PMID- 31569378 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200221 LR - 20200221 IS - 2073-4425 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4425 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 10 DP - 2019 Sep 28 TI - The Selection and Validation of Reference Genes for mRNA and microRNA Expression Studies in Human Liver Slices Using RT-qPCR. LID - 10.3390/genes10100763 [doi] LID - 763 AB - The selection of a suitable combination of reference genes (RGs) for data normalization is a crucial step for obtaining reliable and reproducible results from transcriptional response analysis using a reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. This is especially so if a three-dimensional multicellular model prepared from liver tissues originating from biologically diverse human individuals is used. The mRNA and miRNA RGs stability were studied in thirty-five human liver tissue samples and twelve precision-cut human liver slices (PCLS) treated for 24 h with dimethyl sulfoxide (controls) and PCLS treated with beta-naphthoflavone (10 microM) or rifampicin (10 microM) as cytochrome P450 (CYP) inducers. Validation of RGs was performed by an expression analysis of CYP3A4 and CYP1A2 on rifampicin and beta-naphthoflavone induction, respectively. Regarding mRNA, the best combination of RGs for the controls was YWHAZ and B2M, while YWHAZ and ACTB were selected for the liver samples and treated PCLS. Stability of all candidate miRNA RGs was comparable or better than that of generally used short non-coding RNA U6. The best combination for the control PCLS was miR-16-5p and miR-152-3p, in contrast to the miR-16-5b and miR-23b-3p selected for the treated PCLS. Our results showed that the candidate RGs were rather stable, especially for miRNA in human PCLS. FAU - Zarybnicky, Tomas AU - Zarybnicky T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6402-9708 AD - Department of Biochemical Sciences, Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. zarybnto@faf.cuni.cz. FAU - Matouskova, Petra AU - Matouskova P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9421-5744 AD - Department of Biochemical Sciences, Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. matousp7@faf.cuni.cz. FAU - Ambroz, Martin AU - Ambroz M AD - Department of Biochemical Sciences, Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. ambrozm@faf.cuni.cz. FAU - Subrt, Zdenek AU - Subrt Z AD - Department of General Surgery, Third Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Charles University, 100 34 Prague, Czech Republic. subrt@email.cz. AD - Department of Surgery, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. subrt@email.cz. FAU - Skalova, Lenka AU - Skalova L AD - Department of Biochemical Sciences, Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. skaloval@faf.cuni.cz. FAU - Bousova, Iva AU - Bousova I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2863-717X AD - Department of Biochemical Sciences, Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. Iva.Bousova@faf.cuni.cz. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190928 PL - Switzerland TA - Genes (Basel) JT - Genes JID - 101551097 RN - 0 (14-3-3 Proteins) RN - 0 (B2M protein, human) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (YWHAZ protein, human) RN - 0 (beta 2-Microglobulin) RN - 6051-87-2 (beta-Naphthoflavone) RN - 9035-51-2 (Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (CYP1A2 protein, human) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A) RN - EC 1.14.14.55 (CYP3A4 protein, human) RN - VJT6J7R4TR (Rifampin) RN - YOW8V9698H (Dimethyl Sulfoxide) SB - IM MH - 14-3-3 Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2/genetics/metabolism MH - Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A/genetics/metabolism MH - Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/pharmacology MH - Dimethyl Sulfoxide/pharmacology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Profiling/*standards MH - Humans MH - Liver/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Male MH - MicroRNAs/*genetics/metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - RNA, Messenger/*genetics/metabolism MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction/*standards MH - Reference Standards MH - Rifampin/pharmacology MH - Transcriptome MH - beta 2-Microglobulin/genetics/metabolism MH - beta-Naphthoflavone/pharmacology PMC - PMC6826422 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RT-qPCR OT - human liver OT - mRNA OT - miRNA OT - precision-cut liver slices OT - reference gene COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2019/10/02 06:00 MHDA- 2020/02/23 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/01 CRDT- 2019/10/02 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/09/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/02/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - genes10100763 [pii] AID - genes-10-00763 [pii] AID - 10.3390/genes10100763 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Genes (Basel). 2019 Sep 28;10(10):763. doi: 10.3390/genes10100763.