAAG-3′300 nM
Probe: 5′-/5HEX/AGGAGTCCACCCACCAAGTCGTGC/BHQ_1/-3′200 nM

per1b  
NM_212439.2
Forward: 5′-AGCTCAAACTCTCACAGCCCTT-3′300 nM
Reverse: 5′-TCAGAGCTGGCACTCAACAGA-3′300 nM
Probe: 5′-/5Cy5/TCCACCCAGCAGTTCTCTGGCATACA/BHQ_2/-3′200 nM

cry1b  
NM_131790.4
Forward: 5′-CGTCTCTGGAGGAGCTCGG-3′300 nM
Reverse: 5′-TCTCCCCCGGGCCAC-3′300 nM
Probe: 5′-/5HEX/TTTGAAACAGAGGGACTGTCCACTGCTG/BHQ_1/ 3′200 nM

FAM = carboxyfluorescein; TexRd = Texas Red fluorophore; Cy5 = Cyanine 5 fluorophore; Hex = 6-carboxy-2,4,4,4,7,7-hexachlorofluorescein succinimidyl ester fluorophore; BHQ_1 = black hole quencher 1; BHQ_2 = black hole quencher 2.
Gene nomenclature according to http://www.genenames.org for Homo sapiens; http://www.informatics.jax.org/genes.shtml for Mus musculus; https://wiki.zfin.org for Danio rerio.