Research Article

Epigenetic Methylation of Parathyroid CaR and VDR Promoters in Experimental Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Table 1

PCR primers used for methylation detection by melting temperature profiling.

NameLocation#5′-3′ sequenceSize$Number of CpG

Promoter
 CaR #1F(−172)AGTTTGGGAATGGTTAGAGTTTTAT171 bp12
 CaR #1R(−2)ACTCCCTAAATCTCTCAAATCAAC
 CaR #2F(−28)AAGGTTGATTTGAGAGATTTAGG185 bp9
 CaR #2R(+157)CTACTACCTCCCCrCAAACCCTCT
 VDR #1F(−58)TTTTTGTTTGTTAAAAGGTTGTTGT125 bp6
 VDR #1R(+67)AATCTAATCACTCACCCAAAACTC
 VDR #2F(−374)GTTTATAGTAGATTGGGTAGAATTA175 bp12
 VDR #2R(−200)CCTACCTTATAAAAAACTCTAAAATC
 VDR #3F(−576)GTTTTTTTGAGTTAATTTTAATTAGTGG169 bp7
 VDR #3R(−389)TAATTCTACCCAATCTACTATAAAC
 VDR #4F(−678)AGGATTTGGGAGGTAGAGATTTTAG188 bp18
 VDR #4R(−510)CCACTAATTAAAATTAACTCAAAAAAAC

Control
 H19 F(−6233)GAGGGTAGGATATATGTATTTTTAGGTTG185 bp13
 H19 R(−6049)AAAAAAATTCAATCTCAATTACAATCTATTT
 VDR DS F(+48639)AAGGGGTGTGAGTTTTATGTTA269 bp12
 VDR DS R(+48908)AAACAATAAACATCCTATCTCCC

#Relative location of the 5′ nucleotide according to exon 1.
$Bp denotes DNA base pair.