Dual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.

Quantitative RT-PCR (QRT-PCR) enables the sensitive and specific detection of mRNA with a small copy number. We used the QRT-PCR method and dual-label analysis of amplification products for the detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA. The QRT-PCR assay employed a PSA-like internal standard...

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Main Authors: Ylikoski, A, Karp, M, Lilja, H, Lövgren, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001
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author Ylikoski, A
Karp, M
Lilja, H
Lövgren, T
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Karp, M
Lilja, H
Lövgren, T
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description Quantitative RT-PCR (QRT-PCR) enables the sensitive and specific detection of mRNA with a small copy number. We used the QRT-PCR method and dual-label analysis of amplification products for the detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA. The QRT-PCR assay employed a PSA-like internal standard (IS) mRNA, which was used to quantify the PSA mRNA copies and to control the variations during the whole assay procedure from the RNA extraction to the detection of QRT-PCR amplification products by hybridization assay. After co-amplification, the PSA and IS products were detected in a microplate using Eu3+ chelate-labeled PSA and Tb3+ chelate-labeled IS hybridization probes. The detection probes allowed the simultaneous and dual-label detection of PSA and IS products in the same microtiter well. Compared to the single-label assay, the dual-label detection improved the within- and between-assay CV% from 21.7 to 7.5 and from 36.0 to 30.3, respectively. The between- and within-assay variation of the dual-label assay was further studied using PSA-producing LNCaP cells. The cells were found to express 980 +/- 170 (mean +/- SD) copies of PSA-mRNA with the within-assay CV% of 17.7 and 890 +/- 220 (mean +/- SD) copies of PSA-mRNA with the between-assay CV% of 25.0. The methodology developed may help in future studies to obtain reliable quantification of PSA mRNA generated by circulating prostate cancer cells.
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spelling oxford-uuid:17151f06-1565-4f5b-813e-26784e28ff482022-03-26T10:34:58ZDual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:17151f06-1565-4f5b-813e-26784e28ff48EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2001Ylikoski, AKarp, MLilja, HLövgren, TQuantitative RT-PCR (QRT-PCR) enables the sensitive and specific detection of mRNA with a small copy number. We used the QRT-PCR method and dual-label analysis of amplification products for the detection of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) mRNA. The QRT-PCR assay employed a PSA-like internal standard (IS) mRNA, which was used to quantify the PSA mRNA copies and to control the variations during the whole assay procedure from the RNA extraction to the detection of QRT-PCR amplification products by hybridization assay. After co-amplification, the PSA and IS products were detected in a microplate using Eu3+ chelate-labeled PSA and Tb3+ chelate-labeled IS hybridization probes. The detection probes allowed the simultaneous and dual-label detection of PSA and IS products in the same microtiter well. Compared to the single-label assay, the dual-label detection improved the within- and between-assay CV% from 21.7 to 7.5 and from 36.0 to 30.3, respectively. The between- and within-assay variation of the dual-label assay was further studied using PSA-producing LNCaP cells. The cells were found to express 980 +/- 170 (mean +/- SD) copies of PSA-mRNA with the within-assay CV% of 17.7 and 890 +/- 220 (mean +/- SD) copies of PSA-mRNA with the between-assay CV% of 25.0. The methodology developed may help in future studies to obtain reliable quantification of PSA mRNA generated by circulating prostate cancer cells.
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Karp, M
Lilja, H
Lövgren, T
Dual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.
title Dual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.
title_full Dual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.
title_fullStr Dual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.
title_full_unstemmed Dual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.
title_short Dual-label detection of amplified products in quantitative RT-PCR assay using lanthanide-labeled probes.
title_sort dual label detection of amplified products in quantitative rt pcr assay using lanthanide labeled probes
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