Table 1

Primers used in methylation specific PCR and bisulfite genomic sequnecing

Methylation Specific PCR (MSP)
Annealing
positiona

Promoter A (methylated)
58°C
1711–1842
Forward: 5'-TTC GTC GTA GTT TGC GAA TG

1711–1730
Reverse: 5'-CAA CAC GTA CCT AAA CGC GA

1842-1821
Promoter A (unmethylated)
54°C
1710–1843
Forward: 5'-TTT GTT GTA GTT TGT GAA TGG

1710–1730
Reverse: 5'-ACA ACA CAT ACC TAA ACA CAA

1843-1823
Promoter B

Ref. [23]

Real-time Quantitative MSP



Promoter B (Methylated)
60°C
1171–1293
Forward: 5'-TTG TCG TAG CGT TCG GTT AC

1171–1190
Reverse: 5'-AAA CTA CAA CGC CCA CAA AA

1293 – 1274
Probe: 5'-Fam-TCG CGG GAC GGA TTC GTT TA

1218–1237

Bisulfite Genomic Sequencing



Promoter B
58°C
1141–1454
Forward: 5'-tgg gtg gga ggg tgt tt

1141–1157
Reverse: 5'-cct cac aaa acc cta caa acc t

1454-1433

a: Numbering is based on NCBI accession number U92868.

Yang et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:124   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-124