Research Article

Betaine Alleviates High-Fat Diet Induced Excessive Lipid Deposition in Gibel Carp Hepatopancreas and L8824 Cells by Enhancing VLDL Secretion through HNF4α/MTTP Pathway

Table 1

Information of primers used in this study.

Primers1Sequence 5′−3′ 2PurposeEfficiency (%)

H-MTTP forwardTTATGAGCAGTAGTCCGTCTTHepatopancreas qRT-PCR104.52
H-MTTP reverseGACCCAGTCTTTGAGAACCT
H-HNF4α forwardATCCCAGCATTCTGTGACCTTHepatopancreas qRT-PCR98.69
H-HNF4α reverseTGGAAGGGAAGCACTAACTCAT
H-ApoB forwardAGCAGCAACTTCTACAACTHepatopancreas qRT-PCR103.14
H-ApoB reverseTTATGGATAGGAGGTCAACAG
H-EF-1α forwardCGCCAGTGTTGCCTTCGTHepatopancreas qRT-PCR99.86
H-EF-1α reverseCGCTCAATCTTCCATCCCTT
C-MTTP forwardTCAGGATACCACTATGGAGTTCACL8824 cell qRT-PCR98.61
C-MTTP reverseTACAGCGGCGTTCACACTTG
C-HNF4α forwardTGGTGCTGGTGGAATGGL8824 cell qRT-PCR99.08
C-HNF4α reverseATCTTGGAAGGGAAGGACTAA
C-ApoB forwardCGTATTGCTGCCTATCTCATTL8824 cell qRT-PCR100.96
C-ApoB reverseCTTAGTTTCTGGTGCTGTGGA
C-β-actin forwardAAGTATCCTATTGAGCACGGTATTGL8824 cell qRT-PCR100.44
C-β-actin reverseTCAGGGGAGCCTCTGTAAGC
L-MTTP forwardTAGGTACCCAAGATAAGCAGCATCAACACCADual-luciferase assay
L-MTTP reverseCCAAGCTTGGTTGGCTCGCTGAGAGCTGTG
L-ApoB forwardTAGGTACCCTAATCACTGTGTTTTATDual-luciferase assay
L-ApoB reverseCCAAGCTTCGTTATGGGCACTGAAACTTC
L-HNF4a forwardCCGGAATTCATGCGTTTGTCCAAACCACDual-luciferase assay
L-HNF4a reverseCCGCTCGAGTCAGATGGCCTCTTGTTTGG

1The prefix of the primer name indicates the purpose of the primer. H, Hepatopancreas; C, L8824 cell; L, Dual-luciferase assay. 2The underscored bases represent the recognition sequence of a restriction endonuclease.