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  • Optimization of purification of human cell-free mRNA from plasma
    Dovč, Tadeja ...
    Cell-free RNA has a potential for diagnosis and prognosis of many diseases. Our aim was to optimize a commercially available QIAamp UltraSens Virus Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) for isolation of mRNA ... from human plasma. The amount of carrier RNA to bind plasma mRNA, the centrifugal force to pellet the mRNA-carrier RNA complex, the incubation time for proteolysis, and the centrifugal force to bind mRNA to the silica gel membrane were modified in order to maximize the yield of isolated mRNA. The isolated cell-free mRNA was detected for cycA using TaqMan real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The lowest threshold cycle (Ct) was obtained with the use of 4.0 ?L of carrier RNA. Pelleting with a centrifugal force of 1500 *g yielded the lowest Ct, but caused difficulties in resuspending the pellet. Therefore, we suggest using a lower centrifugal force of 1300 *g. The duration of proteolysis had no effect on Ct. To bind mRNA to the silica gel membrane, a centrifugal force of 5000 *gis recommended. Our results show that the UltraSens Virus Kit is an appropriate choice for isolating mRNA from human plasma, with imprecision expressed as coefficient of variation below 2%.
    Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. - ISSN 0077-8923 (Vol. 1137, no. 1, 2008, str. 125-129)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2008
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 2373745
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