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Nucleic Acids Research, 1993, Vol. 21, No. 15 3469-3472
© 1993

METHODS

Microtiter format gene quantification by covalent capture of competitive PCR products: application to HIV-1 detection

Hitoshi Kohsaka, Atsuo Taniguchi, Douglas D. Richman1 and Dennis A. Carson

Department of Medicine, The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093–0663, USA 1Departments of Pathology and Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093–0663, USA

Received April 20, 1993. Revised June 7, 1993. Accepted June 7, 1993.

We have developed a simple gene quantification system using the competitive polymerase chain reaction (CPCR) followed by microtiter format analysis. CPCR is carried out using a mutant competitor with the same size as the target DNA product, and a minimal base exchange to insure the same amplification kinetics. One primer is aminated at the 5' end to produce PCR products that are captured onto carboxylated wells of microtiter plates through peptide bond formation. The non-aminated DNA strands are stripped off from the wells by alkali washing, and the remaining aminated strands are hybridized with either a digoxigenin-labeled wild type-specific oligonucleotide probe or a competitor-specific probe. To standardize the hybridization conditions of the probes, a DNA construct containing wild type and mutant competitor sequences in tandem is captured at different concentrations, hybridized with the probes, and used to generate a standard curve. Bound probes are detected by anti-digoxigenin antibody conjugated with peroxidase and chromogen. Optical densities are recorded with a conventional microtlter plate reader and converted to concentrations according to the standard curves. The ratios of wild type DNA to mutant competitor are used to determine the initial amounts of wild type DNA in the samples. This method was used successfully to quantify human immunodeficlency virus type 1 (H1V-1) env gene in human lymphocytes. It only requires a thermal cycier and a conventional microtlter plate reader, and can be readily done on a large scale. Potential applications include detection of other pathogens, diagnosis of genetic disorders and studies of gene expression.


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