scholarly journals Molecular Authentication of Dendrobium Species by Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction and Amplification Refractory Mutation System Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 137 (6) ◽  
pp. 438-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chu-Hui Chiang ◽  
Tsong-Ann Yu ◽  
Shu-Fang Lo ◽  
Chao-Lin Kuo ◽  
Wen-Huang Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Amplification Refractory Mutation System ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
5.8S Rdna ◽  
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine ◽  
Mutation System ◽  
Polymerase Chain

The genus Dendrobium is important in traditional Chinese herbal medicine, and the precise identification of Dendrobium species is critical for the treatment and for pharmacological research. In the present study, a ribosomal DNA (rDNA) internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region-based analysis was used to ascertain the phylogenetic relationship among 20 Dendrobium species. The lengths of the ITS regions among the 20 species ranged from 636 to 653 bp, and the identities of the rDNA regions among the different species ranged from 75.7% to 99.1%. The results also showed that the ITS1 and ITS2 regions exhibit more variation than the 5.8S rDNA. A phylogenetic tree derived from the ITS sequence indicated that six medicinal Dendrobium species, of which five are common medicinal plants in the Taiwan market, were closely related and shared a common clade. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification was successfully performed to identify the six medicinal Dendrobium species, and amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) PCR was used to distinguish D. tosaense specifically from the 19 other Dendrobium species. The established PCR-based (multiplex and ARMS) analyses can be used for the authentication of the raw materials of medicinal Dendrobium from other species.

scholarly journals CCL5 rs2107538 Polymorphism Increased the Risk of Tuberculosis in a Sample of Iranian Population

2016 ◽  
Vol 117 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 90-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Reza Kouhpayeh ◽  
Mohsen Taheri ◽  
Mana Baziboroon ◽  
Mohammad Naderi ◽  
Gholamreza Bahari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Chemokine Receptor ◽  
Iranian Population ◽  
Amplification Refractory Mutation System ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Mutation System ◽  
Chemokine Ligand ◽  
Allele Specific ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Cysteine-cysteine chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5) with immunoregulatory and inflammatory activities has an important role in granuloma formations that activates and stimulates T-cells and macrophages. Cysteine-cysteine chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is a chemokine receptor, which is important for migration of immune cells to site of infection. In the present study we investigated the possible association between CCL5 –403G/A (rs2107538), CCL5 –28C/G (rs2280788) and CCR5 Δ32 polymorphisms and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in an Iranian population. This case-control study was performed on 160 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and 160 unrelated healthy subjects. The CCL5 –403G/A, CCL5 –28C/G and CCR5 Δ32 polymorphisms were genotyped by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (AS-PCR), tetra amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (T-ARMS PCR) and PCR, respectively. Our results showed that GA as well as GA+AA genotypes of CCL5 –403G/A (rs2107538) increased the risk of PTB in comparison with GG genotype (OR=1.70, 95% CI=1.03–2.81, P=0.038 and OR=1.64, 95% CI=1.00–2.68, P=0.049, respectively). No significant association was found between CCL5 –28C/G as well as CCR5 Δ32 polymorphism and PTB risk. In conclusion, our findings proposed that CCL5 –403G>A polymorphism may be a risk factor for susceptibility to PTB in our population. Larger sample sizes with different ethnicities are required to validate our findings.

scholarly journals A New Nested Allele-Specific Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Method for Haplotyping ofVKORC1Gene to Predict Warfarin Sensitivity

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yung An Chua ◽  
Wan Zaidah Abdullah ◽  
Zukurnai Yusof ◽  
Siew Hua Gan
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Polymerase Chain Reaction Method ◽  
Enzyme Concentration ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Allele Specific ◽  
Polymerase Chain

The vitamin K epoxide reductase complex 1 gene (VKORC1) is commonly assessed to predict warfarin sensitivity. In this study, a new nested allele-specific multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method that can simultaneously identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) atVKORC1381, 861, 5808, and 9041 for haplotype analysis was developed and validated. Extracted DNA was amplified in the first PCR DNA, which was optimized by investigating the effects of varying the primer concentrations, annealing temperature, magnesium chloride concentration, enzyme concentration, and the amount of DNA template. The amplification products produced from the first round of PCR were used as templates for a second PCR amplification in which both mutant and wild-type primers were added in separate PCR tubes, followed by optimization in a similar manner. The final PCR products were resolved by agarose gel electrophoresis and further analysed by using aVKORC1genealogic tree to infer patient haplotypes. Fifty patients were identified to have H1H1, one had H1H2, one had H1H7, 31 had either H1H7 or H1H9, one had H1H9, eight had H7H7, and one had H8H9 haplotypes. This is the first method that is able to inferVKORC1haplotypes using only conventional PCR methods.

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