Research Article

Paricalcitol Pretreatment Attenuates Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Prostaglandin E2 Receptor EP4 Pathway

Table 1

Primer sequences for real-time PCR.

GeneSequence

mRANTESFwd: CACCACTCCCTGCTGCTTTG
Rev: CGACTGCAAGATTGGAGCACTT
mTNF-αFwd: ACGGCATGGATCTCAAAGAC
Rev: GTGGGTGAGGAGCACGTAGT
mIL-1βFwd: GCCCATCCTCTGTGACTCAT
Rev: AGGCCACAGGTATTTTGTCG
mIFN-γFwd: GCTACACACTGCATCTTGGCTTT
Rev: AATGACTGTGCCGTGGCAGTAA
hCOX-2Fwd: GATACTCAGGCAGAGATGATCTACCC
Rev: AGACCAGGCACCAGACCAAAGA
hPGESFwd: CCTGGGCTTCGTCTACTCCTTT
Rev: CCCACGAGGAAGACCAGGAA
h15-PGDHFwd: GAAGGCGGCATCATTATCAATATG
Rev: GCTGAGCGTGTGAATCCAACTAT
hEP1Fwd: TTGTCGGTATCATGGTGGTG
Rev: ATGTACACCCAAGGGTCCAG
hEP2Fwd: CCTGCTGCTGCTTCTCATTGTCT
Rev: GGCTTCGGCGGTGCAT
hEP3Fwd: AAGGCCACGGCATCTCAGT
Rev: ACGCACATGATCCCCATAAGC
hEP4Fwd: TCCGGCCTCAGCATCATC
Rev: GGCTGTAGAAATAGGCATGGTTGA
mGAPDHFwd: TGCAGTGGCAAAGTGGAGATT
Rev: CGTGAGTGGAGTCATACTGGAACA
hGAPDHFwd: GAAAAACCTGCCAAATATGATGACA
Rev: TAGCCCAGGATGCCCTTGAG

m, mouse; h, human; Fwd, forward; Rev, reverse; RANTES, regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-1, interleukin-1β; IFN-γ, interferon-γ; COX, cyclooxygenase; PGES, prostaglandin E synthases; 15-PGDH, 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase; EP, prostaglandin receptor; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.