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. 2023 Apr 7;9(4):e15269.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15269. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Validation of reference genes for the normalization of the RT-qPCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of septic patients

Ruoyu Song  1   2   3 , Shijun He  1   2   3 , Yongbin Wu  1   2   3 , Wanxin Chen  4 , Jie Song  1   2   3 , Yaxi Zhu  1   2   3 , Huan Chen  1   2   3 , Qianlu Wang  1   2   3 , Shouman Wang  5 , Sichuang Tan  6 , Sipin Tan  1
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Validation of reference genes for the normalization of the RT-qPCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of septic patients

Ruoyu Song et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

Objective: To screen and validate reference genes suitable for gene mRNA expression study in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) between septic patients and healthy controls (HC).

Methods: Total RNA in PBMCs was extracted and RT-qPCR was used to determine the mRNA expression profiles of 9 candidate genes, including ACTB, B2M, GAPDH, GUSB, HPRT1, PGK1, RPL13A, SDHA and YWHAZ. The genes expression stabilities were assessed by both geNorm and NormFinder software.

Results: YWHAZ was the most stable gene among the 9 candidate genes evaluated by both geNorm and NormFinder in mixed and sepsis groups. The most stable gene combination in mixed group analyzed by geNorm was the combination of GAPDH, PKG1 and YWHAZ, while that in sepsis group was the combination of ACTB, PKG1 and YWHAZ.

Conclusion: Our first systematic analysis of the reference genes in PBMC of septic patients suggested YWHAZ was the best candidate. The combination of ACTB, PKG1 and YWHAZ could improve RT-qPCR accuracy in septic patients. Our results identified the most stable reference genes to standardize RT-qPCR of sepsis patients, which can serve as a useful tool for gene function exploration in the future.

Keywords: RT-qPCR; Reference gene; Sepsis.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
Optimal reference genes selection. (A) Pairwise variation (Vn/n+1) analysis was used to determine the optimal number of reference genes required for RT-qPCR normalization in different groups. (B/C/D) Expression stability values (M) and pair-wise variation (V) for mixed/SEPSIS/HC group.
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