Table 1.
Primer sequences for quantitative RT-PCR of rat enzymes and transporters involved in L-carnitine homeostasis
| Gene | Accession Number |
Primers |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Reverse | ||
| β-actin |
NM_031144 |
agcgtggctacagcttcacc |
tgccacaggattccataccc |
| Octn1 |
NM_022270 |
catggctgtgcagactgg |
gcaccatgtagccgatgg |
| Octn2 |
NM_019269 |
ggcgcaaccacagtatcc |
ggggctttccagtcatcc |
| Octn3 |
NM_019723 |
gacaccgtgaacctgagc |
ccatccaggcagttctcc |
| Cpt1b |
NM_013200 |
cagccatgccaccaagatc |
aagggccgcacagaatcc |
| Cpt2 |
NM_012930 |
gctccgaggcgtttctca |
tggccgttgccagatagc |
| Bbh |
NM_022629 |
acgatggggcagagtcc |
ctggcctcctgagaaaagc |
| Tmlh | NM_133387 | aatgtccctcccactcagg | tcggtatggcgatctaggg |
Octn, organic cation/carnitine transporter; Cpt, carnitine palmitoyltransferase; Bbh, γ-butyrobetaine hydroxylase; Tmlh, trimethyllysine hydroxylase.