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Accurate Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Quantification of Challenging Samples Applying Inhibitor-Tolerant DNA Polymerases
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- Sidstedt, Maja (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Teknisk mikrobiologi,Centrum för tillämpade biovetenskaper,Kemiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Applied Microbiology,Center for Applied Life Sciences,Department of Chemistry,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Swedish National Forensic Centre, SE-581 94 Linköping, Sweden
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- Romsos, E. L. (author)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8314, United States
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- Hedell, Ronny, 1985 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,University of Gothenburg,Chalmers University of Technology,Institutionen för matematiska vetenskaper,Department of Mathematical Sciences,Swedish National Forensic Centre, SE-581 94 Linköping, Sweden; Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Ansell, Ricky (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Linköping University,Biologi,Tekniska fakulteten,Swedish National Forensic Centre, Linköping, Sweden
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- Steffen, C. R. (author)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8314, United States
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- Vallone, P. M. (author)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8314, United States
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- Rådström, Peter (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Teknisk mikrobiologi,Centrum för tillämpade biovetenskaper,Kemiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Applied Microbiology,Center for Applied Life Sciences,Department of Chemistry,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Hedman, Johannes (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Teknisk mikrobiologi,Centrum för tillämpade biovetenskaper,Kemiska institutionen,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Applied Microbiology,Center for Applied Life Sciences,Department of Chemistry,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH,Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden; Swedish National Forensic Centre, SE-581 94 Linköping, Sweden
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- 2017-01-20
- 2017
- English.
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In: Analytical Chemistry. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0003-2700 .- 1520-6882. ; 89:3, s. 1642-1649
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- Digital PCR (dPCR) enables absolute quantification of nucleic acids by partitioning of the sample into hundreds or thousands of minute reactions. By assuming a Poisson distribution for the number of DNA fragments present in each chamber, the DNA concentration is determined without the need for a standard curve. However, when analyzing nucleic acids from complex matrixes such as soil and blood, the dPCR quantification can be biased due to the presence of inhibitory compounds. In this study, we evaluated the impact of varying the DNA polymerase in chamber-based dPCR for both pure and impure samples using the common PCR inhibitor humic acid (HA) as a model. We compared the TaqMan Universal PCR Master Mix with two alternative DNA polymerases: ExTaq HS and Immolase. By using Bayesian modeling, we show that there is no difference among the tested DNA polymerases in terms of accuracy of absolute quantification for pure template samples, i.e., without HA present. For samples containing HA, there were great differences in performance: the TaqMan Universal PCR Master Mix failed to correctly quantify DNA with more than 13 pg/nL HA, whereas Immolase (1 U) could handle up to 375 pg/nL HA. Furthermore, we found that BSA had a moderate positive effect for the TaqMan Universal PCR Master Mix, enabling accurate quantification for 25 pg/nL HA. Increasing the amount of DNA polymerase from 1 to S U had a strong effect for ExTaq HS, elevating HA-tolerance four times. We also show that the average Cq values of positive reactions may be used as a measure of inhibition effects, e.g., to determine whether or not a dPCR quantification result is reliable. The statistical models developed to objectively analyze the data may also be applied in quality control. We conclude that the choice of DNA polymerase in dPCR is crucial for the accuracy of quantification when analyzing challenging samples.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Farmaceutiska vetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Pharmaceutical Sciences (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Analytisk kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Analytical Chemistry (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Matematik -- Sannolikhetsteori och statistik (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Mathematics -- Probability Theory and Statistics (hsv//eng)
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- nuclear
- soil
- humic substances
- quantitative pcr
- water samples
- real-time pcr
- environmental dna
- Chemistry
- resistance
- qpcr
- amplification
- Journal Article
- real-time pcr
- quantitative pcr
- environmental dna
- humic substances
- water samples
- amplification
- qpcr
- soil
- resistance
- nuclear
- Chemistry
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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