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Practical molecular
biology
PD Dr. Alexei Gratchev
Prof. Dr. Julia Kzhyshkowska
Prof. Dr. W. Kaminski
Course structure
10.10 Plasmids, restriction enzymes,
analytics
 11.10
Genomic DNA, RNA
 12.10
PCR, real-time (quantitative) PCR
 13.10
Protein analysis IHC
 14.10
Flow cytometry (FACS)
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PCR
Thermostable DNA polymerase
 Oligonucleotides
 dNTPs
 Buffer
 Template
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Cycling
PCR
Detection of pathogens
 Detection of mutations
 Person identification
 Cloning
 Mutagenesis
 and may more…
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Quantification by PCR
Ideal PCR
 M=m*2N, m – starting amount of template, Nnumber of cycles
 30 cycles =230 ≈109
 40 cycles ≈1012
Quantification by PCR
Real PCR
 M ≈ m*2N, only in the beginning of the reaction
Critical factors
 Size of the product
 Mg concentration
 Oligonucleotide conc.
 dNTPs conc.
“End point” PCR
Real-time PCR
threshold
Ct
Real-time PCR
threshold
Ct
Quantification by PCR

Measure the amount of the product after every cycle
Determine threshold cycle (Ct) value for each sample
Calculate the amount of the product
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Note: Ct can be a fraction
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Real-time data collection
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Intercalating dyes
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Cheap
Low specificity
Can measure only one gene per tube
Molecular beacons
TaqMan® probes
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Highly specific
Several genes can be measured in one tube (Multiplex PCR)
Expensive
Multiplex PCR is hard to optimize
Intercalating dyes
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SYBR Green
Data collected after synthesis step
Intercalating dyes
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Denaturation analysis is needed for specificity analysis
One peak indicates that the
reaction was specific.
Fluorescence detection
FAM
Fluorescence resonance
energy transfer - FRET
FAM
Q
Molecular beacons
Data collected during annealing step
TaqMan® probes
Data can be collected anytime
Real-time PCR equipment
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Light sources
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Laser
LED Array
Focused halogen lamp
Halogen lamp
Detectors
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PMT (Photo Multiplier Tube)
CCD camera
Light source
PMT
Multiplexing
Experiment planning
Selection detection method
 Intercalating dye
 Molecular beacon
 TaqMan® probe
Selection of house keeping gene
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GAPD
beta actin
Selection of quantification method
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absolute (Standard curve)
relative (ddCt)
Absolute quantification
The amount of template is measured according to the standard curve
– serial dilutions of known template (plasmid).
Problem! Standard curve takes too much space on the plate.
Relative quantification of ID3
dCt(A)= Ct(ID3 in A) - Ct(GAPD in A)
dCt(B)= Ct(ID3 in B) - Ct(GAPD in B)
ddCt = dCt( A) – dCt(B)
Relative Expression = 2 -ddCt
Problem! ddCt method can
be used only if both
reaction (for ID3 and
GAPD) have the same
efficiency.
Relative quantification
For ddCt the slopes of
standard curves for gene
of interest and house
keeping gene must be the
same.
Relative quantification
duplicates
quadruplicates
Relative quantification
Pipetting strategy
Questions?
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