Research Article

Activation of Penile Proadipogenic Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor 𝛾 with an Estrogen: Interaction with Estrogen Receptor Alpha during Postnatal Development

Table 1

PCR primer sets, sequence, product size (bp), nucleotide (nt) location, and GenBank accession numbers for rat PPARs used in this study. Note that a common antisense oligoprimer (sequence in bold) was used for PPARγ1a, PPARγ1b, and PPARγ2.

Product/Sense primerAntisense primerProduct sizent
accession#(bp)location

PPARα5-TTG TGA CTG GTC AAG CTC AGG ACA-35-TCG TAC GCC AGC TTT AGC CGA ATA-3492296–787
NM013196

PPARβ5-TAA CGC ACC CTT CAT CAT CCA CGA-35-TTG ACA GCA AAC TCG AAC TTG GGC-3390873–1262
U40064

PPARγ5-TCT CCA GCA TTT CTG CTC CAC ACT-35-ATA CAA ATG CTT TGC CAG GGC TCG-3533257–789
NM013124

PPARγ1a5-CTG ACG AGG TCT CTC TC G GCT G-35-AGC AAG GCA CTT CT GAA ACC GA-365821–679
AF246458

PPARγ1b5-CAG CGC TAA ATT CAT CTT AAC T-35-AGC AAG GCA CTT CTG AA A CCG A-361821–639
AF246457

PPARγ25-GAG CAT GGT GCC TTC GCT GA-35-AGC AAG GCA CTT CTG AA A CCG A-356337–600
AB01956185–648
AF15666686–649
Y12882

PPARγ/ERα(primers for real-time PCR were obtained from Superarray Inc)190/179[PPARγ/ERα]
NM013124 [PPARγ](Sequence are not disclosed by the Company)respectively
NM012689 [ERα]

Gapdh5-ATG ATT CTA CCC ACG GCA AG-35-CTG GAA GAT GGT GAT G CGT T-38971–159
DQ403053184–272
BC087743216–304
BC059110

Rig/S15 (Ambion)5-TTC CGC AAG TTC ACC TAC C-35-CGG GGC CGG CCA TGC T TTA CG-336174–433
BC105810