Basic Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2024.
World J Stem Cells. Jun 26, 2024; 16(6): 656-669
Published online Jun 26, 2024. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v16.i6.656
Table 1 Candidate reference genes for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction
Gene symbol
Function
NCBI access
Primers sequences (5’-3’)
Temperature (°C)
RPLP0Component of the 60S subunitNM_001002F: AGCCCAGAACACTGGTCTC60
R: ACTCAGGATTTCAATGGTGCC
TBPTranscription, metabolic pathwaysNM_003194.5F: CACGAACCACGGCACTGATT62
R: TTTTCTTGCTGCCAGTCTGGA
YWHAZSignal transductionNM_001135702F: TGATCCCCAATGCTTCACAAG61
R: GCCAAGTAACGGTAGTAATCTCC
RUNX2Master transcription factor for osteogenesisNM_001015051F: TGGTTACTGTCATGGCGGGTA62
R: TCTCAGATCGTTGAACCTTGCTA
EF1αTranslationNM_001402F: GAAGCTGGTATCTCCAAGAATGG61
R: CGACAATTAGTTGTTTCACACCC
GAPDHMitochondrial metabolismNM_002046F: GCATCCTGGGCTACACTGA60
R: CCACCACCCTGTTGCTGTA
ACTBCytoskeletonNM_001101F: CGACAGGATGCAGAAGGAG60
R: TCCTGCTTGCTGATCCACAT
B2MImmune responseNM_004048F: GAGGCTATCCAGCGTACTCCA62
R: CGGCAGGCATACTCATCTTTT
ALAS1Mitochondrial metabolismNM_199166F: AAATGAATGCCGTGAGGAAAGA60
R: CCCTCCATCGGTTTTCACACTA
TUBCytoskeletonNM_001293212F: TCAACACCTTCTTCAGTGAAACG60
R: AGTGCCAGTGCGAACTTCATC
SDHAMitochondrial metabolismNM_004168F: CAAACAGGAACCCGAGGTTTT60
R: CAGCTTGGTAACACATGCTGTAT
Table 2 Gene stability of overall analysis from clonogenic and osteogenic samples
Main groupRankDelta Ct
NormFinder
geNorm
BestKeeper
Gene
Stability value
Gene
Stability value
Gene
M value
Gene
Std Dev
R
P value
1 to 35 d (clo + ost)1TBP2.13TBP1.078RPLP0/EFα10.889ALAS10.700.3350.003
2RPLP02.27RPLP01.451--RPLP01.330.7260.001
3YWAHZ2.37YWAHZ1.62TBP1.712EFα11.410.6680.001
4EFα12.43ACTB1.659YWAHZ1.923GAPDH1.780.5710.001
5ACTB2.43EFα11.707SDHA2.037TBP1.870.8570.001
6ALAS12.55ALAS11.84ALAS12.152ACTB2.000.7850.001
7SDHA2.57SDHA1.948ACTB2.261YWAHZ2.400.876
8TUB2.68TUB2.06B2M2.337TUB2.410.777
9B2M2.72B2M2.122TUB2.402SDHA2.590.847
10GAPDH2.93GAPDH2.385GAPDH2.508B2M2.630.7990.001
Table 3 Gene stability from Subset 1 (clonogenic medium under 35 d) and Subset 2 (osteogenic medium under 35 d)
SubsetRankDelta Ct
NormFinder
geNorm
BestKeeper
Gene
Stability value
Gene
Stability value
Gene
M value
Gene
Std Dev
R
P value
1: 1 to 35 d (clo)1TBP2.040TBP1.024TBP/YWAHZ0.996ALAS10.6600.3260.043
2RPLP02.220RPLP01.423--RPLP01.2000.7000.001
3YWAHZ2.220YWAHZ1.466B2M1.319EFα11.2500.5370.001
4B2M2.430B2M1.790SDHA1.449GAPDH1.6600.6470.001
5ACTB2.460ACTB1.818RPLP01.880TBP1.9000.8660.001
6ALAS12.480ALAS11.821EFα12.068ACTB2.1400.7990.001
7GAPDH2.500GAPDH1.824ALAS12.159YWAHZ2.2400.8500.001
8EFα12.560EFα11.989GAPDH2.272TUB2.5100.8000.001
9SDHA2.620SDHA2.099ACTB2.356B2M2.5600.8550.001
10TUB2.680TUB2.161TUB2.421SDHA2.7100.8750.001
2: 1 to 35 d (ost)1TBP2.140TBP1.087RPLP0/EFα10.515ALAS10.7400.3240.044
2RPLP02.170RPLP01.276--RPLP01.4600.7860.001
3EFα12.180EFα11.291TBP1.450EFα11.5700.8120.001
4ACTB2.320ACTB1.467YWAHZ1.777ACTB1.7200.7670.001
5YWAHZ2.450YWAHZ1.758SDHA1.860TBP1.8500.8460.001
6SDHA2.480SDHA1.789ACTB2.010GAPDH1.9200.5190.001
7TUB2.570ALAS11.853TUB2.108TUB2.1900.7440.001
8ALAS12.570TUB1.882ALAS12.184SDHA2.4600.8180.001
9B2M2.970B2M2.456B2M2.323YWAHZ2.5300.9010.001
10GAPDH3.270GAPDH2.833GAPDH2.512B2M2.6400.7390.001
Table 4 Gene stability from Subset 3 (clonogenic and osteogenic media from 1 to 21 d) and Subset 4 (clonogenic and osteogenic media from 21 to 35 d)
SubsetRankDelta Ct
Normfinder
geNorm
BestKeeper
Gene
Stability value
Gene
Stability value
Gene
M value
Gene
Std Dev
R
P value
3: 1 to 21 d (clo + ost)1TBP2.160TBP1.202RPLP0/EFα10.594ALAS10.7500.4330.001
2RPLP02.230RPLP01.419--RPLP01.1000.6140.001
3YWAHZ2.320ALAS11.492ALAS11.207EFα11.1000.5350.001
4EFα12.320YWAHZ1.550TBP1.639TBP1.7700.8010.001
5ALAS12.330EEF1α11.591YWAHZ1.814ACTB1.9400.7030.001
6ACTB2.580ACTB1.938SDHA1.989GAPDH2.0100.6830.001
7SDHA2.640B2M1.979B2M2.104YWAHZ2.0800.8190.001
8B2M2.640SDHA2.048ACTB2.275B2M2.2100.7090.001
9TUB2.790TUB2.252TUB2.383SDHA2.2900.7850.001
10GAPDH2.970GAPDH2.411GAPDH2.499TUB2.3500.7380.001
4: 21 to 35 d (clo + ost)1TBP1.980TBP0.749RPLP0/EFα11.039ALAS10.6300.3450.039
2ACTB2.090ACTB1.075--RPLP01.7400.8600.001
3RPLP02.120RPLP01.155ACTB1.427EFα11.8900.8150.001
4TUB2.280TUB1.447TBP1.636ACTB1.9200.8930.001
5YWAHZ2.300YWAHZ1.604TUB1.738TBP1.9400.9150.001
6EFα12.360EEF1α11.605YWAHZ1.866GAPDH1.9700.4560.005
7SDHA2.540SDHA1.979SDHA1.980TUB2.1200.8290.001
8ALAS12.670ALAS12.044B2M2.087YWAHZ2.6200.8990.001
9B2M2.760B2M2.283ALAS12.210SDHA2.8100.8380.001
10GAPDH3.420GAPDH3.075GAPDH2.452B2M2.9300.8300.001
Table 5 Gene stability from Subset 5 (only osteogenic medium from 1 to 21 d) and Subset 6 (only osteogenic medium from 21 to 35 d)
SubsetRankDelta Ct
NormFinder
geNorm
BestKeeper
Gene
Stability value
Gene
Stability value
Gene
M value
Gene
Std Dev
R
P value
5: 1 to 21 d (ost)1EFα12.200EFα11.255RPLP0/EFα10.463ALAS10.8100.4400.022
2RPLP02.210RPLP01.278--RPLP01.3300.7310.001
3TBP2.280TBP1.325ACTB1.514EFα11.3300.7550.001
4ALAS12.380ALAS11.485TUB1.629ACTB1.5400.5550.003
5YWAHZ2.450YWAHZ1.706ALAS11.742TBP1.8600.7870.001
6ACTB2.480ACTB1.757TBP1.978TUB1.8800.6200.001
7TUB2.600TUB1.948YWAHZ2.115YWAHZ2.1700.8450.001
8SDHA2.660SDHA2.043SDHA2.222B2M2.2400.6090.001
9B2M2.950B2M2.369B2M2.345SDHA2.2900.7520.001
10GAPDH3.460GAPDH3.031GAPDH2.568GAPDH2.3100.6470.001
6: 21 to 35 d (ost)1TBP1.820TBP0.578RPLP0/EFα10.495ALAS10.5600.2570.304
2ACTB1.900ACTB0.584--TBP1.7500.9630.001
3RPLP02.050RPLP01.096ACTB1.024RPLP01.8100.8780.001
4EFα12.110EFα11.224TBP1.134EFα12.0400.8830.001
5SDHA2.160SDHA1.368SDHA1.440ACTB2.0700.9630.001
6YWAHZ2.300TUB1.551YWAHZ1.557SDHA2.2500.8430.001
7TUB2.310YWAHZ1.648TUB1.655TUB2.4000.8560.001
8ALAS12.830ALAS12.254B2M1.842GAPDH2.5100.4920.038
9B2M2.840B2M2.401ALAS12.035YWAHZ2.7600.9270.001
10GAPDH4.040GAPDH3.776GAPDH2.435B2M2.8000.8100.001
Table 6 Gene stability from Subset 7 (only clonogenic medium from 1 to 21 d) and Subset 8 (only clonogenic medium from 21 to 35 d)
SubsetRankDelta Ct
NormFinder
geNorm
BestKeeper
Gene
Stability value
Gene
Stability value
Gene
M value
Gene
Std Dev
R
P value
7: 1 to 21 d (clo)1TBP2.010TBP1.091RPLP0/EFα10.661ALAS10.6900.3790.051
2RPLP02.120RPLP01.379--EEF1α10.8200.1440.473
3YWAHZ2.150YWAHZ1.398ALAS11.033RPLP00.8700.5160.006
4ALAS12.150ALAS11.404TBP1.430TBP1.6000.7780.001
5B2M2.210B2M1.442YWAHZ1.617GAPDH1.6300.7220.001
6EFα12.370GAPDH1.615B2M1.718YWAHZ1.9500.7590.001
7GAPDH2.370EFα11.839SDHA1.890B2M1.9800.7620.001
8SDHA2.610SDHA2.089GAPDH2.032ACTB2.1800.7890.001
9ACTB2.630ACTB2.133ACTB2.212SDHA2.3200.8000.001
10TUB2.920TUB2.546TUB2.354TUB2.6600.8150.001
8: 21 to 35 d (clo)1TBP2.070TBP1.063ACTB/TUB0.766ALAS10.6700.4800.044
2RPLP02.130RPLP01.247--GAPDH1.4700.4550.058
3TUB2.200TUB1.378RPLP01.417RPLP01.6800.8410.001
4ACTB2.210ACTB1.430GAPDH1.621EEF1α11.7800.7520.001
5YWAHZ2.280YWAHZ1.601ALAS11.757ACTB1.7800.8010.001
6ALAS12.480ALAS11.813EEF1α11.932TUB1.8500.7990.001
7EFα12.580EFα11.953TBP2.055TBP2.1700.9010.001
8GAPDH2.680B2M2.231YWAHZ2.172YWAHZ2.5200.8620.001
9B2M2.700GAPDH2.232B2M2.315B2M3.0700.8570.001
10SDHA2.820SDHA2.388SDHA2.415SDHA3.2400.8840.001