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Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains
Mouse models are widely employed to study mitochondrial inheritance, which have implications to several human diseases caused by mutations in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA). These mouse models take advantage of polymorphisms between the mtDNA of the NZB/BINJ and the mtDNA of common inbred laborato...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537288/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26274500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133650 |
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author | Machado, Thiago Simões Macabelli, Carolina Habermann Sangalli, Juliano Rodrigues Rodrigues, Thiago Bittencourt Smith, Lawrence Charles Meirelles, Flávio Vieira Chiaratti, Marcos Roberto |
author_facet | Machado, Thiago Simões Macabelli, Carolina Habermann Sangalli, Juliano Rodrigues Rodrigues, Thiago Bittencourt Smith, Lawrence Charles Meirelles, Flávio Vieira Chiaratti, Marcos Roberto |
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description | Mouse models are widely employed to study mitochondrial inheritance, which have implications to several human diseases caused by mutations in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA). These mouse models take advantage of polymorphisms between the mtDNA of the NZB/BINJ and the mtDNA of common inbred laboratory (i.e., C57BL/6) strains to generate mice with two mtDNA haplotypes (heteroplasmy). Based on PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), these studies determine the level of heteroplasmy across generations and in different cell types aiming to understand the mechanisms underlying mitochondrial inheritance. However, PCR-RFLP is a time-consuming method of low sensitivity and accuracy that dependents on the use of restriction enzyme digestions. A more robust method to measure heteroplasmy has been provided by the use of real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) based on allelic refractory mutation detection system (ARMS-qPCR). Herein, we report an ARMS-qPCR assay for quantification of heteroplasmy using heteroplasmic mice with mtDNA of NZB/BINJ and C57BL/6 origin. Heteroplasmy and mtDNA copy number were estimated in germline and somatic tissues, providing evidence of the reliability of the approach. Furthermore, it enabled single-step quantification of heteroplasmy, with sensitivity to detect as low as 0.1% of either NZB/BINJ or C57BL/6 mtDNA. These findings are relevant as the ARMS-qPCR assay reported here is fully compatible with similar heteroplasmic mouse models used to study mitochondrial inheritance in mammals. |
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spelling | pubmed-45372882015-08-20 Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains Machado, Thiago Simões Macabelli, Carolina Habermann Sangalli, Juliano Rodrigues Rodrigues, Thiago Bittencourt Smith, Lawrence Charles Meirelles, Flávio Vieira Chiaratti, Marcos Roberto PLoS One Research Article Mouse models are widely employed to study mitochondrial inheritance, which have implications to several human diseases caused by mutations in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA). These mouse models take advantage of polymorphisms between the mtDNA of the NZB/BINJ and the mtDNA of common inbred laboratory (i.e., C57BL/6) strains to generate mice with two mtDNA haplotypes (heteroplasmy). Based on PCR followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP), these studies determine the level of heteroplasmy across generations and in different cell types aiming to understand the mechanisms underlying mitochondrial inheritance. However, PCR-RFLP is a time-consuming method of low sensitivity and accuracy that dependents on the use of restriction enzyme digestions. A more robust method to measure heteroplasmy has been provided by the use of real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) based on allelic refractory mutation detection system (ARMS-qPCR). Herein, we report an ARMS-qPCR assay for quantification of heteroplasmy using heteroplasmic mice with mtDNA of NZB/BINJ and C57BL/6 origin. Heteroplasmy and mtDNA copy number were estimated in germline and somatic tissues, providing evidence of the reliability of the approach. Furthermore, it enabled single-step quantification of heteroplasmy, with sensitivity to detect as low as 0.1% of either NZB/BINJ or C57BL/6 mtDNA. These findings are relevant as the ARMS-qPCR assay reported here is fully compatible with similar heteroplasmic mouse models used to study mitochondrial inheritance in mammals. Public Library of Science 2015-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4537288/ /pubmed/26274500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133650 Text en © 2015 Machado et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Machado, Thiago Simões Macabelli, Carolina Habermann Sangalli, Juliano Rodrigues Rodrigues, Thiago Bittencourt Smith, Lawrence Charles Meirelles, Flávio Vieira Chiaratti, Marcos Roberto Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains |
title | Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains |
title_full | Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains |
title_fullStr | Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains |
title_full_unstemmed | Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains |
title_short | Real-Time PCR Quantification of Heteroplasmy in a Mouse Model with Mitochondrial DNA of C57BL/6 and NZB/BINJ Strains |
title_sort | real-time pcr quantification of heteroplasmy in a mouse model with mitochondrial dna of c57bl/6 and nzb/binj strains |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537288/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26274500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133650 |
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