RapidextractionofRT-PCR-readyRNAfromculturedmammaliancells
- Fast:Extractend-pointandreal-timeRT-PCRreadyRNAinminutesfromlowtohighnumbersofsamples
- Simple:Singletubeprotocol
- CompatIBLe:ExtractedRNAiscompatiblewithbothreal-timeandendpointRT-PCR
- Automation-friendly:Simpleprotocolmakesincorporationintoanautomatedworkfloweasy
- Flexible:ADnaseIdigestionstepcanbeaddedforsensitivedownstreamapplicationswhennecessary
- Safe:Notoxicreagentsused
TheQuickExtract™RNAExtractionKitisafast,simplewayofpreparingRNAforRT-PCR(bothend-pointandreal-time).Thesingle-tubesystemrequiresonlyvortexmixingtolysethecells,andpreparetheRNAforCDNAsynthesis.Theresultiseasyprocessingofonetohundredsofsamplesinminutes,withnosamplelossortoxicorganicsolvents.TheQuickExtractRNAExtractionSolutionworkswithculturedadherentandsUSPensioncellsincludingbuccalcells,andhasbeentestedonhuman,mouse,rat,E.coli,andS.aureuscellcultures.Itisnotsuitablefortissuesamplesorplantsamples.AnoptionalDNaseItreatmentmayimprovecertaindownstreamapplications.
Applications
- PreparationofRNAfromculturedadherentandsuspensioncellsforRT-PCR.
Figure1.End-pointRT-PCRofdifferentregionsofa14kbmessageusingHeLacellextractwiththeQuickExtract™RNAExtractionKit.Asamplecontaining105HeLacellswaslysedin100µLofQuickExtractRNAExtractionSolutionbyvortexmixing.ThelysatewasreversetranscribedwiththeMMLVReverseTranscriptase1stStrandcDNASynthesisKitusingstandardconditionsandrandomprimers.ThecDNAwasthenamplifiedwithsixprimersetstop532usingtheFailSafe™PCRSystem.LaneM,100 bpladder;Lane1,12984to13892;lane2,9406to10202;lane3,5194to5802;lane4,4191to4690;lane5,2280to2676;andlane6,1029to1329. | |
Figure2.ComparativeyieldofRT-PCRproductwithdifferentRNAextractionkits.Lysateswerepreparedaccordingtomanufacturers'instructionsandusedastemplatetoproducecDNAusingtheMMLVRT1stStrandcDNASynthesisKit,followedbyPCRusingtheFailSafe™PCRSystemwithprimersfortheALDOAgene.Productswereseparatedona2%agarosegelandstainedwithSYBR®gold.LaneM,100bpladder;lanes1and2,QuickExtract™RNAExtractionKit;lanes3and4,kitfromVendor1;lanes5and6,kitfromVendor2. |