DNA模板中发卡结构对定量PCR扩增的影响

[目的]探究模板引物结合区发卡对定量PCR的影响及优化方法。[方法]用分布连接法构建一系列在模板引物结合区含环大小为5~60 nt,茎长9 bp的DNA模板,考察发卡环部大小、茎干区GC含量对q PCR扩增效率的影响,再针对引物浓度、引物长度及退火温度来优化含发卡结构DNA模板的扩增。[结果]环区为5~40 nt时,其Ct值比对照组高1.3~4.2,对q PCR的抑制作用与环大小成负相关;茎长9 bp发卡结构当GC含量达3 bp以上时会对定量扩增产生明显抑制作用;增加引物长度、提高引物浓度和退火温度可提高发卡模板的扩增效率。[结论]模板引物结合区环大小在40 nt以内,茎长达9 bp的发卡结构对q PCR扩增会产生抑制作用,通过增加引物长度、提高引物浓度和退火温度可缓解此类抑制。     

反向重复序列DNA的PCR扩增特性研究

旨在研究反向重复序列形成的发卡结构对模板扩增的影响。研究DNA发卡结构中环部大小、茎部长度、引物相对于茎部位置等对PCR扩增效率的影响,探讨如何通过引物设计及改变退火温度等条件来实现发卡结构DNA的有效扩增的方法。结果显示,如果引物的位置同发卡结构茎部5'序列相同或部分相同,则由于发卡结构的形成阻碍引物与模板结合而对PCR产生抑制作用,并且抑制作用随着茎部长度的增加而增强;当环部的长度达到50 nt以上时,抑制作用明显减弱。较高的退火温度和引物浓度都有助于引物同分子内形成发卡结构的竞争,使PCR扩增更容易进行。     

利用Taq DNA聚合酶直接从双链RNA模板中扩增靶序列

利用Taq DNA聚合酶既具有DNA聚合酶活性义具有反转录酶活性的特点,探索了在Taq DNA聚合酶单独作用下以双链RNA为模板进行PCR反应的条件。结果表明靶序列长度为277 bp、369 bp、987 bp时,均可直接进行PCR扩增;短片段序列扩增的退火温度在47．0℃、47．9℃、50．2℃、52．6℃、54．9℃、56．7℃条件下,均可有效扩增,而长片段序列扩增的退火温度在50．2℃、52．6℃、54．9℃、56．7℃条件下,也可扩增出相应的靶序列。这一结果提示利用Taq DNA聚合酶可以dsRNA为模板直接扩增目的片段,尤其是短片段的扩增。     

异双聚体电泳及其在遗传学差异筛选中的应用

介绍了一种灵敏、简便、快速测定双链PCR产物或DNA片断单个碱基差异的方法。该法借助常规PAGE电泳,能区分出有单个碱基错配而发生构型改变的异双聚体与碱基互补配对的同源双聚体双链DNA分子;并判断出序列中碱基错配的百分率。     

异双聚体电泳及其在遗传学差异筛选中的应用

介绍了一种灵敏、简便、快速测定双链PCR产物或DNA片断单个碱基差异的方法。该法借助常规PAGE电泳,能区分出有单个碱基错配而发生构型改变的异双聚体与碱基互补配对的同源双聚体双链DNA分子;并判断出序列中碱基错配的百分率。     

四核苷酸重复序列单链扩增特性及机理探究

简单重复序列广泛存在于多种生物基因组中,其生物学意义越来越受到人们的重视.许多简单重复序列易于扩增变长,某些重复序列的异常延伸是造成一些遗传疾病的直接原因.本研究以20 nt的60种四重复和6种二重复序列单链为模板,系统研究了它们在嗜热DNA聚合酶作用下等温扩增的特点.电泳结果显示,多数单链模板能扩增变长,即使链内没有互补碱基的序列也可被扩增,如(AGGA)5.定量分析结果显示:回文序列扩增最快;二重复序列比相同碱基组成的四重复序列有更宽的适于扩增的温度范围;G和C含量多的DNA较G和C含量少的序列更易扩增,而且G和C含量越多越适于在较高的温度下扩增;重复单位含两相同嘧啶的链多数比其互补链更易扩增;产物浓度与时间基本呈线性关系.限制性酶切产物结果显示,扩增产物与模板具有相同的重复单位,是重复序列的简单延伸.最后,根据实验结果和相关文献,提出了包括链内滑动扩增和发卡DNA介导扩增两阶段的重复序列单链扩增模型,以对重复序列非特异扩增和相关疾病发生机制的研究提供参考.     

增强UV-B辐射对小麦幼苗基因组DNA的影响及RAPD分析体系的建立

采用改进的CTAB法提取小麦总基因组DNA,并以之为模板对RAPD反应体系中的一些重要参数进行梯度试验,建立了一套适合本研究的最佳反应体系。即25μL反应体系:模板DNA 20 ng、引物浓度0.5μmol/L、dNTPs浓度200μmol/L、Taq酶0.750 U。反应程序:94℃预变性2 min,94℃变性30 s,38℃退火30 s,72℃延伸30 s,30个循环,72℃延伸10min,4℃保存。此外,利用扩增结果稳定的引物对正常光照组及增强UV-B辐射处理组的小麦DNA进行RAPD分析。结果表明,增强UV-B辐射处理组的DNA,经引物S22、S40扩增后分别出现了分子量为2 144 bp和2 082 bp的差异条带,这能否从一定程度上揭示UV-B对植物造成损伤的分子生物学机制,还有待进一步的研究。     

应用引物延伸预扩增提高微量DNA拷贝数

采用引物延伸预扩增方法 ,可普遍提高微量模板DNA的拷贝数 ,便于进行基因分析时克服标本量少、来源困难的制约。采用常规扩增、检测 2 4 8bp的DYZ1片段体系为观察对象 ,其最小模板量需 1.5ng/2 0 μl体系。以 15个碱基随机寡核苷酸为引物 ,对最小模板量进行预扩增 ,再以其产物 1/10为模板 ,特异扩增DYZ1片段。进行相对定量分析 ,判断原模板DNA拷贝数增加的程度。结果 1.5ng男性DNA经随机扩增后 ,此DYZ1片段拷贝数增加了 10倍以上 ,大大地提高了特异DNA片段扩增的模板量。表明经随机引物延伸预扩增后 ,微量标本DNA片段拷贝数获得普遍提高 ,增加了微量DNA扩增的敏感度     

濒危药用植物厚朴ISSR引物筛选及反应条件的优化

以厚朴DNA为模板,利用正交试验分别对影响厚朴ISSR-PCR反应的Taq酶浓度、dNTP浓度、引物浓度、Mg~(2+)浓度、模板DNA浓度进行了优化,并通过梯度PCR确定不同引物的最佳退火温度和循环次数,最终确定厚朴最佳反应体系及扩增条件为:25μl 体系,其中包括1.5 mmol·L~(-1) MgCl_2,0.3 μmol·L~(-1)引物,0.04 U·μl~(-1)Taq 酶,0.2 mmol·L~(-1) dNTP,4 ng·μl~(-1)模板DNA,1 × Buffer;扩增程序:94℃预变性5 min,94℃变性30 s,50℃～60℃(退火温度随引物不同而定)退火45 s,72℃延伸90 s,共40个循环,然后72℃延伸8 min,4℃终止反应.此外,还利用优化的反应体系成功筛选出21条ISSR引物,并利用部分引物对厚朴个体进行了遗传多样性分析.     

关于DNA复制的引物和DNA聚合酶

DNA复制是由DNA聚合酶催化的,反应需要四种脱氧核苷三磷酸和引物-模板;在引物的3′-羟基上,按模板的指令逐个添加脱氧核苷酸,生成碱基序列与模板互补的新DNA。复制时,DNA双链先打开,形成复制叉,随着复制叉的移动完成复制过程。双链DNA的复制是半不连续的,即先导链是连续合成滞后链则为不连续合成;后者先生成若干短片段(冈崎片段),再连在一起。 DNA复制在基因组的加倍、DNA重组以及修复DNA所受损伤等方面都对生命有决定性的作用。     

Analysis of melting transitions of the DNA hairpins formed from the oligomer sequences d[GGATAC(X)4GTATCC] (X = A, T, G, C)

Optical melting transitions of the short DNA hairpins formed from the self-complementary DNA oligomers d[GGATACX4GTATCC] where X = A, T, G, or C measured in 100 mM NaCl are presented. A significant dependence of the melting transitions on loop sequence is observed and transition temperatures, tm, of the hairpins vary from 58.3 degrees C for the T4 loop hairpin to 55.3 degrees C for the A4 loop. A nearest-neighbor sequence-dependent theoretical algorithm for calculating melting curves of DNA hairpins is presented and employed to analyze the experimental melting transitions. Experimental melting curves were fit by adjustment of a single theoretical parameter, Fend(n), the weighting function for a hairpin loop comprised of n single-strand bases. Empirically determined values of Fend(n) provide an evaluation of the free-energy of hairpin loop formation and stability. Effects of heterogeneous nearest-neighbor sequence interactions in the duplex stem on hairpin loop formation were investigated by evaluating Fend(n) in individual fitting procedures using two of the published sets of nearest-neighbor stacking interactions in DNA evaluated in 100 mM NaCl and given by Wartell and Benight, 1985. In all cases, evaluated values of Fend(n) were obtained that provided exact theoretical predictions of the experimental transitions. Results of the evaluations indicate: (1) Evaluated free-energies of hairpin loop formation are only slightly dependent on loop sequences examined. At the transition temperature, Tm, the free-energy of forming a loop of four bases is approximately equal for T4, G4, or C4 loops and varies from 3.9 to 4.8 kcal/mole depending on the set of nearest-neighbor interactions employed in the evaluations. This result suggests, in light of the observed differences in stability between the T4, G4, and C4 loop hairpins, that sequence-dependent interactions between base residues of the loop are most likely not the source of the enhanced stability of a T4 loop.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

A thermodynamic study of unusually stable RNA and DNA hairpins.

About 70% of the RNA tetra-loop sequences identified in ribosomal RNAs from different organisms fall into either (UNCG) or (GNRA) families (where N = A, C, G, or U; and R = A or G). RNA hairpins with these loop sequences form unusually stable tetra-loop structures. We have studied the RNA hairpin GGAC(UUCG)GUCC and several sequence variants to determine the effect of changing the loop sequence and the loop-closing base pair on the thermodynamic stability of (UNCG) tetra-loops. The hairpin GGAG(CUUG)CUCC with the conserved loop G(CUUG)C was also unusually stable. We have determined melting temperatures (Tm), and obtained thermodynamic parameters for DNA hairpins with sequences analogous to stable RNA hairpins with (UNCG), C(GNRA)G, C(GAUA)G, and G(CUUG)C loops. DNA hairpins with (TTCG), (dUdUCG), and related sequences in the loop, unlike their RNA counterparts, did not form unusually stable hairpins. However, DNA hairpins with the consensus loop sequence C(GNRA)G were very stable compared to hairpins with C(TTTT)G or C(AAAA)G loops. The C(GATA)G and G(CTTG)C loops were also extra stable. The relative stabilities of the unusually stable DNA hairpins are similar to those observed for their RNA analogs.     

Design strategies and performance of custom DNA sequencing primers.

This study surveyed strategies of sequencing primer selection and evaluated primer performance in automated DNA sequencing. We asked participants to relate their preferred primer design strategies to identify primer characteristics that are considered most important in sequencing primer design. The participants preferred primers of 18-24 nucleotides (nt), 39%-58% G + C, a melting temperature (Tm) of 53 degrees-65 degrees C with a 1-2 nt 3' GC clamp, hairpin stems of less than 2-3 bp, homopolymeric runs of less than 4-5 nt, primer dimers of less than 3-4 bp and secondary priming sites of less than 3-4 bp. We provided a 300-bp test sequence and asked participants to submit sequences of 1-3 optimal sequencing primers. Submitted primers ranged from 17-24 nt and largely conformed to the preferred parameters. Submitted primers were distributed across the test sequence, although some sites were disfavored. Surprisingly, approximately 45% of the primers were selected "manually", more than by any software package. Each of 69 submitted and 95 control primers, distributed at 3-bp intervals across the test sequence, were synthesized, purified and tested using a Model 377 PRISM DNA Sequencer with dichlororhodamine dye terminator reagents (dRhodamine dye terminators). Approximately half of the control primers were also tested using rhodamine dye terminator reagents ("old" rhodamine dye terminators). The results indicated that primer physico-chemical characteristics thought to have a strong impact on sequencing performance had surprisingly little effect. Thus, primers with high or low percent G + C or Tm, strong secondary priming scores or long 3' homopolymeric stretches yielded excellent sequences with the dRhodamine dye terminator reagents, although these characteristics had a stronger effect when the old rhodamine reagents were used. The old rhodamine reagents gave sequences with a similar average read length, but the number of errors and ambiguities or "N's" was consistently higher. Moreover, the effects of the primer physico-chemical characteristics were also more evident with the old rhodamine dyes. We conclude that under optimal sequencing conditions with highly pure template and primer, many of the commonly applied primer design parameters are dispensable, particularly when using one of the new generation of sequencing reagents such as the dichlororhodamine dye terminators.     

Thermodynamic parameters for loop formation in RNA and DNA hairpin tetraloops.

We determined the melting temperatures (Tm) and thermodynamic parameters of 15 RNA and 19 DNA hairpins at 1 M NaCl, 0.01 M sodium phosphate, 0.1 mM EDTA, at pH 7. All these hairpins have loops of four bases, the most common loop size in 16S and 23S ribosomal RNAs. The RNA hairpins varied in loop sequence, loop-closing base pair (A.U, C.G, or G.C), base sequence of the stem, and stem size (four or five base pairs). The DNA hairpins varied in loop sequence, loop-closing base pair (C.G, or G.C), and base sequence of the four base-pair stem. Thermodynamic properties of a hairpin may be represented by nearest-neighbor interactions of the stem plus contributions from the loop. Thus, we obtained thermodynamic parameters for the formation of RNA and DNA tetraloops. For the tetraloops we studied, a free energy of loop formation (at 37 degrees C) of about +3 kcal/mol is most common for either RNA or DNA. There are extra stable loops with delta G degrees 37 near +1 kcal/mol, but the sequences are not necessarily the same for RNA and DNA. The closing base pair is also important; changing from C.G to G.C lowered the stability of several tetraloops in both RNA and DNA. These values will be useful in predicting RNA and DNA secondary structures.     

Tandem GA residues on opposite sides of the loop in molecular beacon-like DNA hairpins compact the loop and increase hairpin stability

The free solution electrophoretic mobilities and thermal stabilities of hairpins formed by two complementary 26-nucleotide oligomers have been measured by capillary electrophoresis. The oligomers are predicted to form molecular beacon-like hairpins with 5 bp stems and 16 nucleotides in the loop. One hairpin, called hairpin2 (hp2), migrates with a relatively fast free solution mobility and exhibits melting temperatures that are reasonably well predicted by the popular structure-prediction program Mfold. Its complement, called hairpin1 (hp1), migrates with a slower free solution mobility and forms a stable hairpin only in solutions containing ≥200 mM Na(+). The melting temperatures observed for hp1 are ~18 °C lower than those observed for hp2 and ~20 °C lower than those predicted by Mfold. The greater thermal stability of hp2 is due to the presence of tandem GA residues on opposite sides of the loop. If the corresponding TC residues in the hp1 loop are replaced by tandem GA residues, the melting temperatures of the modified hairpin are close to those observed for hp2. Eliminating the tandem GA residues in the hp2 loop significantly decreases the thermal stability of hp2. If the loops are replaced by a loop of 16 thymine residues, the free solution mobilities and thermal stabilities of the T-loop hairpin are equal to those observed for hp1. Hence, the loop of hp1 appears to be relatively unstructured, with few base-base stacking interactions. Interactions between tandem GA residues on opposite sides of the hp2 loop appear to compact the loop and increase hairpin stability.     

DNA hairpin loops in solution. Correlation between primary structure, thermostability and reactivity with single-strand-specific nuclease from mung bean.

Hairpin structures formed by seven DNA inverted repeats have been studied by PAGE, UV(CD)-spectroscopy and nuclease cleavage. The hairpins consisted of (CG)3 stems and loops of 2, 3 and 4 residues. Thermal stabilities (Tm) have been determined in low and high ionic strength buffers, where the hairpins were structured in the B- and Z-DNA form respectively. The thermodynamic parameters of hairpin formation have been obtained by a two-state analysis of the hairpin-coil transitions. It is found that, on increasing the number of bases in the loop from 2 to 3 and 4, the Tms of the B-hairpins decrease, whereas the Tms of the same hairpins in the Z-form increase. This confirms previous evidence (1,2) that in a hairpin molecule the size and structure of the loop are modulated by the conformation of the helical stem. Moreover, B-hairpins with loops comprising 2, 3 and 4 bases have been digested with the single-strand-specific nuclease from mung bean. In our experimental conditions (0 degrees C) the nuclease preferentially cleaves the unbonded nucleotides of the loops. However, the rates of loop hydrolysis, which roughly follow a first-order kinetics, markedly depend on the size of the loop. At a ratio of 3 enzyme units/micrograms DNA, the half-lives of hairpins which are expected to form loops of 4, 3 and 2 residues are 90, 145 and 440 minutes respectively. Thermostability and enzymatic digestion data suggest that two-membered loops can be formed in B-hairpins but not in Z-hairpins.     

Deconstructing the Polymerase Chain Reaction: Understanding and Correcting Bias Associated with Primer Degeneracies and Primer-Template Mismatches

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is sensitive to mismatches between primer and template, and mismatches can lead to inefficient amplification of targeted regions of DNA template. In PCRs in which a degenerate primer pool is employed, each primer can behave differently. Therefore, inefficiencies due to different primer melting temperatures within a degenerate primer pool, in addition to mismatches between primer binding sites and primers, can lead to a distortion of the true relative abundance of targets in the original DNA pool. A theoretical analysis indicated that a combination of primer-template and primer-amplicon interactions during PCR cycles 3–12 is potentially responsible for this distortion. To test this hypothesis, we developed a novel amplification strategy, entitled “Polymerase-exonuclease (PEX) PCR”, in which primer-template interactions and primer-amplicon interactions are separated. The PEX PCR method substantially and significantly improved the evenness of recovery of sequences from a mock community of known composition, and allowed for amplification of templates with introduced mismatches near the 3’ end of the primer annealing sites. When the PEX PCR method was applied to genomic DNA extracted from complex environmental samples, a significant shift in the observed microbial community was detected. Furthermore, the PEX PCR method provides a mechanism to identify which primers in a primer pool are annealing to target gDNA. Primer utilization patterns revealed that at high annealing temperatures in the PEX PCR method, perfect match annealing predominates, while at lower annealing temperatures, primers with up to four mismatches with templates can contribute substantially to amplification. The PEX PCR method is simple to perform, is limited to PCR mixes and a single exonuclease step which can be performed without reaction cleanup, and is recommended for reactions in which degenerate primer pools are used or when mismatches between primers and template are possible.     

高分辨率熔解曲线法检测CYP4A118590T＞C单核苷酸多态性

目的 建立CYP4A11 8590T＞C单核苷酸多态性（single nucleotide polymorphism,SNP）的高分辨率熔解曲线（high resolution melting,HRM）检测方法.方法先采用温度梯度PCR,确定适宜的退火温度;再利用正交试验,优化引物、DNA模板量和Mg2＋量,最终确定PCR反应体系和反应条件.通过对607例无血缘关系的受试者基因组DNA进行HRM分析,并随机选择50例产物测序.结果 引物最适退火温度为57.8 ℃;PCR最佳反应体系为20 μl,包括2×conc dNTP mix 10 μl,上下游引物（10 μmol/L）各0.5 μl,DNA溶液（30 ng/μl）1.0 μl,Mg2＋（2.5 mmol/L）1.5 μl和灭菌水6.5 μl.607例受试者中CYP4A11 8590TT、TC和CC基因型频率分别为54.7 %、37.6 %和7.7 %.结论该正交试验优化的HRM技术可用于检测CYP4A11 8590T＞C单核苷酸多态性,且其分析结果和测序结果一致.     

Allele-specific extension allows base-pair neutral homozygotes to be discriminated by high-resolution melting of small amplicons

Not all single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can be determined using high-resolution melting (HRM) of small amplicons, especially class 3 and 4 SNPs. This is due mainly to the small shift in the melting temperature (Tm) between two types of homozygote. Choosing rs1869458 (a class 4 SNP) as a sample, we developed a modified small amplicon HRM assay. An allele-specific extension (ASE) primer, which ended at an SNP site and matched only one of the alleles, was added to the reaction as well as additional thermal steps for ASE. Following asymmetric polymerase chain reaction and melting curve analysis, heterozygotes were easily identified. Two types of homozygote were also distinguishable, indicating that extension primers 11 to 13 bases in length worked efficiently in an allele-specific way. Modification of the limiting amplification primer with locked nucleic acid increased the Tm difference between extension and amplification peaks and facilitated subsequent genotyping. In addition, 194 human genomic DNA samples were genotyped with the developed assay and by direct sequencing, with the different methods providing identical genotyping results. In conclusion, ASE-HRM is a simple, inexpensive, closed-tube genotyping method that can be used to examine all types of SNP.