Method for testing a mutant gene through real time polymerase chain reaction using inhibition of 5'-flap endonuclease activity

a technology of endonuclease activity and which is applied in the field of real-time polymerase chain reaction for detecting dna mutations, can solve the problems of difficult maintenance of stable annealing state, low tm value, and not always showing expected mutation detection ability of melting curves, etc., and achieve excellent sensitivity and specificity.

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-10-17
GENOTECH CORP
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The present invention provides a new method for testing genetic mutations using RT-PCR based allele-specific probes without needing further modification. This method has advantages in test specificity and multiplex SNP detection using specificity of enzymes instead of discrimination depending upon temperature without incurring further cost. The method can detect SNPs at low cost using not only various fluorescent probes, but also non-fluorescent probes such as SYBR Green. The method is economical, has excellent sensitivity and specificity, and can effectively employ a TaqMan probe that is widely used.

Problems solved by technology

However, melting curves do not always exhibit expected mutation detection ability.
However, this method has to use short probes so as to confer specificity of probes, which necessarily lowers Tm values and makes maintenance of a stable annealing state difficult.
In order to overcome this problem, there is a drawback of having to use expensive minor groove binder (MGB) probes or locked nucleic acid (LNA) probes (Letertre, C. et al.
However, it is very difficult to identify appropriate PCR conditions capable of distinguishing SNPs through ARMS PCR (Punia P. and S. Aunders. N. http: / / www.horizonpress.com / perbooks).
However, considering that it is very difficult to design probes having loop structures, is not easy to obtain desired probes that lead to intended results after general manufacture and examination of various types of probes (Bonnet, G., et al.
However, existing methods using TaqMan probes do not discriminate between 5′→3′ exonuclease and FEN activity, which are commonly called 5′-nucleases.
Mutat. Res., 573: 103-110) proposed a method for detecting SNPs using a property of thermostable FEN enzymes, but the method has not been widely used due to low sensitivity resulting from isothermal reactions instead of thermal cycling signal amplification.
Particularly, although many methods have been used to effectively test for genetic mutations, no test methods satisfy all the concerns required in real clinical trials including test time, cost, specificity, sensitivity and multiplex tests.
Furthermore, discrimination depending upon temperature does not ensure specificity of all sorts of probes to be discriminated when multiplex SNPs are analyzed simultaneously.

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ion of Amplification Curve of RT-PCR Reaction Using Double-Stranded Primer (DSP) System

[0076]This example is a confirmation test of amplification curve of RT-PCR using DSP / primer forming double strand through hybridization with the position from fourth base of 5′-end of a forward primer. TAMRA as a quencher and FAM as a reporter were linked to the 5′-end of the forward primer and 3′-end of a probe, respectively.

*Primers and probe for testForward primer:5′-TAMRA-gccgcgctggatgaactgatac-3′Reverse primer:5′-cggcctgaacagtgagcgaag-3′Probe:5′-ccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′

[0077]* RT-PCR conditions:

[0078]95° C., 5 min. (1 time)

[0079]95° C., 15 sec / 60° C., 40 sec / 72° C., 30 sec. (35 cycles)

[0080]* Composition for RT-PCR

[0081]To perform RT-PCR, 1 μl (100 pg) of lambda DNA, 1 μl (10 pmol) of each of the above primers and probe, 6.45 ul of 3.1× qPCRMix and distilled water were mixed in a PCR tube to have a final volume of 20 μl.

[0082]It was observed that a typical pattern of FAM signals induced ...

example 2

pending on Structural Features of 5′-End of DSP Probes

[0083]In this example, it was confirmed whether change of 5′ nuclease activity of DNA polymerase depends on 5′-end structures of DSPs. No flap structure (Mis+0) and flap structures consisting of one base (Mis+1), two bases (Mis+2) or three bases (Mis+3) at 5′-end structure of probes were used in this example.

*PrimersForward primer:5′-TAMRA-gccgcgctggatgaactgatac-3′Reverse primer:5′-cggcctgaacagtgagcgaag-3′*ProbesMis + 0:5′-ccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′Mis + 1:5′-tccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′Mis + 2:5′-atccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′Mis + 3:5′-catccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′

[0084]* RT-PCR reaction condition:

[0085]95° C., 5 min. (1 time)

[0086]95° C., 15 sec-60° C., 30 sec-72° C., 30 sec (40 cycles)

[0087]* Composition for RT-PCR reaction

[0088]To perform RT-PCR, 1 μl (100 pg) of lambda DNA, 1 μl (10 pmol) of each of the primerset and the probes as above, and 6.45 μl of 3.1× qPCRMix and DW were mixed in a PCR tube to have a final vo...

example 3

ing Probes Having 5′-Flap Structures of Various Forms

[0090]In this example, in order to confirm inhibition of FEN activity by 5′-end structure in Example 2, change of 5′ nuclease activity of Taq DNA polymerase according to the 5′-end structures of DSP, SYBR Green probe and external TaqMan probe were confirmed.

[0091]The primers, probes and RT-PCR conditions in this example were as follows.

*Primers and probes for DSP test (FIG. 4a)Forward primer:5′-TAMRA-gccgcgctggatgaactgatac-3′Reverse primer:5′-cggcctgaacagtgagcgaag-3′*ProbesMis + 0:5′-ccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′Mis + 1:5′-tccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′Mis + 2:5′-atccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-FAM-3′*Primers and probes for SYBR Green probe test(FIG. 4b)Forward primer:5′-gccgcgctggatgaactgatac-3′Reverse primer:5′-cggcctgaacagtgagcgaag-3′*ProbesMis + 0:5′-ccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-3′Mis + 1:5′-tccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-3′Mis + 2:5′-atccggtatcagttcatccagcgc-3′*Primers and probes for external TaqMan probe test(FIG. 5a)Forward primer:5′-taccggggt...

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Disclosed is a method for detecting single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) using a feature that the 5′-flap endonuclease (FEN) activity of DNA polymerase is inhibited when a probe complementarily binds to the end of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) product. More specifically, the present invention relates to a novel method wherein it was verified that, when a probe used for a real-time PCR complementarily binds to the end site of a PCR product, the 5′-FEN activity of thermostable DNA polymerase to the probe is inhibited, and thus when such a feature is used to make a design such that an SNP site to be detected is located at the 5′-end site of the probe, the 5′-flap formation is induced according to the allele, thereby allowing effective SNP detection.

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE TO ANY PRIORITY APPLICATIONS[0001]Any and all applications for which a foreign or domestic priority claim is identified in the Application Data Sheet as filed with the present application are hereby incorporated by reference under 37 CFR 1.57.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to a method for detecting DNA mutations through real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for inhibiting 5′-flap endonuclease (hereinafter referred to as “PEN”; also referred to as “flap endonuclease”) activity of DNA polymerases, specifically family A DNA polymerases, more specifically Taq DNA polymerases, a method for testing for genetic mutations such as single nucleotide polymorphism (hereinafter referred to as SNPs) and the like using the inhibited FEN activity, a method for designing a probe for testing for genetic mutations, and a novel and effective method for effectively and accurately testing f...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C12Q1/6827C12Q1/686
CPCC12Q1/6827C12Q1/686C12Q2521/101C12Q2535/131C12Q2563/173C12Q2565/1015C12Q2521/301C12Q2531/113C12Q2561/113C12N9/1252C12Q1/48C12Q1/68C12Q2521/307
InventorKIM, JAE JONGCHA, SUN HOLIM, SI KYU
OwnerGENOTECH CORP