Research Article

Curcumin Induces Neural Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Embryonal Carcinoma Cells through the Activation of Autophagy

Table 1

The list of primer sets for PCR reaction of pluripotent genes, neurogenesis genes, apoptosis genes, autophagy-related genes, and ROS genes used in this study.

PrimerSequence (5-3)

Pluripotent genesGAPDH (Forward)5′ACCTGACCTGCCGTCTAGAA3′
GAPDH (Reverse)5′TCCACCACCCTGTTGCTGTA3′
NANOG (Forward)5′AGCCTCTACTCTTCCTACCACC3′
NANOG (Reverse)5′TCCAAAGCAGCCTCCAAGTC3′
OCT4 (Forward)5′GACAACAATGAAAATCTTCAGGAGA3′
OCT4 (Reverse)5′TTCTGGCGCCGGTTACAGAACCA3′

Neurogenesis genesNeuroD1 (Forward)5′AGCCCTCTGACTGATTGCAC3′
NeuroD1 (Reverse)5′GTCTATGGGGATCTCGCAGC3′
TUJ1 (Forward)5′GCTCAGGGGCCTTTGGACATCTCTT3′
TUJ1 (Reverse)5′TTTTCACACTCCTTCCGCACCACATC3′
PAX6 (Forward)5′AACAGACACAGCCCTCACAAACA3′
PAX6 (Reverse)5′CGGGAACTTGAACTGGAACTGAC3′

Apoptosis genesCAS9 (Forward)5′AACAGGCAAGCAGCAAAGTT3′
CAS9 (Reverse)5′TCCATCTGTGCCGTAGACAG3′
CAS3 (Forward)5′TTTGTTTGTGTGCTTCTGAGCC3′
CAS3 (Reverse)5′ATTCTGTTGCCACCTTTCGG3′
BCL2 (Forward)5′CGCATCAGGAAGGCTAGAGT3′
BCL2 (Reverse)5′AGCTTCCAGACATTCGGAGA3′
BAX (Forward)5′AAGCTGAGCGAGTGTCTCAAGCGC3′
BAX (Reverse)5′TCCCGCCACAAAGATGGTCACG3′
P53 (Forward)5′CCCCTCCTGGCCCCTGTCATCTTC3′
P53 (Reverse)5′GCAGCGCCTCACAACCTCCGTCAT3′

Autophagy-related geneATG5 (Forward)5′ACGCTGGTAACTGAC AAA G3′
ATG5 (Reverse)5′CACATGACATAA AGTGAGCC3′
ATG12 (Forward)5′GAGACACTCCCATAATGAA3′
ATG12 (Reverse)5′GTAGGACCAGTTTACCATC3′
LC3 (Forward)5′GATGTCCGACTTATTCGAGAGC3′
LC3 (Reverse)5′TTGAGCTGTAAGCGCCTTCTA3′
P62 (Forward)5′GCCATTAGGCAAGCTATGTG3′
P62 (Reverse)5′GGTGCAAGAAGCCATTTAGG3′
LAM1(Forward)5′TCACCGTCGTGTTGTCCTTC3′
LAM1(Reverse)5′ACCATCCAGGCGTACCTTTC3′

ROS genesSOD (Forward)5′CTAGCGAGTTATGGCGAC3′
SOD (Reverse)5′CATTGCCCAAGTCTCCAAC3′
GPX (Forward)5′CGCCAAGAACGAAGAGATTC3′
GPX (Reverse)5′CAACATCGTTGCGACACAC3′
CATALASE (Forward)5′TCCGGGATCTTTTTAACGCCATTG3′
CATALASE (Reverse)5′TCGAGCACGGTAGGGACAGTTCAC3′