Curcumin Relieves Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress-Induced Depression-Like Behavior through the PGC-1α/FNDC5/BDNF Pathway

Table 1

Primer sequences used for the qPCR analysis.

Gene	Direction	Primer sequences	Amplicon length (bp)	Accession number
PGC-1α	Forward; Reverse	5-GAACCATGCAAACCACACCC-3; 5-GGAGGGTCATCGTTTGTGGT-3	162	NM_008904
ERRα	Forward; Reverse	5-AACCTGAGAAGCTGTACGCC-3; 5-CCATCCACACACTCTGCAGT-3	186	NM_007953
FNDC5	Forward; Reverse	5-TATATCGTCCACGTGCAGGC-3; 5-ACGACGATGATCAGCACCTC-3	179	NM_027402
BDNF	Forward; Reverse	5-TACCTGGATGCCGCAAACAT-3; 5-CGACATGTCCACTGCAGTCT-3	135	NM_001048141
Bax	Forward; Reverse	5-GAACCATCATGGGCTGGACA-3; 5-GTGAGTGAGGCAGTGAGGAC-3	157	NM_007527
Bcl-xl	Forward; Reverse	5-AGGCTGGCGATGAGTTTGAA-3; 5-AGAAGAAGGCCACAATGCGA-3	159	NM_009743
Bcl-2	Forward; Reverse	5-GAACTGGGGGAGGATTGTGG-3; 5-CATCCCAGCCTCCGTTATCC-3	164	NM_009741
β-Actin	Forward; Reverse	5-CCACCATGTACCCAGGCATT-3; 5-CGGACTCATCGTACTCCTGC-3	189	NM_007393

PGC-1α: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1 alpha; ERRα: Estrogen-related Receptor alpha; FNDC5: Fibronectin type III Domain-Containing 5; BDNF: Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor; Bax: Bcl2-associated X protein; Bcl-xl: Bcl2-like 1; Bcl-2: B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2.