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- Title
A model freed from endogenous reference gene for quantification of genetically modified DNA by real-time PCR. 1. Quantification of DNA from genetically modified organisms in haplo-species materials.
- Authors
Pingjian Deng; Dongyan Yang; Yongcun Yang; Xiaoke Yang; Liangrang Guo; Xiangyang Zhou; Xueling Wang
- Abstract
Abstract This paper is the first part of a serial study investigating a quantification model freed from endogenous reference gene for genetically modified (GM) content by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The serial study involves two parts: (1) quantitative determination of GM DNA in haplo-species plant samples; (2) quantitative determination of GM DNA in multi-species plant samples. The paper describes a methodology to quantify the GM content in a DNA extract using on one hand real-time PCR to determine the amount of GM targets present and on the other hand absorbance reading at 260 nm to measure the total DNA present in sample. The ratio of both values is expressed as GM percentage. The most prominent dominance of the novel model is that the direct quantitative relation between the initial amount of target template in real-time PCR reaction (X 0) and the content of GM DNA in tested material (X SD) is established. Theoretical analysis indicates that the developed quantitative model relieved from the dependence on endogenous reference genes is suitable to quantify the GM content in haplo-species plant sample, in addition, it has the applicability in the quantitative detection of GM content in multi-species GM plant sample. A trail, in which 75 haplo-species GM plant samples were involved, was conducted to validate the suitability of the novel quantification model. The bias varied from 0.00 to 24.00% except a tested sample with lower level of GM content, and the precision expressed as coefficient of variation (CV) was from 2.81 to 25.00%. The limit of quantitation (LOQ) of the quantitative assay was as low as 0.1%. Compared with the previous papers and the performance requirements raised by European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL) for analytical methods of GMO testing, the results demonstrated that the established quantification model is a suitable alternative to the more traditional endogenous reference assay in the quantification of GM content in haplo-species plant sample.
- Subjects
GENES; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR genetics; DNA
- Publication
European Food Research & Technology, 2008, Vol 227, Issue 5, p1485
- ISSN
1438-2377
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00217-008-0871-5