“…The reaction buffer (25 l) contained 1 to 5 l cDNA, water, 2.5 l of PCR buffer, 1.5 l of 25 mM MgCl 2 , 1 l of 10 mM dNTP mix, 0.5 l of 10 M oligonucleotide primer (each), and 0.2 l of enzyme. cDNA was amplified using the following primers and conditions: SUR1, 5Ј-ATTAACCTGAGAGGGGCGAT-3Ј (sense) and 5Ј-GAGGTGTAGA-CAGCGAAGGC-3Ј (antisense), an initial denaturation at 94°C ϫ 5 min, 35 cycles of 94°C ϫ 30 s, 58°C ϫ 45 s, 72°C ϫ 45 s, and a final dwell at 72°C ϫ 7 min; SUR2A/B, 5Ј-TGCGACATTTGTGACA-CATG-3Ј (sense) and 5Ј-CGTAAGCCACAGAATACCTGC-3Ј (antisense), an initial denaturation at 94°C ϫ 5 min, 35 cycles of 94°C ϫ 30 s, 58°C ϫ 45 s, 72°C ϫ 45 s, and a final dwell at 72°C ϫ 7 min; Kir6.1, 5Ј-GCAAACCCGAGTCTTCTAGG-3Ј (sense) and 5Ј-GCA-GACGTGAATGACCTGAC-3Ј (antisense), an initial denaturation at 94°C ϫ 5 min, 35 cycles of 94°C ϫ 30 s, 56°C ϫ 30 s, 72°C ϫ 45 s, and a final dwell at 72°C ϫ 7 min; Kir6.2, 5Ј-CTGGCCATCCTCAT-TCTC-3Ј (sense) and 5Ј-GATGCCCGTGGTTTCTAC-3Ј (antisense), an initial denaturation at 94°C ϫ 5 min, 38 cycles of 94°C ϫ 30 s, 57°C ϫ 30 s, 72°C ϫ 45 s, and a final dwell at 72°C ϫ 7 min; ABC1, 5Ј-GGAGTCTAGTCCTCTTTCTC-3Ј (sense) and 5Ј-CCATGAATC-GAGATATCGTC-3Ј (antisense), an initial denaturation at 94°C ϫ 5 min, 38 cycles of 94°C ϫ 30 s, 58°C ϫ 45 s, 72°C ϫ 45 s, and a final dwell at 72°C ϫ 7 min; CFTR (Marvao et al, 1998), 5Ј-CAGT-CATCTCTGCCTTGTGGGA-3Ј (sense) and 5Ј-CGAACTGAAGC-TCGGACGTAGACT-3Ј (antisense), an initial denaturation at 94°C ϫ 5 min, 35 cycles of 94°C ϫ 30 s, 60°C ϫ 30 s, 72°C ϫ 45 s, and a final dwell at 72°C ϫ 7 min; and -actin, 5Ј-GAGACCTTCAA-CACCC-3Ј (sense) and 5Ј-GTGGTGGTGAAGCTGTAGCC-3Ј (antisense), an initial denaturation at 94°C ϫ 5 min, 30 cycles of 94°C ϫ 30 s, 58°C ϫ 45 s, 72°C ϫ 45 s, and a final dwell at 72°C ϫ 7 min. With the exception of Kir6.2, in the absence of the reverse transcription reaction, no bands were detected after the amplification.…”