PCR引物特异性核查系统(PSC)的构建与应用

聚合酶链式反应(PCR)虽已广泛用于分子生物学研究中,然而PCR实验中的非特异性产物问题将直接影响PCR的效率,在多重PCR实验中更是如此。为了最大限度地降低非特异性产物的出现率,同时避免用户频繁使用Blast比对检查非特异性,我们开发了基于NCBI-Blast的引物评估和模板DNA特异性结合能力评估的核查系统PSC(Primer Specificity Checking,http://biocompute.bmi.ac.cn/PSC),并基于虚拟PCR实验确定了用于引物质量核查计算的多种参数,能够在线提供多个物种的引物特异性核查结果。该系统可以有效地对引物序列可能产生的所有非特异性扩增进行预测,有助于实验前引物优化或者对非特异扩增结果进行解释,最终达到提高PCR效率的目的。     

番茄叶霉病菌ISSR-PCR体系的建立

以番茄叶霉病菌(Passalora fulva)基因组DNA为模板,采用单因素试验和正交设计试验对该菌ISSR-PCR体系中的一些重要参数(Mg2+、dNTPs、引物、模板DNA、TaqDNA聚合酶、缓冲液、循环次数)和引物进行筛选和优化,并对退火温度进行了梯度优化,建立了番茄叶霉病菌ISSR-PCR的最佳反应体系(20μL):Mg2+1.5 mmol/L,dNTPs 0.4 mmol/L,引物1.5μmol/L,模板DNA45 ng,TaqDNA聚合酶1.0 U,1倍的PCR缓冲液,循环40次,退火温度50℃。     

猪FGL2基因cDNA末端序列检测及结构分析

检测猪FGL2基因cDNA末端序列并对该基因结构初步分析。α-32P dCTP放射性同位素标记cDNA探针筛选猪基因组DNA文库;cDNA末端快速扩增(rapid amplification of cDNA end,RACE)。以猪正常小肠及心脏组织提取新鲜总RNA,反转录后作为模板,设计基因特异性引物,采用Advantage 2 聚合酶混合物进行PCR扩增;依据猪与人FGL2基因3′端已知同源序列设计PCR上游引物,以人FGL2基因3′末端序列设计下游引物,以猪基因组DNA为模板采用Advantage 2 聚合酶混合物进行PCR反应;PCR载体重组质粒DNA亚克隆扩增。同位素探针未能筛选到特异阳性克隆,RACE反应检测到特异性转录起始位置及第一个转录终止位置,但仍未检测到第二个转录终止位置。猪基因组DNA行PCR扩增成功检测到猪FGL2基因3′末端未知序列及第二个转录终止位置。     

特异性DNA倍增技术(PCR)及其应用

特异性DNA倍增技术(PCR)是近年来发展的一种新技术,具有快速、简便、灵敏、特异性高和重复性好等优点,尤其适合于临床分子生物学检测。PCR技术包括三个循环过程:(1)模板DNA的变性,(2)模板DNA-引物的复性,(3)DNA聚合酶作用下的引物链的延伸。本文对耐高温Taq DNA聚合酶、PCR的反应体系、PCR产物特异性的影响因素和PCR技术的应用等几个方面进行了综述。     

利用PCR技术构建体外高效转录系统

设计并合成了一对 PCR 反应引物,其5′端引物除含有目的基因5′端序列外,还外加 T7 RNA 聚合酶启动子的17个核苷酸.3′端引物则按常规设计.以染色体 DNA为模板,通过 PCR,可扩增出带有 T7 RNA 聚合酶启动子的目的基因 DNA 片段.以此 PCR 产物为模板,在体外成功实现了高效转录.这是一种快速、简便构建体外高效转录系统的好方法.     

甘薯丛枝病植原体的PCR检测

以报道的植原体（Phytoplasma)16SrDNA基因保守序列为依据,设计合成了两对引物对R16mF2/R16mR2和R16F2／R16R2,以甘薯丛枝病（SPWB）带病植株的叶脉中提取的DNA为模板,应用聚合酶链式反应（PCR）技术和巢式PCR（Nested-PCR)技术对甘薯丛枝病病原进行分子检测。结果表明PCR扩增出了1．5kb的特异片段,在PCB基础上的巢式PCR扩增出了1．2kb的特异片段,灵敏度实验显示该方法所需PCR模板DNA量为0．1073ng/ul在PCR的基础上的巢度PCR可以将灵敏度提高约10000倍,所需模板DNA仅为0．01073pg/ul,在甘薯丛枝病的检测中是一种快速,灵敏,可靠的方法。     

甘薯丛枝病植原体的PCR检测

以报道的植原体 (Phytoplasma)16SrDNA基因保守序列为依据,设计合成了两对引物对R16mF2/ R16mR2和R16F2/ R16R2,以甘薯丛枝病（SPWB）带病植株的叶脉中提取的DNA为模板,应用聚合酶链式反应（PCR）技术和巢式PCR（Nested- PCR）技术对甘薯丛枝病病原进行分子检测。结果表明PCR扩增出了1.5　kb的特异片段,在PCR基础上的巢式PCR扩增出了1.2　kb的特异片段。灵敏度实验显示该方法所需PCR模板DNA量为0.1073　ng/μl,在PCR基础上的巢式PCR可以将灵敏度提高约10000倍,所需模板DNA仅为0.01073　pg/μl,在甘薯丛枝病的检测中是一种快速、灵敏、可靠的方法。     

罗汉果SRAP反应体系的建立与优化

建立适合罗汉果的SRAP-PCR扩增体系,为罗汉果的遗传图谱构建及基因定位奠定基础。实验对罗汉果SRAP-PCR反应体系的影响因素(引物,dNTP,Taq酶,Mg~(2+),模板DNA)在多个水平上进行优化试验,筛选出各反应因素的最佳水平,建立了罗汉果SRAP-PCR反应的最佳体系(10μL):引物0.6μmol/L、dNTP0.25 mmol/L、Taq DNA聚合酶0.5U、Mg~(2+)2.0 mmol/L和模板DNA 30 ng。该体系的建立能很好的满足罗汉果基因组DNA的扩增要求,SRAP标记应用于罗汉果遗传研究是可行的。     

黄皮SRAP反应体系优化正交实验研究

以黄皮(Clausena lansium)‘甜黄皮’品种为试材,利用正交设计L₁₆(4⁵)对黄皮SRAP-PCR反应体系中的5因素(Taq聚合酶、Mg²⁺、模板DNA、dNTPs、引物)在4个水平上进行优化试验。结果表明,不同因素对黄皮SRAP反应体系影响从大到小的顺序为:Mg²⁺和Taq聚合酶> 模板DNA> 引物> dNTPs;初步确立了适合黄皮的SRAP-PCR扩增体系为:在25 μl反应体系中,包括10×PCR buffer 2.5 μl、Taq DNA聚合酶0.75U、Mg²⁺ 2.0 mmol/L、模板DNA 60 ng、dNTPs 0.2 mmol/L、引物0.2 μmol/L。     

利用PCR法扩增透明颤菌血红蛋白基因条件的优化

以透明颤菌染色体基因组DNA为模板,利用PCR技术获取透明颤菌(Vitreoscilla)血红蛋白基因(vgb)。在多聚合酶链式反应中采用碱变性模板与热启动等方法进行透明颤菌血红蛋白基因体外扩增,成功地扩增出约0.5 kb的透明颤菌血红蛋白基因,并对vgb的PCR条件进行了研究。获取理想的目的基因PCR反应的综合参数比十分重要。     

长片段融合PCR在构建烟曲霉rho1基因回补株中的应用

目的融合PCR是一种常用的构建重组片段或重组质粒的手段,但长片段融合PCR的难度较大。文中将探讨长片段融合PCR过程中引物设计及扩增条件对产物的影响。方法以构建烟曲霉rho 1基因回补株为例,采用融合PCR的方法扩增重组片段(长达6.5 kb),在引物设计时引入不同大小的同源区,并设置不同的扩增体系。结果当设计引物的同源区为35 bp,选用具有高扩增效率、高保真性的DNA聚合酶,以及各片段在融合PCR反应体系中的浓度为15 ng/μL时,实现了长达6.5 kb的片段扩增并完成了烟曲霉rho 1回补株的构建。结论在合适的PCR引物设计、片段浓度配比及聚合酶条件下,长片段融合PCR在丝状真菌的基因敲除及回补株的构建中是一种非常有效的工具。     

Structure-function analysis of mononucleotides and short oligonucleotides in the priming of enzymatic DNA synthesis

The reversed-phase chromatography technique was employed in the measurement of DNA synthesis at the primers d(pT)n, r(pU)n, d(pA)n, and r(pA)n (n = 1-16) in the presence of template poly(dA) or poly(dT). DNA synthesis was catalyzed by Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I Klenow fragment, Physarum polycephalum DNA polymerase beta-like, P. polycephalum DNA polymerase alpha, and human placenta DNA polymerase alpha. Values of Km and Vmax were measured as functions of the primer chain lengths. It was found that all mononucleotides and small oligonucleotides served as primers of DNA synthesis. Values of the logarithm of both Km and Vmax increased linearly until primers had attained a chain length of 9-12 nucleotides, where a break was observed. The incremental as well as the absolute values of Km were interpreted in terms of free binding energies. These together with other data indicate that the 3'-ultimate nucleotide of the primer contributes a decisive amount of free energy of binding to DNA polymerase both from the nucleoside and from the phosphate moiety. The incremental increase is due to a complementary interaction between bases of primer and template buried in the binding cleft of the polymerase. It is also the ultimate nucleotide that determines whether the ribonucleotide or the deoxyribonucleotide is an efficient primer. It is of interest that the major results seem preserved for all four DNA polymerases. An energetic model for the binding of the template-primer was proposed and compared with available crystallographic data.     

怀地黄SRAP扩增体系的建立与引物的筛选

为建立适合怀地黄SRAP-PCR分子标记技术体系,通过单因子实验分别研究了DNA模板浓度、TaqDNA聚合酶浓度、Mg2+浓度、引物浓度以及dNTP浓度对怀地黄SRAP扩增反应的影响,确立了适合怀地黄SRAP最佳反应体系为:在25μL的反应体系中,模板DNA量20ng/25μL、2.5mmol/LMg2+、0.32μmol/L的上下游引物、0.30μmol/L的dNTP以及2.5UTaq酶,并利用确定的体系从88个引物组合中筛选出12对适合怀地黄SRAP-PCR反应的引物。     

Thermodynamic dissection of the polymerizing and editing modes of a DNA polymerase

DNA polymerases with intrinsic proofreading activity interact with DNA primer/templates in two distinct modes, corresponding to the complexes formed during the 5'-3' polymerization or 3'-5' editing of a nascent DNA chain. Thermodynamic measurements designed to quantify the energetic contributions of individual DNA-protein contacts in either the polymerizing or editing complexes are complicated by the fact that both species exist in solution and are not resolved in conventional DNA-protein binding assays. To overcome this problem, we have developed a new binding analysis that combines information from steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence experiments and uses the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (KF) and fluorescently labeled primer/template oligonucleotides as a model polymerase-DNA system. Steady-state fluorescence titrations are used to evaluate the overall affinity of KF for the primer/template, while time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy is used to quantify the equilibrium fractions of the primer/template bound in the polymerizing and editing modes. From a combined analysis of both data, the equilibrium constant and hence standard free energy change associated with each binding mode can be obtained unequivocally. This method is initially used to determine the equilibrium constants describing binding of a correctly base-paired primer/template to the 5'-3' polymerase and 3'-5' exonuclease sites of KF. It is then extended to quantify the extent to which these parameters are affected by the introduction of mismatches into the primer/template, and by rearrangement of specific side-chains in the exonuclease domain of the protein. While these perturbants were originally designed to demonstrate the utility of our new approach, they are also relevant in their own right since they have helped identify some hitherto unknown determinants of polymerase fidelity.     

利用正交设计优化异色瓢虫SRAP-PCR反应体系

利用正交设计L16(45)对异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis(Pallas)SRAP-PCR反应体系的5个因素(Taq酶、Mg2+、模板DNA、dNTPs、引物)在4个水平上进行优化试验,试验结果用DPS和MINITAB软件进行分析,建立了异色瓢虫SRAP-PCR反应的最佳体系,即在20μL体系中模板50~100ng、引物0.25μmol/L、dNTPs0.1mmol/L、Taq DNA聚合酶1.5U、Mg2+0.375~0.625mmol/L。并对反应体系进行梯度退火试验,得到最佳退火温度为50.3℃。这一优化系统的建立,为今后利用SRAP技术进行瓢虫遗传图谱的构建、多态性分析和基因定位奠定了技术基础。     

Bias in Template-to-Product Ratios in Multitemplate PCR

Bias introduced by the simultaneous amplification of specific genes from complex mixtures of templates remains poorly understood. To explore potential causes and the extent of bias in PCR amplification of 16S ribosomal DNAs (rDNAs), genomic DNAs of two closely and one distantly related bacterial species were mixed and amplified with universal, degenerate primers. Quantification and comparison of template and product ratios showed that there was considerable and reproducible overamplification of specific templates. Variability between replicates also contributed to the observed bias but in a comparatively minor way. Based on these initial observations, template dosage and differences in binding energies of permutations of the degenerate, universal primers were tested as two likely causes of this template-specific bias by using 16S rDNA templates modified by site-directed mutagenesis. When mixtures of mutagenized templates containing AT- and GC-rich priming sites were used, templates containing the GC-rich permutation amplified with higher efficiency, indicating that different primer binding energies may to a large extent be responsible for overamplification. In contrast, gene copy number was found to be an unlikely cause of the observed bias. Similarly, amplification from DNA extracted from a natural community to which different amounts of genomic DNA of a single bacterial species were added did not affect relative product ratios. Bias was reduced considerably by using high template concentrations, by performing fewer cycles, and by mixing replicate reaction preparations.     

Dissection of RNA-primed DNA synthesis catalyzed by gene 4 protein and DNA polymerase of bacteriophage T7. Coupling of RNA primer and DNA synthesis

Gene 4 protein and DNA polymerase of bacteriophage T7 catalyze RNA-primed DNA synthesis on single-stranded DNA templates. T7 DNA polymerase exhibits an affinity for both gene 4 protein and single-stranded DNA, and gene 4 protein binds stably to single-stranded DNA in the presence of dTTP (Nakai, H. and Richardson, C. C. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 15208-15216). Gene 4 protein-T7 DNA polymerase-template complexes may be formed in both the presence and absence of nucleoside 5'-triphosphates. The protein-template complexes may be isolated free of unbound proteins and nucleotides by gel filtration and will catalyze RNA-primed DNA synthesis in the presence of ATP, CTP, and the four deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates. RNA-primed DNA synthesis may be dissected into separate reactions for primer synthesis and DNA synthesis. Upon incubation of gene 4 protein with single-stranded DNA, ATP, and CTP, a primer-template complex is formed; it is likely that gene 4 protein mediates stable binding of the oligonucleotide to the template. The complex, purified free of unbound proteins and nucleotides, supports DNA synthesis upon addition of DNA polymerase and deoxynucleoside 5'-triphosphates. Association of primers with the template is increased by the presence of dTTP or DNA polymerase during primer synthesis. DNA synthesis supported by primer-template complexes initiates predominantly at gene 4 recognition sequences, indicating that primers are bound to the template at these sites.