Research Article

Palmitic Acid Downregulates Thyroglobulin (Tg), Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS), and Thyroperoxidase (TPO) in Human Primary Thyrocytes: A Potential Mechanism by Which Lipotoxicity Affects Thyroid?

Table 1

Primers for quantitative real-time PCR in the study.

NMProduct (bp)Forward (5 to 3)Reverse (5 to 3)

Human NIS000453.2180GTCCTTCAGGGCTCCTTCACCCTGCTCGCTGGGTGGGTACA
Human TPO000547.5241CTGTCTGTCACGCTGGTTATGGTCACTCCGCTTGTTGGCTCA
Human Tg003235.4203TTCTTTGAATGTGAACGACGGTGAAGGGATAGGTGTGGACTTCAATGT
Human BiP005347.4150GCCTGTATTTCTAGACCTGCCTTCATCTTGCCAGCCAGTTG
Human β-actin001101104ACAGAGCCTCGCCTTTGCCGACATGCCGGAGCCGTTGTCG

NIS: sodium iodide symporter; TPO: thyroperoxidase; Tg: thyroglobulin; BiP: binding immunoglobulin protein.