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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
Four quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) methods were compared to evaluate the time course of mRNA formation and decay. Mouse fibroblasts (NIH 3T3) transfected with the human beta-globin open reading frame/c-myc 3'-untranslated region chimeric gene under control of the c-fos promoter (fos-glo-myc) were used for serum-inducible transcription. The amount of fos-glo-myc mRNA, relative to beta-actin, was measured by quantitative, RT-PCR at various times following the addition of serum to serum-starved fibroblasts transfected with the chimeric gene. Both endpoint (band densitometry and probe hybridization) and real-time (SYBR green and TaqMan) PCR methods were used to assay the identical cDNA. The real-time methods produced a 4- to 5-log dynamic range of amplification, while the dynamic range of the endpoint assays was 1-log. The real-time and probe hybridization assays produced a comparable level of sensitivity that was considerably greater than band densitometry. The coefficient of variation from 22 replicate PCR reactions was 14.2 and 24.0% for the SYBR green and TaqMan detection, respectively, and 44.9 and 45.1% for the band densitometry and probe hybridization assays, respectively. The rank order for the values of r(2) obtained from the linear regression of the first-order mRNA decay plots was SYBR green > TaqMan > probe hybridization > band densitometry. Real-time PCR is more precise and displays a greater dynamic range than endpoint PCR. Among the real-time methods, SYBR green and TaqMan assays produced comparable dynamic range and sensitivity while SYBR green detection was more precise and produced a more linear decay plot than TaqMan detection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0003-2697
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
285
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
194-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to study mRNA decay: comparison of endpoint and real-time methods.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6534, USA. Schmittg@mail.wsu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies