cDNA微阵列制作的优化

为了优化筛检cDNA微阵列中靶基因的最适长度、浓度及点样溶液的种类,设计持家基因betaactin和GAPDHRT PCR3对引物,产物长度在189～1078bp之间,以乙肝病毒DNA片段为阴性对照,扩增纯化后分别溶于3×SSC、50%DMSO及0.5mol/L碳酸盐缓冲液(pH=9.0)中,调整浓度分别为0.5μg/μL、1.0μg/μL和1.5μg/μL,比较上述不同条件的杂交结果。结果表明,杂交具有较好的特异性,阴性对照(乙肝病毒)和空白对照(点样溶液)均未见杂交信号;3种长度的同一靶基因杂交信号强度无明显差别(betaactinP=0.378;GAPDHP=0.866);3种点样溶液中以50%DMSO杂交信号最好,较强且均匀一致(P=0.0001),其余2种差异不显著(P=0.142);3种浓度靶基因杂交信号差异不显著(P=0.648),浓度高者信号略强。短片段靶基因(200bp左右)可获得与长片段靶基因(1000bp以上)一样较好的杂交信号,点样溶液以50%DMSO效果最好,靶基因浓度为0.5μg/μL时即可得到较好的杂交结果。

Optimization of cDNA Microarray Fabrication

To optimize and screen the most suitable target gene length,concentration and printing solution in cDNA microarray, housekeeping genes, such as beta actin and GAPDH, were selected as targets and hepatitis B virus gene as negative control. The RT-PCR primers that spanned at least one intron and whose products were at between 189 bp and 1078 bp were designed with primer premier 5.0, so did the hepatitis B virus gene PCR primer. After polymerase chain reaction, the products were purified with ethanol and dissolved in 3xSSC, 50% DMSO and 0.5 mol/L carbonate buffer(pH=9.0)respectively. The concentrations of target genes were adjusted at 0.5 microg/microL, 1.0 microg/microL and 1.5 microg/microL. The hybridization signals had a good specificity. No signal showed in either negative control (HBV) or blank control (printing solution only). There was no significant difference in target gene lengths. The P value of beta actin (189 bp,491 bp,974 bp) and GAPDH (227 bp,552 bp,1078 bp) was 0.378 and 0.866 respectively. There was no significant difference among concentrations(P=0.648),too. However, the higher the concentration was, the stronger the signals would be. Among the three kinds of printing solution, 50% DMSO was the best (P=0.0001), while the other two had no difference by multi-comparison (P=0.142). The target gene at length between 200 bp and 1000 bp has got the same hybridization signals.50% DMSO printing solution and the target gene concentration of 0.5 microg/microl are suitable for good hybridization.