Accurate quantification of mouse mitochondrial DNA without co-amplification of nuclear mitochondrial insertion sequences
| Autor: | Afshan N. Malik, Anna Czajka, Phil Cunningham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Mitochondrial DNA Nuclear gene Mitochondrion Biology medicine.disease_cause Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Genome DNA Mitochondrial 03 medical and health sciences medicine Animals Insertion sequence Molecular Biology DNA Primers mtDNA control region Genetics Mutation Mouse mitochondrial genome Cell Biology NumtS Mice Inbred C57BL Real time PCR 030104 developmental biology Real-time polymerase chain reaction Mitochondrial pseudogenes Molecular Medicine |
| Zdroj: | Malik, A N, Czajka, A & Cunningham, P 2016, ' Accurate quantification of mouse mitochondrial DNA without co-amplification of nuclear mitochondrial insertion sequences ', MITOCHONDRION . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mito.2016.05.003 |
| ISSN: | 1872-8278 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.mito.2016.05.003 |
| Popis: | Background:Mitochondria contain extra-nuclear genome in the form of mitochondrial DNA (MtDNA), damage to which can lead to inflammation and bioenergetic deficit. Changes in MtDNA levels are increasingly used as a biomarker of mitochondrial dysfunction. We previously reported that in humans, fragments in the nuclear genome known as nuclear mitochondrial insertion sequences (NumtS) affect accurate quantification of MtDNA. In the current paper our aim was to determine whether mouse NumtS affect the quantification of MtDNA and to establish a method designed to avoid this. Methods: The existence of NumtS in the mouse genome was confirmed using blast N, unique MtDNA regions were identified using FASTA, and MtDNA primers which do not co-amplify NUMTs were designed and tested.MtDNA copy numbers were determined in a range of mouse tissues as the ratio of the mitochondrial and nuclear genome using real time qPCR and absolute quantification. Results:Approximately 95% of mouse MtDNA was duplicated in the nuclear genome as NumtS which were located in 15 out of 21 chromosomes. A unique region was identified and primers flanking this region were used. MtDNA levels differed significantly in mouse tissues being the highest in the heart, with levels in descending order (highest to lowest) in kidney, liver, blood, brain, islets and lung. Conclusion:The presence of NumtS in the nuclear genome of mouse could lead to erroneous data when studying MtDNA content or mutation. The unique primers described here will allow accurate quantification of MtDNA content in mouse models without co-amplification of NumtS. |
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