Restoration of Autophagic Flux Rescues Oxidative Damage and Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Protect against Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Table 1

Sequences of primers used for qRT-PCR.

Gene	Oligonucleotide sequence		Product size (bp)
	Forward (5–3)	Reverse (5–3)
Type II collagen	AGAACTGGTGGAGCAGCAAGA	AGCAGGCGTAGGAAGGTCAT	142
Aggrecan	TGAGCGGCAGCACTTTGAC	TGAGTACAGGAGGCTTGAGG	287
MMP3	TTCCTTGGATTGGAGGTGAC	AGCCTGGAGAATGTGAGTGG	248
MMP13	CCCAACCCTAAACATCCAA	AAACAGCTCCGCATCAACC	147
ADAMTS4	ACCCAAGCATCCGCAATC	TGCCCACATCAGCCATAC	246
ADAMTS5	GACAGTTCAAAGCCAAAGACC	TTTCCTTCGTGGCAGAGT	204
GAPDH	TCAAGAAGGTGGTGAAGCAGG	TCAAAGGTGGAGGAGTGGGT	115