Research Article

Promoter Methylation of RASSF1A Associates to Adult Secondary Glioblastomas and Pediatric Glioblastomas

Table 1

Primers and conditions for PCRs.

GenePrimer sensePrimer antisenseSizeT (°C)Cycles

PTEN
 -Methylation
  -U5′-GTGTTGGTGGAGGTAGTTGTTT-3′5′-ACCACTTAACTCTAAACCACAACCA-3′162 bp62°C38
  -M5′-TTCGTTCGTCGTCGTCGTATTT-3′5′-GCCGCTTAACTCTAAACCGCAACCG-3′206 bp62°C38
MGMT
 -Methylation
  -U5′-GAGAGATTTGTGTTTTGGGTTTAGTG-3′5′-CCTTCAACCAATACAAACCAAACAA-3′236 bp62°C38
  -M5′-ATTCGCGTTTCGGGTTTAGC-3′5′-CGACCGATACAAACCGAACG-3′227 bp62°C38
 -Expression5′-GGGGAAGCTGGAGCTGTCTG-3′5′-TCTCCGAATTTCACAACCTTCA-3′282 bp62°C32
RASSF1A
 -Methylation
  -U5′-GAGAGTGTGTTTAGTTTTGTTTTTG-3′5′-CCCATACTTCACTAACTTTAAACAC-3′183 bp56°C38
  -M5′-GAGAGCGCGTTTAGTTTCGTTTTC-3′5′-ACCCGTACTTCGCTAACTTTAAACG-3′184 bp62°C35
 -Expression5′-TCTGTGGCGACTTCATCTGG-3′5′-TTGGGCAGGTAAAAGGAAGT-3′424 bp60°C35
p14ARF
 -Methylation
  -U5′-TTTTTGGTGTTAAAGGGTGGTGTAGT-3′5′-CACAAAAACCCTCACTCACAACAA-3′132 bp62°C35
  -M5′-GTGTTAAAGGGCGGCGTAGC-3′5′-AAAACCCTCACTCGCGACGA-3′122 bp58°C35
 -Expression5′-CCGCCGCGAGTGAGGGTTTT-3′5′-GCACGGGTCGGGTGAGAGTGG-3′242 bp65°C32
P16INK4A
 -Methylation
  -U5′-TTATTAGAGGGTGGGGTGGATTGT-3′5′-CAACCCCAAACCACAACCATAA-3′150 bp62°C35
  -M5′-TTATTAGAGGGTGGGGCGGATCGC-3′5′-GACCCCGAACCGCGACCGTAA-3′151 bp65°C35
 -Expression5′-CGCGCGTACAGATCTCTCGAA-3′5′-CACGGGTCGGGTGAGAGTGG-3′161 bp68°C35
TFR
 -Expression5′-GTCAATGTCCCAAACGTCACCAGA-3′5′-ATTTCGGGAATGCTGAGAAAACAGACAGA-3′298 bp60°C30

U: unmethylated; M: methylated.