连续流动式聚合酶链式反应微流控装置的实验研究

连续流动式聚合酶链式反应(PCR)微流控装置是以低热容量的软薄膜加热器为基础构建3个恒温带,以聚四氟乙烯毛细管微通道为PCR反应体系组建而成。报道了在毛细管微通道中小牛血清蛋白(BSA)动力学表面钝化对PCR扩增的影响,讨论了PCR混合物在毛细管微通道中的流动速度对PCR扩增的影响,在15 m in甚至10 m in内成功扩增了长度为249 bp的人类β-肌动蛋白片断,扩增时间仅10~15 m in,而传统PCR仪则需1~2 h。     

流动型微流控PCR扩增芯片的研究

组装了由注射泵进样系统、微流控芯片和三温区加热器组成的流动型PCR扩增系统,该系统具有扩增速度快、交叉污染小、芯片可重复使用和操作方便等特点.优化了芯片厚度、隔热材料和流速等影响PCR扩增的因素.在4.9min内经24个循环成功地扩增了浓度为1ng/100μL的λ-DNA(500bp).     

毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光检测分枝杆菌脱氧核糖核酸限制性内切酶谱

建立了毛细管电泳分离-激光诱导荧光检测（CE-LIFD）分析分枝杆菌脱氧核糖核酸（DNA）限制性内切酶谱的新方法。用聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增分枝杆菌hsp65基因的长度为439 bp的片段,该扩增片段经限制性内切酶BstEⅡ和 HaeⅢ酶切后,分别用CE-LIFD装置和常规琼脂糖电泳（AGE）对比检测酶切片段。对PCR扩增片段的酶切样品的预处理和CE条件进行了优化,获得了8种分枝杆菌DNA的限制性内切酶谱图。 DNA片段相对迁移时间的相对标准偏差（RSD）≤3.6%。结果表明,CE的分离效能明显高于AGE,是研究DNA限制性内切酶谱的更有效的检测手段。     

集成核酸提取的实时荧光PCR微全分析系统

集成核酸提取的实时荧光PCR微全分析系统将核酸提取、PCR扩增与实时荧光检测进行整合,在同一块微流控芯片上实现了核酸分析过程的全自动和全封闭,具有试剂用量少、分析速度快、操作简便等优点。本研究采用微机械加工技术制作集成核酸提取微流控芯片的阳极模,使用组合模具法和注塑法制作具有3D通道的PDMS基片,与玻璃基底通过等离子体键合封装成集成核酸提取芯片。构建了由微流体速度可调节(0~10 mL/min)的驱动控制装置、温控精度可达0.1℃的TEC温控平台、CCD检测功能模块等组成的微全分析系统。以人类血液裂解液为样品,采用硅胶膜进行芯片上核酸提取。系统根据设置好的时序自动执行,以2 mL/min的流体驱动速度完成20μL裂解液上样、清洗;以1 mL/min的流体驱动速度完成DNA洗脱,抽取PCR试剂与之混合注入到反应腔。提取的基因组DNA以链上内参基因GAPDH为检测对象,并以传统手工提取为对照,在该系统平台上进行PCR扩增和熔解曲线分析实验。片上PCR扩增结果显示,扩增曲线明显,Ct值分别为25.3和26.9。扩增产物进行熔解曲线分析得到的熔解温度一致,均为89.9℃。结果表明,此系统能够自动化、全封闭的在微流控芯片上完成核酸提取、PCR扩增与实时定量分析。     

基于Labview的芯片PCR PID温控系统研究

温度控制是决定聚合酶链反应(PCR)扩增成败的关键因素之一。与常规PCR相比,芯片PCR具有样品和试剂用量少、加热体积更小、加热效率高、热循环时间短等优点,而反应体积缩小同时对温度控制精度和速度提出了更高的要求。本文介绍了一种基于Labview的微流控PCR芯片温度控制系统的设计与制作,并成功对80bp的核酸适配体片段进行扩增。     

聚合酶链式反应微芯片系统用于微量生物样品的快速扩增检测

基于MEMS微加工技术设计和制作了一种集成微加热器和温度传感器的聚合酶链式反应（PCR）微芯片。PCR微芯片结构通过有限元模拟验证分析。该芯片在PCR扩增过程中具有良好的制热效率和热传递均匀性。在微型温度控制电路装置下进行热循环反应,芯片的温度起伏小于1℃／s,升降温速度分别达到5℃／s和3℃／s,30个热循环耗时30min。此系统已经用于GUS基因的扩增检测,获得了良好的结果,极大的缩短了热循环的时间,可用于微量生物样品的快速扩增检测。     

聚合酶键式反应生物芯片/微装置的实时定量荧光检测

以微电子机械系统技术而发展起来的聚合酶链式反应(Polymerase Chain Re-action,PCR)生物芯片/微装置,由于具有所需样品和反应混合物体积少,反应速度快以及集成化程度高等优点而日益引起人们的重视。实时定量PCR是利用能特异标记PCR产物的荧光染料来动态显示PCR产物的累积,从而得到PCR扩增曲线的技术。本文介绍了实时定量检测技术及其在PCR生物芯片/微装置中的应用。     

微流控芯片电泳-多重聚合酶链反应法同时测定多个单碱基多态性位点

以微流控芯片电泳为检测平台,建立了多重PCR扩增法同时测定多个单碱基多态性(SNP)位点的方法。先通过PCR扩增得一段含所有待测SNP位点的长片段;用限制性内切酶消化成短片段,再将酶切反应产物与脱氧核糖核酸适配器(DNAadapter)相连;以连接产物为模板,分成两管,分别用n条等位基因特异性引物和一条通用引物进行n重PCR扩增;最后用微流控芯片电泳法分离PCR扩增产物,根据两管扩增产物的芯片电泳图谱中扩增片段的大小判断SNP的类型。以细胞色素P4502D6(CYP2D6)基因中的5个SNP位点(100C>T、1661G>C、1758G>T、2470T>C和2850C>T)为检测对象,考察了各等位基因特异性引物之间的相互影响和扩增反应的特异性,采用微流控芯片电泳法成功测定了20名健康中国人的CYP2D6基因中5个SNP位点的基因多态性,与聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性法(PCR-RFLP)测定结果完全一致。     

液滴微流控系统在数字聚合酶链式反应中的应用研究进展

数字聚合酶链式反应( PCR)技术近年来发展迅速。与以实时荧光定量PCR为代表的传统PCR技术相比,数字PCR技术显著提高了定量分析的精确度和灵敏度。数字PCR的快速发展与近年来微流控技术在数字PCR技术中的广泛应用有着密切的联系。早期的研究和商业化产品使用的是大规模集成流路微流控芯片,加工过程复杂且价格高昂。近年来,液滴微流控芯片被应用到数字PCR技术中,它可以在短时间内产生102~107个微液滴,每一个微液滴都是最多只含有一个目的基因片段的PCR反应器。 PCR扩增后,通过对单个微液滴的观察计数,就可以获得绝对定量的分析数据。本文综述了不同种类的液滴微流控系统在数字PCR技术中的应用,以及液滴数字PCR微流控芯片在生物、医药、环境等领域的应用。     

基于激光加工的聚合物微通道的流动特性研究

对高斯形截面的微通道中的流场进行了数值分析.结果表明,在压力驱动下,对于深宽比<3的通道,存在2个流速极值,此时通道的顶部对流体的输送也具有较大的贡献.对于深宽比>3的通道却只存在一个极值,此时顶部对流体输送几乎不起作用.研究结果对微通道中流体的流动特性研究具有指导意义.     

Species-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification of camel (Camelus) DNA extracts

A sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method based on amplification of a specific DNA fragment was established for the identification of camel (Camelus) materials. The species-specific primer pair L183/H372 was designed based on the nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, and its specificity was confirmed by amplification of 3 camel (domestic double-humped camel, wild double-humped camel, wild one-humped camel) samples and 11 non-Camelus animal (sheep, goat, pig, chicken, cattle, fish, dog, horse, donkey, deer, and rabbit) materials. An expected 208 base pair fragment was amplified from camel materials; no cross-reactive or additional fragments were generated from other animal materials. Taq I restriction endonuclease digestion of the unpurified PCR product can be used routinely to confirm the camel origin of the amplified sequence.     

Fast and sensitive detection of genetically modified yeasts in wine

In this work, a novel screening methodology based on the combined use of multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and capillary gel electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence (CGE-LIF) is developed for the fast and sensitive detection of genetically modified yeasts in wine. As model, a recombinant EKD-13 Saccaromyces cerevisiae strain was selected and different wines were prepared using either recombinant or conventional yeasts. Special emphasis is put on the yeast DNA extraction step, exploring different commercial and non-commercial methods, in order to overcome the important difficulty of obtaining amplifiable DNA from wine samples. To unequivocally detect the transgenic yeast, two specific segments of the transgenic construction were amplified. In addition, a third primer pair was used as amplification control to confirm the quality of the yeast DNA obtained from the extraction step. CGE-LIF provides high sensitivity, good analysis speed and impressive resolution of DNA fragments, making this technique very convenient to optimize multiplex PCR parameters and to analyze the amplified DNA fragments. Thus, the CGE-LIF method provided %RSD values for DNA migration times lower than 0.82% (n=10) with the same capillary and lower than 1.92% (n=15) with three different capillaries, allowing the adequate size determination of the PCR products with an error lower than 4% compared to the theoretically expected. The whole method developed in this work requires less than one working day and grants the sensitive detection of transgenic yeasts in wine samples.     

Continuous‐Flow PCR Microfluidics for Rapid DNA Amplification Using Thin Film Heater with Low Thermal Mass

Abstract

We have described a compact capillary‐based continuous‐flow polymerase chain reaction (PCR) microfluidics device, which uses flexible thin film heaters with low thermal mass to construct three isothermal zones. Due to the decreased thermal mass of flexible thin film heater, the low power supply and rapid thermal response was obtained. The energy consumption of a 33‐cycle continuous‐flow PCR was less than 0.0088 kW h, which is much lower than that of the metal block or liquid bath based capillary continuous‐flow PCR microfluidics. Special attention was also paid on the surface passivation of the capillary inner surface based on the competing bovine serum albumin (BSA), and the results showed the effect of dynamic passivation was superior to that of static passivation. With the help of the dynamic passivation, the 249 bp human β‐actin gene fragment was amplified in 15 min, which is several times faster than that of the conventional PCR machine. In addition, the effect of initial DNA template concentrations on continuous‐flow PCR was also investigated. The concentration limit of DNA template reached 0.18 ng µl^?1, which can satisfy the requirements from different application fields.     

Development of internal amplification controls for DNA profiling with the AmpFℓSTR(®) SGM Plus(®) kit

DNA extracted from forensic samples can be degraded and also contain co‐extracted contaminants that inhibit PCR. The effects of DNA degradation and PCR inhibition are often indistinguishable when examining a DNA profile. Two internal amplification controls (IACs) were developed to improve quality control of PCR using the AmpF?STR^® SGM Plus^® kit. The co‐amplification of these controls with DNA samples was used to monitor amplification efficiency and detect PCR inhibitors. IAC fragments of 90 and 410 bp (IAC₉₀ and IAC₄₁₀) were generated from the plasmid pBR322 using tailed primers and then amplified with ROX‐labelled primers. Co‐amplification of IAC₉₀ and IAC₄₁₀ was performed with varying amounts of template DNA, degraded DNA and DNA contaminated with humic acid, heme and indigo dye. Both IAC₉₀ and IAC₄₁₀ were successfully amplified with human DNA without significantly affecting the quality of the DNA profile, even with DNA amounts lower than 0.5 ng. In the presence of inhibitors, the IAC₉₀ signal was still present after all human DNA loci fail to amplify; in contrast, the IAC₄₁₀ signal was reduced or absent at low levels of inhibition. Amplification of the two IACs provided an internal PCR control and allowed partial profiles caused by inhibition to be distinguished from degraded DNA profiles.     

转基因玉米的多重PCR-毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光检测方法研究

采用三重PCR反应, 同时扩增CaMV 35S启动子、 hsp70 intron1和CryIA(b)基因之间序列以及Invertase基因, 扩增产物用无胶筛分毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光检测, 从而建立了多重PCR-毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光快速检测转基因玉米的新方法. 对影响多重PCR扩增和毛细管电泳的因素进行了优化. 在优化的条件下, 本方法可以同时检测转基因玉米样品中3种外源基因. 经序列测试证实, 三重PCR 扩增产物的序列与原基因完全一致, 表明扩增结果可靠. 该方法能检出0.05% MON810转基因玉米成分, 远低于欧盟对转基因食品规定标识的质量分数阈值(1％). 该方法对玉米及其制品的检测结果与实时荧光PCR方法的检测结果一致, 与传统的琼脂糖凝胶电泳法相比, 具有特异性高\, 快速及灵敏等优点, 适用于玉米中转基因成分以及转基因玉米MON810品系的快速筛选、 鉴定和检测, 能满足我国实施转基因食品标签法规的要求.     

Molecular detection of Burkholderia cepacia in toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed and compared with standard methods for rapid detection of Burkholderia cepacia, a major industrial contaminant, in cosmetic and pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products. Artificially contaminated samples were incubated for 24 h in trypticase soy broth containing 4% Tween 20 and 0.5% soy lecithin. DNA was extracted from each sample using a proteinase K-tris-EDTA-Tween 20 treatment at 35 degrees C. The extracted DNA was added to Ready-To-Go PCR beads and specific DNA primers for B. cepacia. The B. cepacia DNA primers coded for a 209-base pair (bp) fragment of the 16S rRNA ribosomal gene. No DNA amplification was observed in samples that were not spiked with B. cepacia. However, all contaminated samples showed the specific 209-bp fragment for B. cepacia. There was a 100% correlation between standard methods and the PCR assay. Standard microbiological methods required 5-6 days for isolation and identification of spiked microorganisms, whereas PCR detection and identification was completed in 27 h. PCR detection of B. cepacia allows for rapid quality evaluation of cosmetic and pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products.     

Multiplex polymerase chain reaction method for detection of bovine materials in foodstuffs

Rapid identification of bovine materials in animal foodstuffs is essential for effective control of a potential source of bovine spongiform encephalophathy. A convenient polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay was developed for detection and identification of a bovine-specific genomic DNA sequence in foodstuffs. Simultaneously the assay assessed the DNA quality of the experiment system by amplification of a highly conserved eucaryotic DNA region of the 18-S ribosomal gene, helping to check the reliability of the test result. The amplified bovine-specific PCR product was a genomic DNA fragment of lactoferrin, a low copy gene that was different from a commonly used bovine-specific mitochondria sequence for identification of bovine materials. The specificity of this method was confirmed by the absence of detectable homologous PCR product using reference foodstuff samples that lacked bovine-derived meat and bonemeals, or genomic DNA samples from vertebrates whose offals are commonly included in animal feeds. This method could detect the presence of bovine material in foodstuffs when the samples contained > 0.02% bovine-derived meat and bone meal. Furthermore, it was not affected by prolonged heat treatment. The specificity, convenience, and sensitivity of this method suggest that it can be used for the routine detection of bovine-derived materials.     

An efficient site-directed mutagenesis using polymerase chain reaction

We report here a simple and efficient method for site-directed mutagenesis using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In constructing a new expression plasmid for the EcoRI restriction gene, we made two point mutations. While one created a new SalI site prior to the SD sequence, the other replaced Glu144 with Lys. A 1.5 kb SalI-PstI fragment isolated from pER101 was used as the template. Two 25 mer oligonucleotide primers containing the desired mutations were synthesized and used to direct PCR amplification with Taq DNA polymerase. About 0.5 microgram of the 0.49 kb fragment was obtained from 0.05 microgram of the 1.5 kb fragment by carrying out polymerase chain reaction for 30 cycles. As calculated theoretically, 99% of the product contained the desired mutations. The product was cloned into pUC19 using SalI and PstI, two of the transformed colonies were randomly chosen for sequence analysis, and both of them were shown to contain the desired mutations. Finally, the amplified fragment was cloned into pER304 to place the EcoRI (Lys144) gene directly under the control of the lambda PL promoter.