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Table 2 Primers used for RT-PCR and multi-cell RT-PCR

From: Gene structures, biochemical characterization and distribution of rat melatonin receptors

Gene

Direction

Primer sequences

Product size (bp)

RT-PCR

 

 MT1

Forward

5′-ATGGCCCTGGCTGTGCTGCGGTAAG-3′

316

Reverse

5′-TAAGTATAGACGTCAGCGCCAAGGGAAATG-3′

 MT2

Forward

5′-GGAGCGCCCCCAAGCAGTG-3′

390

Reverse

5′-GGATCTCCCCAAGTACCCAACCGTCAT-3′

 β-Actin

Forward

5′-GTCCACACCCGCCACCAGT-3′

496

Reverse

5′-CGTCTCCGGAGTCCATCACAAT-3′

 mGAPDH

Forward

5′-TGAAGGTCGGTGTGAACGGATTTG-3′

359

Reverse

5′-GGCGGAGATGATGACCCTTTTG-3′

Multi-cell RT-PCR

 

 MT1

 

  1st PCR

Forward

5′-ATGGCCCTGGCTGTGCTGCGGTAAG-3′

442

Reverse

5′-TGTGGCAAATGTAGCAGTAGCGGTTCA-3′

  2nd PCR

Forward

5′-CAGGCGGCGGGGAGGAAATAAG-3′

231

Reverse

5′-TAAGTATAGACGTCAGCGCCAAGGGAAATG-3′

 MT2

  1st PCR

Forward

5′-GGAGCGCCCCCAAGCAGTG-3′

390

Reverse

5′-GGATCTCCCCAAGTACCCAACCGTCAT-3′

  2nd PCR

Forward

5′-CGGGCTGCAGCGTCACCAT-3′

275

Reverse

5′-GTCAGCCAAGGCCAGATTCACC-3′

 GnRH

Forward

5′-ACTGATGGCCGCTGTTGTTCT-3′

256

Reverse

5′-CTTCTTCTGCCCAGCTTCCTCTTCA-3′

  1. Forward and reverse primers were designed on different exons to distinguish the amplification of cDNA templates from that of contaminating genomic DNA. To design the PCR primers, we referred to the following nucleotide sequences: AB377274 for MT1, AB377275 for MT2, NM_031144 for β-actin, NM_008084 for mGAPDH, and M12579 for GnRH