Interference of Contaminating DNA in the Quantification of a Toluene-Induced tod Gene in Pseudomonas putida(ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY)
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To determine the extent of interference of co-extracted DNA contamination in the quantification of the tod gene transcript, two different concentrations of RNA (high, 500 ng/μl; low, 250 ng/μl) from a toluene-induced culture of Pseudomonas putida were treated with different amounts of DNase (2,4,6 and 8 U) and incubated for 30 and 60 min. The highly sensitive and reproducible TaqMan system was used to quantify the transcript of the tod gene, the tod gene in contaminating DNA and the 16S rRNA gene in DNase-treated RNA samples. For the high RNA concentration, the shorter incubation time (30 min) lowered the level of contaminating DNA as evidenced by the presence of 2.5×10^6 copies of the tod gene before treatment to 1.4×10^5 copies/μl (8U), whereas, irrespective of the DNase units used, the longer incubation time (60 min) considerably lowered the level of DNA contamination (2.5×10^6 to 6.5×10^2 copies of the tod gene/μl). However, for the low RNA concentration, DNase treatment was found to be equally effective in lowering the level of contaminating DNA (10^6 to 10^2 copies of the tod gene/μl), irrespective of the incubation time and the amount of DNase used. Although the results of gel electrophoresis of conventional PCR amplification of the low RNA concentration revealed the absence of the target gene in contaminating DNA, the results of the TaqMan PCR indicated that a very low amount of contaminating DNA (less than 10^3 copies of the tod gene/μl) was still present in RNA samples, even after the DNase treatment. The number of copies of the tod gene transcript in RNA samples did not show any marked variation because of the DNase treatment. However, the proportion of contaminating DNA in RNA samples considerably decreased due to the treatment (0.01 to 0.000001). Furthermore, these results suggested that the extent of the removal of contaminating DNA from RNA samples depends on the concentration of RNA, the amount of DNase used and the incubation time. It is also suggested that the copies of the catabolic genes in contaminating DNA have to be quantified along with the target genes in RNA samples to have a more accurate quantification of the target genes for better understanding of their roles in many microbial processes.
- 社団法人日本生物工学会の論文
- 2003-09-25
著者
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Kabir Shaila
Graduate School Of Environment And Information Sciences Yokohama National University
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ITOH Kiminori
Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
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RAJENDRAN NARASIMMALU
Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
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URUSHIGAWA YOSHIKUNI
Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University
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Rajendran Narasimmalu
Graduate School Of Environment And Information Sciences Yokohama National University
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Rajendran Narasimmalu
Graduate School Of Engineering Yokohama National University
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Rajendran N
Graduate School Of Environment And Information Sciences Yokohama National University
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Itoh K
Graduate School Of Engineering Yokohama National University
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Itoh Kiminori
Graduate School Of Engineering Yokohama National Univ. 79-7 Tokiwadai Hodogaya-ku Yokohama 240-8501
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Rajendran N
Graduate School Of Engineering Yokohama National University
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Urushigawa Y
Faculty Of Systems Science And Technology Akita Prefectural University
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Itoh Kiminori
Graduate School Of Engineering Yokohama National Univ.
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