Rapid quantification methods for genetically modified maize contents using genomic DNAs pretreated by sonication and restriction endonuclease digestion for a capillary-type real-time PCR system with a plasmid reference standard
2006
Toyota, A.(Hiroshima-ken. Inst of Public Health and Environment (Japan)) | Akiyama, H. | Sugimura, M. | Watanabe, T. | Sakata, K. | Shiramasa, Y. | Kitta, K. | Hino, A. | Esaka, M. | Maitani, T.
For rough quantitative analysis of genetically modified maize contents, rapid methods for measurement of the copy numbers of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter region (P35S) and MON810 construct-specific gene (MON810) using a combination of a capillary-type real-time PCR system with a plasmid DNA were established. To reduce the characteristic differences between the plasmid DNA and genomic DNA, we showed that pretreatment of the extracted genomic DNA by a combination of sonication and restriction endonuclease digestion before measurement is effective. The accuracy and reproducibility of this method for MON810 content (%) at a level of 5.0% MON810 mixed samples were within a range from 4.26 to 5.11% in the P35S copy number quantification. These methods should prove to be a useful tool to roughly quantify GM maize content.
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