MicroRNA profiling in oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines and patient serum samples reveals a role for miR-451a in radiation resistance [baseline RT-PCR]

miRNA was extracted from a range of Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma cell lines using the miRNeasy Mini Kit (Qiagen, #217004, Chadstone, Australia) and RNase-free DNase Set (Qiagen, #79254, Chadstone, Australia). miRNA was reverse transcribed using a Custom OpenArray® miRNA RT pool (Life Technologies cat # A25630) and the TaqMan® microRNA Reverse Transcription Kit (Life Technologies cat # 4366596). cDNA Pre-amplifications were carried out with a Custom OpenArray® PreAmp pool (Life Technologies cat # 4485255) and TaqMan PreAmp Master Mix (Life Technologies cat # 4488593). PCR runs were performed using a QuantStudio™ 12K Flex Real-Time PCR System. Baseline qPCR expression profiling of miRNAs from 8 oesophageal Adenocarcinoma cell lines, prior to treating the cell lines with either 2Gy ionising radiation, 20 µM Cisplatin, or 50 µM 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). OpenArray high throughput real time PCR of microRNAs -- duplicates for 8 oesophageal adenocarcinoma cell lines.