Research Article

Rat Strain Differences in Susceptibility to Alcohol-Induced Chronic Liver Injury and Hepatic Insulin Resistance

Table 1

Primer pairs for quantitative RT-PCR assays.

PrimerSequence ( )PositionSize (bp)

DesminForACCTGCGAGATTGATGCTCT1069206
DesminRevACATCCAAGGCCATCTTCAC1274
COL1a2ForACCTCAGGGTGTTCAAGGTG1632222
COL1a2RevCGGATTCCAATAGGACCAGA1844
-SMAForTGTGCTGGACTCTGGAGATG516148
-SMARevGAAGGAATAGCCACGCTCAG663
ASBTForGCATTGGCATTTCTCTGGTT598181
ASBTRevGGTTCAATGATCCAGGCACT778
GFAPForGGTGGAGAGGGACAATCTCA433215
GFAPRevCTCGAACTTCCTCCTCATGG647
ALBForCTTCAAAGCCTGGGCAGTAG702188
ALBRevTGGAGATAGTGGCCTGGTTC889
KCRForTCACAAATGCTGTGGACCAT1427161
KCRRevGTCTTCACGCTCTCCGTTTC1587
ADH-1ForTGCTCCGTGCTGGAAAGAGTATCC1138117
ADH-1RevTAAGGTTGTGATGTGGCTGGCG1254
ADH-7ForCAATGCTGCTTTTCACTGGA971234
ADH-7RevAGAACACCCAGCTCTCTGGA1204
ALDH-1ForATCTGCCATGTGGAAGAAGG173216
ALDH-1RevCAAGTACGCATTGGCAAAGA388
ALDH-2ForGACCTGGACAAGGCCAATTA1391193
ALDH-2RevTCTTCTGTGGCACTTTGACG1583
ALDH-3ForCTGATTGCTGAGGTTCCTGTTAGG1914119
ALDH-3RevGGATGTTTAGACTGAGAGCCGACTC2032
CatalaseForATACGAAGGTGTTGAATGAGGAGG136963
CatalaseRevTCAGGTGGTTGGCAATGTTCTC1431
CYP2E1ForGTGTTCACACTGCACCTTGG21169
CYP2E1RevCACCTCCTTGACAGCCTTGT279
GAPDHForAGT GGG CAT CAA TGG ATT TGG306241
GAPDHRevGGG GAT TTC CTT AGG TTC TTT GC546
IL-1 ForCAG CAG CAT CTC GAC AAG AG23360
IL-1 RevCTT CTC CAC AGC CAC AAT GA292
TNF- ForATG TGG AAC TGG CAG AGG AG2684
TNF- RevAGA AGA GGC TGA GGC ACA GA109
IL-6ForATG TTG TTG ACA GCC ACT GC11651
IL-6RevGTC TCC TCTCCG GAC TTG TG166

qPCR: quantitative polymerase chain reaction; ASBT: apical sodium dependent bile acid transporter; KCR: Kupffer cell glycoprotein receptor; GFAP: glial fibrillary acidic protein; COL1a2: pro-alpha-2(I) collagen; ALB: albumin; -SMA: alpha smooth muscle actin; ADH: alcohol dehydrogenase; ALDH: aldehyde dehydrogenase; CYP2E1: cytochrome P450 2E1; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphaye dehydrogenase; IL: interleukin 1; TNF: tumor necrosis factor.