Research Article

Iterative Cellular Screening System for Nanoparticle Safety Testing

Table 1

Sequences of the primers used in qPCR.

Gene nameGene bank accession number (NCBI GenBank)Location (bp)Expected size of PCR amplicon (bp)Sequence (5′-3′)

GAPDH NM_002046.3880–900 126F: AAGGTGGTGAAGCAGGCGTCG
1005–984R: AATGCCAGCCCCAGCGTCAAAG
HPRT NM_000194.2650–669 267F: AAGCTTGCTGGTGAAAAGGA
897–916R: AAGCAGATGCCCACACAACT

For A549 cells
IL-8 NM_000584.3221–240 131F: CAGTTTTGCCAAGGAGTGCT
351–332R: AATTTCTGTGTTGGCGCAGT
Hsp70 (HSPA1A) NM_005345.52049–2068 138F: GTGTAACCCCATCATCAGCG
2186–2166R: CAATCTTGGAAAGGCCCCTAA

For NIH-3T3 cells
IL-8 NM_011339.2338–357 110F: GAATTTCCACCGGCAATGAA
447–428R: TCCCGAATTGGAAAGGGAAA
Hsp70 (HSPA1A) NM_010478.22141–2161 104F: CATCGAGGAGGTGGATTAGAG
2244–2225R: ACCTTGACAGTAATCGGTGC