US20210324460A1 - Workflow for detection of ligands using nucleic acids - Google Patents
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- This application relates to methods for ligating oligonucleotides having complementarity to a target nucleic acid, and amplifying the ligated oligonucleotides, where ligation and amplification occur in the same reaction mixture.
- PLAs Proximity Ligation Assays
- Typical or conventional PLAs usually involve at least three or four steps.
- the first step is typically the binding of first and second probes (e.g., antibody probes) to a ligand (e.g., a protein of interest) such that the probes are in close proximity to another.
- a ligand e.g., a protein of interest
- Each of the probes typically contain an oligonucleotide.
- the oligonucleotides are brought into proximity to one another with the binding of the probes and, in the second step, are then ligated to one another (e.g., the ligation event).
- the ligated oligonucleotides may then be amplified and detected to determine the presence of the ligand with a test sample (e.g., a biological sample).
- This step is typically accomplished by adding ligation components, such as ligase, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and buffer-salt mixture, to the binding reaction.
- ligation components such as ligase, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and buffer-salt mixture
- the ligase is typically then deactivated (e.g., by protease digestion) to prevent any further ligation of unbound oligonucleotides.
- the reaction mixture is transferred to a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture and the quantity of the amplified product determined by quantitative PCR (qPCR).
- PCR real-time polymerase chain reaction
- qPCR quantitative PCR
- oligonucleotides are attached to ligand-specific probes, and amplification of the oligonucleotides indicates that the probes have bound a ligand in the sample.
- a method for ligating at least two oligonucleotides to produce a ligated oligonucleotide and amplifying the ligated oligonucleotide, wherein ligation and amplification occur in a single reaction mixture (e.g., that may be considered undiluted) is provided.
- a third oligonucleotide may be used to bridge the at least two oligonucleotides that are bound to the probes.
- the method may comprise detecting a ligand in a test sample (e.g., a biological sample) comprising contacting the protein with at least a first and second probe, each probe having binding specificity for the protein and being adjoined to at least one type of oligonucleotide, the oligonucleotides on the first and second probes, respectively, being at least partially complementary to one another; ligating the oligonucleotides on the first and second probes to one another using a ligase to produce a target nucleic acid and amplifying the target nucleic acid; and, detecting the amplified target nucleic acid.
- a test sample e.g., a biological sample
- the method may comprise detecting a protein in a test sample, the method comprising contacting the protein with at least two probes having binding specificity therewith, each of the two agents comprising at least one oligonucleotide; ligating the oligonucleotides to produce a ligated oligonucleotide and amplifying the ligated oligonucleotide in a single reaction mixture; and, detecting amplification of the ligated oligonucleotide.
- one or more of the probes is an antibody.
- at least one of the oligonucleotides comprises at least three nucleotides.
- oligonucleotide being ligated using a small footprint ligase, which may be contacted with adenosine triphosphate prior to use.
- amplification procedure may be used such as, without limitation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (e.g., quantitative PCR (qPCR)).
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- qPCR quantitative PCR
- it may be beneficial to inactivate the ligase prior to amplification e.g., using a protease.
- Other embodiments of the methods described herein will be apparent to the skilled artisan from the disclosure provided herein.
- FIG. 1 A schematic diagram of an exemplary typical or conventional PLA process.
- FIG. 2 A schematic diagram of an exemplary improved PLA process (as disclosed herein).
- FIGS. 3A and 3B A schematic diagram of an exemplary typical or conventional PLA workflow ( FIG. 3A ), and a schematic diagram of an exemplary improved PLA workflow ( FIG. 3B ), as disclosed herein.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B A schematic diagram of exemplary oligonucleotide splints using asymmetrical (e.g., 3+6) ( FIG. 4A ) and symmetrical (e.g., 4+4) ( FIG. 4B ) oligonucleotide splints (“connectors”).
- asymmetrical e.g., 3+6
- symmetrical e.g., 4+4
- FIG. 4B oligonucleotide splintsplints (“connectors”).
- FIG. 5 Comparison of a typical or conventional PLA process (PLA1) and the improved process (PLA2) (dCT data shown).
- FIG. 6 Use of the improved PLA process with various target nucleic acids.
- FIG. 7 Comparison of two different splint lengths at varying concentrations.
- FIG. 8 Comparison of five different splint lengths.
- FIG. 9 Comparison of T4 ligase to two different SF ligases (e.g., SF and DLxD).
- a probe mix and sample are combined into a binding reaction.
- the ligation reaction mixture is added in order to carry out the ligation reaction.
- a ligase and ligation buffer are diluted.
- the ligated product is stabilized by protease digestion; the protease is then inactivated (e.g, using heat).
- a portion of the ligated product is transferred to a real-time PCR reaction mixture, then placed on a PCR reaction vessel (e.g., plate) in a qPCR instrument. Detection and quantification of the ligated product then proceeds using standard techniques.
- a cell lysate may be prepared and a ligation buffer added thereto. To that mixture may then be added a proximity probe mixture, a ligase, and a PCR mixture (which may include, for example, a thermostable polymerase). This combined reaction mixture can then incubated for a suitable amount of time (e.g., one hour, 37° C.), the ligase optionally inactivated (e.g., using heat) and PCR performed directly on the mixture.
- a suitable amount of time e.g., one hour, 37° C.
- the ligase optionally inactivated (e.g., using heat) and PCR performed directly on the mixture.
- FIG. 2 A schematic of an exemplary embodiment of the improved PLA process is illustrated in FIG. 2 . As shown therein, the binding reaction is the same as that shown in FIG. 1 .
- the ligase is added to the real-time PCR mixture which is then added directly to the binding reaction.
- this reaction mixture is then deposited onto a reaction plate and then analyzed by a qPCR instrument. Detection and quantification of the ligated product then proceeds using standard techniques.
- the lesser dilution factor provided thereby may result in a higher PLA probe concentration in the ligation reaction.
- the increased probe concentration may cause increased background signal, which may be minimized by using a short splint oligonucleotide at reduced concentration.
- a suitable splint oligonucleotide may be 14 nucleotides in length (e.g., at least five nucleotides in the 3′ end and at least nine nucleotides in the 5′ end; 5+9).
- SFL small footprint ligase
- the typical addition of ATP to the ligation reaction may be omitted.
- the binding reaction may be assembled by combining proximity probes and samples containing target molecule(s), and incubating the mixture such that binding between the probes and the target molecule(s) occurs.
- a ligation-PCR mix (e.g., comprising a short splint oligo (e.g., an oligonucleotide that is at least 6 nucleotides, e.g., 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or more nucleotides) in length, an SFL, and standard real-time PCR components) may be added.
- the ligation reaction may then take place at room-temperature, and the product amplified and quantitated by real-time PCR.
- the ligase may be deactivated (e.g., using heat).
- the ligated product may then be subjected to real-time PCR immediately or following storage.
- the various embodiments of the novel work flows for improved PLA processes as disclosed herein provide reduced dilution factors which enable one to accomplish ligation and PCR in a single reaction mixture (e.g., or in a single step without intermediate/intervening steps).
- a short splint oligonucleotide and an SFL may also be used to control any increased background reactions.
- the SFL may be pre-enriched using ATP.
- Exemplary typical and improved PLA processes are further compared in FIGS. 3A and 3B .
- the typical processes include sample preparation, a binding reaction, ligation, ligase inactivation using a protease, protease inactivation (e.g., using heat), followed by real-time PCR.
- a portion of the reaction mixture containing the inactivated ligase and protease is usually transferred to a PCR plate, and the “PCR mix” (e.g., containing primers, dNTPs, polymerase, and the like) added thereto.
- the “PCR mix” e.g., containing primers, dNTPs, polymerase, and the like
- the disclosed improved processes can eliminate the use of a protease and dilution of the reaction mixture prior to PCR.
- the ligase may be inactivated using, for example, heat, and the resultant reaction mixture placed directly into a qPCR assay/instrument.
- simplified, improved PLA work flows can use entire binding reaction products in a real-time PCR assay (e.g., in a multi-plate well). This provides an improved work-flow and reduced dilution of the reaction mixture.
- the PCR reaction mixture contains a higher concentration of the ligated product (e.g., the target nucleic acid).
- the improvement provided by the improved PLA processes can be measured as the dCT of the reaction (e.g., a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more signal (dCT); see, for example, FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B ). Sensitivity of the improved PLA processes as compared to typical PLA processes can also be observed (e.g., as fold-change; see, for example, FIG. 5 ).
- the processes described herein provide for, in some embodiments, detecting a protein in a test sample, the methods comprising contacting the protein with at least two probes having binding specificity therewith, each of the two probes comprising at least one oligonucleotide; ligating the oligonucleotides to produce a ligated oligonucleotide; amplifying the ligated oligonucleotide in a single reaction mixture; and, detecting amplification of the ligated oligonucleotide.
- a third oligonucleotide may also be used to bridge each of the oligonucleotides attached to each of the probes.
- one or more of the probes is an antibody.
- at least one of the oligonucleotides comprises at least three nucleotides.
- a SFL which may optionally be contacted with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) prior to use, for ligation of the oligonucleotides.
- ATP adenosine triphosphate
- Any type of amplification procedure may be used such as, without limitation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (e.g., quantitative PCR).
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- it may be beneficial to inactivate the ligase prior to amplification e.g., using a protease, heat, or any other methods known in the art.
- Other embodiments of the inventions described herein will be apparent to the skilled artisan from the disclosure provided herein.
- a method for detecting a target in a sample includes the steps of binding a first and a second probe, each of which binds specifically to the target, wherein each of the probes comprises an oligonucleotide portion (or tail); ligating the first and second oligonucleotide tails thereby producing a ligated oligonucleotide template; and, performing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the oligonucleotide template across the first and second oligonucleotide tails to quantify the said template.
- the ligation and PCR steps may be performed in the same reaction mixture.
- the method may include binding a first and a second probe, wherein each probe binds specifically to the target, each of the probes comprise a oligonucleotide tail; ligating the oligonucleotide tails to produce a ligated oligonucleotide template and amplifying the template by PCR in a single step to produce an amplified template; and, quantitating the amplified template.
- the probes may comprise antibodies which specifically bind to the target.
- the oligonucleotides may be ligated using a splint oligonucleotide (e.g., splint oligos of at least 6 nucleotides in length having 3′ and 5′ overhangs of, for example, 9+9, 9+8, 9+7, 9+6, 9+5, 8+8, 5+3, 4+7, 3+3 nucleotides, or any other possible variations in length or symmetry as contemplated and described in further detail below).
- the ligase may be pre-enriched using ATP and/or inactivated using, for example, one or more proteases and/or heat.
- the amplified template may be quantified by any suitable method including, for example, real-time PCR (e.g., a TaqMan® assay or a molecular beacon assay).
- the improved processes disclosed and/or exemplified herein provide reduced work times from process start time to collection of results (e.g., faster), reduced hands-on time (e.g., simpler and cheaper), reduced lab plasticware usage (e.g., cheaper and more environmentally sound (“greener”)), and increased signals and sensitivities (e.g., more sensitive).
- these improved processes provide simplified work flows by combining ligation and PCR steps, reduced dilution factors from the binding step to the ligation step, reduced binding probe concentrations to enable reduced dilution factors, use of shorter connector oligonucleotides (e.g., as few as 6 nucleotides in length) to control background signals, use of lower connector oligonucleotide concentrations to control background signals, use of SF ligases to enable use of shorter connector oligonucleotide lengths, ATP-enriched SF ligase purification schemes to omit ATP in ligation-PCR step, and/or enabling use of the entire reaction volume to improve PLA signal and sensitivity.
- shorter connector oligonucleotides e.g., as few as 6 nucleotides in length
- SF ligases to enable use of shorter connector oligonucleotide lengths
- ATP-enriched SF ligase purification schemes to omit ATP in ligation-PCR step
- TaqMan® Protein Assays are an adapted form of PLATM, a proximity ligation assay technology that combines antibody-protein binding with detection of the reporter nucleic acid by real-time PCR.
- Applied Biosystems has optimized this technique for use with crude cell and tissue lysates and combined it with TaqMan® chemistry to create a highly sensitive and specific process for measuring protein expression in small samples.
- Assays have been developed for the detection of OCT3/4, NANOG, SOX2, and LIN28 in human embryonic stem cells, as well as ICAM1 and CSTB to measure relative quantification in human cells.
- the basic steps of such assays include binding of a protein target by paired assay probes, ligation of the oligonucleotides by a DNA ligase, and amplification of the ligation product by TaqMan® real-time PCR assay.
- the probes used in the first step are typically target-specific antibodies conjugated to oligonucleotides through a biotin-streptavidin (SA) linkage.
- SA biotin-streptavidin
- the substrate for the ligase is typically a bridge structure formed by hybridization of a third oligonucleotide to the oligonucleotide ends of the assay probe pair. This structure forms preferentially when the assay probes are in proximity to each other.
- the ligation product typically serves the template in the TaqMan® real-time PCR assay.
- the systems may be used to, for example, to perform protein analysis on small samples (e.g., stem cells, germ cell tumors), correlate and/or validate results from RNA and protein quantitation, analyze post-translational modifications, validate siRNA-induced gene silencing, and/or validate gene transfection/transduction experiments. Data generated using these systems may be analyzed using software such as, for instance, ProteinAssistTM software package (Applied BiosystemsTM).
- nucleotide or “nucleotide base” refer to a nucleoside phosphate. It includes, but is not limited to, a natural nucleotide, a synthetic nucleotide, a modified nucleotide, or a surrogate replacement moiety or universal nucleotide (e.g., inosine).
- the nucleoside phosphate may be a nucleoside monophosphate, a nucleoside diphosphate or a nucleoside triphosphate.
- a “nucleotide” refers to a nucleotide, nucleoside or analog thereof.
- the nucleotide is an N- or C-glycoside of a purine or pyrimidine base.
- a purine or pyrimidine base e.g., deoxyribonucleoside containing 2-deoxy-D-ribose or ribonucleoside containing D-ribose.
- examples of other analogs include, without limitation, phosphorothioates, phosphoramidates, methyl phosphonates, chiral-methyl phosphonates, 2-O-methyl ribonucleotides.
- Nucleotide bases usually have a substituted or unsubstituted parent aromatic ring or rings. In certain embodiments, the aromatic ring or rings contain at least one nitrogen atom.
- the nucleotide base is capable of forming Watson-Crick and/or Hoogsteen hydrogen bonds with an appropriately complementary nucleotide base.
- Exemplary nucleotide bases and analogs thereof include, but are not limited to, purines such as 2-aminopurine, 2,6-diaminopurine, adenine (A), ethenoadenine, N6- ⁇ 2-isopentenyladenine (6iA), N6- ⁇ 2-isopentenyl-2-methylthioadenine (2ms6iA), N6-methyladenine, guanine (G), isoguanine, N2-dimethylguanine (dmG), 7-methylguanine (7 mG), 2-thiopyrimidine, 6-thioguanine (6sG) hypoxanthine and O6-methylguanine; 7-deaza-purines such as 7-deazaadenine (7-deaza-A) and 7-deazaguanine (7-deaza-G);
- nucleotide bases are universal nucleotide bases. Additional exemplary nucleotide bases can be found, e.g., in Fasman, 1989, Practical Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, pp. 385-394, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., and the references cited therein.
- a “universal base”, as used herein, is a base that is complementary to more than one other base. Fully universal bases can pair with any of the bases typically found in naturally occurring nucleic acids. The base need not be equally capable of pairing with each of the naturally occurring bases. Alternatively, the universal base may pair only or selectively with two or more bases but not all bases. Optionally the universal base pairs only or selectively with purines, or alternatively with pyrimidines.
- two or more universal bases can be included at a particular position in a probe.
- a number of universal bases are known in the art including, but not limited to, hypoxanthine, 3-nitropyrrole, 4-nitroindole, 5-nitroindole, 4-nitrobenzimidazole, 5-nitroindazole, 8-aza-7-deazaadenine, 6H,8H-3,4-dihydropyrimido[4,5-c][1,2]oxazin-7-one (P. Kong Thoo Lin. and D. M. Brown, Nucleic Acids Res., 1989, 17, 10373-10383), 2-amino-6-methoxyaminopurine (D. M. Brown and P.
- hypoxanthine is one preferred fully universal base.
- Nucleosides comprising hypoxanthine include, but are not limited to, inosine, isoinosine, 2′-deoxyinosine, and 7-deaza-2′-deoxyinosine, 2-aza-2′deoxyinosine.
- Naturally occurring and synthetic analogs may also be used, including for example hypoxanthine, 2-aminoadenine, 2-thiouracil, 2-thiothymine, 5-N 4 ethencytosine, 4-aminopyrrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine and 6-amino-4-hydroxy[3,4-d]pyrimidine, among others.
- the nucleotide units of the oligonucleotides may also have a cross-linking function (e.g. an alkylating agent).
- a nucleoside is usually a compound having a nucleotide base covalently linked to the C-1′ carbon of a pentose sugar.
- the linkage is via a heteroaromatic ring nitrogen.
- Typical pentose sugars include, but are not limited to, those pentoses in which one or more of the carbon atoms are each independently substituted with one or more of the same or different —R, —OR, —NRR or halogen groups, where each R is independently hydrogen, (C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl or (C 5 -C 14 ) aryl.
- the pentose sugar may be saturated or unsaturated.
- Exemplary pentose sugars and analogs thereof include, but are not limited to, ribose, 2′-deoxyribose, 2′-(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxyribose, 2′-(C 5 -C 14 )aryloxyribose, 2′,3′-dideoxyribose, 2′,3′-didehydroribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-haloribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-fluororibose, 2′-deoxy-3′-chlororibose, 2′-deoxy-3′-aminoribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-(C 1 -C 6 )alkylribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-(C 1 -C 6 )alkoxyribose and 2′-deoxy-3′-(C 5 -C 14 )aryloxyribose.
- nucleosides are those in which the nucleotide base is a purine, a 7-deazapurine, a pyrimidine, a universal nucleotide base, a specific nucleotide base, or an analog thereof.
- Nucleotide analogs include derivatives in which the pentose sugar and/or the nucleotide base and/or one or more of the phosphate esters of a nucleoside may be replaced with its respective analog.
- Exemplary pentose sugar analogs and nucleotide base analog are described above.
- Exemplary phosphate ester analogs include, but are not limited to, alkylphosphonates, methylphosphonates, phosphoramidates, phosphotriesters, phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, phosphoroselenoates, phosphorodiselenoates, phosphoroanilothioates, phosphoroanilidates, phosphoroamidates, boronophosphates, etc., and may include associated counterions.
- nucleotide analogs are nucleotide analog monomers which can be polymerized into polynucleotide analogs in which the DNA/RNA phosphate ester and/or sugar phosphate ester backbone is replaced with a different type of linkage.
- Exemplary polynucleotide analogs include, but are not limited to, peptide nucleic acids, in which the sugar phosphate backbone of the polynucleotide is replaced by a peptide backbone.
- the internucleoside linkages can be a phosphodiester linkage, although other linkages (e.g., scissile linkages which can be substantially cleaved under conditions in which phosphodiester linkages are not substantially cleaved) can be used.
- a linkage that contains an AP endonuclease sensitive site for example an abasic residue, a residue containing a damaged base that is a substrate for removal by a DNA glycosylase, or another residue or linkage that is a substrate for cleavage by an AP endonuclease, or a disaccharide nucleoside.
- oligonucleotide (“oligo”) or “polynucleotide” may refer to an oligomer of nucleotides or derivatives thereof.
- Polynucleotides include double- and single-stranded DNA, as well as double- and single-stranded RNA, DNA:RNA hybrids, peptide-nucleic acids (PNAs) and hybrids between PNAs and DNA or RNA, and also include known types of modifications, for example, labels which are known in the art, methylation, “caps,” substitution of one or more of the naturally occurring nucleotides with an analog, internucleotide modifications such as, for example, those with uncharged linkages (e.g., methyl phosphonates, phosphotriesters, phosphoramidates, carbonates, etc.), with negatively charged linkages (e.g., phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, etc.), and with positively charged linkages (e.g., aminoal
- the oligomers may also include modified bases, and/or backbones (e.g., modified phosphate linkage or modified sugar moiety).
- backbones e.g., modified phosphate linkage or modified sugar moiety.
- Non-limiting examples of synthetic backbones that confer stability and/or other advantages to the oligomers may include phosphorothioate linkages, peptide nucleic acid, locked nucleic acid (Singh, et al. Chem Commum 4:455-456 (1998)), xylose nucleic acid, and/or analogues thereof.
- the polynucleotide can contain non-nucleotidic backbones, for example, polyamide (e.g., peptide nucleic acids (PNAs)) and polymorpholino (commercially available from the Anti-Virals, Inc., Corvallis, Oreg., as NeugeneTM polymers), and other synthetic sequence-specific nucleic acid polymers providing that the polymers contain nucleobases in a configuration which allows for base pairing and base stacking, such as is found in DNA and RNA.
- PNAs peptide nucleic acids
- NeugeneTM polymers synthetic sequence-specific nucleic acid polymers
- Oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides may be any length “n.”
- n may be any of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 etc. number of nucleotides.
- the polynucleotide structure (N) n represents an oligonucleotide consisting of n number of nucleotides N (e.g., (I) 8 is representative of an oligonucleotide having the sequence IIIIIIII; or (A) 12 is representative of an oligonucleotide having the sequence AAAAAAAAAAAA).
- Other types of oligonucleotides or polynucleotides may also be suitable for use as would be understood to one of skill in the art from this disclosure.
- Oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides may optionally be attached to one or more non-nucleotide moieties such as labels and other small molecules, large molecules such proteins, lipids, sugars, and solid or semi-solid supports, for example through either the 5′ or 3′ end.
- Labels include any moiety that is detectable using a detection method of choice, and thus renders the attached nucleotide or polynucleotide similarly detectable using a detection method of choice (e.g., using a SGC and/or detectable label).
- the label emits electromagnetic radiation that is optically detectable or visible.
- the nucleotide or polynucleotide is not attached to a label, and the presence of the nucleotide or polynucleotide is directly detected.
- nucleic acid refers to polymers of nucleotides or derivatives thereof.
- target nucleic acid refers to a nucleic acid that is desired to be amplified in a nucleic acid amplification reaction.
- the target nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid template.
- the target nucleic acid may be the product of the ligation of at least two oligonucleotides to one another.
- sequence refers to a nucleotide sequence of an oligonucleotide or a nucleic acid.
- sequence of letters the nucleotides are in 5′ to 3′ order from left to right.
- the polynucleotide sequence can be represented by a corresponding succession of letters A, G, C, T, or U), e.g., a DNA or RNA molecule.
- Oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides can optionally be regarded as having “complementary” sequences if the same may hybridize to one another.
- hybridization typically refers to the process by which oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides become hybridized to each other.
- the adjectival term “hybridized” refers to two polynucleotides which are bonded to each other by two or more sequentially adjacent base pairings. Typically, these terms refer to “specific hybridization”.
- Two oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides may selectively (or specifically) hybridize to each other if they bind significantly or detectably to each other under stringent hybridization conditions when present in a complex polynucleotide mixture such as total cellular or library DNA.
- a positive signal is at least two times background, preferably 10 times background hybridization.
- stringent conditions are selected to be about 5-10° C. lower than the thermal melting point for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength pH.
- Stringent conditions are optionally in which the salt concentration is less than about 1.0 M sodium ion, typically about 0.01 to 1.0 M sodium ion concentration (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and the temperature is at least about 30° C. for short probes (e.g., 10 to 50 nucleotides) and at least about 60° C. for long probes (e.g., greater than 50 nucleotides). Stringent conditions may also be achieved with the addition of destabilizing agents such as formamide.
- Exemplary stringent hybridization conditions can be as following: 50% formamide, 5 ⁇ SSC, and 1% SDS, incubating at 42° C., or, 5 ⁇ SSC, 1% SDS, incubating at 65° C., with wash in 0.2 ⁇ SSC, and 0.1% SDS at 65° C. Nucleic acids that do not hybridize to each other under stringent conditions are still substantially identical if the polypeptides which they encode are substantially identical. “Nonspecific hybridization” is used to refer to any unintended or insignificant hybridization, for example hybridization to an unintended polynucleotide sequence other than the intended target polynucleotide sequence.
- the uninentended polynucleotide sequence can be on the same or different polynucleotide from the intended target.
- the only intended hybridization can be from Watson-Crick base pairing between two polynucleotides.
- Other kinds of intended base pairings can include base pairing between corresponding analogs of such nucleotides or between iso-cytidine and iso-guanine.
- any bonding between non-complementary bases is considered to be non-specific hybridization.
- complementary sequences may be those that, when hybridized together, may be efficiently ligated to a third polynucleotide that has hybridized adjacently to it.
- nucleotide residues can be regarded as complementary if when both are base-paired with each other within two hybridized polynucleotides, either nucleotide can be ligated in a template-driven ligation reaction when situated as the terminal nucleotide in its polynucleotide.
- Nucleotides that are efficiently incorporated by DNA polymerases opposite each other during DNA replication under physiological conditions are also considered complementary.
- complementary nucleotides can form base pairs with each other, such as the A-T/U and G-C base pairs formed through specific Watson-Crick type hydrogen bonding between the nucleobases of nucleotides and/or polynucleotides positions antiparallel to each other.
- the complementarity of other artificial base pairs can be based on other types of hydrogen bonding and/or hydrophobicity of bases and/or shape complementarity between bases.
- polynucleotides can be regarded as complementary when the same may undergo cumulative base pairing at two or more individual corresponding positions in antiparallel orientation, as in a hybridized duplex.
- nucleotide in the first polynucleotide sequence can undergo a stabilizing base pairing interaction with a nucleotide in the corresponding antiparallel position on the second polynucleotide.
- partial complementarity describes polynucleotide sequences in which at least 20%, but less than 100%, of the residues of one polynucleotide are complementary to residues in the other polynucleotide.
- a “mismatch” is present at any position in the two opposed nucleotides that are not complementary.
- a polynucleotide can undergo substantial template-dependent ligation even when it has one or more mismatches to its hybridized template.
- the polynucleotide has no more than 4, 3, or 2 mismatches, e.g., 0 or 1 mismatch, with its template.
- the polynucleotide will not undergo substantial template-dependent ligation unless it is at least 60% complementary, e.g., at least about 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 100% complementary to its template.
- “Degenerate”, with respect to a position in a polynucleotide that is one of a population of polynucleotides, means that the identity of the base of the nucleoside occupying that position varies among different members of the population.
- a population of polynucleotides in this context is optionally a mixture of polynucleotides within a single continuous phase (e.g., a fluid).
- the “position” can be designated by a numerical value assigned to one or more nucleotides in a polynucleotide, generally with respect to the 5′ or 3′ end. For example, the terminal nucleotide at the 3′ end of an extension probe may be assigned position 1.
- the N is at position 4.
- a position is said to be k-fold degenerate if it can be occupied by nucleosides having any of k different identities. For example, a position that can be occupied by nucleosides comprising either of 2 different bases is 2-fold degenerate.
- a “solid support”, as used herein, typically refers to a structure or matrix on or in which ligation and/or amplification reagents (e.g., nucleic acid molecules, microparticles, and/or the like) may be immobilized so that they are significantly or entirely prevented from diffusing freely or moving with respect to one another.
- the reagents can for example be placed in contact with the support, and optionally covalently or noncovalently attached or partially/completely embedded.
- microparticle refers to particles (optionally but not necessarily spherical in shape) having a smallest cross-sectional length (e.g., diameter) of 50 microns or less, preferably 10 microns or less, 3 microns or less, approximately 1 micron or less, approximately 0.5 microns or less, e.g., approximately 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, or 0.4 microns, or smaller (e.g., under 1 nanometer, about 1-10 nanometer, about 10-100 nanometers, or about 100-500 nanometers).
- Microparticles may be made of a variety of inorganic or organic materials including, but not limited to, glass (e.g., controlled pore glass), silica, zirconia, cross-linked polystyrene, polyacrylate, polymehtymethacrylate, titanium dioxide, latex, polystyrene, etc.
- Magnetization can fecilitate collection and concentration of the microparticle-attached reagents (e.g., polynucleotides or ligases) after amplification, and facilitates additional steps (e.g., washes, reagent removal, etc.).
- reagents e.g., polynucleotides or ligases
- a population of microparticles having different shapes sizes and/or colors can be used.
- the microparticles can optionally be encoded, e.g., with quantum dots such that each microparticle can be individually or uniquely identified.
- reaction mixture refers to the combination of reagents or reagent solutions, which are used to carry out a chemical analysis or a biological assay.
- the reaction mixture comprises all necessary components to carry out a nucleic acid (DNA) synthesis/amplification reaction.
- such reaction mixtures may include at least one amplification primer pair suitable for amplifying a nucleic acid sequence of interest (e.g., target nucleic acid).
- a suitable reaction mixture may also include a “master mix” containing the components (e.g., typically not including the primer pair) needed to perform an amplification reaction (e.g., detergent, magnesium, buffer components, etc.).
- amplification reaction e.g., detergent, magnesium, buffer components, etc.
- Other embodiments of reaction mixtures are also contemplated herein as would be understood by one of skill in the art.
- reagent solution or “solution suitable for performing a DNA synthesis reaction” refer to any or all solutions, which are typically used to perform an amplification reaction or DNA synthesis. They include, but are not limited to, solutions used in DNA amplification methods, solutions used in PCR amplification reactions, or the like.
- the solution suitable for DNA synthesis reaction may comprise buffer, salts, and/or nucleotides. It may further comprise primers and/or DNA templates to be amplified.
- One or more reagent solutions are typically included in the reactions mixtures or master mixes described herein.
- primer refers to a short linear oligonucleotide that hybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence (e.g., a DNA template to be amplified) to prime a nucleic acid synthesis reaction.
- the primer may be a RNA oligonucleotide, a DNA oligonucleotide, or a chimeric sequence (e.g., comprising RNA and DNA).
- the primer may contain natural, synthetic, or modified nucleotides. Both the upper and lower limits of the length of the primer are empirically determined.
- the lower limit on primer length is the minimum length that is required to form a stable duplex upon hybridization with the target nucleic acid under nucleic acid amplification reaction conditions. Very short primers (usually less than 3 nucleotides long) do not form thermodynamically stable duplexes with target nucleic acid under such hybridization conditions.
- the upper limit is often determined by the possibility of having a duplex formation in a region other than the pre-determined nucleic acid sequence in the target nucleic acid.
- suitable primer lengths are in the range of about any of, for example, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, (and so on) nucleotides in length.
- the terms “probe(s)”, “oligonucleotide(s)” and/or “primer(s)” may be interchangeable terms herein, so that any one of these may be taken as a reference to another.
- the terms “polynucleotide”, “oligonucleotide”, “probe”, “primer”, “template”, “nucleic acid” and the like may be taken to refer to a populations or pools of individual molecules that are substantially identical across their entire length or across a relevant portion of interest.
- the term “template” may indicate a plurality of template molecules that are substantially identical, etc.
- the degenerate polynucleotide may comprise a plurality of polynucleotide molecules, which have sequences that are substantially identical only at the nondegenerate position(s) and differ in sequence at the degenerate positions.
- a polynucleotide e.g., “a” primer, probe, oligonucleotide, template, etc.
- a polynucleotide may be taken to mean a population of substantially identical polynucleotide molecules, such that the plural nature of a population of substantially identical nucleic acid molecules need not be explicitly indicated, but may if so desired.
- Ligand involves the formation of a covalent bond or linkage between the termini of two or more nucleic acids, e.g. oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides, optionally in a template-driven reaction.
- Exemplary ligations may be carried out enzymatically to form a phosphodiester linkage between a 5′ carbon of a terminal nucleotide of one oligonucleotide with 3′ carbon of another oligonucleotide (e.g., using a ligase).
- the nature of the bond or linkage may vary widely and the ligation is preferably achieved enzymatically.
- the efficiency of ligation refers to the rate of ligation.
- a proviso that a ligase (e.g., an SFL (see below)) can ligate a short (e.g., less than 6 nucleotides) probe at least X % (e.g., where X is 100 or less; 100, 99, 95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70, 50, 25, 10 1, 0.5, 0.1, etc., or any increment in between) as efficiently as the ligase can ligate a corresponding octanucleotide, may be understood to mean that the rate of ligation of the shorter probe occurs at a rate that is at least X % of the rate of ligation of the octanucleotide, where all reagents except for the probes (e.g., primer, template, enzymes and any other reagents) and all reaction conditions (e.g., temperature, reagent concentrations, concentrations of any other reagents, etc) are kept invariant for practical purposes.
- reaction conditions are kept substantially similar to in-vivo or physiological conditions in which a naturally-occurring form of the ligase being used is naturally active.
- the reaction conditions for a particular ligase are matched as closely as possible to exemplary in vitro ligation conditions described herein for that ligase.
- the conditions are such that the reference ligation assay produces significant or detectable ligation within 30 minutes, within 10 minutes, within 1 minute, or within ten seconds.
- Another non-limiting example of a significant or detectable rate of ligation generates in the range of 100 pM of ligation product, optionally about 1000 pM or 10,000 pM, in an appropriate amount of time (e.g., 10 minutes).
- a statement that a result has occurred is intended to indicate that the result has occurred at a significant or substantial level or an enhanced level compared to when it has not occurred.
- ligation is said to have not occurred if it is not significant, insubstantial or greatly reduced (e.g., reduced by at least 80%, 90%, 95% or 99% compared to when ligation does occur (e.g., under the conditions described in the last paragraph).
- the “proximal” terminus of either polynucleotide is ther terminus that is intended to be ligated to the other polynucleotide.
- proximal nucleotide the terminal nucleotide residue at the proximal terminus can be termed the proximal nucleotide, and the proximal nucleotide position optionally designated as position 1, the penultimate nucleotide position as position 2, etc.
- proximal termini of both polynucleotides are hybridized adjacently to each other.
- An exemplary type of enzymatic ligation includes the formation of a covalent bond between nucleotides of a polynucleotide (e.g., resulting in circularization) or between two or more polynucleotides (e.g., a first double-stranded terminus of a first polynucleotide and a second different double-stranded terminus of a second polynucleotide).
- the polynucleotides may be different, or may be the same.
- Polynucleotides may also be ligated using a “splint” oligonucleotide which may be used to link nucleotides that the user desires to ligate (e.g., on the same or different polynucleotides).
- a “splint” oligonucleotide which may be used to link nucleotides that the user desires to ligate (e.g., on the same or different polynucleotides).
- the ends of both double-stranded termini may be joined irrespective of their sequences (e.g., blunt-end ligation, or non-homologous end joining).
- two double-stranded polynucleotides with protruding single-stranded ends that are complementary to each other can be ligated (e.g., cohesive-end ligation).
- the ligation can ligate two single-stranded polynucleotides, either or both of which has optionally hybridized (annealed) to another nucleotide sequence.
- template-dependent ligation ligation between a first polynucleotide and a second polynucleotide occurs upon hybridization of at least a portion of either or both polynucleotides to a target sequence.
- the target sequence can be a portion of either polynucleotide (e.g., self-hybridization or hybridization to each other) or to a sequence on a third different polynucleotide (e.g., a “splint” oligonucleotide).
- the hybridized portion of the polynucleotide may be, for example, not more than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15 or 20 nucleotides long.
- the hybridized portion is optionally a terminal portion of the nucleotide (e.g., includes the 5′ or 3′ nucleotide).
- the hybridized portion can consist of the 5′ or 3′ terminal nucleotide, or the terminal 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15 or 20 nucleotides of the 5′ or 3′ end.
- ligation occurs when no mismatch is present within the hybridized portions.
- ligation occurs when one, two or three mismatches can be present within the hybridized portion. In some cases ligation does not occur when the terminal nucleotide and/or second-most terminal nucleotide and/or third-most terminal nucleotide is mismatched.
- the terminal nucleotides can be the 5′- or 3′-terminal nucleotides of the polynucleotide.
- An exemplary type of assay makes use of template-dependent ligation between a first single-stranded polynucleotide and a second single-stranded polynucleotide, where ligation can be effected when either or both polynucleotides is/are hybridized to a third different single-stranded polynucleotide. In some instances, both probes must hybridize to the template for significant ligation to occur.
- the first polynucleotide is called the “initializing probe”
- the second polynucleotide called the “extension probe”
- the third polynucleotide called the “template.”
- both probes must hybridize adjacently to each other on the template for ligation to occur.
- the probes are adjacently hybridized and can be ligated only when a terminal nucleotide of the initializing probe is hybridized to a first nucleotide of the template and a terminal nucleotide of the extension probe is hybridized to a second nucleotide of the template, where the first and second nucleotides on the template are not separated by an intervening nucleotide of the template.
- a few intervening nucleotides may be present between the first and second nucleotides on the template (e.g., 1, 2, 3 or more nucleotides).
- a “gap-filling” step can be performed to extend the 3′ terminus of one probe before it can be ligated to the 5′ terminus of the other probe.
- the terminal nucleotide of the initializing probe can be the 5′ terminal nucleotide and the terminal nucleotide of the extension probe can be the 3′ terminal nucleotide.
- the terminal nucleotide of the initializing probe can be the 3′ terminal nucleotide and the terminal nucleotide of the extension probe can be the 5′ terminal nucleotide.
- the ligation product of any one reaction can optionally be subjected to further ligation and/or non-ligation reactions in turn.
- the ligation product can be used as the initializing probe or extension probe or template in a subsequent ligation.
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- It can be cleaved enzymatically or chemically (for example when it has scissile linkages), treated with exo- or endonucleases, kinases, phosphatases, etc.
- the ends of a double-stranded product can be blunt-ended or filled in, capped, or adenylated, etc.
- splint oligonucleotide As used herein, “splint oligonucleotide,” “splint oligo,” or “connector” refers to an oligonucleotide that is used to provide an annealing site or a “ligation template” for joining two ends of a nucleic acid molecule or molecules using a ligase or another enzyme with ligase activity.
- the ligation splint holds the ends adjacent to each other and “creates a ligation junction” between the 5′-phosphorylated and a 3′-hydroxylated ends that are to be ligated.
- the ligation splint oligo when a ligation splint oligo is used to join the 3′-end of a first probe oligo (oligo A) to the 5′-end of a second probe oligo, the ligation splint oligo has a sequence complementary to the 3′-end of oligo A (e.g., oligo tail sequence, and a second neighboring sequence (e.g., an adjacent sequence) that is complementary to the 5′-end of oligo B ( FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B ).
- a sequence complementary to the 3′-end of oligo A e.g., oligo tail sequence
- a second neighboring sequence e.g., an adjacent sequence
- splint oligos can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical depending on the number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two oligo probes it is connecting or ligating.
- FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B diagrams asymmetrical and symmetrical splint types for use in the improved PLA processes as described herein.
- asymmetrical splints span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with one of the ends of the splint (e.g., either the 3′-end or the 5′-end) having more nucleotides that hybridize to one of the probe oligos than the other end of the splint has nucleotides that hybridize to the alternative probe oligo ( FIG. 4A ).
- symmetrical splints span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with both ends of the splint (e.g., the 3′ end and the 5′ end) having equal number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two probe oligos ( FIG. 4B ).
- Both asymmetrical and symmetrical splints can have any number of intervening nucleotides between each of its 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the separate probe oligos. Alternatively, there may be no intervening nucleotides between each of the 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the probe oligos.
- splint oligonucleotides are at least 6 nucleotides long (e.g., 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or more).
- each of the 3′- or 5′-ends of the splint oligo will comprise at least 3 (e.g., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more) nucleotides that separately hybridize to (or “overlap”) an oligo probe, herein referred to as the “overhang” region.
- the splint oligo is blocked at its 3′-end.
- the blocking agent can be any covalently connected moiety that prevents polymerase activity. This 3′ blocked splint oligo is then prevented from interfering with the PCR reaction part of the improved PLA process.
- the 3′ blocking agent can include, but is not limited to, 3′-fluoro-, 3′-bromo-, 3′-iodo-, 3′-deoxy-, 3′-methyl-, 3′-methoxy, 3′-phosphate, 3′-aminolink, 3′-abasic amidite, or any other 3′ modification groups. Those of ordinary skill in the art would be able to further contemplate other blocking agents for use as disclosed herein.
- ligation assays include a oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA), a ligase chain reaction (LCR), a ligase detection reaction (LDR) and combination assays such as the OLA coupled with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), e.g., OLA-PCR and PCR-OLA, the Combined Chain Reaction (CCR; a combination of PCR and LCR) and PCR-LDR (see, e.g., Landegren et al., Science 241:1077-80, 1988; Barany, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
- OLA oligonucleotide ligation assay
- LCR ligase chain reaction
- LDR ligase detection reaction
- combination assays such as the OLA coupled with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), e.g., OLA-PCR and PCR-OLA, the Combined Chain Reaction (CCR; a combination of PCR and LCR) and
- Bacteriophage T4 DNA ligase reportedly generates detectable misligation products with a wide range of mismatched substrates and appears to have lower fidelity than Thermus species ligases by at least one to two orders of magnitude (Landegren et al., Science 241:1077-80, 1988; Tong et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 27(3):788-94, 1999).
- a particularly useful assay is the oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA).
- OLA is a convenient, highly-stringent method that permits distinction among known DNA sequence variants (Landegren, 1988).
- multiplex analysis of highly polymorphic loci is useful for identification of individuals, e.g., for paternity testing and in forensic science, organ transplant donor-receiver matching, genetic disease diagnosis, prognosis, and pre-natal counseling, and other genetic-based testing which depend on the discrimination of single-base differences at a multiplicity of loci (Delahunty, 1996).
- Products of a multiplex OLA may be resolved electrophoretically from one another and from unligated probes under denaturing conditions with fluorescence detection (Grossman, 1994).
- two PNA-DNA chimeras a wild-type (WT) sequence chimera and a mutant sequence chimera, may bear different fluorescent dyes. Only when the mutant sequence is present in the target sample, will the mutant sequence chimera ligate to the adjacently annealed second probe (oligo) if the mutant base pair is at the ligation site.
- the ligation products may be discriminated by separation based on: (i) size using electrophoresis or chromatography and/or (ii) detectable labels (Grossman, 1994).
- multiplexed OLA can be conducted on a single sample in a single vessel.
- Requirements for efficient multiplex OLA include probes that anneal and ligate in a highly specific and rapid manner.
- the chimeras and second probe sequences may be selected such that the mutant base, or single base polymorphism, may be at the 5′-phosphate of the second probe or the 3′-terminus of the chimera.
- OLA experiments of the present invention may be conducted on solid supports where the template nucleic acid, PNA-DNA chimeric probe, or the second probe may be immobilized on a solid particle or bead, or a solid porous or non-porous surface.
- the template, chimera or second probe is preferably covalently attached to the solid substrate, e.g. via a terminal monomer unit.
- the solid substrate may be polystyrene, controlled-pore-glass, silica gel, silica, polyacrylamide, magnetic beads, polyacrylate, hydroxyethylmethacrylate, polyamide, polyethylene, polyethyleneoxy, and copolymers and grafts of any of the above solid substrates.
- the configuration or format of the solid substrate may be small particles or beads of approximately 1 to 50 ⁇ m in diameter, membranes, frits, slides, plates, micromachined chips, alkanethiol-gold layers, non-porous surfaces, and polynucleotide-immobilizing media.
- enzymatic ligation is typically accomplished using a ligase, which may be a polypeptide.
- Suitable ligases include, for example, nucleic acid ligase, oligonucleotide ligase, DNA ligase, RNA ligase, and the like.
- Suitable RNA ligases include those described or used in, for example, any of U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,582,802; 5,665,545; 6,194,637; 6,444,429; 6,455,274; 6,576,453; 6,635,425; 6,855,523; 7,811,753; and the like, and/or any of U.S. Pat. Pubs.
- Exemplary DNA ligases may include, for example, T3 DNA ligase, T4 DNA ligase, T5 DNA ligase, T7 DNA ligase, vaccinia virus DNA ligase, E.
- RNA ligases include those described or used in, for example, any of U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,661,450; 5,516,664; 5,602,000; 5,807,674; 6,368,801; 6,492,161; 6,635,453; and the like, or any of U.S. Pat. Pub. Nos.
- RNA ligases may include, for example, T4 RNA ligase, bacteriophage RB69 RNA ligase, Autographa californica nuclearpolyhedrosis virus RNA ligase, a thermophilic RNA ligase, bacteriophage RM378 RNA ligase, bacteriophage TS2126 RNA ligase, and/or derivatives, fragments, and/or combinations thereof.
- the ligase is a “small footprint ligase” (SFL).
- SFL has the the ability to ligate short polynucleotides (e.g., at least about 3 nucleotides).
- a SFL may ligate oligonucleotides having a connector oligo length of as short as 3 base of hybridized DNA adjacent to 5′-phosphate hybridized DNA.
- the SFL may be used to ligate oligonucleotides comprising short overlap sequences (e.g., short connector oligo length).
- the SFL may be used to ligate oligonucleotides of various nucleotides in length, whereby each oligo has at least a 3 nucleotide overlap with the splint oligo.
- Typical ligases would be better suited for ligating longer oligonucleotides (e.g., comprising 9 or more nucleotides; comprising 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 25, 30, etc nucleotides).
- oligonucleotide concentration may also be reduced to minimize chance of solution hybridization promoted non-antigen-binding ligation.
- ATP cofactor for the ligase
- the SFL may be pre-enriched with ATP prior to its purification and use.
- a SFL may be a naturally occurring or non-naturally occurring (e.g., artificial, synthetic) ligase.
- a SFL can comprise a polypeptide sequence that is homologous to or a variant of a known ligase sequence or any portion thereof.
- Exemplary SFLs can have amino acid sequence identity of at least 70%, optionally at least 85%, optionally at least 90 or 95%, with a known ligase, and possesses one or more functional activities of a ligase.
- a SFL can thus comprise a polypeptide having any one or more of the following activities: (1) nucleophilic attack on ATP or NAD + resulting in release of PPi or NMN and formation of a covalent ligase-adenylate intermediate; (2) transferring the adenylate to the 5′-end of the 5′-phosphate-terminated DNA strand to form DNA-adenylate (e.g., the 5′-phosphate oxygen of the DNA strand attacks the phosphorus of ligase-adenylate); and, (3) formation of a covalent bond joining the polynucleotide termini and liberation of AMP (e.g., by the attack by the 3′-OH on DNA-adenylate).
- nucleophilic attack on ATP or NAD + resulting in release of PPi or NMN and formation of a covalent ligase-adenylate intermediate
- the SFL can mediate any one or more of the following bond transformations: from phosphoanhydride (ATP) to phosphoramidate (ligase-adenylate); from phosphoramidate (ligase-adenylate) to phosphoanhydride (DNA-adenylate); and/or from phosphoanhydride (DNA-adenylate) to phosphodiester (sealed DNA).
- the SFL in one aspect is an enzyme that can mediate the formation of a covalent bond between two polynucleotide termini, e.g., a 3′-OH terminus and a 5′-PO 4 terminus are joined together to form a phosphodiester bond.
- DNA ligation entails any one or more of three sequential nucleotidyl transfer steps, discussed below. All three chemical steps depend on a divalent cation cofactor.
- the SFL is an ATP-dependent ligase or a NAD + -dependent ligase.
- the SFL can comprise any one or more domains characteristic of a ligase (e.g., an N-terminal nucleotidyltransferase (NTase) domain and/or a C-terminal OB domain).
- the OB domain optionally comprises a five-stranded antiparallel beta-barrel plus an alpha-helix.
- an adenylate-binding pocket composed of the six peptide motifs that define the covalent NTase enzyme family of polynucleotide ligases.
- the NTase domain can comprise any one or more of the ligase amino acid motifs I, III, IIIa, IV, and/or V, and preferably all six motifs.
- Motif I e.g., KxDGxR or a “KXDG” motif
- ATPKIDGIR (motif I) (SEQ ID NO.: 1)
- SRT (motif Ia)
- EGSDGEIS (motif III)
- YWFDY (motif IIIa)
- EGVMIR (motif IV)
- LLKMK (motif V) (SEQ ID NO.:5).
- Motif 1 pfy contains a lysine residue.
- motif I examples include CELKLDGLA (SEQ ID NO.: 6), VEHKVDGLS (SEQ ID NO.: 7), CEPKLDGLA (SEQ ID NO.: 8), CELKLDGVA (SEQ ID NO.: 9), AEIKYDGVR (SEQ ID NO.: 10), CEYKYDGQR (SEQ ID NO.: 11), VDYKYDGER (SEQ ID NO.: 12), FEIKYDGAR (SEQ ID NO.: 13), FEGKWDGYR (SEQ ID NO.: 14), AREKIHGTN (SEQ ID NO.: 15), ACEKVHGTN (SEQ ID NO.: 16), ILTKEDGSL (SEQ ID NO.: 17), and VEEKVDGYN (SEQ ID NO.: 18).
- motif Ia examples include TRG, SRT, SRR, SRN, SRS, KRT, KRS, SKG and TRG.
- motif III examples include LEVRGEVF (SEQ ID NO.: 19), VEVRGECY (SEQ ID NO.: 20), LEVRGEVY (SEQ ID NO.: 21), LEARGEAF (SEQ ID NO.: 22), FMLDGELM (SEQ ID NO.: 23), EGSDGEIS (SEQ ID NO.: 24), FILDTEAV (SEQ ID NO.: 25), FIIEGEIV (SEQ ID NO.: 26), AIVEGELV (SEQ ID NO.: 27), VVLDGEAV (SEQ ID NO.: 28), YQVFGEFA (SEQ ID NO.: 29), LVLNGELF (SEQ ID NO.: 30), FTANFEFV (SEQ ID NO.: 31) and LILVGEMA (SEQ ID NO.: 32).
- motif IIIa examples include FCYGV (SEQ ID NO.: 33), FLYTV (SEQ ID NO.: 34), TFYAL (SEQ ID NO.: 35), ICHGL (SEQ ID NO.: 36), NAYGI (SEQ ID NO.: 37), FVYGL (SEQ ID NO.: 38), KLYAI (SEQ ID NO.: 39), YWFDY (SEQ ID NO.: 40), YAFDI (SEQ ID NO.: 41), FLFDL (SEQ ID NO.: 42), NLFDV (SEQ ID NO.: 43), WAFDL (SEQ ID NO.: 44), YVFDI (SEQ ID NO.: 45), FAFDI (SEQ ID NO.: 46), ILLNA (SEQ ID NO.: 47), and FLFDV (SEQ ID NO.: 48).
- motif IV examples include DGVVIK (SEQ ID NO.: 49), DGIVIK (SEQ ID NO.: 50), DGVVVK (SEQ ID NO.: 51), DGTVLK (SEQ ID NO.: 52), EGLIVK (SEQ ID NO.: 53), EGVMIR (SEQ ID NO.: 54), EGLMVK (SEQ ID NO.: 55), EGVMVK (SEQ ID NO.: 56), EGLMAK (SEQ ID NO.: 57), EGVIAK (SEQ ID NO.: 58), EGYVLK (SEQ ID NO.: 59), EGVVIR (SEQ ID NO.: 60), EGYVAV (SEQ ID NO.: 61), and EGIIMK (SEQ ID NO.: 62).
- motif V examples include AVAFK (SEQ ID NO.: 63), AIAYK (SEQ ID NO.: 64), ALAYK (SEQ ID NO.: 65), AIAYK (SEQ ID NO.: 66), WWKMK (SEQ ID NO.: 67), LLKMK (SEQ ID NO.: 68), WLKLK (SEQ ID NO.: 69), WIKLK (SEQ ID NO.: 70), WLKIK (SEQ ID NO.: 71), WVKDK (SEQ ID NO.: 72), AIKCK (SEQ ID NO.: 73), IIKLR (SEQ ID NO.: 74), HFKIK (SEQ ID NO.: 75) and IVKYV (SEQ ID NO.: 76).
- AVAFK SEQ ID NO.: 63
- AIAYK SEQ ID NO.: 64
- ALAYK SEQ ID NO.: 65
- AIAYK SEQ ID NO.: 66
- WWKMK SEQ ID NO.: 67
- the SFL optionally comprises all six motifs.
- all six motifs are found together in a naturally-occurring ligase, such as a SFL identified herein.
- the SFL is not an RNA-capping enzyme.
- the ligase optionally comprises any functional portion of a SFL.
- the ligase can be homologous to a SFL or any functional portion thereof, for example more than 75%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 99% homologous at the amino acid level.
- An exemplary SFL is a Chlorella virus DNA ligase (ChVLig) (Ho, et al., J Virol, 71(3):1931-19374 (1997)) or functional fragment or variant thereof.
- SFLs include CV ligase, DLX, DLXd, DLXd2 and MnM ligase.
- a preferred SFL is Chlorella Virus ligase.
- MCSMycobacterium ATP-Dependent YP_642076 (26 proteins) DNA Ligase F. Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Bacteria; Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia group; Verrucomicrobia; Opitutae; Opitutales; Opitutaceae; Opitutus; Opitutus terrae Opitutus terrae PB90-1Opitutus (1 proteins) ATP-Dependent YP_001821013 DNA Ligase PRK09125 Organism Protein name Accession O.
- Betaproteobacteria Neisseria meningitidis Z2491Neisseria DNA ligase YP_002341892 (7 proteins) Thiobacillus denitrificans ATCC DNA ligase YP_314570 25259Thiobacillus (1 proteins) Variovorax paradoxus S110Variovorax DNA ligase YP_002944627 (1 proteins) Verminephrobacter eiseniae DNA ligase YP_ 998235 EF01-2Verminephrobacter (1 proteins) P.
- Viruses Viruses Viruses Viruses; dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage; Caudovirales; Podoviridae; Autographivirinae; phiKMV-like viruses Pseudomonas phage LKD16phiKMV-like viruses ATP-dependent YP_001522807 (7 proteins) DNA ligase CLSZ2445448 Organism Protein name Accession a.
- Eukaryota Eukaryota; Alveolata; Ciliophora; Intramacronucleata; Oligohymenophorea; Peniculida; Parameciidae; Paramecium; Paramecium tetraurelia Paramecium tetraurelia strain d4-2Paramecium DNA XP_001347270 (5 proteins) ligase PRK07636 Organism Protein name Accession J. Firmicutes Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus ; Bacillus clausii Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str.
- Actinobacteria See CL5K2303611 above Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria (class); Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Streptomycineae; Streptomycetaceae; Streptomyces ; Streptomyces coelicolor Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680 putative ATP- NP_828839 (plasmid) Streptomyces (2 proteins) dependint DNA ligase Streptomyces sp. HK1 (plasmid) Streptomyces putative ATP- YP_001661618 (2 proteins) dependent DNA ligase CLSK862724 Organism Protein name Accession A.
- Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Bradyrhizobiaceae; Bradyrhizobium ; Bradyrhizobium japonicum Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110Bradyrhizobium DNA ligase NP_774671 (2 proteins) Bradyrhizobium sp. BTAilBradyrhizobium (2 dependent YP_001243518 proteins) putative ATP- DNA ligase CLSK808255 Organism Protein name Accession N.
- Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Sinorhizobium/Ensifer group; Sinorhizobium ; Sinorhizobium medicae Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419Sinorhizobium DNA polymerase YP_001326990 (2 proteins) LigD ligase region Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 (plasmid) Sinorhizobium putative ATP- NP_437750 (2 proteins) dependent DNA ligase protein CLSK806855 Organism Protein name Accession N.
- Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobium /Agrobacterium group; Agrobacterium ; Agrobacterium tumefaciens Agrobacterium tumefaciens str. C58 ATP-dependent NP_396032 (plasmid) Agrobacterium (3 proteins) DNA ligase Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii WSM1325 DNA polymerase YP_002973496 (plasmid) Rhizobium (10 proteins) domain LigD, ligase protein Rhizobium leguminosarum bv.
- Rhizobium (10 proteins) domain LigD, ligase protein CLSK390680 Organism Protein name Accession N.
- Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Phyllobacteriaceae; Mesorhizobium ; Mesorhizobium loti Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099Mesorhizobium hypothetical NP_108282 (3 proteins) protein
- Additional exemplary SFLs may include, for example:
- the terms “amplification”, “nucleic acid amplification”, or “amplifying” refer to the production of multiple copies of a nucleic acid template, or the production of multiple nucleic acid sequence copies that are complementary to the nucleic acid template.
- the amplification reaction may be a polymerase-mediated extension reaction such as, for example, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- any of the known amplification reactions may be suitable for use as described herein.
- the term “amplifying” that typically refers to an “exponential” increase in target nucleic acid may be used herein to describe both linear and exponential increases in the numbers of a select target sequence of nucleic acid.
- amplification reaction mixture and/or “master mix” may refer to an aqueous solution comprising the various (some or all) reagents used to amplify a target nucleic acid. Such reactions may also be performed using solid supports (e.g., an array). The reactions may also be performed in single or multiplex format as desired by the user. These reactions typically include enzymes, aqueous buffers, salts, amplification primers, target nucleic acid, and nucleoside triphosphates. Depending upon the context, the mixture can be either a complete or incomplete amplification reaction mixture.
- the method used to amplify the target nucleic acid may be any available to one of skill in the art.
- any in vitro means for multiplying the copies of a target sequence of nucleic acid may be utilized. These include linear, logarithmic, and/or any other amplification method. While this disclosure may generally discuss PCR as the nucleic acid amplification reaction, it is expected that other types of nucleic acid amplification reactions, including both polymerase-mediated amplification reactions (such as HDA, RPA, and RCA), as well as ligase-mediated amplification reactions (such as LDR, LCR, and gap-versions of each), and combinations of nucleic acid amplification reactions such as LDR and PCR (see for example U.S. Pat. No. 6,797,470) may also be suitable.
- polymerase-mediated amplification reactions such as HDA, RPA, and RCA
- ligase-mediated amplification reactions such as LDR, LCR, and gap-versions of each
- combinations of nucleic acid amplification reactions such as LDR and PCR (see for example U.S. Pat. No. 6,
- ligation-mediated reactions where for example ligation probes are employed as opposed to PCR primers.
- Additional exemplary methods include polymerase chain reaction (PCR; see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,202; 4,683,195; 4,965,188; and/or 5,035,996), isothermal procedures (using one or more RNA polymerases (see, e.g., WO 2006/081222), strand displacement (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No.
- RNA replicase systems see, e.g., WO/1994/016108, RNA transcription-based systems (e.g., TAS, 3SR), rolling circle amplification (RCA) (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,854,033; U.S. Pub. No. 2004/265897; Lizardi et al. Nat.
- Amplification efficiency may refer to any product that may be quantified to determine copy number (e.g., the term may refer to a PCR amplicon, an LCR ligation product, and/or similar product). Reactions may be compared by carrying out at least two separate amplification reactions, each reaction being carried out in the absence and presence, respectively, of a reagent and/or step and quantifying amplification that occurs in each reaction.
- at least one primer is utilized.
- a nucleic acid amplification reaction mixture(s) comprising at least one polymerase, dNTPs, and at least one primer is provided.
- methods for using such mixture(s) are provided.
- Target nucleic acids may be amplified using any of a variety of reactions and systems. Exemplary methods for amplifying nucleic acids include, for example, polymerase-mediated extension reactions.
- the polymerase-mediated extension reaction can be the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
- the nucleic acid amplification reaction is a multiplex reaction.
- exemplary methods for amplifying and detecting nucleic acids suitable for use as described herein are commercially available as TaqMan® (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos.
- TaqMan® assays are typically carried out by performing nucleic acid amplification on a target polynucleotide using a nucleic acid polymerase having 5′-3′ nuclease activity, a primer capable of hybridizing to said target polynucleotide, and an oligonucleotide probe capable of hybridizing to said target polynucleotide 3′ relative to said primer.
- the oligonucleotide probe includes a detectable label (e.g., a fluorescent reporter molecule) and a quencher molecule capable of quenching the fluorescence of said reporter molecule.
- the detectable label and quencher molecule are part of a single probe.
- the polymerase digests the probe to separate the detectable label from the quencher molecule.
- the detectable label e.g., fluorescence
- the detectable label can be monitored during the reaction, where detection of the label corresponds to the occurrence of nucleic acid amplification (e.g., the higher the signal the greater the amount of amplification).
- Variations of TaqMan® assays e.g., LNATM spiked TaqMan® assay are known in the art and would be suitable for use in the methods described herein.
- the probe typically includes two complementary oligonucleotides of different lengths where one includes a detectable label and the other includes a quencher molecule. When not bound to a target nucleic acid, the quencher suppresses the signal from the detectable label. The probe becomes detectable upon displacement hybridization with a target nucleic acid. Multiple probes may be used, each containing different detectable labels, such that multiple target nucleic acids may be queried in a single reaction.
- molecular beacons are single-stranded hairpin shaped oligonucleotide probes. In the presence of the target sequence, the probe unfolds, binds and emits a signal (e.g., fluoresces).
- a molecular beacon typically includes at least four components: 1) the “loop”, an 18-30 nucleotide region which is complementary to the target sequence; 2) two 5-7 nucleotide “stems” found on either end of the loop and being complementary to one another; 3) at the 5′ end, a detectable label; and 4) at the 3′ end, a quencher dye that prevents the detectable label from emitting a single when the probe is in the closed loop shape (e.g., not bound to a target nucleic acid).
- the “stem” portion of the beacon separates out resulting in the probe hybridizing to the target.
- Other types of molecular beacons are also known and may be suitable for use in the methods described herein.
- Molecular beacons may be used in a variety of assay systems.
- One such system is nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA®), a single step isothermal process for amplifying RNA to double stranded DNA without temperature cycling.
- a NASBA reaction typically requires avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV), reverse transcriptase (RT), T7 RNA polymerase, RNase H, and two oligonucleotide primers.
- AMV avian myeloblastosis virus
- RT reverse transcriptase
- T7 RNA polymerase T7 RNA polymerase
- RNase H reverse transcriptase
- oligonucleotide primers two oligonucleotide primers.
- the amplified target nucleic acid may be detected using a molecular beacon.
- Other uses for molecular beacons are known in the art and would be suitable for use in the methods described herein.
- Scorpion primers are bi-functional molecules in which a primer is covalently linked to the probe, along with a detectable label (e.g., a fluorophore) and a quencher. In the presence of a target nucleic acid, the detectable label and the quencher separate which leads to an increase in signal emitted from the detectable label.
- a primer used in the amplification reaction includes a probe element at the 5′ end along with a “PCR blocker” element (e.g., a hexethylene glycol (HEG) monomer (Whitcombe, et al. Nat. Biotech.
- the probe typically includes a self-complementary stem sequence with a detectable label at one end and a quencher at the other.
- the primer hybridizes to the target and extension occurs due to the action of polymerase.
- the Scorpion system may be used to examine and identify point mutations using multiple probes that may be differently tagged to distinguish between the probes. Using PCR as an example, after one extension cycle is complete, the newly synthesized target region will be attached to the same strand as the probe. Following the second cycle of denaturation and annealing, the probe and the target hybridize.
- the hairpin sequence then hybridizes to a part of the newly produced PCR product. This results in the separation of the detectable label from the quencher and causes emission of the signal.
- Other uses for molecular beacons are known in the art and would be suitable for use in the methods described herein.
- the nucleic acid polymerases that may be employed in the disclosed nucleic acid amplification reactions may be any that function to carry out the desired reaction including, for example, a prokaryotic, fungal, viral, bacteriophage, plant, and/or eukaryotic nucleic acid polymerase.
- DNA polymerase refers to an enzyme that synthesizes a DNA strand de novo using a nucleic acid strand as a template. DNA polymerase uses an existing DNA or RNA as the template for DNA synthesis and catalyzes the polymerization of deoxyribonucleotides alongside the template strand, which it reads. The newly synthesized DNA strand is complementary to the template strand.
- DNA polymerase can add free nucleotides only to the 3′-hydroxyl end of the newly forming strand. It synthesizes oligonucleotides via transfer of a nucleoside monophosphate from a deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) to the 3′-hydroxyl group of a growing oligonucleotide chain. This results in elongation of the new strand in a 5′ to 3′ direction. Since DNA polymerase can only add a nucleotide onto a pre-existing 3′-OH group, to begin a DNA synthesis reaction, the DNA polymerase needs a primer to which it can add the first nucleotide.
- dNTP deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate
- Suitable primers may comprise oligonucleotides of RNA or DNA, or chimeras thereof (e.g., RNA/DNA chimerical primers).
- the DNA polymerases may be a naturally occurring DNA polymerases or a variant of natural enzyme having the above-mentioned activity. For example, it may include a DNA polymerase having a strand displacement activity, a DNA polymerase lacking 5′ to 3′ exonuclease activity, a DNA polymerase having a reverse transcriptase activity, or a DNA polymerase having an endonuclease activity.
- Suitable nucleic acid polymerases may also comprise holoenzymes, functional portions of the holoenzymes, chimeric polymerase, or any modified polymerase that can effectuate the synthesis of a nucleic acid molecule.
- a DNA polymerase may also include a polymerase, terminal transferase, reverse transcriptase, telomerase, and/or polynucleotide phosphorylase.
- Non-limiting examples of polymerases may include, for example, T7 DNA polymerase, eukaryotic mitochondrial DNA Polymerase ⁇ , prokaryotic DNA polymerase I, II, III, IV, and/or V; eukaryotic polymerase ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , and/or ⁇ ; E. coli DNA polymerase I; E. coli DNA polymerase III alpha and/or epsilon subunits; E. coli polymerase IV, E. coli polymerase V; T. aquaticus DNA polymerase I; B.
- stearothermophilus DNA polymerase I Euryarchaeota polymerases; terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT); S. cerevisiae polymerase 4; translesion synthesis polymerases; reverse transcriptase; and/or telomerase.
- thermostable DNA polymerases include Taq, Tfl, Pfu, and VentTM DNA polymerases, any genetically engineered DNA polymerases, any having reduced or insignificant 3′ to 5′ exonuclease activity (e.g., SuperScriptTM DNA polymerase), and/or genetically engineered DNA polymerases (e.g., those having the active site mutation F667Y or the equivalent of F667Y (e.g., in Tth), AmpliTaqFS, ThermoSequenaseTM), Therminator I, Therminator II, Therminator III, Therminator Gamma (all available from NEB), and/or any derivatives and fragments thereof.
- Other nucleic acid polymerases may also be suitable as would be understood by one of skill in the art.
- the present disclosure provides reaction mixtures for amplifying a nucleic acid sequence of interest (e.g., a target sequence).
- the reaction mixture may further comprise a signal-generating compound (SGC) and/or detectable label.
- SGC signal-generating compound
- the methods may also include one or more steps for detecting the SGC and/or detectable label to quantitate the amplified nucleic acid.
- a SGC may be a substance that is itself detectable in an assay of choice, or capable of reacting to form a chemical or physical entity (e.g., a reaction product) that is detectable in an assay of choice.
- reaction products include precipitates, fluorescent signals, compounds having a color, and the like.
- Representative SGC include e.g., bioluminescent compounds (e.g., luciferase), fluorophores (e.g., below), bioluminescent and chemiluminescent compounds, radioisotopes (e.g., 131 I, 125 I, 14 C, 3 H, 35 S, 32 P and the like), enzymes (e.g., below), binding proteins (e.g., biotin, avidin, streptavidin and the like), magnetic particles, chemically reactive compounds (e.g., colored stains), labeled oligonucleotides; molecular probes (e.g., CY3, Research Organics, Inc.), and the like.
- bioluminescent compounds e.g., luciferase
- fluorophores e.g., below
- bioluminescent and chemiluminescent compounds e.g., radioisotopes (e.g., 131 I, 125 I, 14 C, 3 H, 35
- fluorophores include fluorescein isothiocyanate, succinyl fluorescein, rhodamine B, lissamine, 9,10-diphenlyanthracene, perylene, rubrene, pyrene and fluorescent derivatives thereof such as isocyanate, isothiocyanate, acid chloride or sulfonyl chloride, umbelliferone, rare earth chelates of lanthanides such as Europium (Eu) and the like.
- Representative SGC's useful in a signal generating conjugate include the enzymes in: TUB Class 1, especially 1.1.1 and 1.6 (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase, glycerol dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and the like); IUB Class 1.11.1 (e.g., catalase, peroxidase, amino acid oxidase, galactose oxidase, glucose oxidase, ascorbate oxidase, diaphorase, urease and the like); TUB Class 2, especially 2.7 and 2.7.1 (e.g., hexokinase and the like); TUB Class 3, especially 3.2.1 and 3.1.3 (e.g., alpha amylase, cellulase, ⁇ -galacturonidase, amyloglucosidase,
- SGCs are optionally detectable using a visual or optical method; preferably, with a method amenable to automation such as a spectrophotometric method, a fluorescence method, a chemiluminescent method, an electrical nanometric method involving e.g., a change in conductance, impedance, resistance and the like and a magnetic field method.
- Some SGCs are optionally detectable with the naked eye or with a signal detection apparatus. Some SGCs are not themselves detectable but become detectable when subject to further treatment.
- the SGC can be attached in any manner (e.g., through covalent or non-covalent bonds) to a binding agent of interest (e.g., an antibody or a PDZ polypeptide).
- a binding agent of interest e.g., an antibody or a PDZ polypeptide.
- SGCs suitable for attachment to agents such as antibodies include colloidal gold, fluorescent antibodies, Europium, latex particles, and enzymes.
- the agents that bind to NS1 and NP can each comprise distinct SGCs.
- red latex particles can be conjugated to anti-NS1 antibodies and blue latex particles can be conjugated to anti-NP antibodies.
- Other detectable SGCs suitable for use in a lateral flow format include any moiety that is detectable by spectroscopic, photochemical, biochemical, immunochemical, electrical, optical, chemical, or other means.
- suitable SGCs include biotin for staining with labeled streptavidin conjugate, fluorescent dyes (e.g., fluorescein, Texas red, rhodamine, green fluorescent protein, and the like), radiolabels, enzymes (e.g., horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase and others commonly used in an ELISA), and colorimetric SGCs such as colloidal gold or colored glass or plastic (e.g., polystyrene, polypropylene, latex beads).
- fluorescent dyes e.g., fluorescein, Texas red, rhodamine, green fluorescent protein, and the like
- radiolabels e.g., enzymes (e.g., horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase and others commonly used in an ELISA)
- enzymes e.g., horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase and others commonly used in an ELISA
- Radiolabels can be detected using photographic film or scintillation counters, fluorescent markers can be detected using a photodetector to detect emitted light.
- detectable label may refer to any of a variety of signaling molecules indicative of amplification.
- SYBR GREEN and other DNA-binding dyes are detectable labels.
- detectable labels may comprise or may be, for example, nucleic acid intercalating agents or non-intercalating agents.
- an intercalating agent is an agent or moiety capable of non-covalent insertion between stacked base pairs of a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule.
- a non-intercalating agent is one that does not insert into the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule.
- the nucleic acid binding agent may produce a detectable signal directly or indirectly.
- the signal may be detectable directly using, for example, fluorescence and/or absorbance, or indirectly using, for example, any moiety or ligand that is detectably affected by proximity to double-stranded nucleic acid is suitable such as a substituted label moiety or binding ligand attached to the nucleic acid binding agent. It is typically necessary for the nucleic acid binding agent to produce a detectable signal when bound to a double-stranded nucleic acid that is distinguishable from the signal produced when that same agent is in solution or bound to a single-stranded nucleic acid.
- intercalating agents such as ethidium bromide fluoresce more intensely when intercalated into double-stranded DNA than when bound to single-stranded DNA, RNA, or in solution (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,994,056; 6,171,785; and/or 6,814,934).
- actinomycin D fluoresces red fluorescence when bound to single-stranded nucleic acids, and green when bound to double-stranded nucleic acids.
- the photoreactive psoralen 4-aminomethyle-4-5′8-trimethylpsoralen has been reported to exhibit decreased absorption at long wavelengths and fluorescence upon intercalation into double-stranded DNA (Johnson et al. Photochem. & Photobiol., 33:785-791 (1981).
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,257,774 describes the direct binding of fluorescent intercalators to DNA (e.g., ethidium salts, daunomycin, mepacrine and acridine orange, 4′6-diamidino- ⁇ -phenylindole).
- Non-intercalating agents e.g., minor groove binders as described herein such as Hoechst 33258, distamycin, netropsin
- Hoechst 33258 Searle, et al. Nuc. Acids Res. 18(13):3753-3762 (1990)
- Minor groove binders are described in more detail elsewhere herein.
- DNA binding dyes are available to one of skill in the art and may be used alone or in combination with other agents and/or components of an assay system.
- Exemplary DNA binding dyes may include, for example, acridines (e.g., acridine orange, acriflavine), actinomycin D (Jain, et al. J. Mol. Biol. 68:21 (1972)), anthramycin, BOBOTM-1, BOBOTM-3, BO-PROTM-1, cbromomycin, DAPI (Kapuseinski, et al. Nuc. Acids Res.
- SYBR® Green II SYTOX blue, SYTOX green, SYTO® 43, SYTO® 44, SYTO® 45, SYTOX® Blue, TO-PRO®-1, SYTO® 11, SYTO® 13, SYTO® 15, SYTO® 16, SYTO® 20, SYTO® 23, thiazole orange (Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.), TOTOTM-3, YO-PRO®-1, and YOYO®-3 (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg.), among others.
- SYBR® Green I see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,436,134; 5,658,751; and/or 6,569,927), for example, has been used to monitor a PCR reactions.
- Other DNA binding dyes may also be suitable as would be understood by one of skill in the art.
- one or more detectable labels and/or quenching agents may be attached to one or more primers and/or probes (e.g., detectable label).
- the detectable label may emit a signal when free or when bound to one of the target nucleic acids.
- the detectable label may also emit a signal when in proximity to another detectable label.
- Detectable labels may also be used with quencher molecules such that the signal is only detectable when not in sufficiently close proximity to the quencher molecule.
- the assay system may cause the detectable label to be liberated from the quenching molecule. Any of several detectable labels may be used to label the primers and probes used in the methods described herein.
- the detectable label may be attached to a probe, which may be incorporated into a primer, or may otherwise bind to the amplified target nucleic acid (e.g., a detectable nucleic acid binding agent such as an intercalating or non-intercalating dye).
- a detectable nucleic acid binding agent such as an intercalating or non-intercalating dye.
- Exemplary detectable labels include, for instance, a fluorescent dye or fluorphore (e.g., a chemical group that can be excited by light to emit fluorescence or phosphorescence), “acceptor dyes” capable of quenching a fluorescent signal from a fluorescent donor dye, and the like.
- a fluorescent dye or fluorphore e.g., a chemical group that can be excited by light to emit fluorescence or phosphorescence
- acceptor dyes capable of quenching a fluorescent signal from a fluorescent donor dye
- Suitable detectable labels may include, for example, fluorosceins (e.g., 5-carboxy-2,7-dichlorofluorescein; 5-Carboxyfluorescein (5-FAM); 5-HAT (Hydroxy Tryptamine); 5-Hydroxy Tryptamine (HAT); 6-JOE; 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-FAM); FITC; 6-carboxy-1,4-dichloro-2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein (TET); 6-carboxy-1,4-dichloro-2′,4′, 5′, 7′-tetrachlorofluorescein (HEX); 6-carboxy-4′,5′-dichloro-2′, 7′-dimethoxyfluorescein (JOE);); Alexa fluors (e.g., 350, 405, 430, 488, 500, 514, 532, 546, 555, 568, 594, 610, 633, 635, 6
- EGFP blue fluorescent protein
- BFP blue fluorescent protein
- EBFP EBFP2, Azurite, mKalama1
- cyan fluorescent protein e.g., ECFP, Cerulean, CyPet
- yellow fluorescent protein e.g., YFP, Citrine, Venus, YPet
- FRET donor/acceptor pairs e.g., fluorescein/tetramethylrhodamine, IAEDANS/fluorescein, EDANS/dabcyl, fluorescein/fluorescein, BODIPY FL/BODIPY FL, Fluorescein/QSY7 and QSY9
- LysoTracker and LysoSensor e.g., LysoTracker Blue DND-22, LysoTracker Blue-White DPX, LysoTracker Yellow HCK-123, LysoTracker Green DND-26, LysoTracker Red DND-99, LysoSensor Blue
- detectable labels can be sequence-based (also referred to herein as a “locus-specific detectable label”), for example 5′ nuclease probes. Such probes may comprise one or more detectable labels.
- detectable labels are known in the art, for example (TaqMan® probes described herein (See also U.S. Pat. No. 5,538,848 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety)) various stem-loop molecular beacons (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,103,476 and 5,925,517 and Tyagi and Kramer, 1996, Nature Biotechnology 14:303-308), stemless or linear beacons (See, e.g., WO 99/21881; U.S. Pat. No.
- PNA Molecular BeaconsTM See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,355,421 and 6,593,091
- linear PNA beacons See, e.g., Kubista et al., 2001, SPIE 4264:53-58
- non-FRET probes See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,097
- Sunrise®/Amplifluor® probes U.S. Pat. No. 6,548,250
- stem-loop and duplex ScorpionTM probes Solinas et al., 2001, Nucleic Acids Research 29:E96 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,589,743
- bulge loop probes U.S.
- HybProbes Cardullo, et al. PNAS 85:8790-8794 (1988)
- MGB Alert www.nanogen.com
- Q-PNA Fiandaca, et al. Genome Res. 11:609-611 (2001)
- Plexor www.Promega.com
- LUX primers Nazarenko, et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 30:e37 (2002)
- DzyNA primers Todd, et al. Clin. Chem. 46:625-630 (2000)).
- Detectable labels can also comprise black hole quenchers (Biosearch), Iowa Black (IDT), QSY quencher (Molecular Probes), and Dabsyl and Dabcel sulfonate/carboxylate Quenchers (Epoch).
- Detectable labels can also comprise two probes, wherein for example a fluor is on one probe, and a quencher on the other, wherein hybridization of the two probes together on a target quenches the signal, or wherein hybridization on a target alters the signal signature via a change in fluorescence.
- Exemplary systems may also include FRET, salicylate/DTPA ligand systems (see, e.g., Oser et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Engl.
- Detectable labels can also comprise sulfonate derivatives of fluorescein dyes with SO 3 instead of the carboxylate group, phosphoramidite forms of fluorescein, phosphoramidite forms of CY5 (available for example from Amersham).
- polypeptide “peptide” and “protein” are used interchangeably herein to refer to a polymer of amino acid residues, or any variant or functional fragment thereof.
- the terms apply to amino acid polymers in which one or more amino acid residue is an artificial chemical mimetic of a corresponding naturally occurring amino acid, as well as to naturally occurring amino acid polymers and non-naturally occurring amino acid polymers.
- amino acid includes naturally occurring and synthetic amino acids, as well as amino acid analogs and amino acid mimetics that function in a manner similar to the naturally occurring amino acids.
- Naturally occurring amino acids are those encoded by the genetic code, as well as those amino acids that are later modified, e.g., hydroxyproline, ⁇ -carboxyglutamate, and O-phosphoserine.
- Amino acid analogs refers to compounds that have the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid, e.g., an a carbon that is bound to a hydrogen, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an R group, e.g., homoserine, norleucine, methionine sulfoxide, methionine methyl sulfonium.
- Such analogs have modified R groups (e.g., norleucine) or modified peptide backbones, but retain the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid.
- Amino acid mimetics refers to chemical compounds that have a structure that is different from the general chemical structure of an amino acid, but that functions in a manner similar to a naturally occurring amino acid.
- amino acid sequences one of skill will recognize that individual substitutions, deletions or additions to a nucleic acid, peptide, polypeptide, or protein sequence which alters, adds or deletes a single amino acid or a small percentage of amino acids in the encoded sequence is a “conservatively modified variant” where the alteration results in the substitution of an amino acid with a chemically similar amino acid. Conservative substitution tables providing functionally similar amino acids are well known in the art. Such conservatively modified variants are in addition to and do not exclude polymorphic variants, interspecies homologs, and alleles of the invention.
- the following eight groups each contain amino acids that are conservative substitutions for one another: 1) Alanine (A), Glycine (G); 2) Aspartic acid (D), Glutamic acid (E); 3) Asparagine (N), Glutamine (Q); [0078] 4) Arginine (R), Lysine (K); 5) Isoleucine (I), Leucine (L), Methionine (M), Valine (V); 6) Phenylalanine (F), Tyrosine (Y), Tryptophan (W); 7) Serine (S), Threonine (T); and 8) Cysteine (C), Methionine (M) [0083] (see, e.g., Creighton, Proteins (1984)).
- Variants of a given nucleotide sequence or polypeptide sequence are optionally conservatively modified variants.
- conservatively modified variants refers to those nucleic acids which encode identical or essentially identical amino acid sequences, or where the nucleic acid does not encode an amino acid sequence, to essentially identical sequences.
- antibody may include whole and/or fragments and/or derivatives of antibodies in unpurified or partially purified form (e.g., hybridoma supernatant, ascites, polyclonal antisera) or in purified form.
- a “purified” antibody may be one that is separated from at least about 50% of the proteins with which it is initially found (e.g., as part of a hybridoma supernatant or ascites preparation).
- a purified antibody is separated from at least about 60%, 75%, 90%, or 95% of the proteins with which it is initially found.
- Suitable derivatives may include fragments (e.g., Fab, Fab 2 or single chain antibodies (Fv for example)), as are known in the art.
- the antibodies may be of any suitable origin or form including, for example, murine (e.g., produced by murine hybridoma cells), or expressed as humanized antibodies, chimeric antibodies, human antibodies, and the like. Methods of preparing and utilizing various types of antibodies are well-known to those of skill in the art and would be suitable for use (see, for example, Harlow, et al. Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1988; Harlow, et al. Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Portable Protocol No.
- the antibodies may be contained within hybridoma supernatant or ascites and utilized either directly as such or following concentration using standard techniques.
- the antibodies may be further purified using, for example, salt fractionation and ion exchange chromatography, or affinity chromatography using Protein A, Protein G, Protein A/G, and/or Protein L ligands covalently coupled to a solid support such as agarose beads, or combinations of these techniques.
- the antibodies may be stored in any suitable format, including as a frozen preparation (e.g., about ⁇ 20° C. or ⁇ 70° C.), in lyophilized form, or under normal refrigeration conditions (e.g., about 4° C.).
- TBS Tris-buffered saline
- PBS phosphate buffered saline
- Antibodies and their derivatives may be incorporated into compositions (e.g., attached to oligonucleotides) described herein for use in vitro or in vivo. Antibodies may also be modified for use by, for example, biotinylation. Other methods for making and using antibodies available to one of skill in the art may also be suitable for use.
- a target nucleic acid is any nucleic acid for which an assay system is designed to identify or detect as present (or not), and/or quantify in a test sample.
- Such nucleic acids may include, for example, those of infectious agents (e.g., virus, bacteria, parasite, and the like), a disease process such as cancer, diabetes, or the like, or to measure an immune response.
- infectious agents e.g., virus, bacteria, parasite, and the like
- a disease process such as cancer, diabetes, or the like
- test samples include various types of samples, such as biological samples.
- Exemplary biological samples include, for instance, a bodily fluid (e.g., blood, saliva, spinal fluid), a tissue sample, a food (e.g., meat) or beverage (e.g., milk) product, or the like.
- Other examples of biological samples may include, whole blood, serum, plasma, urine, synovial fluid, saliva, cerebrospinal fluid, tissue infiltrate, cervical or vaginal exudate, pleural effusion, bronchioalveolar lavage fluid, gastric lavage fluid, small or large bowel contents, and swab specimens from various bodily orifices dispersed in a suitable medium.
- Expressed nucleic acids may include, for example, genes for which expression (or lack thereof) is associated with medical conditions such as infectious disease (e.g., bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal infections) or cancer.
- infectious disease e.g., bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal infections
- cancer e.g., bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal infections
- the methods described herein may also be used to detect contaminants (e.g., bacteria, virus, fungus, and/or protozoan) in pharmaceutical, food, or beverage products.
- the methods described herein may be also be used to detect rare alleles in the presence of wild type alleles (e.g., one mutant allele in the presence of 10 6 -10 9 wild type alleles).
- the methods are useful to, for example, detect minimal residual disease (e.g., rare remaining cancer cells during remission, especially mutations in the p53 gene or other tumor suppressor genes previously identified within the tumors), and/or measure mutation load (e.g., the frequency of specific somatic mutations present in normal tissues, such as blood or urine).
- minimal residual disease e.g., rare remaining cancer cells during remission, especially mutations in the p53 gene or other tumor suppressor genes previously identified within the tumors
- measure mutation load e.g., the frequency of specific somatic mutations present in normal tissues, such as blood or urine.
- Kits for performing the methods described herein are also provided.
- the kit may comprise one or more probes (e.g., antibody conjugated to an oligonucleotide) a pair of oligonucleotides for amplifying at least one target nucleic acid from a sample, a biocatalyst (e.g., DNA polymerase) and/or corresponding one or more probes labeled with a detectable label.
- the kit may also include samples containing pre-defined target nucleic acids to be used in control reactions.
- the kit may also optionally include stock solutions, buffers, enzymes, detectable labels or reagents required for detection, tubes, membranes, and the like that may be used to complete the amplification reaction. In some embodiments, multiple primer sets are included. Other embodiments of particular systems and kits are also contemplated which would be understood by one of skill in the art.
- any feature can be claimed in combination with any other, or be claimed as not present in combination with another feature.
- a feature can be any piece of information that can characterize an invention or can limit the scope of a claim, for example any variation, step, feature, property, composition, method, step, degree, level, component, material, substance, element, mode, variable, aspect, measure, amount, option, embodiment, clause, descriptive term, claim element or limitation.
- features described herein are intended to be optional unless explicitly indicated to be necessary in the specification.
- Non-limiting examples of language indicating that a feature is regarded as optional in the specification include terms such as “variation,” “where,” “while,” “when,” “optionally,” “include,” “preferred,” “especial,” “recommended,” “advisable,” “particular,” “should,” “alternative,” “typical,” “representative,” “various,” “such as,” “the like,” “can,” “may,” “example,” “embodiment,” or “aspect,” “in some,” “example,” “exemplary,” “instance,” “if” or any combination and/or variation of such terms.
- Isolated or purified generally refers to isolation of a substance (compound, polynucleotide, protein, polypeptide, polypeptide composition) such that the substance comprises a significant percent (e.g., greater than 2%, greater than 5%, greater than 10%, greater than 20%, greater than 50%, or more, sometimes more than 90%, 95% or 99%) of the sample in which it resides.
- a substantially purified component comprises at least 50%, 80%-85%, or 90-95% of the sample.
- Techniques for purifying polynucleotides and polypeptides of interest are well-known in the art and include, for example, ion-exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography and sedimentation according to density. Generally, a substance is purified when it exists in a sample in a higher proportion than it is naturally found.
- Sequence identity refers to similarity in sequence of two or more sequences (e.g., nucleotide or polypeptide sequences).
- percent identity or homology of the sequences or subsequences thereof indicates the percentage of all monomeric units (e.g., nucleotides or amino acids) that are the same (e.g., about 70% identity, preferably 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 99% identity).
- the percent identity can be over a specified region, when compared and aligned for maximum correspondence over a comparison window, or designated region as measured using a BLAST or BLAST 2.0 sequence comparison algorithms with default parameters described below, or by manual alignment and visual inspection.
- Sequences are said to be “substantially identical” when there is at least 90% identity at the amino acid level or at the nucleotide level.
- This definition also refers to the complement of a test sequence.
- the identity exists over a region that is at least about 25, 50, or 100 residues in length, or across the entire length of at least one compared sequence.
- a preferred algorithm for determining percent sequence identity and sequence similarity are the BLAST and BLAST 2.0 algorithms, which are described in Altschul et al, Nuc. Acids Res. 25:3389-3402 (1977). Other methods include the algorithms of Smith & Waterman, Adv. Appl. Math. 2:482 (1981), and Needleman & Wunsch, J. Mol. Biol. 48:443 (1970), etc.
- Another indication that two nucleic acid sequences are substantially identical is that the two molecules or their complements hybridize to each other under stringent conditions.
- Any indication that a feature is optional is intended provide adequate support (e.g., under 35 U.S.C. 112 or Art. 83 and 84 of EPC) for claims that include closed or exclusive or negative language with reference to the optional feature.
- Exclusive language specifically excludes the particular recited feature from including any additional subject matter. For example, if it is indicated that A can be drug X, such language is intended to provide support for a claim that explicitly specifies that A consists of X alone, or that A does not include any other drugs besides X. “Negative” language explicitly excludes the optional feature itself from the scope of the claims. For example, if it is indicated that element A can include X, such language is intended to provide support for a claim that explicitly specifies that A does not include X.
- Non-limiting examples of exclusive or negative terms include “only,” “solely,” “consisting of,” “consisting essentially of,” “alone,” “without”, “in the absence of (e.g., other items of the same type, structure and/or function)” “excluding,” “not including”, “not”, “cannot,” or any combination and/or variation of such language.
- a dog is intended to include support for one dog, no more than one dog, at least one dog, a plurality of dogs, etc.
- qualifying terms that indicate singularity include “a single”, “one,” “alone,” “only one,” “not more than one,” etc.
- qualifying terms that indicate (potential or actual) plurality include “at least one,” “one or more,” “more than one,” “two or more,” “a multiplicity,” “a plurality,” “any combination of,” “any permutation of,” “any one or more of,” etc.
- any active verb is intended to indicate the corresponding actual or attempted action, even if no actual action occurs.
- the verb “hybridize” and gerund form “hybridizing” and the like refer to actual hybridization or to attempted hybridization by contacting nucleic acid sequences under conditions suitable for hybridization, even if no actual hybridization occurs.
- “detecting” and “detection” when used in the claims refer to actual detection or to attempted detection, even if no target is actually detected.
- the probe mix e.g., comprising two probes, A and B, (each probe comprising a streptavidin oligo “SAO” component and an antibody “Ab” component) in probe dillution buffer “PDB”) and test sample (in sample dillution buffer “SDB”) are combined into a binding reaction.
- the ligation reaction mixture is added in order to carry out the ligation reaction.
- the ligase and ligation buffer are diluted. Following the ligation reaction (e.g., at 37° C.
- the ligated product is stabilized by protease digestion; the protease is then inactivated (e.g., using heat by incubation at 37° C. for 10 minutes followed by 95° C. for 5 minutes).
- the ligated product is transferred to the real-time PCR reaction mixture (comprising PCR primers and proximity probe mix “PCR-PP”), then placed on the PCR reaction plate in a qPCR instrument. Detection and quantification of the ligated product can then proceed using standard techniques.
- FIG. 2 A schematic of an exemplary improved PLA process is illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- the binding reaction is the same as shown in FIG. 1 .
- ligase is added to a real-time PCR mixture (comprising PCR primers, proximity probe and splint mix “PCR-PPS”) which is then added directly to the binding reaction.
- a test sample e.g., cell lysate
- a binding reaction is allowed to take place and then a ligation buffer added directly thereto.
- a proximity probe mixture e.g., cell lysate
- This combined reaction mixture is then incubated for a suitable amount of time (e.g., room temperature for 20 minutes and then 96° C. for 5 min) and PCR is performed.
- the PCR reaction mixture is then deposited onto the reaction plate in a qPCR instrument and detection and quantification of the ligated product can then proceed using standard techniques (as in typical PLA processes).
- the typical process includes sample preparation, a binding reaction, ligation, ligase inactivation using a protease, protease inactivation (e.g., using heat), followed by real-time PCR.
- a portion of the reaction mixture containing the inactivated ligase and protease is transferred to the PCR plate, and the “PCR mix” (e.g., containing primers, dNTPs, polymerase, and the like) added thereto.
- the improved process may eliminate the use of a protease and dilution of the reaction mixture prior to PCR.
- the ligase may be inactivated using heat, and the resultant reaction mixture placed directly into the qPCR assay.
- some embodiments of the improved PLA work flow uses entire binding reaction products in the real-time PCR well. This provides a simplified work-flow and reduced dilution of the reaction mixture.
- the PCR reaction mixture contains a higher concentration of the ligated product (e.g., the target nucleic acid).
- the probe concentration may be reduced.
- the splint (e.g., connector) oligo length and concentration may also be reduced to minimize chance of solution hybridization promoted by non-antigen-binding ligation (e.g., connector oligonucleotides of at least 14 bases in length (e.g., 9 bases overlapping a first oligo probe and 5 bases overlapping a second oligo probe (9+5)) vs. connector oligonucleotides of at least 18 bases in length (e.g., 9 bases overlapping a first oligo probe and 9 bases overlapping a second oligo probe (9+9)).
- a small footprint ligase SFL
- SFL small footprint ligase
- a SFL may ligate oligonucleotides having a connector oligo length of as short as 3 bases of hybridized DNA adjacent to 5′-phosphate hybridized DNA.
- ATP cofactor for the ligase
- the SFL may be pre-enriched with ATP prior to its purification and use.
- splint oligos can be used that are either considered to be symmetrical splints or asymmetrical splints depending on the number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two oligo probes it is connecting.
- FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B diagrams asymmetrical and symmetrical splint types for use in the improved PLA processes as described herein.
- Asymmetrical splints span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with one of the ends of the splint (e.g., either the 3′ end or the 5′ end) having more nucleotides that hybridize to one of the probe oligos than the other end of the splint has nucleotides that hybridize to the alternative probe oligo ( FIG. 4A ).
- Symmetrical splints span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with both ends of the splint (e.g., the 3′ end and the 5′ end) having equal number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two probe oligos ( FIG. 4B ).
- Both asymmetrical and symmetrical splints can have any number of intervening nucleotides between each of its 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the separate probe oligos. Alternatively, there may be no intervening nucleotides between each of the 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the probe oligos.
- FIG. 5 provides a comparison between results obtained using exemplary embodiments of a typical process (TaqMan® Protein Assay Open Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.; “PLA1”) and an improved process (using methods disclosed herein; “PLA2”). Both assays were set up to target CSTB in NTera2 cell lysate.
- the binding reaction was identical for both PLA1 and PLA2 using the manufacturer's (Life Technologies, Inc.) recommended reagents and protocol in 4 ⁇ l volume binding reactions. After the binding reaction, PLA1 proceeded following the manufacturer's protocol and reagents. The PLA2 reaction was combined with 16 ⁇ l of ligation-PCR reaction mix.
- the ligation-PCR reaction mix consists of 10 ⁇ l the TaqMan® Protein Assay Fast Master Mix (Life Technologies, Inc.), 1 ⁇ l Universal PCR Assay and the connector oligonucleotide 9+5 and the SFL ligase, and 5 ⁇ l di-water.
- the ligation reaction was allowed to proceed for 10 minutes.
- the ligated product was then placed in a real-time PCR instrument (Step1Plus) and utilized according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- the improved process (PLA2) carries more target molecules into the PCR step (e.g., resulting in more amplicons being generated).
- the improvement provided thereby is shown in FIG. 5 .
- the dCT of the improved process (PLA2) is much improved as compared to the typical process (PLA1).
- the improved process provides at least about a one- to three-fold dCt improvement over the typical process.
- the improved process also provides improved assay sensitivity. As shown by the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 6 , the improved process provides about a two- to ten-fold increase in sensitivity over the typical process ( FIG. 6 ). Sensitivity was calculated as the relative quantification (RQ) fold change using the results from the typical process as the calibrator. The dCt of the improved process was calculated as fold improvement over the typical process. Since the RQ is calculated from the dCt threshold of 2, and the fold-change is therefor indicative of the improvement in sensitivity. The data show that the sensitivity of the assay was improved by at least 2-fold, as determined using five different targets (GFP, hCSTB, hICAM1, hLIN28, and hOCT3/4).
- the GFP data was generated using the typical (e.g., PLA1) and improved (e.g., PLA2) processes as described above using a cell lysate into which rGFP was added (e.g., a “spiked-in” cell lysate) and a GFP probe used.
- PLA experiments were carried out using typical PLA conditions (“TaqMan® Protein Assay Open Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.) according to the manufacturers instructions, using a T4 ligase, except that splint concentrations were varied within the range of 3.1 nM to 1000 nM. Splints were also designed to have a two different splint lengths of 18 (9+9; “99”) or 16 (8+8; “88”). Cystatin B (CSTB) assay probes (from “TaqMan® Protein Expression Assay Kit (Human CSTB); Life Technologies, Inc.) were used to detect either 1000 pM or 0 pM (no protein control; “NPC”) of recombinant CSTB protein in buffer. Ct values were plotted for each splint concentration and delta Ct values (NPC Ct values minus CSTB Ct values) and were plotted for each concentration used.
- CSTB Cystatin B
- PLA experiments were carried out using similar methods as described in Example 4, except that SF ligase instead of T4 ligase was used.
- splints were designed to have a different splint lengths of 12 (3+9), 13 (4+9), 14 (5+9 or 7+7), 17 (8+9), or 18 (9+9).
- the concentration used for each of these splints was 100 nM.
- Raji lysate Protein Expression Lysate Control Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.
- NPC Cell/reaction or 0 cells/reactiont
- CSTB assay probes from TaqMan® Protein Expression Assay Kit (Human CSTB); Life Technologies, Inc.
- Ct values were plotted for each splint type and delta Ct values (NPC Ct values minus 500 cell input Ct values) and were plotted for each.
- T4 ligase was compared to two different SF ligases (e.g., SF and DLxD).
- PLA experiments were carried out using similar methods as described in Example 5, using the indicated ligases and splints of varying length, as indicated. Briefly, splints were designed to have a two different splint lengths of 14 (5+9; “95”) or 18 (9+9; “99”). The concentration used for each of these splints was 100 nM. Raji lysate (Protein Expression Lysate Control Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.) was prepared at 500 cells/reaction or 0 cells/reactiont (“NPC”) and CSTB assay probes (from TaqMan® Protein Expression Assay Kit (Human CSTB); Life Technologies, Inc.) were used according to the manufacturer's instructions. Ct values were plotted for each ligase and splint type and delta Ct values (NPC Ct values minus 500 cell input Ct values) and were plotted for each.
- the T4 ligase resulted no noticeable dCt using the 5+9 splint.
- both SF ligases, SF and DLxD were capable of ligating the target DNA using shorter splint types.
- SF used with the 5+9 splint resulted in the highest dCt.
- the improved processes described herein, and exemplified throughout the Examples above, provide faster times from process start to results (fast), reduce hands-on time (simpler and cheaper), reduce lab plasticware usage (cheaper and greener), and increased signals and sensitivities.
- These improved processes provide simplified work flow by combining ligation and PCR steps, reduced dilution factor from binding to ligation step, reduced binding probe concentration to enable reduced dilution factor, use of shorter connector oligo to control background signal, use lower connector oligo concentration to control background signal, use of SF ligase to enable use of shorter connector oligo length, ATP enriched SF ligase purification scheme to omit ATP in ligation-PCR step, and enabling use of the entire reaction volume to improve the PLA signal and sensitivity.
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Description
- This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/656,839, filed Oct. 18, 2019; which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/955,386, filed Dec. 1, 2015 (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,472,671); which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/352,237, filed Jan. 17, 2012 (now abandoned); which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/433,475, filed Jan. 17, 2011, the disclosures of all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety, as if set forth fully herein.
- This application relates to methods for ligating oligonucleotides having complementarity to a target nucleic acid, and amplifying the ligated oligonucleotides, where ligation and amplification occur in the same reaction mixture.
- The correlation of gene and protein expression changes in biological systems has been hampered by the need for separate sample handling and analysis platforms for nucleic acids and proteins. In contrast to the simple, rapid, and flexible workflow of quantitative PCR (qPCR) methods, which enable characterization of several classes of nucleic acid biomarkers (e.g., DNA, mRNA, and microRNAs), protein analysis methods such as Western blotting are cumbersome, laborious, and much less quantitative. Proximity Ligation Assays (PLAs) have been shown to eliminate some of these problems. However, improvements to PLAs are desired by those of skill in the art.
- Typical or conventional PLAs usually involve at least three or four steps. The first step is typically the binding of first and second probes (e.g., antibody probes) to a ligand (e.g., a protein of interest) such that the probes are in close proximity to another. Each of the probes typically contain an oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotides are brought into proximity to one another with the binding of the probes and, in the second step, are then ligated to one another (e.g., the ligation event). The ligated oligonucleotides may then be amplified and detected to determine the presence of the ligand with a test sample (e.g., a biological sample). This step is typically accomplished by adding ligation components, such as ligase, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and buffer-salt mixture, to the binding reaction. In the third step, the ligase is typically then deactivated (e.g., by protease digestion) to prevent any further ligation of unbound oligonucleotides. In the fourth step, the reaction mixture is transferred to a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) mixture and the quantity of the amplified product determined by quantitative PCR (qPCR). As described below, it has been surprisingly found that the third step (ligase digestion) may be eliminated, thereby allowing ligation and amplification to occur in the same reaction mixture without inactivation of the ligase. These and other features and advantages of the methods described herein will be apparent to the skilled artisan from this disclosure.
- Provided herein are methods for ligating and amplifying oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotides are attached to ligand-specific probes, and amplification of the oligonucleotides indicates that the probes have bound a ligand in the sample. In one embodiment, a method for ligating at least two oligonucleotides to produce a ligated oligonucleotide and amplifying the ligated oligonucleotide, wherein ligation and amplification occur in a single reaction mixture (e.g., that may be considered undiluted) is provided. In some embodiments, a third oligonucleotide may be used to bridge the at least two oligonucleotides that are bound to the probes. In certain embodiments, the method may comprise detecting a ligand in a test sample (e.g., a biological sample) comprising contacting the protein with at least a first and second probe, each probe having binding specificity for the protein and being adjoined to at least one type of oligonucleotide, the oligonucleotides on the first and second probes, respectively, being at least partially complementary to one another; ligating the oligonucleotides on the first and second probes to one another using a ligase to produce a target nucleic acid and amplifying the target nucleic acid; and, detecting the amplified target nucleic acid. For instance, the method may comprise detecting a protein in a test sample, the method comprising contacting the protein with at least two probes having binding specificity therewith, each of the two agents comprising at least one oligonucleotide; ligating the oligonucleotides to produce a ligated oligonucleotide and amplifying the ligated oligonucleotide in a single reaction mixture; and, detecting amplification of the ligated oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, one or more of the probes is an antibody. In certain embodiments, at least one of the oligonucleotides comprises at least three nucleotides. Some embodiments provide for the oligonucleotide being ligated using a small footprint ligase, which may be contacted with adenosine triphosphate prior to use. Any type of amplification procedure may be used such as, without limitation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (e.g., quantitative PCR (qPCR)). In some embodiments, it may be beneficial to inactivate the ligase prior to amplification (e.g., using a protease). Other embodiments of the methods described herein will be apparent to the skilled artisan from the disclosure provided herein.
- The skilled artisan will understand that the drawings described below are for illustration purposes only. The drawings are not intended to limit the scope of the present teachings in any way.
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FIG. 1 . A schematic diagram of an exemplary typical or conventional PLA process. -
FIG. 2 . A schematic diagram of an exemplary improved PLA process (as disclosed herein). -
FIGS. 3A and 3B . A schematic diagram of an exemplary typical or conventional PLA workflow (FIG. 3A ), and a schematic diagram of an exemplary improved PLA workflow (FIG. 3B ), as disclosed herein. -
FIGS. 4A and 4B . A schematic diagram of exemplary oligonucleotide splints using asymmetrical (e.g., 3+6) (FIG. 4A ) and symmetrical (e.g., 4+4) (FIG. 4B ) oligonucleotide splints (“connectors”). -
FIG. 5 . Comparison of a typical or conventional PLA process (PLA1) and the improved process (PLA2) (dCT data shown). -
FIG. 6 . Use of the improved PLA process with various target nucleic acids. -
FIG. 7 . Comparison of two different splint lengths at varying concentrations. -
FIG. 8 . Comparison of five different splint lengths. -
FIG. 9 . Comparison of T4 ligase to two different SF ligases (e.g., SF and DLxD). - Disclosed herein are methods for performing proximity ligation assays. In typical or conventional proximity ligation assay (PLA) processes (
FIG. 1 ), a probe mix and sample are combined into a binding reaction. Following the binding reaction, the ligation reaction mixture is added in order to carry out the ligation reaction. To prepare the ligation reaction mixture, a ligase and ligation buffer are diluted. Following the ligation reaction, the ligated product is stabilized by protease digestion; the protease is then inactivated (e.g, using heat). A portion of the ligated product is transferred to a real-time PCR reaction mixture, then placed on a PCR reaction vessel (e.g., plate) in a qPCR instrument. Detection and quantification of the ligated product then proceeds using standard techniques. - In one embodiment of the improved PLA process disclosed herein, a cell lysate may be prepared and a ligation buffer added thereto. To that mixture may then be added a proximity probe mixture, a ligase, and a PCR mixture (which may include, for example, a thermostable polymerase). This combined reaction mixture can then incubated for a suitable amount of time (e.g., one hour, 37° C.), the ligase optionally inactivated (e.g., using heat) and PCR performed directly on the mixture. A schematic of an exemplary embodiment of the improved PLA process is illustrated in
FIG. 2 . As shown therein, the binding reaction is the same as that shown inFIG. 1 . However, in some embodiments of the improved PLA processes, the ligase is added to the real-time PCR mixture which is then added directly to the binding reaction. In some embodiments, this reaction mixture is then deposited onto a reaction plate and then analyzed by a qPCR instrument. Detection and quantification of the ligated product then proceeds using standard techniques. - In some embodiments, the lesser dilution factor provided thereby may result in a higher PLA probe concentration in the ligation reaction. The increased probe concentration may cause increased background signal, which may be minimized by using a short splint oligonucleotide at reduced concentration. For instance, a suitable splint oligonucleotide may be 14 nucleotides in length (e.g., at least five nucleotides in the 3′ end and at least nine nucleotides in the 5′ end; 5+9). To ensure the ligation efficiency, a small footprint ligase (SFL) may be used. In some embodiments, to further simplify the ligation-PCR step, the typical addition of ATP to the ligation reaction may be omitted. Instead, one may optionally use an ATP-enriched SFL (e.g., an SFL that is exposed to or contacted with an abundance or additional supply of ATP for some period of time). This enrichment step may be especially useful when co-substrates for other ligases are used. Thus, the binding reaction may be assembled by combining proximity probes and samples containing target molecule(s), and incubating the mixture such that binding between the probes and the target molecule(s) occurs. In some embodiments, after the binding reaction, a ligation-PCR mix (e.g., comprising a short splint oligo (e.g., an oligonucleotide that is at least 6 nucleotides, e.g., 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or more nucleotides) in length, an SFL, and standard real-time PCR components) may be added. In some other embodiments, the ligation reaction may then take place at room-temperature, and the product amplified and quantitated by real-time PCR. In some embodiments, the ligase may be deactivated (e.g., using heat). The ligated product may then be subjected to real-time PCR immediately or following storage. Thus, the various embodiments of the novel work flows for improved PLA processes as disclosed herein provide reduced dilution factors which enable one to accomplish ligation and PCR in a single reaction mixture (e.g., or in a single step without intermediate/intervening steps). In some preferred embodiments, a short splint oligonucleotide and an SFL may also be used to control any increased background reactions. In additional embodiments, the SFL may be pre-enriched using ATP.
- Exemplary typical and improved PLA processes are further compared in
FIGS. 3A and 3B . As shown therein, the typical processes include sample preparation, a binding reaction, ligation, ligase inactivation using a protease, protease inactivation (e.g., using heat), followed by real-time PCR. To carry out the PCR step in typical PLA processes, a portion of the reaction mixture containing the inactivated ligase and protease is usually transferred to a PCR plate, and the “PCR mix” (e.g., containing primers, dNTPs, polymerase, and the like) added thereto. As shown inFIG. 3B , the disclosed improved processes can eliminate the use of a protease and dilution of the reaction mixture prior to PCR. As shown therein, the ligase may be inactivated using, for example, heat, and the resultant reaction mixture placed directly into a qPCR assay/instrument. Thus, simplified, improved PLA work flows can use entire binding reaction products in a real-time PCR assay (e.g., in a multi-plate well). This provides an improved work-flow and reduced dilution of the reaction mixture. As a result, in some embodiments of the improved PLA processes, the PCR reaction mixture contains a higher concentration of the ligated product (e.g., the target nucleic acid). In some embodiments, the improvement provided by the improved PLA processes can be measured as the dCT of the reaction (e.g., a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more signal (dCT); see, for example,FIG. 4A andFIG. 4B ). Sensitivity of the improved PLA processes as compared to typical PLA processes can also be observed (e.g., as fold-change; see, for example,FIG. 5 ). - The processes described herein provide for, in some embodiments, detecting a protein in a test sample, the methods comprising contacting the protein with at least two probes having binding specificity therewith, each of the two probes comprising at least one oligonucleotide; ligating the oligonucleotides to produce a ligated oligonucleotide; amplifying the ligated oligonucleotide in a single reaction mixture; and, detecting amplification of the ligated oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, a third oligonucleotide may also be used to bridge each of the oligonucleotides attached to each of the probes. In some embodiments, one or more of the probes is an antibody. In certain embodiments, at least one of the oligonucleotides comprises at least three nucleotides. Some embodiments provide for use of a SFL, which may optionally be contacted with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) prior to use, for ligation of the oligonucleotides. Any type of amplification procedure may be used such as, without limitation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (e.g., quantitative PCR). In some embodiments, it may be beneficial to inactivate the ligase prior to amplification (e.g., using a protease, heat, or any other methods known in the art). Other embodiments of the inventions described herein will be apparent to the skilled artisan from the disclosure provided herein.
- In some embodiments, a method for detecting a target in a sample is provided where the method includes the steps of binding a first and a second probe, each of which binds specifically to the target, wherein each of the probes comprises an oligonucleotide portion (or tail); ligating the first and second oligonucleotide tails thereby producing a ligated oligonucleotide template; and, performing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the oligonucleotide template across the first and second oligonucleotide tails to quantify the said template. In some embodiments, the ligation and PCR steps may be performed in the same reaction mixture. In other embodiments, the method may include binding a first and a second probe, wherein each probe binds specifically to the target, each of the probes comprise a oligonucleotide tail; ligating the oligonucleotide tails to produce a ligated oligonucleotide template and amplifying the template by PCR in a single step to produce an amplified template; and, quantitating the amplified template. The probes may comprise antibodies which specifically bind to the target. The oligonucleotides may be ligated using a splint oligonucleotide (e.g., splint oligos of at least 6 nucleotides in length having 3′ and 5′ overhangs of, for example, 9+9, 9+8, 9+7, 9+6, 9+5, 8+8, 5+3, 4+7, 3+3 nucleotides, or any other possible variations in length or symmetry as contemplated and described in further detail below). In some embodiments, the ligase may be pre-enriched using ATP and/or inactivated using, for example, one or more proteases and/or heat. The amplified template may be quantified by any suitable method including, for example, real-time PCR (e.g., a TaqMan® assay or a molecular beacon assay).
- The improved processes disclosed and/or exemplified herein provide reduced work times from process start time to collection of results (e.g., faster), reduced hands-on time (e.g., simpler and cheaper), reduced lab plasticware usage (e.g., cheaper and more environmentally sound (“greener”)), and increased signals and sensitivities (e.g., more sensitive). In some embodiments, these improved processes provide simplified work flows by combining ligation and PCR steps, reduced dilution factors from the binding step to the ligation step, reduced binding probe concentrations to enable reduced dilution factors, use of shorter connector oligonucleotides (e.g., as few as 6 nucleotides in length) to control background signals, use of lower connector oligonucleotide concentrations to control background signals, use of SF ligases to enable use of shorter connector oligonucleotide lengths, ATP-enriched SF ligase purification schemes to omit ATP in ligation-PCR step, and/or enabling use of the entire reaction volume to improve PLA signal and sensitivity.
- The methods described herein are particularly useful in that the same may be used with various systems for detecting proteins. Exemplary of such systems include, for example, TaqMan® Protein Assays. TaqMan® Protein Assays are an adapted form of PLA™, a proximity ligation assay technology that combines antibody-protein binding with detection of the reporter nucleic acid by real-time PCR. Applied Biosystems has optimized this technique for use with crude cell and tissue lysates and combined it with TaqMan® chemistry to create a highly sensitive and specific process for measuring protein expression in small samples. Assays have been developed for the detection of OCT3/4, NANOG, SOX2, and LIN28 in human embryonic stem cells, as well as ICAM1 and CSTB to measure relative quantification in human cells. The basic steps of such assays include binding of a protein target by paired assay probes, ligation of the oligonucleotides by a DNA ligase, and amplification of the ligation product by TaqMan® real-time PCR assay. The probes used in the first step are typically target-specific antibodies conjugated to oligonucleotides through a biotin-streptavidin (SA) linkage. Each oligonucleotide in the pair presents a 5′ or 3′ end that are brought into proximity when the assay probes bind to two different epitopes on the target protein. The substrate for the ligase is typically a bridge structure formed by hybridization of a third oligonucleotide to the oligonucleotide ends of the assay probe pair. This structure forms preferentially when the assay probes are in proximity to each other. The ligation product typically serves the template in the TaqMan® real-time PCR assay. The systems may be used to, for example, to perform protein analysis on small samples (e.g., stem cells, germ cell tumors), correlate and/or validate results from RNA and protein quantitation, analyze post-translational modifications, validate siRNA-induced gene silencing, and/or validate gene transfection/transduction experiments. Data generated using these systems may be analyzed using software such as, for instance, ProteinAssist™ software package (Applied Biosystems™).
- To more clearly and concisely describe and point out the subject matter of the present disclosure, the following definitions are provided for specific terms, which are used in the following description and the appended claims. Throughout the specification, exemplification of specific terms should be considered as non-limiting examples.
- As used herein the terms “nucleotide” or “nucleotide base” refer to a nucleoside phosphate. It includes, but is not limited to, a natural nucleotide, a synthetic nucleotide, a modified nucleotide, or a surrogate replacement moiety or universal nucleotide (e.g., inosine). The nucleoside phosphate may be a nucleoside monophosphate, a nucleoside diphosphate or a nucleoside triphosphate. A “nucleotide” refers to a nucleotide, nucleoside or analog thereof. Optionally, the nucleotide is an N- or C-glycoside of a purine or pyrimidine base. (e.g., deoxyribonucleoside containing 2-deoxy-D-ribose or ribonucleoside containing D-ribose). Examples of other analogs include, without limitation, phosphorothioates, phosphoramidates, methyl phosphonates, chiral-methyl phosphonates, 2-O-methyl ribonucleotides. Nucleotide bases usually have a substituted or unsubstituted parent aromatic ring or rings. In certain embodiments, the aromatic ring or rings contain at least one nitrogen atom. In certain embodiments, the nucleotide base is capable of forming Watson-Crick and/or Hoogsteen hydrogen bonds with an appropriately complementary nucleotide base. Exemplary nucleotide bases and analogs thereof include, but are not limited to, purines such as 2-aminopurine, 2,6-diaminopurine, adenine (A), ethenoadenine, N6-Δ2-isopentenyladenine (6iA), N6-Δ2-isopentenyl-2-methylthioadenine (2ms6iA), N6-methyladenine, guanine (G), isoguanine, N2-dimethylguanine (dmG), 7-methylguanine (7 mG), 2-thiopyrimidine, 6-thioguanine (6sG) hypoxanthine and O6-methylguanine; 7-deaza-purines such as 7-deazaadenine (7-deaza-A) and 7-deazaguanine (7-deaza-G); pyrimidines such as cytosine (C), 5-propynylcytosine, isocytosine, thymine (T), 4-thiothymine (4sT), 5,6-dihydrothymine, 04-methylthymine, uracil (U), 4-thiouracil (4sU) and 5,6-dihydrouracil (dihydrouracil; D); indoles such as nitroindole and 4-methylindole; pyrroles such as nitropyrrole; nebularine; base (Y); etc. In certain embodiments, nucleotide bases are universal nucleotide bases. Additional exemplary nucleotide bases can be found, e.g., in Fasman, 1989, Practical Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, pp. 385-394, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., and the references cited therein. A “universal base”, as used herein, is a base that is complementary to more than one other base. Fully universal bases can pair with any of the bases typically found in naturally occurring nucleic acids. The base need not be equally capable of pairing with each of the naturally occurring bases. Alternatively, the universal base may pair only or selectively with two or more bases but not all bases. Optionally the universal base pairs only or selectively with purines, or alternatively with pyrimidines. If so desired, two or more universal bases can be included at a particular position in a probe. A number of universal bases are known in the art including, but not limited to, hypoxanthine, 3-nitropyrrole, 4-nitroindole, 5-nitroindole, 4-nitrobenzimidazole, 5-nitroindazole, 8-aza-7-deazaadenine, 6H,8H-3,4-dihydropyrimido[4,5-c][1,2]oxazin-7-one (P. Kong Thoo Lin. and D. M. Brown, Nucleic Acids Res., 1989, 17, 10373-10383), 2-amino-6-methoxyaminopurine (D. M. Brown and P. Kong Thoo Lin, Carbohydrate Research, 1991, 216, 129-139), etc. Hypoxanthine is one preferred fully universal base. Nucleosides comprising hypoxanthine include, but are not limited to, inosine, isoinosine, 2′-deoxyinosine, and 7-deaza-2′-deoxyinosine, 2-aza-2′deoxyinosine. Naturally occurring and synthetic analogs may also be used, including for example hypoxanthine, 2-aminoadenine, 2-thiouracil, 2-thiothymine, 5-N4 ethencytosine, 4-aminopyrrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine and 6-amino-4-hydroxy[3,4-d]pyrimidine, among others. The nucleotide units of the oligonucleotides may also have a cross-linking function (e.g. an alkylating agent).
- A nucleoside is usually a compound having a nucleotide base covalently linked to the C-1′ carbon of a pentose sugar. In certain embodiments, the linkage is via a heteroaromatic ring nitrogen. Typical pentose sugars include, but are not limited to, those pentoses in which one or more of the carbon atoms are each independently substituted with one or more of the same or different —R, —OR, —NRR or halogen groups, where each R is independently hydrogen, (C1-C6) alkyl or (C5-C14) aryl. The pentose sugar may be saturated or unsaturated. Exemplary pentose sugars and analogs thereof include, but are not limited to, ribose, 2′-deoxyribose, 2′-(C1-C6)alkoxyribose, 2′-(C5-C14)aryloxyribose, 2′,3′-dideoxyribose, 2′,3′-didehydroribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-haloribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-fluororibose, 2′-deoxy-3′-chlororibose, 2′-deoxy-3′-aminoribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-(C1-C6)alkylribose, 2′-deoxy-3′-(C1-C6)alkoxyribose and 2′-deoxy-3′-(C5-C14)aryloxyribose. One or more of the pentose carbons of a nucleoside may be substituted with a phosphate ester, as disclosed in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 7,255,994. In certain embodiments, the nucleosides are those in which the nucleotide base is a purine, a 7-deazapurine, a pyrimidine, a universal nucleotide base, a specific nucleotide base, or an analog thereof. Nucleotide analogs include derivatives in which the pentose sugar and/or the nucleotide base and/or one or more of the phosphate esters of a nucleoside may be replaced with its respective analog. Exemplary pentose sugar analogs and nucleotide base analog are described above. Exemplary phosphate ester analogs include, but are not limited to, alkylphosphonates, methylphosphonates, phosphoramidates, phosphotriesters, phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, phosphoroselenoates, phosphorodiselenoates, phosphoroanilothioates, phosphoroanilidates, phosphoroamidates, boronophosphates, etc., and may include associated counterions. Other nucleotide analogs are nucleotide analog monomers which can be polymerized into polynucleotide analogs in which the DNA/RNA phosphate ester and/or sugar phosphate ester backbone is replaced with a different type of linkage. Exemplary polynucleotide analogs include, but are not limited to, peptide nucleic acids, in which the sugar phosphate backbone of the polynucleotide is replaced by a peptide backbone. The internucleoside linkages can be a phosphodiester linkage, although other linkages (e.g., scissile linkages which can be substantially cleaved under conditions in which phosphodiester linkages are not substantially cleaved) can be used. For example, a linkage that contains an AP endonuclease sensitive site, for example an abasic residue, a residue containing a damaged base that is a substrate for removal by a DNA glycosylase, or another residue or linkage that is a substrate for cleavage by an AP endonuclease, or a disaccharide nucleoside.
- As used herein, the term “oligonucleotide” (“oligo”) or “polynucleotide” may refer to an oligomer of nucleotides or derivatives thereof. Polynucleotides include double- and single-stranded DNA, as well as double- and single-stranded RNA, DNA:RNA hybrids, peptide-nucleic acids (PNAs) and hybrids between PNAs and DNA or RNA, and also include known types of modifications, for example, labels which are known in the art, methylation, “caps,” substitution of one or more of the naturally occurring nucleotides with an analog, internucleotide modifications such as, for example, those with uncharged linkages (e.g., methyl phosphonates, phosphotriesters, phosphoramidates, carbonates, etc.), with negatively charged linkages (e.g., phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, etc.), and with positively charged linkages (e.g., aminoalklyphosphoramidates, aminoalkylphosphotriesters), those containing pendant moieties, such as, for example, proteins (including nucleases, toxins, antibodies, signal peptides, poly-L-lysine, etc.), those with intercalators (e.g., acridine, psoralen, etc.), those containing chelators (e.g., metals, radioactive metals, boron, oxidative metals, etc.), those containing alkylators, those with modified linkages (e.g., alpha anomeric nucleic acids, etc.), as well as unmodified forms of the polynucleotide or oligonucleotide. The oligomers may also include modified bases, and/or backbones (e.g., modified phosphate linkage or modified sugar moiety). Non-limiting examples of synthetic backbones that confer stability and/or other advantages to the oligomers may include phosphorothioate linkages, peptide nucleic acid, locked nucleic acid (Singh, et al. Chem Commum 4:455-456 (1998)), xylose nucleic acid, and/or analogues thereof. In other cases, the polynucleotide can contain non-nucleotidic backbones, for example, polyamide (e.g., peptide nucleic acids (PNAs)) and polymorpholino (commercially available from the Anti-Virals, Inc., Corvallis, Oreg., as Neugene™ polymers), and other synthetic sequence-specific nucleic acid polymers providing that the polymers contain nucleobases in a configuration which allows for base pairing and base stacking, such as is found in DNA and RNA.
- Oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides may be any length “n.” For example, n may be any of 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 etc. number of nucleotides. The polynucleotide structure (N)n represents an oligonucleotide consisting of n number of nucleotides N (e.g., (I)8 is representative of an oligonucleotide having the sequence IIIIIIII; or (A)12 is representative of an oligonucleotide having the sequence AAAAAAAAAAAA). Other types of oligonucleotides or polynucleotides may also be suitable for use as would be understood to one of skill in the art from this disclosure.
- Oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides may optionally be attached to one or more non-nucleotide moieties such as labels and other small molecules, large molecules such proteins, lipids, sugars, and solid or semi-solid supports, for example through either the 5′ or 3′ end. Labels include any moiety that is detectable using a detection method of choice, and thus renders the attached nucleotide or polynucleotide similarly detectable using a detection method of choice (e.g., using a SGC and/or detectable label). Optionally, the label emits electromagnetic radiation that is optically detectable or visible. In some cases, the nucleotide or polynucleotide is not attached to a label, and the presence of the nucleotide or polynucleotide is directly detected.
- As used herein, the term “nucleic acid” refers to polymers of nucleotides or derivatives thereof. As used herein, the term “target nucleic acid” refers to a nucleic acid that is desired to be amplified in a nucleic acid amplification reaction. For example, the target nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid template. In some embodiments, the target nucleic acid may be the product of the ligation of at least two oligonucleotides to one another.
- As used herein, the term “sequence” refers to a nucleotide sequence of an oligonucleotide or a nucleic acid. Throughout the specification, whenever an oligonucleotide/nucleic acid is represented by a sequence of letters, the nucleotides are in 5′ to 3′ order from left to right. For example, if the polynucleotide contains bases Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine, or Uracil, the polynucleotide sequence can be represented by a corresponding succession of letters A, G, C, T, or U), e.g., a DNA or RNA molecule. And, an oligonucleotide represented by a sequence (I)n(A)n wherein n=1, 2, 3, 4 and so on, represents an oligonucleotide where the 5′ terminal nucleotide(s) is inosine and the 3′ terminal nucleotide(s) is adenosine.
- Oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides can optionally be regarded as having “complementary” sequences if the same may hybridize to one another. The term “hybridization” typically refers to the process by which oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides become hybridized to each other. The adjectival term “hybridized” refers to two polynucleotides which are bonded to each other by two or more sequentially adjacent base pairings. Typically, these terms refer to “specific hybridization”. Two oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides may selectively (or specifically) hybridize to each other if they bind significantly or detectably to each other under stringent hybridization conditions when present in a complex polynucleotide mixture such as total cellular or library DNA. In some embodiments, for selective or specific hybridization, a positive signal is at least two times background, preferably 10 times background hybridization. Optionally, stringent conditions are selected to be about 5-10° C. lower than the thermal melting point for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength pH. Stringent conditions are optionally in which the salt concentration is less than about 1.0 M sodium ion, typically about 0.01 to 1.0 M sodium ion concentration (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and the temperature is at least about 30° C. for short probes (e.g., 10 to 50 nucleotides) and at least about 60° C. for long probes (e.g., greater than 50 nucleotides). Stringent conditions may also be achieved with the addition of destabilizing agents such as formamide. Exemplary stringent hybridization conditions can be as following: 50% formamide, 5×SSC, and 1% SDS, incubating at 42° C., or, 5×SSC, 1% SDS, incubating at 65° C., with wash in 0.2×SSC, and 0.1% SDS at 65° C. Nucleic acids that do not hybridize to each other under stringent conditions are still substantially identical if the polypeptides which they encode are substantially identical. “Nonspecific hybridization” is used to refer to any unintended or insignificant hybridization, for example hybridization to an unintended polynucleotide sequence other than the intended target polynucleotide sequence. The uninentended polynucleotide sequence can be on the same or different polynucleotide from the intended target. In some cases, the only intended hybridization can be from Watson-Crick base pairing between two polynucleotides. Other kinds of intended base pairings can include base pairing between corresponding analogs of such nucleotides or between iso-cytidine and iso-guanine. In some cases where hybridization is only intended between complementary bases, any bonding between non-complementary bases is considered to be non-specific hybridization.
- In some embodiments, complementary sequences may be those that, when hybridized together, may be efficiently ligated to a third polynucleotide that has hybridized adjacently to it. Similarly, nucleotide residues can be regarded as complementary if when both are base-paired with each other within two hybridized polynucleotides, either nucleotide can be ligated in a template-driven ligation reaction when situated as the terminal nucleotide in its polynucleotide. Nucleotides that are efficiently incorporated by DNA polymerases opposite each other during DNA replication under physiological conditions are also considered complementary. In an embodiment, complementary nucleotides can form base pairs with each other, such as the A-T/U and G-C base pairs formed through specific Watson-Crick type hydrogen bonding between the nucleobases of nucleotides and/or polynucleotides positions antiparallel to each other. The complementarity of other artificial base pairs can be based on other types of hydrogen bonding and/or hydrophobicity of bases and/or shape complementarity between bases. In appropriate instances, polynucleotides can be regarded as complementary when the same may undergo cumulative base pairing at two or more individual corresponding positions in antiparallel orientation, as in a hybridized duplex. Optionally there can be “complete” or “total” complementarity between a first and second polynucleotide sequence where each nucleotide in the first polynucleotide sequence can undergo a stabilizing base pairing interaction with a nucleotide in the corresponding antiparallel position on the second polynucleotide. “Partial” complementarity describes polynucleotide sequences in which at least 20%, but less than 100%, of the residues of one polynucleotide are complementary to residues in the other polynucleotide. A “mismatch” is present at any position in the two opposed nucleotides that are not complementary. In some ligation assays, a polynucleotide can undergo substantial template-dependent ligation even when it has one or more mismatches to its hybridized template. Optionally, the polynucleotide has no more than 4, 3, or 2 mismatches, e.g., 0 or 1 mismatch, with its template. In some assays, the polynucleotide will not undergo substantial template-dependent ligation unless it is at least 60% complementary, e.g., at least about 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 100% complementary to its template.
- “Degenerate”, with respect to a position in a polynucleotide that is one of a population of polynucleotides, means that the identity of the base of the nucleoside occupying that position varies among different members of the population. A population of polynucleotides in this context is optionally a mixture of polynucleotides within a single continuous phase (e.g., a fluid). The “position” can be designated by a numerical value assigned to one or more nucleotides in a polynucleotide, generally with respect to the 5′ or 3′ end. For example, the terminal nucleotide at the 3′ end of an extension probe may be assigned
position 1. Thus in a pool of extension probes ofstructure 3′-XXXNXXXX-5′, the N is atposition 4. A position is said to be k-fold degenerate if it can be occupied by nucleosides having any of k different identities. For example, a position that can be occupied by nucleosides comprising either of 2 different bases is 2-fold degenerate. - A “solid support”, as used herein, typically refers to a structure or matrix on or in which ligation and/or amplification reagents (e.g., nucleic acid molecules, microparticles, and/or the like) may be immobilized so that they are significantly or entirely prevented from diffusing freely or moving with respect to one another. The reagents can for example be placed in contact with the support, and optionally covalently or noncovalently attached or partially/completely embedded. The terms “microparticle,” “beads”, “microbeads”, etc., refer to particles (optionally but not necessarily spherical in shape) having a smallest cross-sectional length (e.g., diameter) of 50 microns or less, preferably 10 microns or less, 3 microns or less, approximately 1 micron or less, approximately 0.5 microns or less, e.g., approximately 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, or 0.4 microns, or smaller (e.g., under 1 nanometer, about 1-10 nanometer, about 10-100 nanometers, or about 100-500 nanometers). Microparticles (e.g., Dynabeads from from Dynal, Oslo, Norway) may be made of a variety of inorganic or organic materials including, but not limited to, glass (e.g., controlled pore glass), silica, zirconia, cross-linked polystyrene, polyacrylate, polymehtymethacrylate, titanium dioxide, latex, polystyrene, etc. Magnetization can fecilitate collection and concentration of the microparticle-attached reagents (e.g., polynucleotides or ligases) after amplification, and facilitates additional steps (e.g., washes, reagent removal, etc.). In certain embodiments of the invention a population of microparticles having different shapes sizes and/or colors can be used. The microparticles can optionally be encoded, e.g., with quantum dots such that each microparticle can be individually or uniquely identified.
- As used herein the term “reaction mixture” refers to the combination of reagents or reagent solutions, which are used to carry out a chemical analysis or a biological assay. In some embodiments, the reaction mixture comprises all necessary components to carry out a nucleic acid (DNA) synthesis/amplification reaction. As described above, such reaction mixtures may include at least one amplification primer pair suitable for amplifying a nucleic acid sequence of interest (e.g., target nucleic acid). As described above, a suitable reaction mixture may also include a “master mix” containing the components (e.g., typically not including the primer pair) needed to perform an amplification reaction (e.g., detergent, magnesium, buffer components, etc.). Other embodiments of reaction mixtures are also contemplated herein as would be understood by one of skill in the art.
- As used herein, the terms “reagent solution” or “solution suitable for performing a DNA synthesis reaction” refer to any or all solutions, which are typically used to perform an amplification reaction or DNA synthesis. They include, but are not limited to, solutions used in DNA amplification methods, solutions used in PCR amplification reactions, or the like. The solution suitable for DNA synthesis reaction may comprise buffer, salts, and/or nucleotides. It may further comprise primers and/or DNA templates to be amplified. One or more reagent solutions are typically included in the reactions mixtures or master mixes described herein.
- As used herein, the term “primer” or “primer sequence” refers to a short linear oligonucleotide that hybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence (e.g., a DNA template to be amplified) to prime a nucleic acid synthesis reaction. The primer may be a RNA oligonucleotide, a DNA oligonucleotide, or a chimeric sequence (e.g., comprising RNA and DNA). The primer may contain natural, synthetic, or modified nucleotides. Both the upper and lower limits of the length of the primer are empirically determined. The lower limit on primer length is the minimum length that is required to form a stable duplex upon hybridization with the target nucleic acid under nucleic acid amplification reaction conditions. Very short primers (usually less than 3 nucleotides long) do not form thermodynamically stable duplexes with target nucleic acid under such hybridization conditions. The upper limit is often determined by the possibility of having a duplex formation in a region other than the pre-determined nucleic acid sequence in the target nucleic acid. Generally, suitable primer lengths are in the range of about any of, for example, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, (and so on) nucleotides in length.
- In some embodiments, the terms “probe(s)”, “oligonucleotide(s)” and/or “primer(s)” may be interchangeable terms herein, so that any one of these may be taken as a reference to another. The terms “polynucleotide”, “oligonucleotide”, “probe”, “primer”, “template”, “nucleic acid” and the like may be taken to refer to a populations or pools of individual molecules that are substantially identical across their entire length or across a relevant portion of interest. For example, the term “template” may indicate a plurality of template molecules that are substantially identical, etc. In the case of polynucleotides that are degenerate at one or more positions, it will be appreciated that the degenerate polynucleotide may comprise a plurality of polynucleotide molecules, which have sequences that are substantially identical only at the nondegenerate position(s) and differ in sequence at the degenerate positions. Thus, reference to “a” polynucleotide (e.g., “a” primer, probe, oligonucleotide, template, etc.) may be taken to mean a population of substantially identical polynucleotide molecules, such that the plural nature of a population of substantially identical nucleic acid molecules need not be explicitly indicated, but may if so desired. These terms are also intended to provide adequate support for a claim that explicitly specifies a single polynucleotide molecule itself.
- “Ligation” involves the formation of a covalent bond or linkage between the termini of two or more nucleic acids, e.g. oligonucleotides and/or polynucleotides, optionally in a template-driven reaction. Exemplary ligations may be carried out enzymatically to form a phosphodiester linkage between a 5′ carbon of a terminal nucleotide of one oligonucleotide with 3′ carbon of another oligonucleotide (e.g., using a ligase). The nature of the bond or linkage may vary widely and the ligation is preferably achieved enzymatically. The efficiency of ligation refers to the rate of ligation. Where the relative efficiency of ligation is specified in comparative or relative terms by comparison to a reference ligation assay, it is implicit that all other reagents and conditions (e.g., temperature, concentration of all reagents, pH, concentration of requisite ions such as Mg++ and Mn++, concentration of requisite cofactors such as NAD and/or ATP, salts, buffers, molar concentrations of all reagents, including enzyme, template, probe primer, oligonucleotides, etc) are otherwise kept identical. For example, a proviso that a ligase (e.g., an SFL (see below)) can ligate a short (e.g., less than 6 nucleotides) probe at least X % (e.g., where X is 100 or less; 100, 99, 95, 90, 85, 80, 75, 70, 50, 25, 10 1, 0.5, 0.1, etc., or any increment in between) as efficiently as the ligase can ligate a corresponding octanucleotide, may be understood to mean that the rate of ligation of the shorter probe occurs at a rate that is at least X % of the rate of ligation of the octanucleotide, where all reagents except for the probes (e.g., primer, template, enzymes and any other reagents) and all reaction conditions (e.g., temperature, reagent concentrations, concentrations of any other reagents, etc) are kept invariant for practical purposes. It is understood that ligation efficiency in absolute or relative terms may increase or decrease depending on the exact reaction conditions used.
- Optionally, ligation is performed under in-vitro conditions that have been experimentally determined to be suitable or optimal for ligase activity. Preferably, reaction conditions are kept substantially similar to in-vivo or physiological conditions in which a naturally-occurring form of the ligase being used is naturally active. Most preferably, the reaction conditions for a particular ligase are matched as closely as possible to exemplary in vitro ligation conditions described herein for that ligase. In other embodiments, the conditions are such that the reference ligation assay produces significant or detectable ligation within 30 minutes, within 10 minutes, within 1 minute, or within ten seconds. Another non-limiting example of a significant or detectable rate of ligation generates in the range of 100 pM of ligation product, optionally about 1000 pM or 10,000 pM, in an appropriate amount of time (e.g., 10 minutes).
- Along similar lines, it should be understood that a statement that a result has occurred (e.g., ligation, binding) is intended to indicate that the result has occurred at a significant or substantial level or an enhanced level compared to when it has not occurred. For example, ligation is said to have not occurred if it is not significant, insubstantial or greatly reduced (e.g., reduced by at least 80%, 90%, 95% or 99% compared to when ligation does occur (e.g., under the conditions described in the last paragraph). In reference to ligation of two polynucleotides, the “proximal” terminus of either polynucleotide is ther terminus that is intended to be ligated to the other polynucleotide. It is generally the terminus that is closer to the other polynucleotide, or the terminus that is contacted by the active site of the ligase, or ther terminus that is eventually ligated to the other polynucleotide, while the opposite terminus is the “distal” terminus. The terminal nucleotide residue at the proximal terminus can be termed the proximal nucleotide, and the proximal nucleotide position optionally designated as
position 1, the penultimate nucleotide position asposition 2, etc. In some non-limiting instances of template-dependent ligation, the proximal termini of both polynucleotides are hybridized adjacently to each other. - An exemplary type of enzymatic ligation (double-stranded ligation) includes the formation of a covalent bond between nucleotides of a polynucleotide (e.g., resulting in circularization) or between two or more polynucleotides (e.g., a first double-stranded terminus of a first polynucleotide and a second different double-stranded terminus of a second polynucleotide). The polynucleotides may be different, or may be the same. Polynucleotides may also be ligated using a “splint” oligonucleotide which may be used to link nucleotides that the user desires to ligate (e.g., on the same or different polynucleotides). Optionally, the ends of both double-stranded termini may be joined irrespective of their sequences (e.g., blunt-end ligation, or non-homologous end joining).
- In another variation, two double-stranded polynucleotides with protruding single-stranded ends that are complementary to each other can be ligated (e.g., cohesive-end ligation). In other instances, the ligation can ligate two single-stranded polynucleotides, either or both of which has optionally hybridized (annealed) to another nucleotide sequence. In template-dependent ligation, ligation between a first polynucleotide and a second polynucleotide occurs upon hybridization of at least a portion of either or both polynucleotides to a target sequence. The target sequence can be a portion of either polynucleotide (e.g., self-hybridization or hybridization to each other) or to a sequence on a third different polynucleotide (e.g., a “splint” oligonucleotide). The hybridized portion of the polynucleotide may be, for example, not more than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 15 or 20 nucleotides long. The hybridized portion is optionally a terminal portion of the nucleotide (e.g., includes the 5′ or 3′ nucleotide). For example, the hybridized portion can consist of the 5′ or 3′ terminal nucleotide, or the
terminal - In other cases, ligation occurs when one, two or three mismatches can be present within the hybridized portion. In some cases ligation does not occur when the terminal nucleotide and/or second-most terminal nucleotide and/or third-most terminal nucleotide is mismatched. As mentioned, the terminal nucleotides can be the 5′- or 3′-terminal nucleotides of the polynucleotide. An exemplary type of assay makes use of template-dependent ligation between a first single-stranded polynucleotide and a second single-stranded polynucleotide, where ligation can be effected when either or both polynucleotides is/are hybridized to a third different single-stranded polynucleotide. In some instances, both probes must hybridize to the template for significant ligation to occur. For ease of reference, the first polynucleotide is called the “initializing probe,” the second polynucleotide called the “extension probe” and the third polynucleotide called the “template.”
- In some variations, (e.g., “nick ligation”), both probes must hybridize adjacently to each other on the template for ligation to occur. In some assays, the probes are adjacently hybridized and can be ligated only when a terminal nucleotide of the initializing probe is hybridized to a first nucleotide of the template and a terminal nucleotide of the extension probe is hybridized to a second nucleotide of the template, where the first and second nucleotides on the template are not separated by an intervening nucleotide of the template. In other embodiments, a few intervening nucleotides may be present between the first and second nucleotides on the template (e.g., 1, 2, 3 or more nucleotides). In such embodiments, a “gap-filling” step can be performed to extend the 3′ terminus of one probe before it can be ligated to the 5′ terminus of the other probe.
- In the methods described herein, the terminal nucleotide of the initializing probe can be the 5′ terminal nucleotide and the terminal nucleotide of the extension probe can be the 3′ terminal nucleotide. Alternatively, the terminal nucleotide of the initializing probe can be the 3′ terminal nucleotide and the terminal nucleotide of the extension probe can be the 5′ terminal nucleotide. The ligation product of any one reaction can optionally be subjected to further ligation and/or non-ligation reactions in turn. For example, the ligation product can be used as the initializing probe or extension probe or template in a subsequent ligation. Also for example, it can be used as a template or primer for polymerase extension, such as in polymerase chain reaction (PCR). It can be cleaved enzymatically or chemically (for example when it has scissile linkages), treated with exo- or endonucleases, kinases, phosphatases, etc. The ends of a double-stranded product can be blunt-ended or filled in, capped, or adenylated, etc.
- As used herein, “splint oligonucleotide,” “splint oligo,” or “connector” refers to an oligonucleotide that is used to provide an annealing site or a “ligation template” for joining two ends of a nucleic acid molecule or molecules using a ligase or another enzyme with ligase activity. The ligation splint holds the ends adjacent to each other and “creates a ligation junction” between the 5′-phosphorylated and a 3′-hydroxylated ends that are to be ligated. For example, when a ligation splint oligo is used to join the 3′-end of a first probe oligo (oligo A) to the 5′-end of a second probe oligo, the ligation splint oligo has a sequence complementary to the 3′-end of oligo A (e.g., oligo tail sequence, and a second neighboring sequence (e.g., an adjacent sequence) that is complementary to the 5′-end of oligo B (
FIG. 4A andFIG. 4B ). - In some embodiments of the improved PLA processes splint oligos can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical depending on the number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two oligo probes it is connecting or ligating.
FIG. 4A andFIG. 4B diagrams asymmetrical and symmetrical splint types for use in the improved PLA processes as described herein. In some embodiments, asymmetrical splints (or “connectors”) span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with one of the ends of the splint (e.g., either the 3′-end or the 5′-end) having more nucleotides that hybridize to one of the probe oligos than the other end of the splint has nucleotides that hybridize to the alternative probe oligo (FIG. 4A ). In other embodiments, symmetrical splints span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with both ends of the splint (e.g., the 3′ end and the 5′ end) having equal number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two probe oligos (FIG. 4B ). - Both asymmetrical and symmetrical splints can have any number of intervening nucleotides between each of its 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the separate probe oligos. Alternatively, there may be no intervening nucleotides between each of the 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the probe oligos. In preferred embodiments, splint oligonucleotides (oligos) are at least 6 nucleotides long (e.g., 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or more). In certain other embodiments, each of the 3′- or 5′-ends of the splint oligo will comprise at least 3 (e.g., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more) nucleotides that separately hybridize to (or “overlap”) an oligo probe, herein referred to as the “overhang” region.
- In some embodiments of the improved PLA processes the splint oligo is blocked at its 3′-end. The blocking agent can be any covalently connected moiety that prevents polymerase activity. This 3′ blocked splint oligo is then prevented from interfering with the PCR reaction part of the improved PLA process. In some embodiments, for example, the 3′ blocking agent can include, but is not limited to, 3′-fluoro-, 3′-bromo-, 3′-iodo-, 3′-deoxy-, 3′-methyl-, 3′-methoxy, 3′-phosphate, 3′-aminolink, 3′-abasic amidite, or any other 3′ modification groups. Those of ordinary skill in the art would be able to further contemplate other blocking agents for use as disclosed herein.
- Any one or more of the ligation methods provided herein can be used in a ligation assay. Non-limiting example of ligation assays include a oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA), a ligase chain reaction (LCR), a ligase detection reaction (LDR) and combination assays such as the OLA coupled with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), e.g., OLA-PCR and PCR-OLA, the Combined Chain Reaction (CCR; a combination of PCR and LCR) and PCR-LDR (see, e.g., Landegren et al., Science 241:1077-80, 1988; Barany, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 88:189-93, 1991; Grossman et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 22(21):4527-34, 1994; Bi and Stambrook, Nucl. Acids Res. 25(14):2949-51, 1997; Zirvi et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 27(24):e40, 1999; U.S. Pat. No. 4,988,617; and PCT Publication Nos. WO 97/31256 and WO 01/92579. Such assays have been used for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis, SNP genotyping, mutation detection, identification of single copy genes, detecting microsatellite repeat sequences, and DNA adduct mapping, among other things. See also Whitely et al, U.S. Pat. No. 4,883,750; Letsinger et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,476,930; Fung et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,593,826; Kool, U.S. Pat. No. 5,426,180; Landegren et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,871,921; Xu and Kool, Nucleic Acids Research, 27: 875-881 (1999); Higgins et al, Methods in Enzymology, 68: 50-71 (1979); Engler et al, The Enzymes, 15-3-29 (1982); and Namsaraev, U.S. Pat. Pub. 2004/0110213. The fidelity of several known ligases, based on for example the evaluation of mismatch ligation or ligation rates, has been reported. For example, the NAD+-dependent ligase from the hyperthermophilic bacteria Aquifex aeolicus reportedly generates detectable 3′ misligation products with C:A, T:G, and G:T mismatches (Tong et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 28(6):1447-54, 2000); a partially purified preparation of bovine DNA ligase III reportedly generated detectable 3′ misligation products with C:T, G:T, and T:G mismatches, while human ligase I generated detectable 3′ misligation products with C:T and G:T mismatches, but not T:G mismatches (Husain et al., J. Biol. Chem. 270(16):9683-90, 1995); and the DNA ligase from the thermophilic bacteria Thermus thermophilus (Tth) reportedly generates detectable levels of 3′ misligation products with T:G and G:T mismatches (Luo et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 24(14):3071-78, 1996). Bacteriophage T4 DNA ligase reportedly generates detectable misligation products with a wide range of mismatched substrates and appears to have lower fidelity than Thermus species ligases by at least one to two orders of magnitude (Landegren et al., Science 241:1077-80, 1988; Tong et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 27(3):788-94, 1999).
- A particularly useful assay is the oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA). The OLA is a convenient, highly-stringent method that permits distinction among known DNA sequence variants (Landegren, 1988). For instance, multiplex analysis of highly polymorphic loci is useful for identification of individuals, e.g., for paternity testing and in forensic science, organ transplant donor-receiver matching, genetic disease diagnosis, prognosis, and pre-natal counseling, and other genetic-based testing which depend on the discrimination of single-base differences at a multiplicity of loci (Delahunty, 1996). Products of a multiplex OLA may be resolved electrophoretically from one another and from unligated probes under denaturing conditions with fluorescence detection (Grossman, 1994). For example, two PNA-DNA chimeras, a wild-type (WT) sequence chimera and a mutant sequence chimera, may bear different fluorescent dyes. Only when the mutant sequence is present in the target sample, will the mutant sequence chimera ligate to the adjacently annealed second probe (oligo) if the mutant base pair is at the ligation site. The ligation products may be discriminated by separation based on: (i) size using electrophoresis or chromatography and/or (ii) detectable labels (Grossman, 1994). With a plurality of fluorescent dyes labeled to chimeras with sequences targeting unique target sequences, multiplexed OLA can be conducted on a single sample in a single vessel. Requirements for efficient multiplex OLA include probes that anneal and ligate in a highly specific and rapid manner. The chimeras and second probe sequences may be selected such that the mutant base, or single base polymorphism, may be at the 5′-phosphate of the second probe or the 3′-terminus of the chimera. It is contemplated that OLA experiments of the present invention may be conducted on solid supports where the template nucleic acid, PNA-DNA chimeric probe, or the second probe may be immobilized on a solid particle or bead, or a solid porous or non-porous surface. When immobilized, the template, chimera or second probe is preferably covalently attached to the solid substrate, e.g. via a terminal monomer unit. The solid substrate may be polystyrene, controlled-pore-glass, silica gel, silica, polyacrylamide, magnetic beads, polyacrylate, hydroxyethylmethacrylate, polyamide, polyethylene, polyethyleneoxy, and copolymers and grafts of any of the above solid substrates. The configuration or format of the solid substrate may be small particles or beads of approximately 1 to 50 μm in diameter, membranes, frits, slides, plates, micromachined chips, alkanethiol-gold layers, non-porous surfaces, and polynucleotide-immobilizing media.
- As described above, enzymatic ligation is typically accomplished using a ligase, which may be a polypeptide. Suitable ligases include, for example, nucleic acid ligase, oligonucleotide ligase, DNA ligase, RNA ligase, and the like. Suitable RNA ligases include those described or used in, for example, any of U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,582,802; 5,665,545; 6,194,637; 6,444,429; 6,455,274; 6,576,453; 6,635,425; 6,855,523; 7,811,753; and the like, and/or any of U.S. Pat. Pubs. 2004/0171047A1, 2004/0191871A1, 2005/0266487A1, 2006/0223098A1, 2007/0037190A1, 2008/0160526A1; 2009/0061481A1, 2010/0099683A1, and/or 2010/0184618A1; and the like, all of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety into this application. Exemplary DNA ligases may include, for example, T3 DNA ligase, T4 DNA ligase, T5 DNA ligase, T7 DNA ligase, vaccinia virus DNA ligase, E. coli DNA ligase, mammalian DNA ligase I, mammalian DNA ligase II, mammalian DNA ligase III, Tth DNA ligase, KOD DNA ligase, a thermostable DNA ligase, and/or derivatives, fragments, and/or combinations thereof. Suitable RNA ligases include those described or used in, for example, any of U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,661,450; 5,516,664; 5,602,000; 5,807,674; 6,368,801; 6,492,161; 6,635,453; and the like, or any of U.S. Pat. Pub. Nos. 2003/0082536A1; 2004/0058330A1; 2005/0266439A1; 2005/0074774A1; 2008/0045418A1; 2010/00159526A1; and the like, all of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety into this application. Exemplary RNA ligases may include, for example, T4 RNA ligase, bacteriophage RB69 RNA ligase, Autographa californica nuclearpolyhedrosis virus RNA ligase, a thermophilic RNA ligase, bacteriophage RM378 RNA ligase, bacteriophage TS2126 RNA ligase, and/or derivatives, fragments, and/or combinations thereof.
- In some embodiments, the ligase is a “small footprint ligase” (SFL). A SFL has the the ability to ligate short polynucleotides (e.g., at least about 3 nucleotides). As described herein, a SFL may ligate oligonucleotides having a connector oligo length of as short as 3 base of hybridized DNA adjacent to 5′-phosphate hybridized DNA. In some embodiments, the SFL may be used to ligate oligonucleotides comprising short overlap sequences (e.g., short connector oligo length). For instance, the SFL may be used to ligate oligonucleotides of various nucleotides in length, whereby each oligo has at least a 3 nucleotide overlap with the splint oligo. Typical ligases would be better suited for ligating longer oligonucleotides (e.g., comprising 9 or more nucleotides; comprising 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 25, 30, etc nucleotides). In this way, oligonucleotide concentration may also be reduced to minimize chance of solution hybridization promoted non-antigen-binding ligation. For combining the ligation and PCR reaction into one step, ATP (cofactor for the ligase) can be omitted from the reaction mixture. In order to maintain the ligase function, the SFL may be pre-enriched with ATP prior to its purification and use.
- A SFL may be a naturally occurring or non-naturally occurring (e.g., artificial, synthetic) ligase. A SFL can comprise a polypeptide sequence that is homologous to or a variant of a known ligase sequence or any portion thereof. Exemplary SFLs can have amino acid sequence identity of at least 70%, optionally at least 85%, optionally at least 90 or 95%, with a known ligase, and possesses one or more functional activities of a ligase. A SFL can thus comprise a polypeptide having any one or more of the following activities: (1) nucleophilic attack on ATP or NAD+ resulting in release of PPi or NMN and formation of a covalent ligase-adenylate intermediate; (2) transferring the adenylate to the 5′-end of the 5′-phosphate-terminated DNA strand to form DNA-adenylate (e.g., the 5′-phosphate oxygen of the DNA strand attacks the phosphorus of ligase-adenylate); and, (3) formation of a covalent bond joining the polynucleotide termini and liberation of AMP (e.g., by the attack by the 3′-OH on DNA-adenylate). Optionally, the SFL can mediate any one or more of the following bond transformations: from phosphoanhydride (ATP) to phosphoramidate (ligase-adenylate); from phosphoramidate (ligase-adenylate) to phosphoanhydride (DNA-adenylate); and/or from phosphoanhydride (DNA-adenylate) to phosphodiester (sealed DNA). The SFL in one aspect is an enzyme that can mediate the formation of a covalent bond between two polynucleotide termini, e.g., a 3′-OH terminus and a 5′-PO4 terminus are joined together to form a phosphodiester bond. In some instances, DNA ligation entails any one or more of three sequential nucleotidyl transfer steps, discussed below. All three chemical steps depend on a divalent cation cofactor. In one aspect, the SFL is an ATP-dependent ligase or a NAD+-dependent ligase.
- For example, the SFL can comprise any one or more domains characteristic of a ligase (e.g., an N-terminal nucleotidyltransferase (NTase) domain and/or a C-terminal OB domain). The OB domain optionally comprises a five-stranded antiparallel beta-barrel plus an alpha-helix. Within the NTase domain is an adenylate-binding pocket composed of the six peptide motifs that define the covalent NTase enzyme family of polynucleotide ligases. Optionally, the NTase domain can comprise any one or more of the ligase amino acid motifs I, III, IIIa, IV, and/or V, and preferably all six motifs. Motif I (e.g., KxDGxR or a “KXDG” motif) optionally contains a lysine. Exemplary sequences for each motif in CV ligase are ATPKIDGIR (motif I) (SEQ ID NO.: 1), SRT (motif Ia), EGSDGEIS (motif III) (SEQ ID NO.: 2), YWFDY (motif IIIa) (SEQ ID NO.: 3), EGVMIR (motif IV) (SEQ ID NO.: 4), LLKMK (motif V) (SEQ ID NO.:5).
Motif 1 pfy contains a lysine residue. Other examples of motif I include CELKLDGLA (SEQ ID NO.: 6), VEHKVDGLS (SEQ ID NO.: 7), CEPKLDGLA (SEQ ID NO.: 8), CELKLDGVA (SEQ ID NO.: 9), AEIKYDGVR (SEQ ID NO.: 10), CEYKYDGQR (SEQ ID NO.: 11), VDYKYDGER (SEQ ID NO.: 12), FEIKYDGAR (SEQ ID NO.: 13), FEGKWDGYR (SEQ ID NO.: 14), AREKIHGTN (SEQ ID NO.: 15), ACEKVHGTN (SEQ ID NO.: 16), ILTKEDGSL (SEQ ID NO.: 17), and VEEKVDGYN (SEQ ID NO.: 18). Examples of motif Ia include TRG, SRT, SRR, SRN, SRS, KRT, KRS, SKG and TRG. Examples of motif III include LEVRGEVF (SEQ ID NO.: 19), VEVRGECY (SEQ ID NO.: 20), LEVRGEVY (SEQ ID NO.: 21), LEARGEAF (SEQ ID NO.: 22), FMLDGELM (SEQ ID NO.: 23), EGSDGEIS (SEQ ID NO.: 24), FILDTEAV (SEQ ID NO.: 25), FIIEGEIV (SEQ ID NO.: 26), AIVEGELV (SEQ ID NO.: 27), VVLDGEAV (SEQ ID NO.: 28), YQVFGEFA (SEQ ID NO.: 29), LVLNGELF (SEQ ID NO.: 30), FTANFEFV (SEQ ID NO.: 31) and LILVGEMA (SEQ ID NO.: 32). Examples of motif IIIa include FCYGV (SEQ ID NO.: 33), FLYTV (SEQ ID NO.: 34), TFYAL (SEQ ID NO.: 35), ICHGL (SEQ ID NO.: 36), NAYGI (SEQ ID NO.: 37), FVYGL (SEQ ID NO.: 38), KLYAI (SEQ ID NO.: 39), YWFDY (SEQ ID NO.: 40), YAFDI (SEQ ID NO.: 41), FLFDL (SEQ ID NO.: 42), NLFDV (SEQ ID NO.: 43), WAFDL (SEQ ID NO.: 44), YVFDI (SEQ ID NO.: 45), FAFDI (SEQ ID NO.: 46), ILLNA (SEQ ID NO.: 47), and FLFDV (SEQ ID NO.: 48). Examples of motif IV include DGVVIK (SEQ ID NO.: 49), DGIVIK (SEQ ID NO.: 50), DGVVVK (SEQ ID NO.: 51), DGTVLK (SEQ ID NO.: 52), EGLIVK (SEQ ID NO.: 53), EGVMIR (SEQ ID NO.: 54), EGLMVK (SEQ ID NO.: 55), EGVMVK (SEQ ID NO.: 56), EGLMAK (SEQ ID NO.: 57), EGVIAK (SEQ ID NO.: 58), EGYVLK (SEQ ID NO.: 59), EGVVIR (SEQ ID NO.: 60), EGYVAV (SEQ ID NO.: 61), and EGIIMK (SEQ ID NO.: 62). Examples of motif V include AVAFK (SEQ ID NO.: 63), AIAYK (SEQ ID NO.: 64), ALAYK (SEQ ID NO.: 65), AIAYK (SEQ ID NO.: 66), WWKMK (SEQ ID NO.: 67), LLKMK (SEQ ID NO.: 68), WLKLK (SEQ ID NO.: 69), WIKLK (SEQ ID NO.: 70), WLKIK (SEQ ID NO.: 71), WVKDK (SEQ ID NO.: 72), AIKCK (SEQ ID NO.: 73), IIKLR (SEQ ID NO.: 74), HFKIK (SEQ ID NO.: 75) and IVKYV (SEQ ID NO.: 76). The SFL optionally comprises all six motifs. Optionally all six motifs are found together in a naturally-occurring ligase, such as a SFL identified herein. In some embodiments, the SFL is not an RNA-capping enzyme. The ligase optionally comprises any functional portion of a SFL. The ligase can be homologous to a SFL or any functional portion thereof, for example more than 75%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 99% homologous at the amino acid level. An exemplary SFL is a Chlorella virus DNA ligase (ChVLig) (Ho, et al., J Virol, 71(3):1931-19374 (1997)) or functional fragment or variant thereof. Representative examples of SFLs include CV ligase, DLX, DLXd, DLXd2 and MnM ligase. A preferred SFL is Chlorella Virus ligase. Some exemplary ligases are identified and their GI or accession numbers are provided in TABLE 1 below: -
TABLE 1 PRK08224 B. Acidobacteria Bacteria; Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria group; Acidobacteria; unclassifed Acidobacteria; Candidatus Koribacter; Candidatus Koribacter versatilis Candidatus Solibacter usitatus ATP-Dependent YP_826317 Ellin6076Candidatus Solibacter (1 proteins) DNA Ligase C. Actinobacteria Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria (class); Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Corynebacterineae; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium gilvum PYR- ATP-Dependent YP_001132524 GCKMycobacterium (26 proteins) DNA Ligase Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 ATP-Dependent YP_ 956315 Mycobacterium (26 proteins) DNA Ligase Mycobacterium sp. MCSMycobacterium ATP-Dependent YP_642076 (26 proteins) DNA Ligase F. Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Bacteria; Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia group; Verrucomicrobia; Opitutae; Opitutales; Opitutaceae; Opitutus; Opitutus terrae Opitutus terrae PB90-1Opitutus (1 proteins) ATP-Dependent YP_001821013 DNA Ligase PRK09125 Organism Protein name Accession O. Betaproteobacteria Neisseria meningitidis Z2491Neisseria DNA ligase YP_002341892 (7 proteins) Thiobacillus denitrificans ATCC DNA ligase YP_314570 25259Thiobacillus (1 proteins) Variovorax paradoxus S110Variovorax DNA ligase YP_002944627 (1 proteins) Verminephrobacter eiseniae DNA ligase YP_ 998235 EF01-2Verminephrobacter (1 proteins) P. Deltaproteobacteria Desulfobacterium autotrophicum LigA2 YP_002604477 HRM2Desulfobacterium (1 proteins) Myxococcus xanthus DK 1622Myxococcus DNA ligase YP_628883 (1 proteins) Q. Epsilonproteobacteria Campylobacter jejuni sub sp. jejuni NCTC ATP-dependent YP_002345037 11168Campylobacter (10 proteins) DNA ligase Sulfurimonas denitrificans DSM DNA ligase YP_393098 1251Sulfurimonas (1 proteins) R. Gammaproteobacteria Aggregatibacter aphrophilus ATP-dependent YP_003007537 NJ8700Aggregatibacter (2 proteins) DNA ligase Haemophilus influenzae PittEEHaemophilus ATP-dependent YP_001290961 (3 proteins) DNA ligase Shewanella baltica OS195Shewanella ATP-dependent YP_001554317 (18 proteins) DNA ligase Shewanella loihica PV-4Shewanella ATP-dependent YP_001093713 (18 proteins) DNA ligase Vibrio cholerae M66-2Vibrio (9 proteins) DNA ligase YP_002810248 PHA0454 Organism Protein name Accession b. Viruses Viruses; dsDNA viruses, no RNA stage; Caudovirales; Podoviridae; Autographivirinae; phiKMV-like viruses Pseudomonas phage LKD16phiKMV-like viruses ATP-dependent YP_001522807 (7 proteins) DNA ligase CLSZ2445448 Organism Protein name Accession a. Eukaryota Eukaryota; Alveolata; Ciliophora; Intramacronucleata; Oligohymenophorea; Peniculida; Parameciidae; Paramecium; Paramecium tetraurelia Paramecium tetraurelia strain d4-2Paramecium DNA XP_001347270 (5 proteins) ligase PRK07636 Organism Protein name Accession J. Firmicutes Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Bacillus; Bacillus clausii Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168Bacillus ATP-dependent NP_389932 Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; DNA ligase Geobacillus Geobacillus sp. Y412MC10Geobacillus ATP dependent YP_003240778 DNA ligase CLSK2551528 Organism Protein name Accession J. Firmicutes Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Bacillaceae; Geobacillus Geobacillus sp. Y412MC10Geobacillus (1 proteins) ATP dependent YP_003245332 DNA ligase CLSK2470953 Organism Protein name Accession C. Actinobacteria Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria (class); Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Micrococcineae; Micrococcaceae; Arthrobacter; Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 ATP dependent YP_002478427 (plasmid)Arthrobacter (2 proteins) DNA ligase CLSK2469924 Organism Protein name Accession J. Firmicutes Bacteria; Firmicutes; Bacilli; Bacillales; Alicyclobacillaceae; Alicyclobacillus; Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius; Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius subsp. acidocaldarius Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius subsp. acidocaldarius ATP dependent YP_003185050 DSM 446Alicyclobacillus DNA ligase CLSK2340991 Organism Protein name Accession N. Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Caulobacterales; Caulobacteraceae; Phenylobacterium; Phenylobacterium zucineum Phenylobacterium zucineum HLK1 ATP-dependent YP_002128631 (plasmid)Phenylobacterium (2 proteins) DNA ligase CLSK2333706 Organism Protein name Accession J. Firmicutes Bacteria; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Clostridiales; Peptococcaceae; Candidatus Desulforudis; Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator ATP dependent YP_001716762 MP104CCandidatus Desulforudis (1 proteins) DNA ligase CLSK962101 Organism Protein name Accession C. Actinobacteria Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria (class); Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Micromonosporineae; Micromonosporaceae; Salinispora; Salinispora arenicola Salinispora arenicola CNS-205Salinispora (2 proteins) DNA polymerase YP_001539124 LigD ligase region Salinispora tropica CNB-440Salinispora (2 proteins) ATP dependent YP_001160776 DNA ligase CLSK915249 Organism Protein name Accession C. Actinobacteria See CL5K2303611 above Bacteria; Actinobacteria; Actinobacteria (class); Actinobacteridae; Actinomycetales; Streptomycineae; Streptomycetaceae; Streptomyces; Streptomyces coelicolor Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680 putative ATP- NP_828839 (plasmid)Streptomyces (2 proteins) dependint DNA ligase Streptomyces sp. HK1 (plasmid)Streptomyces putative ATP- YP_001661618 (2 proteins) dependent DNA ligase CLSK862724 Organism Protein name Accession A. Archaea Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Archaeoglobi; Archaeoglobales; Archaeoglobaceae; Archaeoglobus; Archaeoglobus fulgidus Archaeoglobus fulgidus DSM 4304Archaeoglobus DNA ligase, NP_070553 (1 proteins) putative J. Firmicutes Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum SIPelotomaculum ATP-dependent YP_001211793 (1 proteins) DNA ligase Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus ATCC ATP dependent YP_001664477 33223Thermoanaerobacter (2 proteins) DNA ligase CLSK820690 Organism Protein name Accession A. Archaea Archaea; Euryarchaeota; environmental samples uncultured methanogenic archaeon RC-Ienvironmental ATP-dependent samples (1 proteins) DNA ligase YP_686457 N. Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Bradyrhizobiaceae; Bradyrhizobium; Bradyrhizobium japonicum Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110Bradyrhizobium DNA ligase NP_774671 (2 proteins) Bradyrhizobium sp. BTAilBradyrhizobium (2 dependent YP_001243518 proteins) putative ATP- DNA ligase CLSK808255 Organism Protein name Accession N. Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Sinorhizobium/Ensifer group; Sinorhizobium; Sinorhizobium medicae Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419Sinorhizobium DNA polymerase YP_001326990 (2 proteins) LigD ligase region Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 (plasmid)Sinorhizobium putative ATP- NP_437750 (2 proteins) dependent DNA ligase protein CLSK806855 Organism Protein name Accession N. Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Rhizobiaceae; Rhizobium/Agrobacterium group; Agrobacterium; Agrobacterium tumefaciens Agrobacterium tumefaciens str. C58 ATP-dependent NP_396032 (plasmid)Agrobacterium (3 proteins) DNA ligase Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii WSM1325 DNA polymerase YP_002973496 (plasmid)Rhizobium (10 proteins) domain LigD, ligase protein Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii WSM2304 DNA polymerase YP_002278005 (plasmid)Rhizobium (10 proteins) domain LigD, ligase protein CLSK390680 Organism Protein name Accession N. Alphaproteobacteria Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Alphaproteobacteria; Rhizobiales; Phyllobacteriaceae; Mesorhizobium; Mesorhizobium loti Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099Mesorhizobium hypothetical NP_108282 (3 proteins) protein - Additional exemplary SFLs may include, for example:
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(SF DNA Ligase, GenBank ID AAC96909.1, from Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus 1) (SEQ ID NO.: 77) MAITKPLLAATLENIEDVQFPCLATPKIDGIRSVKQTQMLSRTFKPIRNS VMNRLLTELLPEGSDGEISIEGATFQDTTSAVMTGHKMYNAKFSYYWFDY VTDDPLKKYIDRVEDMKNYITVHPHILEHAQVKIIPLIPVEINNITELLQ YERDVLSKGFEGVMIRKPDGKYKFGRSTLKEGILLKMKQFKDAEATIISM TALFKNTNTKTKDNFGYSKRSTHKSGKVEEDVMGSIEVDYDGVVFSIGTG FDADQRRDFWQNKESYIGKMVKFKYFEMGSKDCPRFPVFIGIRHEEDR; (MnM DNA Ligase, GenBank ID YP_333052.1, from Burkholderia pseudomallei 1710b (equivalent sequence to ABA50091)) (SEQ ID NO.: 78) MSGVPYGFKPNLAATLTKPELIKFPVWASPKIDGIRCVFFGGVAYSRSLK PIPNPVVQEFAKAYANLLEGLDGELTVGSPTDANCMQNSMAVMSKAAAPD FTFHVFDWFHPAQAHIEFWQRSDVVEDRIVQFYDRYPEVDIRAAPQVLCT SLAHLDTNEARWLADGYEGMMIRDHCGRYKFGRSTEREGGLVKVKRFTDA EAIVIGFEEEMHNANEAKRDATGRTERSTSKAGLHGKGTLGALVVKNERG IVFNIGTGFTAAQRADYWANHPSLFGKMVKFKHFDHGTVDAPRHPVFIGF RHPEDM; (Hin DNA Ligase, GenBank ID P44121, from Haemophilus influenza) (SEQ ID NO.: 79) MKFYRTLLLFFASSFAFANSDLMLLHTYNNQPIEGWVMSEKLDGVRGYWN GKQLLTRQGQRLSPPAYFIKDFPPFAIDGELFSERNHFEEIS T ITKSFKG DGWEKLKLYVFDVPDAEGNLFERLAKLKAHLLEHPTTYIEIIEQIPVKDK THLYQFLAQVENLQGEGVVVRNPNAPYERKRSSQILKLKTAR G EECTVIA HHKGKGQFENVMGALTCKNHRGEFKIGSGFNLNERENPPPIGSVITYKYR GITNSGKPRFATYWREKK; (DLX DNA Ligase, artificial ligase derived from Hin DNA ligase from Haemophilus influenza) (SEQ ID NO.: 80) MKFYRTLLLFFASSFAFANSDLMLLHTYNNQPIEGWVMSEKLDGVRGYWN GKQLLTRQGQRLSPPAYFIKDFPPFAIDGELFSERNHFEEIS S ITKSFKG DGWEKLKLYVFDVPDAEGNLFERLAKLKAHLLEHPTTYIEIIEQIPVKDK THLYQFLAQVENLQGEGVVVRNPNAPYERKRSSQILKLKTARGEECTVIA HHKGKGQFENVMGALTCKNHRGEFKIGSGFNLNERENPPPIGSVITYKYR GITNSGKPRFATYWREKK; (DLXd DNA Ligase, artificial ligase derived from Hin DNA ligase from Haemophilus influenza) (SEQ ID NO.: 81) MKFYRTLLLFFASSFAFANSDLMLLHTYNNQPIEGWVMSEKLDGVRGYWN GKQLLTRQGQRLSPPAYFIKDFPPFAIDGELFSERNHFEEIS S ITKSFKG DGWEKLKLYVFDVPDAEGNLFERLAKLKAHLLEHPTTYIEIIEQIPVKDK THLYQFLAQVENLQGEGVVVRNPNAPYERKRSSQILKLKTAR D EECTVIA HHKGKGQFENVMGALTCKNHRGEFKIGSGFNLNERENPPPIGSVITYKYR GITNSGKPRFATYWREKK; and, (DLXd2 DNA Ligase (Gammaproteobacteria, Haemophilus influenza) (modified)) (SEQ ID NO.: 82) MLLHTYNNQPIEGWVMSEKLDGVRGYWNGKQLLTRQGQRLSPPAYFIKDF PPFAIDGELFSERNHFEEIS S ITKSFKGDGWEKLKLYVFDVPDAEGNLFE RLAKLKAHLLEHPTTYIEIIEQIPVKDKTHLYQFLAQVENLQGEGVVVRN PNAPYERKRSSQILKLKTAR D EECTVIAHHKGKGQFENVMGALTCKNHRG EFKIGSGFNLNERENPPPIGSVITYKYRGITNSGKPRFATYWREKK. - As used herein, the terms “amplification”, “nucleic acid amplification”, or “amplifying” refer to the production of multiple copies of a nucleic acid template, or the production of multiple nucleic acid sequence copies that are complementary to the nucleic acid template. The amplification reaction may be a polymerase-mediated extension reaction such as, for example, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, any of the known amplification reactions may be suitable for use as described herein. The term “amplifying” that typically refers to an “exponential” increase in target nucleic acid may be used herein to describe both linear and exponential increases in the numbers of a select target sequence of nucleic acid. The term “amplification reaction mixture” and/or “master mix” may refer to an aqueous solution comprising the various (some or all) reagents used to amplify a target nucleic acid. Such reactions may also be performed using solid supports (e.g., an array). The reactions may also be performed in single or multiplex format as desired by the user. These reactions typically include enzymes, aqueous buffers, salts, amplification primers, target nucleic acid, and nucleoside triphosphates. Depending upon the context, the mixture can be either a complete or incomplete amplification reaction mixture. The method used to amplify the target nucleic acid may be any available to one of skill in the art. Any in vitro means for multiplying the copies of a target sequence of nucleic acid may be utilized. These include linear, logarithmic, and/or any other amplification method. While this disclosure may generally discuss PCR as the nucleic acid amplification reaction, it is expected that other types of nucleic acid amplification reactions, including both polymerase-mediated amplification reactions (such as HDA, RPA, and RCA), as well as ligase-mediated amplification reactions (such as LDR, LCR, and gap-versions of each), and combinations of nucleic acid amplification reactions such as LDR and PCR (see for example U.S. Pat. No. 6,797,470) may also be suitable. For example, in addition to those described elsewhere herein, various ligation-mediated reactions, where for example ligation probes are employed as opposed to PCR primers. Additional exemplary methods include polymerase chain reaction (PCR; see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,202; 4,683,195; 4,965,188; and/or 5,035,996), isothermal procedures (using one or more RNA polymerases (see, e.g., WO 2006/081222), strand displacement (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. RE39007E), partial destruction of primer molecules (see, e.g., WO2006087574)), ligase chain reaction (LCR) (see, e.g., Wu, et al., Genomics 4: 560-569 (1990)), and/or Barany, et al. PNAS USA 88:189-193 (1991)), Qβ RNA replicase systems (see, e.g., WO/1994/016108), RNA transcription-based systems (e.g., TAS, 3SR), rolling circle amplification (RCA) (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,854,033; U.S. Pub. No. 2004/265897; Lizardi et al. Nat. Genet. 19: 225-232 (1998); and/or Banér et al. Nucleic Acid Res., 26: 5073-5078 (1998)), and strand displacement amplification (SDA) (Little, et al. Clin Chem 45:777-784 (1999)), among others. These systems, along with the many other systems available to the skilled artisan, may be suitable for use in amplifying target nucleic acids for use as described herein.
- “Amplification efficiency” may refer to any product that may be quantified to determine copy number (e.g., the term may refer to a PCR amplicon, an LCR ligation product, and/or similar product). Reactions may be compared by carrying out at least two separate amplification reactions, each reaction being carried out in the absence and presence, respectively, of a reagent and/or step and quantifying amplification that occurs in each reaction.
- Also provided are methods for amplifying a nucleic acid using at least one polymerase, at least one primer, dNTPs, and ligating and amplifying the target nucleic acid. In some embodiments of such methods, at least one primer is utilized. In certain embodiments, a nucleic acid amplification reaction mixture(s) comprising at least one polymerase, dNTPs, and at least one primer is provided. In other embodiments, methods for using such mixture(s) are provided. Target nucleic acids may be amplified using any of a variety of reactions and systems. Exemplary methods for amplifying nucleic acids include, for example, polymerase-mediated extension reactions. For instance, the polymerase-mediated extension reaction can be the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In other embodiments, the nucleic acid amplification reaction is a multiplex reaction. For instance, exemplary methods for amplifying and detecting nucleic acids suitable for use as described herein are commercially available as TaqMan® (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,889,818; 5,079,352; 5,210,015; 5,436,134; 5,487,972; 5,658,751; 5,210,015; 5,487,972; 5,538,848; 5,618,711; 5,677,152; 5,723,591; 5,773,258; 5,789,224; 5,801,155; 5,804,375; 5,876,930; 5,994,056; 6,030,787; 6,084,102; 6,127,155; 6,171,785; 6,214,979; 6,258,569; 6,814,934; 6,821,727; 7,141,377; and/or 7,445,900, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety). TaqMan® assays are typically carried out by performing nucleic acid amplification on a target polynucleotide using a nucleic acid polymerase having 5′-3′ nuclease activity, a primer capable of hybridizing to said target polynucleotide, and an oligonucleotide probe capable of hybridizing to said
target polynucleotide 3′ relative to said primer. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotide probe includes a detectable label (e.g., a fluorescent reporter molecule) and a quencher molecule capable of quenching the fluorescence of said reporter molecule. In certain embodiments, the detectable label and quencher molecule are part of a single probe. As amplification proceeds, the polymerase digests the probe to separate the detectable label from the quencher molecule. The detectable label (e.g., fluorescence) can be monitored during the reaction, where detection of the label corresponds to the occurrence of nucleic acid amplification (e.g., the higher the signal the greater the amount of amplification). Variations of TaqMan® assays (e.g., LNA™ spiked TaqMan® assay) are known in the art and would be suitable for use in the methods described herein. - Another exemplary system suitable for use as described herein utilizes double-stranded probes in displacement hybridization methods (see, e.g., Morrison et al. Anal. Biochem., 18:231-244 (1989); and/or Li, et al. Nucleic Acids Res., 30(2,e5) (2002)). In such methods, the probe typically includes two complementary oligonucleotides of different lengths where one includes a detectable label and the other includes a quencher molecule. When not bound to a target nucleic acid, the quencher suppresses the signal from the detectable label. The probe becomes detectable upon displacement hybridization with a target nucleic acid. Multiple probes may be used, each containing different detectable labels, such that multiple target nucleic acids may be queried in a single reaction.
- Additional exemplary methods for amplifying and detecting target nucleic acids suitable for use as described herein involve “molecular beacons”, which are single-stranded hairpin shaped oligonucleotide probes. In the presence of the target sequence, the probe unfolds, binds and emits a signal (e.g., fluoresces). A molecular beacon typically includes at least four components: 1) the “loop”, an 18-30 nucleotide region which is complementary to the target sequence; 2) two 5-7 nucleotide “stems” found on either end of the loop and being complementary to one another; 3) at the 5′ end, a detectable label; and 4) at the 3′ end, a quencher dye that prevents the detectable label from emitting a single when the probe is in the closed loop shape (e.g., not bound to a target nucleic acid). Thus, in the presence of a complementary target, the “stem” portion of the beacon separates out resulting in the probe hybridizing to the target. Other types of molecular beacons are also known and may be suitable for use in the methods described herein. Molecular beacons may be used in a variety of assay systems. One such system is nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA®), a single step isothermal process for amplifying RNA to double stranded DNA without temperature cycling. A NASBA reaction typically requires avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV), reverse transcriptase (RT), T7 RNA polymerase, RNase H, and two oligonucleotide primers. After amplification, the amplified target nucleic acid may be detected using a molecular beacon. Other uses for molecular beacons are known in the art and would be suitable for use in the methods described herein.
- The Scorpion system is another exemplary assay format that may be used in the methods described herein. Scorpion primers are bi-functional molecules in which a primer is covalently linked to the probe, along with a detectable label (e.g., a fluorophore) and a quencher. In the presence of a target nucleic acid, the detectable label and the quencher separate which leads to an increase in signal emitted from the detectable label. Typically, a primer used in the amplification reaction includes a probe element at the 5′ end along with a “PCR blocker” element (e.g., a hexethylene glycol (HEG) monomer (Whitcombe, et al. Nat. Biotech. 17: 804-807 (1999)) at the start of the hairpin loop. The probe typically includes a self-complementary stem sequence with a detectable label at one end and a quencher at the other. In the initial amplification cycles (e.g., PCR), the primer hybridizes to the target and extension occurs due to the action of polymerase. The Scorpion system may be used to examine and identify point mutations using multiple probes that may be differently tagged to distinguish between the probes. Using PCR as an example, after one extension cycle is complete, the newly synthesized target region will be attached to the same strand as the probe. Following the second cycle of denaturation and annealing, the probe and the target hybridize. The hairpin sequence then hybridizes to a part of the newly produced PCR product. This results in the separation of the detectable label from the quencher and causes emission of the signal. Other uses for molecular beacons are known in the art and would be suitable for use in the methods described herein.
- The nucleic acid polymerases that may be employed in the disclosed nucleic acid amplification reactions may be any that function to carry out the desired reaction including, for example, a prokaryotic, fungal, viral, bacteriophage, plant, and/or eukaryotic nucleic acid polymerase. As used herein, the term “DNA polymerase” refers to an enzyme that synthesizes a DNA strand de novo using a nucleic acid strand as a template. DNA polymerase uses an existing DNA or RNA as the template for DNA synthesis and catalyzes the polymerization of deoxyribonucleotides alongside the template strand, which it reads. The newly synthesized DNA strand is complementary to the template strand. DNA polymerase can add free nucleotides only to the 3′-hydroxyl end of the newly forming strand. It synthesizes oligonucleotides via transfer of a nucleoside monophosphate from a deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) to the 3′-hydroxyl group of a growing oligonucleotide chain. This results in elongation of the new strand in a 5′ to 3′ direction. Since DNA polymerase can only add a nucleotide onto a pre-existing 3′-OH group, to begin a DNA synthesis reaction, the DNA polymerase needs a primer to which it can add the first nucleotide. Suitable primers may comprise oligonucleotides of RNA or DNA, or chimeras thereof (e.g., RNA/DNA chimerical primers). The DNA polymerases may be a naturally occurring DNA polymerases or a variant of natural enzyme having the above-mentioned activity. For example, it may include a DNA polymerase having a strand displacement activity, a DNA polymerase lacking 5′ to 3′ exonuclease activity, a DNA polymerase having a reverse transcriptase activity, or a DNA polymerase having an endonuclease activity.
- Suitable nucleic acid polymerases may also comprise holoenzymes, functional portions of the holoenzymes, chimeric polymerase, or any modified polymerase that can effectuate the synthesis of a nucleic acid molecule. Within this disclosure, a DNA polymerase may also include a polymerase, terminal transferase, reverse transcriptase, telomerase, and/or polynucleotide phosphorylase. Non-limiting examples of polymerases may include, for example, T7 DNA polymerase, eukaryotic mitochondrial DNA Polymerase γ, prokaryotic DNA polymerase I, II, III, IV, and/or V; eukaryotic polymerase α, β, γ, δ, ε, η, ζ, ι, and/or κ; E. coli DNA polymerase I; E. coli DNA polymerase III alpha and/or epsilon subunits; E. coli polymerase IV, E. coli polymerase V; T. aquaticus DNA polymerase I; B. stearothermophilus DNA polymerase I; Euryarchaeota polymerases; terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT);
S. cerevisiae polymerase 4; translesion synthesis polymerases; reverse transcriptase; and/or telomerase. Non-limiting examples of suitable thermostable DNA polymerases that may be used include Taq, Tfl, Pfu, and Vent™ DNA polymerases, any genetically engineered DNA polymerases, any having reduced or insignificant 3′ to 5′ exonuclease activity (e.g., SuperScript™ DNA polymerase), and/or genetically engineered DNA polymerases (e.g., those having the active site mutation F667Y or the equivalent of F667Y (e.g., in Tth), AmpliTaqFS, ThermoSequenase™), Therminator I, Therminator II, Therminator III, Therminator Gamma (all available from NEB), and/or any derivatives and fragments thereof. Other nucleic acid polymerases may also be suitable as would be understood by one of skill in the art. - In another aspect, the present disclosure provides reaction mixtures for amplifying a nucleic acid sequence of interest (e.g., a target sequence). In some embodiments, the reaction mixture may further comprise a signal-generating compound (SGC) and/or detectable label. The methods may also include one or more steps for detecting the SGC and/or detectable label to quantitate the amplified nucleic acid.
- A SGC may be a substance that is itself detectable in an assay of choice, or capable of reacting to form a chemical or physical entity (e.g., a reaction product) that is detectable in an assay of choice. Representative examples of reaction products include precipitates, fluorescent signals, compounds having a color, and the like. Representative SGC include e.g., bioluminescent compounds (e.g., luciferase), fluorophores (e.g., below), bioluminescent and chemiluminescent compounds, radioisotopes (e.g., 131I, 125I, 14C, 3H, 35S, 32P and the like), enzymes (e.g., below), binding proteins (e.g., biotin, avidin, streptavidin and the like), magnetic particles, chemically reactive compounds (e.g., colored stains), labeled oligonucleotides; molecular probes (e.g., CY3, Research Organics, Inc.), and the like. Representative fluorophores include fluorescein isothiocyanate, succinyl fluorescein, rhodamine B, lissamine, 9,10-diphenlyanthracene, perylene, rubrene, pyrene and fluorescent derivatives thereof such as isocyanate, isothiocyanate, acid chloride or sulfonyl chloride, umbelliferone, rare earth chelates of lanthanides such as Europium (Eu) and the like. Representative SGC's useful in a signal generating conjugate include the enzymes in:
TUB Class 1, especially 1.1.1 and 1.6 (e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase, glycerol dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and the like); IUB Class 1.11.1 (e.g., catalase, peroxidase, amino acid oxidase, galactose oxidase, glucose oxidase, ascorbate oxidase, diaphorase, urease and the like);TUB Class 2, especially 2.7 and 2.7.1 (e.g., hexokinase and the like);TUB Class 3, especially 3.2.1 and 3.1.3 (e.g., alpha amylase, cellulase, β-galacturonidase, amyloglucosidase, β-glucuronidase, alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase and the like); TUB Class 4 (e.g., lyases);TUB Class 5 especially 5.3 and 5.4 (e.g., phosphoglucose isomerase, trios phosphatase isomerase, phosphoglucose mutase and the like.) SGCs may also generate products detectable by fluorescent and chemiluminescent wavelengths, e.g., sequencing dyes, luciferase, fluorescence emitting metals such as 152Eu, or others of the lanthanide series; compounds such as luminol, isoluminol, acridinium salts, and the like; bioluminescent compounds such as luciferin; fluorescent proteins (e.g., GFP or variants thereof); and the like. Attaching certain SGC to agents can be accomplished through metal chelating groups such as EDTA. The subject SGC shares the common property of allowing detection and/or quantification of an attached molecule. SGCs are optionally detectable using a visual or optical method; preferably, with a method amenable to automation such as a spectrophotometric method, a fluorescence method, a chemiluminescent method, an electrical nanometric method involving e.g., a change in conductance, impedance, resistance and the like and a magnetic field method. Some SGCs are optionally detectable with the naked eye or with a signal detection apparatus. Some SGCs are not themselves detectable but become detectable when subject to further treatment. The SGC can be attached in any manner (e.g., through covalent or non-covalent bonds) to a binding agent of interest (e.g., an antibody or a PDZ polypeptide). SGCs suitable for attachment to agents such as antibodies include colloidal gold, fluorescent antibodies, Europium, latex particles, and enzymes. The agents that bind to NS1 and NP can each comprise distinct SGCs. For example, red latex particles can be conjugated to anti-NS1 antibodies and blue latex particles can be conjugated to anti-NP antibodies. Other detectable SGCs suitable for use in a lateral flow format include any moiety that is detectable by spectroscopic, photochemical, biochemical, immunochemical, electrical, optical, chemical, or other means. For example, suitable SGCs include biotin for staining with labeled streptavidin conjugate, fluorescent dyes (e.g., fluorescein, Texas red, rhodamine, green fluorescent protein, and the like), radiolabels, enzymes (e.g., horseradish peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase and others commonly used in an ELISA), and colorimetric SGCs such as colloidal gold or colored glass or plastic (e.g., polystyrene, polypropylene, latex beads). Patents that described the use of such labels include U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,817,837; 3,850,752; 3,939,350; 3,996,345; 4,277,437; 4,275,149; and 4,366,241. See also Handbook of Fluorescent Probes and Research Chemicals (6th Ed., Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg.). Radiolabels can be detected using photographic film or scintillation counters, fluorescent markers can be detected using a photodetector to detect emitted light. - Similarly, the term “detectable label” may refer to any of a variety of signaling molecules indicative of amplification. For example, SYBR GREEN and other DNA-binding dyes are detectable labels. Such detectable labels may comprise or may be, for example, nucleic acid intercalating agents or non-intercalating agents. As used herein, an intercalating agent is an agent or moiety capable of non-covalent insertion between stacked base pairs of a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule. A non-intercalating agent is one that does not insert into the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule. The nucleic acid binding agent may produce a detectable signal directly or indirectly. The signal may be detectable directly using, for example, fluorescence and/or absorbance, or indirectly using, for example, any moiety or ligand that is detectably affected by proximity to double-stranded nucleic acid is suitable such as a substituted label moiety or binding ligand attached to the nucleic acid binding agent. It is typically necessary for the nucleic acid binding agent to produce a detectable signal when bound to a double-stranded nucleic acid that is distinguishable from the signal produced when that same agent is in solution or bound to a single-stranded nucleic acid. For example, intercalating agents such as ethidium bromide fluoresce more intensely when intercalated into double-stranded DNA than when bound to single-stranded DNA, RNA, or in solution (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,994,056; 6,171,785; and/or 6,814,934). Similarly, actinomycin D fluoresces red fluorescence when bound to single-stranded nucleic acids, and green when bound to double-stranded nucleic acids. And in another example, the photoreactive psoralen 4-aminomethyle-4-5′8-trimethylpsoralen (AMT) has been reported to exhibit decreased absorption at long wavelengths and fluorescence upon intercalation into double-stranded DNA (Johnson et al. Photochem. & Photobiol., 33:785-791 (1981). For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,257,774 describes the direct binding of fluorescent intercalators to DNA (e.g., ethidium salts, daunomycin, mepacrine and acridine orange, 4′6-diamidino-α-phenylindole). Non-intercalating agents (e.g., minor groove binders as described herein such as Hoechst 33258, distamycin, netropsin) may also be suitable for use. For example, Hoechst 33258 (Searle, et al. Nuc. Acids Res. 18(13):3753-3762 (1990)) exhibits altered fluorescence with an increasing amount of target. Minor groove binders are described in more detail elsewhere herein.
- Other DNA binding dyes are available to one of skill in the art and may be used alone or in combination with other agents and/or components of an assay system. Exemplary DNA binding dyes may include, for example, acridines (e.g., acridine orange, acriflavine), actinomycin D (Jain, et al. J. Mol. Biol. 68:21 (1972)), anthramycin, BOBO™-1, BOBO™-3, BO-PRO™-1, cbromomycin, DAPI (Kapuseinski, et al. Nuc. Acids Res. 6(112): 3519 (1979)), daunomycin, distamycin (e.g., distamycin D), dyes described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,387,887, ellipticine, ethidium salts (e.g., ethidium bromide), fluorcoumanin, fluorescent intercalators as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,257,774, GelStar® (Cambrex Bio Science Rockland Inc., Rockland, Me.), Hoechst 33258 (Searle and Embrey, 1990, Nuc. Acids Res. 18:3753-3762), Hoechst 33342, homidium, JO-PRO™-1, LIZ dyes, LO-PRO™-1, mepacrine, mithramycin, NED dyes, netropsin, 4′6-diamidino-α-phenylindole, proflavine, POPO™-1, POPO™-3, PO-PRO™-1, propidium iodide, ruthenium polypyridyls, S5, SYBR® Gold, SYBR® Green I (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,436,134 and 5,658,751), SYBR® Green II, SYTOX blue, SYTOX green, SYTO® 43, SYTO® 44, SYTO® 45, SYTOX® Blue, TO-PRO®-1,
SYTO® 11, SYTO® 13, SYTO® 15,SYTO® 16,SYTO® 20, SYTO® 23, thiazole orange (Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.), TOTO™-3, YO-PRO®-1, and YOYO®-3 (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oreg.), among others. SYBR® Green I (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,436,134; 5,658,751; and/or 6,569,927), for example, has been used to monitor a PCR reactions. Other DNA binding dyes may also be suitable as would be understood by one of skill in the art. - For use as described herein, one or more detectable labels and/or quenching agents may be attached to one or more primers and/or probes (e.g., detectable label). The detectable label may emit a signal when free or when bound to one of the target nucleic acids. The detectable label may also emit a signal when in proximity to another detectable label. Detectable labels may also be used with quencher molecules such that the signal is only detectable when not in sufficiently close proximity to the quencher molecule. For instance, in some embodiments, the assay system may cause the detectable label to be liberated from the quenching molecule. Any of several detectable labels may be used to label the primers and probes used in the methods described herein. As mentioned above, in some embodiments the detectable label may be attached to a probe, which may be incorporated into a primer, or may otherwise bind to the amplified target nucleic acid (e.g., a detectable nucleic acid binding agent such as an intercalating or non-intercalating dye). When using more than one detectable label, each should differ in their spectral properties such that the labels may be distinguished from each other, or such that together the detectable labels emit a signal that is not emitted by either detectable label alone. Exemplary detectable labels include, for instance, a fluorescent dye or fluorphore (e.g., a chemical group that can be excited by light to emit fluorescence or phosphorescence), “acceptor dyes” capable of quenching a fluorescent signal from a fluorescent donor dye, and the like. Suitable detectable labels may include, for example, fluorosceins (e.g., 5-carboxy-2,7-dichlorofluorescein; 5-Carboxyfluorescein (5-FAM); 5-HAT (Hydroxy Tryptamine); 5-Hydroxy Tryptamine (HAT); 6-JOE; 6-carboxyfluorescein (6-FAM); FITC; 6-carboxy-1,4-dichloro-2′,7′-dichlorofluorescein (TET); 6-carboxy-1,4-dichloro-2′,4′, 5′, 7′-tetrachlorofluorescein (HEX); 6-carboxy-4′,5′-dichloro-2′, 7′-dimethoxyfluorescein (JOE);); Alexa fluors (e.g., 350, 405, 430, 488, 500, 514, 532, 546, 555, 568, 594, 610, 633, 635, 647, 660, 680, 700, 750); BODIPY fluorophores (e.g., 492/515, 493/503, 500/510, 505/515, 530/550, 542/563, 558/568, 564/570, 576/589, 581/591, 630/650-X, 650/665-X, 665/676, FL, FL ATP, FI-Ceramide, R6G SE, TMR, TMR-X conjugate, TMR-X, SE, TR, TR ATP, TR-X SE), coumarins (e.g., 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin, AMC, AMCA, AMCA-S, AMCA-X, ABQ, CPM methylcoumarin, coumarin phalloidin, hydroxycoumarin, CMFDA, methoxycoumarin), calcein, calcein AM, calcein blue, calcium dyes (e.g., calcium crimson, calcium green, calcium orange, calcofluor white), Cascade Blue, Cascade Yellow; Cy™ dyes (e.g., 3, 3.18, 3.5, 5, 5.18, 5.5, 7), cyan GFP, cyclic AMP Fluorosensor (FiCRhR), fluorescent proteins (e.g., green fluorescent protein (e.g., GFP. EGFP), blue fluorescent protein (e.g., BFP, EBFP, EBFP2, Azurite, mKalama1), cyan fluorescent protein (e.g., ECFP, Cerulean, CyPet), yellow fluorescent protein (e.g., YFP, Citrine, Venus, YPet), FRET donor/acceptor pairs (e.g., fluorescein/tetramethylrhodamine, IAEDANS/fluorescein, EDANS/dabcyl, fluorescein/fluorescein, BODIPY FL/BODIPY FL, Fluorescein/QSY7 and QSY9), LysoTracker and LysoSensor (e.g., LysoTracker Blue DND-22, LysoTracker Blue-White DPX, LysoTracker Yellow HCK-123, LysoTracker Green DND-26, LysoTracker Red DND-99, LysoSensor Blue DND-167, LysoSensor Green DND-189, LysoSensor Green DND-153, LysoSensor Yellow/Blue DND-160, LysoSensor Yellow/Blue 10,000 MW dextran), Oregon Green (e.g., 488, 488-X, 500, 514); rhodamines (e.g., 110, 123, B, B 200, BB, BG, B extra, 5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine (5-TAMRA), 5 GLD, 6-Carboxyrhodamine 6G, Lissamine, Lissamine Rhodamine B, Phallicidine, Phalloidine, Red, Rhod-2, ROX (6-carboxy-X-rhodamine), 5-ROX (carboxy-X-rhodamine), Sulphorhodamine B can C, Sulphorhodamine G Extra, TAMRA (6-carboxytetramethylrhodamine), Tetramethylrhodamine (TRITC), WT), Texas Red, Texas Red-X, VIC and other labels described in, e.g., U.S. Pub. No. 2009/0197254 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety), among others as would be known to those of skill in the art. Other detectable labels may also be used (see, e.g., U.S. Pub. No. 2009/0197254 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety)), as would be known to those of skill in the art. Any of these systems and detectable labels, as well as many others, may be used to detect amplified target nucleic acids.
- Some detectable labels can be sequence-based (also referred to herein as a “locus-specific detectable label”), for example 5′ nuclease probes. Such probes may comprise one or more detectable labels. Various detectable labels are known in the art, for example (TaqMan® probes described herein (See also U.S. Pat. No. 5,538,848 (incorporated herein by reference in its entirety)) various stem-loop molecular beacons (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,103,476 and 5,925,517 and Tyagi and Kramer, 1996, Nature Biotechnology 14:303-308), stemless or linear beacons (See, e.g., WO 99/21881; U.S. Pat. No. 6,485,901), PNA Molecular Beacons™ (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,355,421 and 6,593,091), linear PNA beacons (See, e.g., Kubista et al., 2001, SPIE 4264:53-58), non-FRET probes (See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,150,097), Sunrise®/Amplifluor® probes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,548,250), stem-loop and duplex Scorpion™ probes (Solinas et al., 2001, Nucleic Acids Research 29:E96 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,589,743), bulge loop probes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,590,091), pseudo knot probes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,589,250), cyclicons (U.S. Pat. No. 6,383,752), MGB Eclipse™ probe (Epoch Biosciences), hairpin probes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,596,490), peptide nucleic acid (PNA) light-up probes (Svanvik, et al. Anal Biochem 281:26-35 (2001)), self-assembled nanoparticle probes, ferrocene-modified probes described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,485,901; Mhlanga et al., 2001, Methods 25:463-471; Whitcombe et al., 1999, Nature Biotechnology. 17:804-807; Isacsson et al., 2000, Molecular Cell Probes. 14:321-328; Svanvik et al., 2000, Anal Biochem. 281:26-35; Wolffs et al., 2001, Biotechniques 766:769-771; Tsourkas et al., 2002, Nucleic Acids Research. 30:4208-4215; Riccelli et al., 2002, Nucleic Acids Research 30:4088-4093; Zhang et al., 2002 Shanghai. 34:329-332; Maxwell et al., 2002, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124:9606-9612; Broude et al., 2002, Trends Biotechnol. 20:249-56; Huang et al., 2002, Chem Res. Toxicol. 15:118-126; and Yu et al., 2001, J. Am. Chem. Soc 14:11155-11161; QuantiProbes (www.qiagen.com), HyBeacons (French, et al. Mol. Cell. Probes 15:363-374 (2001)), displacement probes (Li, et al. Nucliec Acids Res. 30:e5 (2002)), HybProbes (Cardullo, et al. PNAS 85:8790-8794 (1988)), MGB Alert (www.nanogen.com), Q-PNA (Fiandaca, et al. Genome Res. 11:609-611 (2001)), Plexor (www.Promega.com), LUX primers (Nazarenko, et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 30:e37 (2002)), DzyNA primers (Todd, et al. Clin. Chem. 46:625-630 (2000)). Detectable labels can also comprise black hole quenchers (Biosearch), Iowa Black (IDT), QSY quencher (Molecular Probes), and Dabsyl and Dabcel sulfonate/carboxylate Quenchers (Epoch). Detectable labels can also comprise two probes, wherein for example a fluor is on one probe, and a quencher on the other, wherein hybridization of the two probes together on a target quenches the signal, or wherein hybridization on a target alters the signal signature via a change in fluorescence. Exemplary systems may also include FRET, salicylate/DTPA ligand systems (see, e.g., Oser et al. Angew. Chem. Int. Engl. 29(10):1167 (1990)), displacement hybridization, homologous probes, and/or assays described in EP 070685 and/or U.S. Pat. No. 6,238,927. Detectable labels can also comprise sulfonate derivatives of fluorescein dyes with SO3 instead of the carboxylate group, phosphoramidite forms of fluorescein, phosphoramidite forms of CY5 (available for example from Amersham).
- The terms “polypeptide,” “peptide” and “protein” are used interchangeably herein to refer to a polymer of amino acid residues, or any variant or functional fragment thereof. The terms apply to amino acid polymers in which one or more amino acid residue is an artificial chemical mimetic of a corresponding naturally occurring amino acid, as well as to naturally occurring amino acid polymers and non-naturally occurring amino acid polymers. The term “amino acid” includes naturally occurring and synthetic amino acids, as well as amino acid analogs and amino acid mimetics that function in a manner similar to the naturally occurring amino acids. Naturally occurring amino acids are those encoded by the genetic code, as well as those amino acids that are later modified, e.g., hydroxyproline, γ-carboxyglutamate, and O-phosphoserine. Amino acid analogs refers to compounds that have the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid, e.g., an a carbon that is bound to a hydrogen, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an R group, e.g., homoserine, norleucine, methionine sulfoxide, methionine methyl sulfonium. Such analogs have modified R groups (e.g., norleucine) or modified peptide backbones, but retain the same basic chemical structure as a naturally occurring amino acid. Amino acid mimetics refers to chemical compounds that have a structure that is different from the general chemical structure of an amino acid, but that functions in a manner similar to a naturally occurring amino acid.
- As to amino acid sequences, one of skill will recognize that individual substitutions, deletions or additions to a nucleic acid, peptide, polypeptide, or protein sequence which alters, adds or deletes a single amino acid or a small percentage of amino acids in the encoded sequence is a “conservatively modified variant” where the alteration results in the substitution of an amino acid with a chemically similar amino acid. Conservative substitution tables providing functionally similar amino acids are well known in the art. Such conservatively modified variants are in addition to and do not exclude polymorphic variants, interspecies homologs, and alleles of the invention. The following eight groups each contain amino acids that are conservative substitutions for one another: 1) Alanine (A), Glycine (G); 2) Aspartic acid (D), Glutamic acid (E); 3) Asparagine (N), Glutamine (Q); [0078] 4) Arginine (R), Lysine (K); 5) Isoleucine (I), Leucine (L), Methionine (M), Valine (V); 6) Phenylalanine (F), Tyrosine (Y), Tryptophan (W); 7) Serine (S), Threonine (T); and 8) Cysteine (C), Methionine (M) [0083] (see, e.g., Creighton, Proteins (1984)). Variants of a given nucleotide sequence or polypeptide sequence are optionally conservatively modified variants. With respect to particular nucleic acid sequences, conservatively modified variants refers to those nucleic acids which encode identical or essentially identical amino acid sequences, or where the nucleic acid does not encode an amino acid sequence, to essentially identical sequences.
- The term “antibody” or “antibodies” may include whole and/or fragments and/or derivatives of antibodies in unpurified or partially purified form (e.g., hybridoma supernatant, ascites, polyclonal antisera) or in purified form. A “purified” antibody may be one that is separated from at least about 50% of the proteins with which it is initially found (e.g., as part of a hybridoma supernatant or ascites preparation). Preferably, a purified antibody is separated from at least about 60%, 75%, 90%, or 95% of the proteins with which it is initially found. Suitable derivatives may include fragments (e.g., Fab, Fab2 or single chain antibodies (Fv for example)), as are known in the art. The antibodies may be of any suitable origin or form including, for example, murine (e.g., produced by murine hybridoma cells), or expressed as humanized antibodies, chimeric antibodies, human antibodies, and the like. Methods of preparing and utilizing various types of antibodies are well-known to those of skill in the art and would be suitable for use (see, for example, Harlow, et al. Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1988; Harlow, et al. Using Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Portable Protocol No. 1, 1998; Kohler and Milstein, Nature, 256:495 (1975)); Jones et al. Nature, 321:522-525 (1986); Riechmann et al. Nature, 332:323-329 (1988); Presta (Curr. Op. Struct. Biol., 2:593-596 (1992); Verhoeyen et al. (Science, 239:1534-1536 (1988); Hoogenboom et al., J. Mol. Biol., 227:381 (1991); Marks et al., J. Mol. Biol., 222:581 (1991); Cole et al., Monoclonal Antibodies and Cancer Therapy, Alan R. Liss, p. 77 (1985); Boerner et al., J. Immunol., 147(1):86-95 (1991); Marks et al., Bio/
Technology 10, 779-783 (1992); Lonberg et al., Nature 368 856-859 (1994); Morrison, Nature 368 812-13 (1994); Fishwild et al., Nature Biotechnology 14, 845-51 (1996); Neuberger, Nature Biotechnology 14, 826 (1996); Lonberg and Huszar, Intern. Rev. Immunol. 13 65-93 (1995); as well as U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,816,567; 5,545,807; 5,545,806; 5,569,825; 5,625,126; 5,633,425; and, 5,661,016). - In certain applications, the antibodies may be contained within hybridoma supernatant or ascites and utilized either directly as such or following concentration using standard techniques. In other applications, the antibodies may be further purified using, for example, salt fractionation and ion exchange chromatography, or affinity chromatography using Protein A, Protein G, Protein A/G, and/or Protein L ligands covalently coupled to a solid support such as agarose beads, or combinations of these techniques. The antibodies may be stored in any suitable format, including as a frozen preparation (e.g., about −20° C. or −70° C.), in lyophilized form, or under normal refrigeration conditions (e.g., about 4° C.). When stored in liquid form, it is preferred that a suitable buffer such as Tris-buffered saline (TBS) or phosphate buffered saline (PBS) is utilized. Antibodies and their derivatives may be incorporated into compositions (e.g., attached to oligonucleotides) described herein for use in vitro or in vivo. Antibodies may also be modified for use by, for example, biotinylation. Other methods for making and using antibodies available to one of skill in the art may also be suitable for use.
- The methods described herein may be useful for detecting and/or quantifying a variety of target nucleic acids from a test sample (e.g., biological sample). A target nucleic acid is any nucleic acid for which an assay system is designed to identify or detect as present (or not), and/or quantify in a test sample. Such nucleic acids may include, for example, those of infectious agents (e.g., virus, bacteria, parasite, and the like), a disease process such as cancer, diabetes, or the like, or to measure an immune response. Exemplary “test samples” include various types of samples, such as biological samples. Exemplary biological samples include, for instance, a bodily fluid (e.g., blood, saliva, spinal fluid), a tissue sample, a food (e.g., meat) or beverage (e.g., milk) product, or the like. Other examples of biological samples may include, whole blood, serum, plasma, urine, synovial fluid, saliva, cerebrospinal fluid, tissue infiltrate, cervical or vaginal exudate, pleural effusion, bronchioalveolar lavage fluid, gastric lavage fluid, small or large bowel contents, and swab specimens from various bodily orifices dispersed in a suitable medium. Expressed nucleic acids may include, for example, genes for which expression (or lack thereof) is associated with medical conditions such as infectious disease (e.g., bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal infections) or cancer. The methods described herein may also be used to detect contaminants (e.g., bacteria, virus, fungus, and/or protozoan) in pharmaceutical, food, or beverage products. The methods described herein may be also be used to detect rare alleles in the presence of wild type alleles (e.g., one mutant allele in the presence of 106-109 wild type alleles). The methods are useful to, for example, detect minimal residual disease (e.g., rare remaining cancer cells during remission, especially mutations in the p53 gene or other tumor suppressor genes previously identified within the tumors), and/or measure mutation load (e.g., the frequency of specific somatic mutations present in normal tissues, such as blood or urine).
- Kits for performing the methods described herein are also provided. The kit may comprise one or more probes (e.g., antibody conjugated to an oligonucleotide) a pair of oligonucleotides for amplifying at least one target nucleic acid from a sample, a biocatalyst (e.g., DNA polymerase) and/or corresponding one or more probes labeled with a detectable label. The kit may also include samples containing pre-defined target nucleic acids to be used in control reactions. The kit may also optionally include stock solutions, buffers, enzymes, detectable labels or reagents required for detection, tubes, membranes, and the like that may be used to complete the amplification reaction. In some embodiments, multiple primer sets are included. Other embodiments of particular systems and kits are also contemplated which would be understood by one of skill in the art.
- Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, many equivalents to the specific embodiments of the invention described herein. The scope of the present invention is not intended to be limited to this Description.
- Unless otherwise apparent from the context, any feature can be claimed in combination with any other, or be claimed as not present in combination with another feature. A feature can be any piece of information that can characterize an invention or can limit the scope of a claim, for example any variation, step, feature, property, composition, method, step, degree, level, component, material, substance, element, mode, variable, aspect, measure, amount, option, embodiment, clause, descriptive term, claim element or limitation.
- The singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Approximating language, as used herein throughout the specification and claims, may be applied to modify any quantitative representation that could permissibly vary without resulting in a change in the basic function to which it is related. Accordingly, a value modified by a term such as “about” is not to be limited to the precise value specified. Where necessary, ranges have been supplied, and those ranges are inclusive of all sub-ranges there between.
- In this disclosure, the use of the singular can include the plural unless specifically stated otherwise or unless, as will be understood by one of skill in the art in light of the present disclosure, the singular is the only functional embodiment. Thus, for example, “a” may mean more than one, and “one embodiment” may mean that the description applies to multiple embodiments. The phrase “and/or” denotes a shorthand way of indicating that the specific combination is contemplated in combination and, separately, in the alternative.
- It will be appreciated that there is an implied “about” prior to the temperatures, concentrations, times, etc. discussed in the present teachings, such that slight and insubstantial deviations are within the scope of the present teachings herein. Also, the use of “comprise,” “comprises,” “comprising,” “contain,” “contains,” “containing,” “include,” “includes,” and “including” are not intended to be limiting. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention.
- Unless specifically noted in the above specification, embodiments in the above specification that recite “comprising” various components are also contemplated as “consisting of” or “consisting essentially of” the recited components; embodiments in the specification that recite “consisting of” various components are also contemplated as “comprising” or “consisting essentially of” the recited components; and embodiments in the specification that recite “consisting essentially of” various components are also contemplated as “consisting of” or “comprising” the recited components (this interchangeability does not apply to the use of these terms in the claims).
- Generally, features described herein are intended to be optional unless explicitly indicated to be necessary in the specification. Non-limiting examples of language indicating that a feature is regarded as optional in the specification include terms such as “variation,” “where,” “while,” “when,” “optionally,” “include,” “preferred,” “especial,” “recommended,” “advisable,” “particular,” “should,” “alternative,” “typical,” “representative,” “various,” “such as,” “the like,” “can,” “may,” “example,” “embodiment,” or “aspect,” “in some,” “example,” “exemplary,” “instance,” “if” or any combination and/or variation of such terms.
- “Isolated” or “purified” generally refers to isolation of a substance (compound, polynucleotide, protein, polypeptide, polypeptide composition) such that the substance comprises a significant percent (e.g., greater than 2%, greater than 5%, greater than 10%, greater than 20%, greater than 50%, or more, sometimes more than 90%, 95% or 99%) of the sample in which it resides. In certain embodiments, a substantially purified component comprises at least 50%, 80%-85%, or 90-95% of the sample. Techniques for purifying polynucleotides and polypeptides of interest are well-known in the art and include, for example, ion-exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography and sedimentation according to density. Generally, a substance is purified when it exists in a sample in a higher proportion than it is naturally found.
- Sequence identity (also called homology) refers to similarity in sequence of two or more sequences (e.g., nucleotide or polypeptide sequences). In the context of two or more homologous sequences, the percent identity or homology of the sequences or subsequences thereof indicates the percentage of all monomeric units (e.g., nucleotides or amino acids) that are the same (e.g., about 70% identity, preferably 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95% or 99% identity). The percent identity can be over a specified region, when compared and aligned for maximum correspondence over a comparison window, or designated region as measured using a BLAST or BLAST 2.0 sequence comparison algorithms with default parameters described below, or by manual alignment and visual inspection. Sequences are said to be “substantially identical” when there is at least 90% identity at the amino acid level or at the nucleotide level. This definition also refers to the complement of a test sequence. Preferably, the identity exists over a region that is at least about 25, 50, or 100 residues in length, or across the entire length of at least one compared sequence. A preferred algorithm for determining percent sequence identity and sequence similarity are the BLAST and BLAST 2.0 algorithms, which are described in Altschul et al, Nuc. Acids Res. 25:3389-3402 (1977). Other methods include the algorithms of Smith & Waterman, Adv. Appl. Math. 2:482 (1981), and Needleman & Wunsch, J. Mol. Biol. 48:443 (1970), etc. Another indication that two nucleic acid sequences are substantially identical is that the two molecules or their complements hybridize to each other under stringent conditions.
- Any indication that a feature is optional is intended provide adequate support (e.g., under 35 U.S.C. 112 or Art. 83 and 84 of EPC) for claims that include closed or exclusive or negative language with reference to the optional feature. Exclusive language specifically excludes the particular recited feature from including any additional subject matter. For example, if it is indicated that A can be drug X, such language is intended to provide support for a claim that explicitly specifies that A consists of X alone, or that A does not include any other drugs besides X. “Negative” language explicitly excludes the optional feature itself from the scope of the claims. For example, if it is indicated that element A can include X, such language is intended to provide support for a claim that explicitly specifies that A does not include X. Non-limiting examples of exclusive or negative terms include “only,” “solely,” “consisting of,” “consisting essentially of,” “alone,” “without”, “in the absence of (e.g., other items of the same type, structure and/or function)” “excluding,” “not including”, “not”, “cannot,” or any combination and/or variation of such language.
- Similarly, referents such as “a,” “an,” “said,” or “the,” are intended to support both single and/or plural occurrences unless the context indicates otherwise. For example “a dog” is intended to include support for one dog, no more than one dog, at least one dog, a plurality of dogs, etc. Non-limiting examples of qualifying terms that indicate singularity include “a single”, “one,” “alone,” “only one,” “not more than one,” etc. Non-limiting examples of qualifying terms that indicate (potential or actual) plurality include “at least one,” “one or more,” “more than one,” “two or more,” “a multiplicity,” “a plurality,” “any combination of,” “any permutation of,” “any one or more of,” etc. Claims or descriptions that include “or” between one or more members of a group are considered satisfied if one, more than one, or all of the group members are present in, employed in, or otherwise relevant to a given product or process unless indicated to the contrary or otherwise evident from the context.
- In the claims, any active verb (or its gerund) is intended to indicate the corresponding actual or attempted action, even if no actual action occurs. For example, the verb “hybridize” and gerund form “hybridizing” and the like refer to actual hybridization or to attempted hybridization by contacting nucleic acid sequences under conditions suitable for hybridization, even if no actual hybridization occurs. Similarly, “detecting” and “detection” when used in the claims refer to actual detection or to attempted detection, even if no target is actually detected.
- Furthermore, it is to be understood that the inventions encompass all variations, combinations, and permutations of any one or more features described herein. Any one or more features may be explicitly excluded from the claims even if the specific exclusion is not set forth explicitly herein. It should also be understood that disclosure of a reagent for use in a method is intended to be synonymous with (and provide support for) that method involving the use of that reagent, according either to the specific methods disclosed herein, or other methods known in the art unless one of ordinary skill in the art would understand otherwise. In addition, where the specification and/or claims disclose a method, any one or more of the reagents disclosed herein may be used in the method, unless one of ordinary skill in the art would understand otherwise.
- All publications and patents cited in this specification are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety into this application as if each individual publication or patent were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. Genbank records referenced by GID or accession number, particularly any polypeptide sequence, polynucleotide sequences or annotation thereof, are incorporated by reference herein. The citation of any publication is for its disclosure prior to the filing date and should not be construed as an admission that the present invention is not entitled to antedate such publication by virtue of prior invention.
- Where ranges are given herein, the endpoints are included. Furthermore, it is to be understood that unless otherwise indicated or otherwise evident from the context and understanding of one of ordinary skill in the art, values that are expressed as ranges can assume any specific value or subrange within the stated ranges in different embodiments of the invention, to the tenth of the unit of the lower limit of the range, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
- Certain embodiments are further described in the following examples. These embodiments are provided as examples only and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims in any way.
- In an exemplary embodiment of typical proximity ligation assay (PLA) processes (
FIG. 1 ), the probe mix (e.g., comprising two probes, A and B, (each probe comprising a streptavidin oligo “SAO” component and an antibody “Ab” component) in probe dillution buffer “PDB”) and test sample (in sample dillution buffer “SDB”) are combined into a binding reaction. Following the binding reaction (e.g., at 37° C. for 1 hour), the ligation reaction mixture is added in order to carry out the ligation reaction. To prepare the ligation reaction mixture, the ligase and ligation buffer are diluted. Following the ligation reaction (e.g., at 37° C. for 10 minutes), the ligated product is stabilized by protease digestion; the protease is then inactivated (e.g., using heat by incubation at 37° C. for 10 minutes followed by 95° C. for 5 minutes). Usually, a portion of the ligated product is transferred to the real-time PCR reaction mixture (comprising PCR primers and proximity probe mix “PCR-PP”), then placed on the PCR reaction plate in a qPCR instrument. Detection and quantification of the ligated product can then proceed using standard techniques. - A schematic of an exemplary improved PLA process is illustrated in
FIG. 2 . As shown therein, the binding reaction is the same as shown inFIG. 1 . However, in some embodiments of the improved processes disclosed herein, as shown inFIG. 2 , ligase is added to a real-time PCR mixture (comprising PCR primers, proximity probe and splint mix “PCR-PPS”) which is then added directly to the binding reaction. In certain embodiments of the improved PLA processes, a test sample (e.g., cell lysate) is prepared, a binding reaction is allowed to take place and then a ligation buffer added directly thereto. To that mixture is then added a proximity probe mixture, and a PCR mixture. This combined reaction mixture is then incubated for a suitable amount of time (e.g., room temperature for 20 minutes and then 96° C. for 5 min) and PCR is performed. The PCR reaction mixture is then deposited onto the reaction plate in a qPCR instrument and detection and quantification of the ligated product can then proceed using standard techniques (as in typical PLA processes). - Some exemplary embodiments of typical and improved PLA processes are also compared in
FIGS. 3A and 3B . As shown in the embodiments illustrated therein, the typical process includes sample preparation, a binding reaction, ligation, ligase inactivation using a protease, protease inactivation (e.g., using heat), followed by real-time PCR. To carry out the PCR step, a portion of the reaction mixture containing the inactivated ligase and protease is transferred to the PCR plate, and the “PCR mix” (e.g., containing primers, dNTPs, polymerase, and the like) added thereto. - As shown in
FIG. 3B , the improved process may eliminate the use of a protease and dilution of the reaction mixture prior to PCR. As shown therein, the ligase may be inactivated using heat, and the resultant reaction mixture placed directly into the qPCR assay. Thus, some embodiments of the improved PLA work flow uses entire binding reaction products in the real-time PCR well. This provides a simplified work-flow and reduced dilution of the reaction mixture. As a result, in some preferred embodiments of the improved PLA processes, the PCR reaction mixture contains a higher concentration of the ligated product (e.g., the target nucleic acid). - In order to reduce non-binding probe ligation, the probe concentration may be reduced. The splint (e.g., connector) oligo length and concentration may also be reduced to minimize chance of solution hybridization promoted by non-antigen-binding ligation (e.g., connector oligonucleotides of at least 14 bases in length (e.g., 9 bases overlapping a first oligo probe and 5 bases overlapping a second oligo probe (9+5)) vs. connector oligonucleotides of at least 18 bases in length (e.g., 9 bases overlapping a first oligo probe and 9 bases overlapping a second oligo probe (9+9)). In such embodiments, a small footprint ligase (SFL) may be used. As described herein, a SFL may ligate oligonucleotides having a connector oligo length of as short as 3 bases of hybridized DNA adjacent to 5′-phosphate hybridized DNA. For combining the ligation and PCR reaction into one step, in some embodiments, ATP (cofactor for the ligase) can be optionally omitted from the reaction mixture. In order to maintain the ligase function, in other embodiments, the SFL may be pre-enriched with ATP prior to its purification and use.
- In some embodiments of the improved PLA processes splint oligos can be used that are either considered to be symmetrical splints or asymmetrical splints depending on the number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two oligo probes it is connecting.
FIG. 4A andFIG. 4B diagrams asymmetrical and symmetrical splint types for use in the improved PLA processes as described herein. Asymmetrical splints (or “connectors”) span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with one of the ends of the splint (e.g., either the 3′ end or the 5′ end) having more nucleotides that hybridize to one of the probe oligos than the other end of the splint has nucleotides that hybridize to the alternative probe oligo (FIG. 4A ). Symmetrical splints span across the two separate oligo probes (e.g., probe oligo A and B) with both ends of the splint (e.g., the 3′ end and the 5′ end) having equal number of nucleotides that hybridize to each of the two probe oligos (FIG. 4B ). - Both asymmetrical and symmetrical splints can have any number of intervening nucleotides between each of its 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the separate probe oligos. Alternatively, there may be no intervening nucleotides between each of the 3′ and 5′ ends that hybridize to the probe oligos.
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FIG. 5 provides a comparison between results obtained using exemplary embodiments of a typical process (TaqMan® Protein Assay Open Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.; “PLA1”) and an improved process (using methods disclosed herein; “PLA2”). Both assays were set up to target CSTB in NTera2 cell lysate. The binding reaction was identical for both PLA1 and PLA2 using the manufacturer's (Life Technologies, Inc.) recommended reagents and protocol in 4 μl volume binding reactions. After the binding reaction, PLA1 proceeded following the manufacturer's protocol and reagents. The PLA2 reaction was combined with 16 μl of ligation-PCR reaction mix. The ligation-PCR reaction mix consists of 10 μl the TaqMan® Protein Assay Fast Master Mix (Life Technologies, Inc.), 1 μl Universal PCR Assay and theconnector oligonucleotide 9+5 and the SFL ligase, and 5 μl di-water. The ligation reaction was allowed to proceed for 10 minutes. The ligated product was then placed in a real-time PCR instrument (Step1Plus) and utilized according to the manufacturer's instructions. - As described above, in some embodiments, the improved process (PLA2) carries more target molecules into the PCR step (e.g., resulting in more amplicons being generated). The improvement provided thereby is shown in
FIG. 5 . As shown therein, the dCT of the improved process (PLA2) is much improved as compared to the typical process (PLA1). In this exemplary embodiment, the improved process provides at least about a one- to three-fold dCt improvement over the typical process. - The improved process also provides improved assay sensitivity. As shown by the exemplary embodiment in
FIG. 6 , the improved process provides about a two- to ten-fold increase in sensitivity over the typical process (FIG. 6 ). Sensitivity was calculated as the relative quantification (RQ) fold change using the results from the typical process as the calibrator. The dCt of the improved process was calculated as fold improvement over the typical process. Since the RQ is calculated from the dCt threshold of 2, and the fold-change is therefor indicative of the improvement in sensitivity. The data show that the sensitivity of the assay was improved by at least 2-fold, as determined using five different targets (GFP, hCSTB, hICAM1, hLIN28, and hOCT3/4). The GFP data was generated using the typical (e.g., PLA1) and improved (e.g., PLA2) processes as described above using a cell lysate into which rGFP was added (e.g., a “spiked-in” cell lysate) and a GFP probe used. - In this example, two different splint lengths were tested at varying concentrations.
- PLA experiments were carried out using typical PLA conditions (“TaqMan® Protein Assay Open Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.) according to the manufacturers instructions, using a T4 ligase, except that splint concentrations were varied within the range of 3.1 nM to 1000 nM. Splints were also designed to have a two different splint lengths of 18 (9+9; “99”) or 16 (8+8; “88”). Cystatin B (CSTB) assay probes (from “TaqMan® Protein Expression Assay Kit (Human CSTB); Life Technologies, Inc.) were used to detect either 1000 pM or 0 pM (no protein control; “NPC”) of recombinant CSTB protein in buffer. Ct values were plotted for each splint concentration and delta Ct values (NPC Ct values minus CSTB Ct values) and were plotted for each concentration used.
- As shown in
FIG. 7 , a reduction in delta Ct was observed for the 99 splint at a low concentration of 3.1 nM as compared to higher concentrations used. There was also a delta Ct observed for the 88 splint at a concentration of 25 nM compared to higher concentrations. Collectively, these data demonstrate that ligated products are reduced when the splint length is decreased when the T4 ligase is used. - In this example, five different splint lengths were tested using a single concentration.
- PLA experiments were carried out using similar methods as described in Example 4, except that SF ligase instead of T4 ligase was used. Briefly, splints were designed to have a different splint lengths of 12 (3+9), 13 (4+9), 14 (5+9 or 7+7), 17 (8+9), or 18 (9+9). The concentration used for each of these splints was 100 nM. Raji lysate (Protein Expression Lysate Control Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.) was prepared at 500 cells/reaction or 0 cells/reactiont (“NPC”) and CSTB assay probes (from TaqMan® Protein Expression Assay Kit (Human CSTB); Life Technologies, Inc.) were used according to the manufacturer's instructions. Ct values were plotted for each splint type and delta Ct values (NPC Ct values minus 500 cell input Ct values) and were plotted for each.
- As shown in
FIG. 8 , increasing dCT was observed for splints of 12 nucleotides in length up to 14 nucleotides in length (including both asymmetrical and symmetrical splint types). This demonstrates that SF ligase is capable of ligating both asymmetric and symmetric splints of both shorter and longer lengths. - In this example, T4 ligase was compared to two different SF ligases (e.g., SF and DLxD).
- PLA experiments were carried out using similar methods as described in Example 5, using the indicated ligases and splints of varying length, as indicated. Briefly, splints were designed to have a two different splint lengths of 14 (5+9; “95”) or 18 (9+9; “99”). The concentration used for each of these splints was 100 nM. Raji lysate (Protein Expression Lysate Control Kit from Life Technologies, Inc.) was prepared at 500 cells/reaction or 0 cells/reactiont (“NPC”) and CSTB assay probes (from TaqMan® Protein Expression Assay Kit (Human CSTB); Life Technologies, Inc.) were used according to the manufacturer's instructions. Ct values were plotted for each ligase and splint type and delta Ct values (NPC Ct values minus 500 cell input Ct values) and were plotted for each.
- As shown in
FIG. 9 , the T4 ligase resulted no noticeable dCt using the 5+9 splint. However, both SF ligases, SF and DLxD, were capable of ligating the target DNA using shorter splint types. In this experiment, SF used with the 5+9 splint resulted in the highest dCt. - The improved processes described herein, and exemplified throughout the Examples above, provide faster times from process start to results (fast), reduce hands-on time (simpler and cheaper), reduce lab plasticware usage (cheaper and greener), and increased signals and sensitivities. These improved processes provide simplified work flow by combining ligation and PCR steps, reduced dilution factor from binding to ligation step, reduced binding probe concentration to enable reduced dilution factor, use of shorter connector oligo to control background signal, use lower connector oligo concentration to control background signal, use of SF ligase to enable use of shorter connector oligo length, ATP enriched SF ligase purification scheme to omit ATP in ligation-PCR step, and enabling use of the entire reaction volume to improve the PLA signal and sensitivity.
- While certain embodiments have been described in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is understood that variations and modifications will occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims cover all such equivalent variations that come within the scope of the following claims.
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