Selection and Verification of Reference Genes for Gene Expression Studies in Different Cell Lines of Golden Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Cell Culture and Stimulation
2.2. Total RNA Extraction and cDNA Synthesis
2.3. Reference Gene Primers Design and Amplification Efficiency
2.4. qRT-PCR and Data Processing
2.5. Stability Verification of Internal Reference Genes
3. Results
3.1. qRT-PCR Efficiency and Quality
3.2. Threshold Cycle (Ct) Value Analysis
3.2.1. Expression Abundance of Reference Gene Expression among GPS and GPHK Cells under Normal Physiological Conditions
3.2.2. Expression Abundance of Reference Gene Expression among GPS and GPHK Cells under LPS Stimulating Condition
3.2.3. Expression Abundance of Reference Gene Expression among GPS and GPHK Cells under Poly I:C Stimulating Condition
3.3. geNorm, NormFinder and BestKeeper Analysis
3.3.1. Stability of Reference Gene Expression in GPS and GPHK Cells under Normal Physiological Conditions
3.3.2. Stability of Reference Gene Expression in GPS and GPHK Cells under LPS Stimulating Condition
3.3.3. Stability of Reference Gene Expression in GPS and GPHK Cells under Poly I:C Stimulating Condition
3.4. Verification of Screened Reference Genes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Gene | Function | GenBank Accession Number | Primer Sequence (5′→3′) | Product Size (bp) | PCR Efficiency (%) | Determination Coefficient (R²) |
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Actin | Cytoskeletal protein | KX987228.1 | F:CGTGCGTGACATCAAGGAGAA R:AAGGAAGGAAGGCTGGAAGAGG | 178 | 99% | 0.992 |
B2M | Major histocompatibility complex | KX987233.1 | F:CCCTGATGCCAAACAGACAGA R:TGGTTGACCCATGAGTGACCTT | 125 | 100% | 0.991 |
GAPDH | Glycolysis enzyme | KY006114.1 | F:AGTCCGTCTGGAGAAACCTGC R:GACACGGTTGCTGTAGCCGAACTCA | 235 | 106% | 0.993 |
RPL13 | Ribosome Protein | KX987230.1 | F:TGAAGGAGTACCGCTCCAAACT R:GCACGGATGCCAAATAGACG | 238 | 104% | 0.990 |
EF1A | Translation | KX987227.1 | F:GTCCGTCAAGGAAATCCGTCG R:TTGAACTTGCAGGCAATGTGAG | 174 | 100% | 0.996 |
18S | Ribosome subunit | KY014076.1 | F:GCATTCGTATTGTGCCGCTA R:AGTTGGCATCGTTTATGGTCG | 160 | 98% | 0.990 |
UBCE | Protein degradation | KX987232.1 | F:CACGATGTCCAGCGAAGTACA R:GACCTCCACTCGTAGATGTTGTC | 270 | 96% | 0.991 |
Cell Lines | Time | Actin | B2M | GAPDH | RPL13 | EF1A | 18S | UBCE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPS | 2 h | 12.2 ± 0.3 | 30.7 ± 0.5 | 26.8 ± 0.3 | 24.3 ± 0.3 | 12.3 ± 0.2 | 6.4 ± 0.1 | 21.7 ± 0.3 |
4 h | 12.4 ± 0.2 | 30.6 ± 0.6 | 27.0 ± 0.2 | 23.9 ± 0.2 | 12.8 ± 0.4 | 6.4 ± 0.0 | 21.9 ± 0.0 | |
8 h | 12.9 ± 0.1 | 31.8 ± 0.8 | 27.1 ± 0.0 | 21.3 ± 0.3 | 13.1 ± 0.4 | 6.5 ± 0.1 | 21.8 ± 0.7 | |
12 h | 12.5 ± 0.3 | 31.7 ± 0.7 | 27.1 ± 0.1 | 22.5 ± 0.3 | 12.4 ± 0.4 | 6.6 ± 0.2 | 22.0 ± 0.7 | |
GPHK | 2 h | 14.8 ± 0.1 | 20.3 ± 0.2 | 33.2 ± 0.1 | 17.2 ± 0.1 | 14.9 ± 0.2 | 7.9 ± 0.1 | 23.0 ± 0.2 |
4 h | 15.2 ± 0.1 | 20.6 ± 0.1 | 33.5 ± 0.3 | 17.1 ± 0.1 | 15.0 ± 0.0 | 7.7 ± 0.5 | 22.9 ± 0.3 | |
8 h | 15.7 ± 0.6 | 21.0 ± 0.2 | 34.4 ± 0.2 | 17.4 ± 0.3 | 15.3 ± 0.2 | 7.9 ± 0.2 | 23.6 ± 0.4 | |
12 h | 15.4 ± 0.4 | 20.3 ± 0.2 | 33.8 ± 0.5 | 17.2 ± 0.1 | 15.4 ± 0.4 | 7.9 ± 0.0 | 23.4 ± 0.3 |
Reference Gene | Treatments | GPS | GPHK | ||||||
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2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | ||
Actin | PBS | 14.3 ± 0.5 | 15.7 ± 0.3 | 15.3 ± 0.2 | 14.4 ± 0.4 | 14.3 ± 0.3 | 14.1 ± 0.2 | 15.0 ± 0.2 | 13.9 ± 0.4 |
LPS | 14.6 ± 0.6 | 15.8 ± 0.5 | 14.2 ± 1.0 | 15.2 ± 0.3 | 14.1 ± 0.1 | 13.8 ± 0.4 | 14.6 ± 0.3 | 13.6 ± 0.5 | |
Poly I:C | 14.4 ± 0.9 | 15.5 ± 0.4 | 15.5 ± 0.6 | 16.3 ± 0.7 | 12.9 ± 1.0 | 15.2 ± 0.6 | 15.5 ± 0.4 | 14.0 ± 0.5 | |
B2M | PBS | 26.9 ± 1.1 | 27.3 ± 0.8 | 28.2 ± 0.5 | 27.0 ± 0.7 | 19.6 ± 0.3 | 19.4 ± 0.1 | 20.7 ± 0.5 | 18.9 ± 0.3 |
LPS | 27.7 ± 0.6 | 28.4 ± 0.2 | 27.5 ± 0.3 | 27.1 ± 0.8 | 19.1 ± 0.5 | 18.7 ± 0.4 | 21.3 ± 0.2 | 18.5 ± 0.4 | |
Poly I:C | 26.1 ± 0.6 | 26.0 ± 0.5 | 26.4 ± 0.1 | 25.7 ± 0.5 | 18.1 ± 0.5 | 18.4 ± 0.5 | 18.4 ± 0.1 | 18.0 ± 0.4 | |
GAPDH | PBS | 25.0 ± 0.3 | 26.0 ± 0.4 | 28.4 ± 0.7 | 26.4 ± 0.7 | 30.4 ± 0.5 | 30.6 ± 0.6 | 32.2 ± 0.9 | 31.8 ± 0.6 |
LPS | 23.7 ± 0.3 | 27.3 ± 0.3 | 26.4 ± 0.4 | 25.7 ± 0.7 | 31.5 ± 0.3 | 32.3 ± 0.3 | 32.7 ± 0.1 | 32.5 ± 0.9 | |
Poly I:C | 26.6 ± 0.0 | 27.1 ± 0.2 | 27.5 ± 0.4 | 25.8 ± 0.8 | 29.6 ± 1.5 | 32.1 ± 0.1 | 33.0 ± 0.3 | 30.7 ± 0.2 | |
RPL13 | PBS | 23.7 ± 0.4 | 24.2 ± 0.2 | 25.9 ± 0.8 | 24.3 ± 0.1 | 16.8 ± 0.1 | 15.9 ± 0.3 | 17.1 ± 0.2 | 16.3 ± 0.4 |
LPS | 24.0 ± 0.5 | 24.4 ± 0.4 | 24.8 ± 0.2 | 23.9 ± 0.1 | 16.5 ± 0.4 | 15.1 ± 0.1 | 16.4 ± 0.4 | 16.5 ± 0.2 | |
Poly I:C | 24.2 ± 1.1 | 24.9 ± 0.7 | 26.5 ± 0.5 | 23.2 ± 0.4 | 15.1 ± 1.3 | 16.8 ± 0.7 | 17.5 ± 0.8 | 16.4 ± 0.6 | |
EF1A | PBS | 13.2 ± 0.5 | 15.3 ± 0.1 | 14.7 ± 0.3 | 12.3 ± 0.1 | 15.0 ± 0.8 | 13.9 ± 0.3 | 14.4 ± 0.1 | 14.2 ± 0.3 |
LPS | 12.5 ± 0.4 | 15.5 ± 0.5 | 13.4 ± 0.4 | 12.9 ± 0.8 | 15.4 ± 0.4 | 14.2 ± 0.7 | 14.5 ± 0.9 | 14.5 ± 0.3 | |
Poly I:C | 13.0 ± 0.7 | 14.6 ± 0.4 | 15.2 ± 0.4 | 13.9 ± 0.7 | 13.7 ± 0.1 | 14.8 ± 0.5 | 14.8 ± 0.3 | 14.3 ± 0.9 | |
18S | PBS | 8.3 ± 0.3 | 8.1 ± 0.0 | 8.1 ± 0.0 | 8.8 ± 0.9 | 9.5 ± 0.3 | 7.5 ± 0.1 | 7.8 ± 0.1 | 7.8 ± 0.2 |
LPS | 8.8 ± 1.0 | 8.3 ± 0.7 | 9.5 ± 0.9 | 8.0 ± 0.2 | 9.3 ± 0.1 | 7.2 ± 0.1 | 7.5 ± 0.4 | 8.1 ± 0.1 | |
Poly I:C | 7.6 ± 0.5 | 8.5 ± 0.0 | 8.5 ± 0.5 | 8.7 ± 0.2 | 7.4 ± 0.0 | 7.4 ± 0.0 | 7.8 ± 0.1 | 8.1 ± 1.1 | |
UBCE | PBS | 24.0 ± 0.8 | 27.4 ± 0.2 | 26.1 ± 0.4 | 24.6 ± 0.5 | 22.7 ± 0.2 | 21.7 ± 0.1 | 22.4 ± 0.3 | 23.4 ± 0.6 |
LPS | 24.7 ± 0.3 | 28.5 ± 0.2 | 24.6 ± 0.4 | 25.3 ± 0.3 | 21.9 ± 0.6 | 21.1 ± 0.5 | 22.1 ± 0.6 | 23.7 ± 0.7 | |
Poly I:C | 24.2 ± 0.3 | 27.2 ± 0.3 | 26.5 ± 0.0 | 26.7 ± 0.6 | 21.6 ± 0.2 | 23.2 ± 0.6 | 23.2 ± 0.1 | 23.8 ± 1.0 |
Cell Lines | Ranking Order | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPS | Gene | 18S | GAPDH | UBCE | Actin | EF1A | B2M | RPL13 |
Stability | 0.026 | 0.026 | 0.039 | 0.154 | 0.228 | 0.492 | 1.095 | |
GPHK | Gene | UBCE | Actin | RPL13 | EF1A | B2M | 18S | GAPDH |
Stability | 0.075 | 0.101 | 0.103 | 0.114 | 0.154 | 0.188 | 0.206 |
Cell Lines | Genes | Standard Deviation (SD) | Correlation Coefficient (r) | Coefficient of Variation (CV) | p-Value | Ranking Order |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPS | 18S | 0.11 | 0.674 | 1.64 | 0.016 | 1 |
GAPDH | 0.16 | 0.280 | 0.59 | 0.379 | 2 | |
Actin | 0.28 | 0.369 | 2.25 | 0.236 | 3 | |
UBCE | 0.31 | 0.610 | 1.44 | 0.035 | 4 | |
EF1A | 0.36 | 0.626 | 2.86 | 0.029 | 5 | |
B2M | 0.61 | 0.174 | 1.95 | 0.588 | 6 | |
RPL13 | 1.09 | −0.227 | 4.76 | 0.476 | 7 | |
GPHK | RPL13 | 0.12 | 0.811 | 0.71 | 0.001 | 1 |
18S | 0.16 | 0.386 | 2.08 | 0.216 | 2 | |
EF1A | 0.24 | 0.524 | 1.59 | 0.080 | 3 | |
B2M | 0.25 | 0.691 | 1.21 | 0.013 | 4 | |
Actin | 0.30 | 0.858 | 1.98 | 0.001 | 5 | |
UBCE | 0.32 | 0.772 | 1.36 | 0.003 | 6 | |
GAPDH | 0.45 | 0.742 | 1.33 | 0.006 | 7 |
Cell Lines | Ranking Order | geNorm | NormFinder | BestKeeper | Recommended Comprehensive Ranking |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPS | 1 | 18S/GAPDH | 18S/GAPDH | 18S | 18S |
2 | GAPDH | GAPDH | |||
3 | UBCE | UBCE | Actin | UBCE | |
4 | Actin | Actin | UBCE | Actin | |
5 | EF1A | EF1A | EF1A | EF1A | |
6 | B2M | B2M | B2M | B2M | |
7 | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | |
GPHK | 1 | RPL13/18S | UBCE | RPL13 | RPL13 |
2 | Actin | 18S | 18S | ||
3 | EF1A | RPL13 | EF1A | EF1A | |
4 | UBCE | EF1A | B2M | UBCE | |
5 | Actin | B2M | Actin | Actin | |
6 | B2M | 18S | UBCE | B2M | |
7 | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH |
Cell Lines | Stimuli | Ranking Order | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPS | LPS | 2 h | RPL13/Actin | (0.002) | 18S | (0.211) | UBCE | (0.327) | B2M | (0.377) | EF1A | (0.393) | GAPDH | (0.820) | ||
4 h | RPL13 | (0.207) | 18S | (0.209) | EF1A | (0.224) | Actin | (0.259) | UBCE | (0.264) | B2M | (0.306) | GAPDH | (0.384) | ||
8 h | RPL13/Actin | (0.007) | EF1A | (0.047) | B2M | (0.075) | UBCE | (0.307) | GAPDH | (0.588) | 18S | (1.299) | ||||
12 h | GAPDH | (0.114) | B2M | (0.203) | RPL13 | (0.228) | EF1A | (0.273) | Actin | (0.345) | UBCE | (0.562) | 18S | (0.725) | ||
Poly I:C | 2 h | UBCE/Actin | (0.026) | EF1A | (0.066) | RPL13 | (0.130) | 18S | (0.385) | B2M | (0.508) | GAPDH | (0.848) | |||
4 h | UBCE/Actiin | (0.010) | 18S | (0.164) | EF1A | (0.387) | RPL13 | (0.412) | GAPDH | (0.605) | B2M | (0.662) | ||||
8 h | Actin | (0.055) | 18S | (0.207) | UBCE | (0.213) | EF1A | (0.299) | RPL13 | (0.324) | GAPDH | (0.435) | B2M | (0.985) | ||
12 h | UBCE/EF1A | (0.362) | 18S | (0.413) | Actin | (0.443) | RPL13 | (0.508) | GAPDH | (0.535) | B2M | (0.634) | ||||
GPHK | LPS | 2 h | 18S/Actin | (0.003) | RPL13 | (0.029) | EF1A | (0.210) | B2M | (0.228) | UBCE | (0.417) | GAPDH | (0.673) | ||
4 h | 18S/Actin | (0.002) | EF1A | (0.137) | UBCE | (0.223) | B2M | (0.256) | RPL13 | (0.360) | GAPDH | (1.001) | ||||
8 h | EF1A | (0.030) | UBCE | (0.140) | 18S | (0.142) | RPL13 | (0.196) | Actin | (0.198) | GAPDH | (0.305) | B2M | (0.348) | ||
12 h | EF1A | (0.001) | 18S | (0.007) | RPL13 | (0.020) | UBCE | (0.055) | Actin | (0.254) | GAPDH | (0.295) | B2M | (0.339) | ||
Poly I:C | 2 h | EF1A/Actin | (0.001) | B2M | (0.040) | UBCE | (0.153) | RPL13 | (0.154) | GAPDH | (0.354) | 18S | (0.392) | |||
4 h | EF1A/RPL13 | (0.013) | Actin | (0.135) | UBCE | (0.374) | 18S | (0.384) | GAPDH | (0.430) | B2M | (0.963) | ||||
8 h | EF1A | (0.010) | RPL13 | (0.016) | Actin | (0.031) | 18S | (0.114) | UBCE | (0.285) | GAPDH | (0.399) | B2M | (1.383) | ||
12 h | RPL13 | (0.052) | EF1A | (0.062) | Actin | (0.109) | 18S | (0.199) | UBCE | (0.281) | B2M | (0.426) | GAPDH | (0.552) |
Cell Lines | Stimuli | Ranking Order | Genes | Standard Deviation (SD) | Correlation Coefficient (r) | Coefficient of Variation (CV) | p-Value | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GPS | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | ||
LPS | 1 | RPL13 | EF1A | B2M | RPL13 | 0.36 | 0.20 | 0.41 | 0.19 | 0.768 | 0.607 | 0.767 | 0.476 | 1.49 | 1.33 | 1.48 | 0.77 | 0.074 | 0.201 | 0.075 | 0.341 | |
2 | Actin | RPL13 | EF1A | B2M | 0.40 | 0.23 | 0.63 | 0.43 | 0.968 | 0.454 | 0.757 | 0.738 | 2.76 | 0.93 | 4.49 | 1.60 | 0.002 | 0.365 | 0.081 | 0.094 | ||
3 | EF1A | 18S | RPL13 | 18S | 0.48 | 0.26 | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.594 | 0.754 | 0.674 | 0.021 | 3.77 | 3.19 | 2.52 | 5.60 | 0.213 | 0.083 | 0.143 | 0.970 | ||
4 | 18S | Actin | Actin | GAPDH | 0.52 | 0.29 | 0.67 | 0.55 | 0.923 | 0.765 | 0.914 | 0.883 | 6.14 | 1.81 | 4.53 | 2.05 | 0.009 | 0.076 | 0.011 | 0.020 | ||
5 | UBCE | UBCE | UBCE | EF1A | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.78 | 0.58 | 0.544 | 0.628 | 0.807 | 0.719 | 2.21 | 1.88 | 3.09 | 4.52 | 0.263 | 0.183 | 0.052 | 0.107 | ||
6 | GAPDH | B2M | 18S | Actin | 0.69 | 0.57 | 0.81 | 0.67 | −0.022 | 0.619 | −0.166 | 0.712 | 2.83 | 2.05 | 9.17 | 4.46 | 0.970 | 0.189 | 0.751 | 0.112 | ||
7 | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | UBCE | 0.76 | 0.62 | 1.00 | 0.81 | −0.059 | 0.705 | 0.779 | 0.662 | 2.80 | 2.33 | 3.63 | 3.18 | 0.910 | 0.117 | 0.067 | 0.151 | ||
Poly I:C | 1 | 18S | UBCE | UBCE | 18S | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.768 | 0.737 | 0.497 | 0.061 | 4.93 | 0.64 | 0.99 | 3.43 | 0.074 | 0.095 | 0.314 | 0.910 | |
2 | UBCE | 18S | Actin | UBCE | 0.46 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.576 | 0.012 | 0.756 | 0.368 | 1.92 | 2.21 | 1.73 | 1.19 | 0.231 | 0.985 | 0.082 | 0.474 | ||
3 | EF1A | Actin | 18S | EF1A | 0.48 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.927 | 0.841 | 0.774 | 0.488 | 3.69 | 1.57 | 3.64 | 2.59 | 0.008 | 0.036 | 0.071 | 0.325 | ||
4 | Actin | EF1A | EF1A | Actin | 0.50 | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.972 | 0.325 | 0.586 | 0.571 | 3.44 | 2.85 | 2.31 | 2.80 | 0.001 | 0.528 | 0.221 | 0.237 | ||
5 | B2M | RPL13 | GAPDH | RPL13 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.59 | 0.005 | 0.318 | 0.348 | 0.338 | 2.20 | 1.74 | 1.64 | 2.46 | 0.993 | 0.540 | 0.500 | 0.511 | ||
6 | RPL13 | GAPDH | RPL13 | B2M | 0.59 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.69 | 0.798 | 0.365 | 0.824 | 0.414 | 2.47 | 1.95 | 2.13 | 2.60 | 0.057 | 0.479 | 0.044 | 0.414 | ||
7 | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | 0.79 | 0.69 | 0.91 | 0.70 | 0.003 | 0.235 | −0.079 | 0.665 | 3.07 | 2.60 | 3.32 | 2.63 | 0.993 | 0.656 | 0.881 | 0.150 | ||
GPHK | LPS | 1 | 18S | 18S | 18S | 18S | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.496 | 0.781 | 0.838 | 0.367 | 1.50 | 2.14 | 2.82 | 1.97 | 0.318 | 0.067 | 0.037 | 0.474 |
2 | Actin | Actin | Actin | EF1A | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.795 | 0.793 | 0.835 | 0.490 | 1.07 | 1.49 | 1.73 | 1.54 | 0.059 | 0.060 | 0.039 | 0.325 | ||
3 | RPL13 | B2M | UBCE | RPL13 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.285 | 0.567 | −0.147 | 0.322 | 1.20 | 1.72 | 1.46 | 1.55 | 0.587 | 0.240 | 0.779 | 0.534 | ||
4 | B2M | EF1A | EF1A | Actin | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.626 | 0.129 | 0.663 | 0.510 | 1.91 | 2.39 | 2.48 | 2.45 | 0.183 | 0.808 | 0.151 | 0.300 | ||
5 | UBCE | UBCE | RPL13 | B2M | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.309 | 0.562 | 0.649 | 0.011 | 2.14 | 1.87 | 2.29 | 1.88 | 0.551 | 0.245 | 0.162 | 0.985 | ||
6 | EF1A | RPL13 | B2M | UBCE | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.50 | 0.439 | 0.907 | 0.069 | 0.337 | 3.15 | 2.60 | 1.85 | 2.11 | 0.383 | 0.013 | 0.895 | 0.511 | ||
7 | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | 0.56 | 0.82 | 0.49 | 0.66 | −0.083 | −0.575 | 0.207 | 0.784 | 1.83 | 2.62 | 1.51 | 2.05 | 0.873 | 0.231 | 0.696 | 0.065 | ||
Poly I:C | 1 | UBCE | 18S | 18S | Actin | 0.55 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.39 | 0.883 | −0.611 | −0.106 | 0.341 | 2.47 | 0.47 | 1.07 | 2.76 | 0.020 | 0.198 | 0.844 | 0.506 | |
2 | EF1A | EF1A | EF1A | RPL13 | 0.69 | 0.48 | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.853 | 0.978 | 0.402 | 0.729 | 4.80 | 3.33 | 1.70 | 2.45 | 0.031 | 0.001 | 0.429 | 0.100 | ||
3 | Actin | B2M | Actin | EF1A | 0.69 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.913 | −0.341 | 0.609 | 0.904 | 5.06 | 2.79 | 1.94 | 3.01 | 0.011 | 0.506 | 0.198 | 0.013 | ||
4 | GAPDH | Actin | UBCE | 18S | 0.70 | 0.55 | 0.36 | 0.44 | 0.657 | 0.991 | 0.426 | 0.949 | 2.35 | 3.76 | 1.57 | 5.57 | 0.157 | 0.001 | 0.400 | 0.004 | ||
5 | B2M | RPL13 | RPL13 | B2M | 0.75 | 0.57 | 0.37 | 0.46 | 0.987 | 0.953 | 0.482 | 0.257 | 3.95 | 3.48 | 2.16 | 2.48 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.333 | 0.624 | ||
6 | RPL13 | UBCE | GAPDH | GAPDH | 0.99 | 0.71 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.921 | 0.959 | 0.672 | −0.138 | 6.22 | 3.16 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.143 | 0.793 | ||
7 | 18S | GAPDH | B2M | UBCE | 1.05 | 0.75 | 1.18 | 0.60 | 0.929 | 0.722 | 0.055 | −0.563 | 12.49 | 2.40 | 6.01 | 2.53 | 0.007 | 0.105 | 0.918 | 0.245 |
Cell Lines | Stimuli | Ranking Order | geNorm | NormFinder | BestKeeper | Recommended Comprehensive Ranking | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | 2 h | 4 h | 8 h | 12 h | |||
GPS | LPS | 1 | RPL13/Actin | RPL13/18S | RPL13/Actin | RPL13/B2M | RPL13/Actin | RPL13 | RPL13/Actin | GAPDH | RPL13 | EF1A | B2M | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 |
2 | 18S | B2M | Actin | RPL13 | EF1A | B2M | Actin | 18S | Actin | B2M | ||||||||
3 | 18s | EF1A | EF1A | GAPDH | 18S | EF1A | EF1A | RPL13 | EF1A | 18S | RPL13 | 18S | 18S | EF1A | EF1A | GAPDH | ||
4 | UBCE | Actin | B2M | EF1A | UBCE | Actin | B2M | EF1A | 18S | Actin | Actin | GAPDH | UBCE | Actin | B2M | EF1A | ||
5 | B2M | UBCE | UBCE | Actin | B2M | UBCE | UBCE | Actin | UBCE | UBCE | UBCE | EF1A | EF1A | UBCE | UBCE | Actin | ||
6 | EF1A | B2M | GAPDH | UBCE | EF1A | B2M | GAPDH | UBCE | GAPDH | B2M | 18S | Actin | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | UBCE | ||
7 | GAPDH | GAPDH | 18S | 18S | GAPDH | GAPDH | 18S | 18S | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | UBCE | GAPDH | GAPDH | 18S | 18S | ||
Poly I:C | 1 | UBCE/Actin | UBCE/Actin | UBCE/18S | UBCE/EF1A | UBCE/Actin | UBCE/Actin | Actin | UBCE/EF1A | 18S | UBCE | UBCE | 18S | UBCE | UBCE | UBCE | UBCE | |
2 | 18S | UBCE | 18S | Actin | UBCE | Actin | Actin | 18S | EF1A | |||||||||
3 | EF1A | 18S | EF1A | 18S | EF1A | 18S | UBCE | 18S | EF1A | Actin | 18S | EF1A | EF1A | 18S | Actin | 18S | ||
4 | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | Actin | RPL13 | EF1A | EF1A | Actin | Actin | EF1A | EF1A | Actin | 18S | EF1A | EF1A | Actin | ||
5 | 18S | GAPDH | Actin | RPL13 | 18S | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | B2M | RPL13 | GAPDH | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | RPL13 | ||
6 | B2M | EF1A | GAPDH | GAPDH | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | RPL13 | GAPDH | RPL13 | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | ||
7 | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | B2M | ||
GPHK | LPS | 1 | 18S/Actin | 18S/Actin | 18S/UBCE | 18S/EF1A | 18S/Actin | 18S/Actin | EF1A | EF1A | 18S | 18S | 18S | 18S | 18S | 18S | 18S | 18S |
2 | UBCE | 18S | Actin | Actin | Actin | EF1A | Actin | Actin | UBCE | EF1A | ||||||||
3 | RPL13 | UBCE | RPL13 | UBCE | RPL13 | EF1A | 18S | RPL13 | RPL13 | B2M | UBCE | RPL13 | RPL13 | UBCE | EF1A | RPL13 | ||
4 | B2M | B2M | Actin | RPL13 | EF1A | UBCE | RPL13 | UBCE | B2M | EF1A | EF1A | Actin | B2M | B2M | Actin | UBCE | ||
5 | UBCE | RPL13 | EF1A | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | Actin | Actin | UBCE | UBCE | RPL13 | B2M | UBCE | EF1A | RPL13 | Actin | ||
6 | EF1A | EF1A | GAPDH | Actin | UBCE | RPL13 | GAPDH | GAPDH | EF1A | RPL13 | B2M | UBCE | EF1A | RPL13 | GAPDH | GAPDH | ||
7 | GAPDH | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | B2M | B2M | ||
Poly I:C | 1 | EFIA/Actin | EF1A/RPL13 | EF1A/Actin | EF1A/RPL13 | EF1A/Actin | EF1A/RPL13 | EF1A | RPL13 | UBCE | 18S | 18S | Actin | EF1A | EF1A | EF1A | RPL13 | |
2 | RPL13 | EF1A | EF1A | EF1A | EF1A | RPL13 | Actin | RPL13 | Actin | EF1A | ||||||||
3 | B2M | Actin | RPL13 | Actin | B2M | Actin | Actin | Actin | Actin | B2M | Actin | EF1A | UBCE | Actin | RPL13 | Actin | ||
4 | UBCE | UBCE | UBCE | 18S | UBCE | UBCE | 18S | 18S | GAPDH | Actin | UBCE | 18S | B2M | 18S | 18S | 18S | ||
5 | RPL13 | GAPDH | GAPDH | UBCE | RPL13 | 18S | UBCE | UBCE | B2M | RPL13 | RPL13 | B2M | RPL13 | UBCE | UBCE | UBCE | ||
6 | GAPDH | 18S | 18S | B2M | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | B2M | RPL13 | UBCE | GAPDH | GAPDH | GAPDH | B2M | GAPDH | B2M | ||
7 | 18S | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | 18S | B2M | B2M | GAPDH | 18S | GAPDH | B2M | UBCE | 18S | GAPDH | B2M | GAPDH |
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Zhao, N.; Zhang, H.; Zhu, L.; Hou, Y.; Wu, Y.; Cao, Z.; Sun, Y. Selection and Verification of Reference Genes for Gene Expression Studies in Different Cell Lines of Golden Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus). Fishes 2023, 8, 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010008
Zhao N, Zhang H, Zhu L, Hou Y, Wu Y, Cao Z, Sun Y. Selection and Verification of Reference Genes for Gene Expression Studies in Different Cell Lines of Golden Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus). Fishes. 2023; 8(1):8. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010008
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhao, Na, Han Zhang, Lin Zhu, Yongwei Hou, Ying Wu, Zhenjie Cao, and Yun Sun. 2023. "Selection and Verification of Reference Genes for Gene Expression Studies in Different Cell Lines of Golden Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)" Fishes 8, no. 1: 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010008