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An introduction to qPCR

An introduction to qPCR. BCH452 Spring 2014. So far in BCH452 you have studied. Carbohydrates: Glucose Proteins: ADH and LDH DNA: Plant DNA and viral DNA What is missing? This week we will study RNA (indirectly). Methods for quantifying DNA and RNA—Blotting.

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An introduction to qPCR

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  1. An introduction to qPCR BCH452 Spring 2014

  2. So far in BCH452 you have studied • Carbohydrates: Glucose • Proteins: ADH and LDH • DNA: Plant DNA and viral DNA • What is missing? • This week we will study RNA (indirectly).

  3. Methods for quantifying DNA and RNA—Blotting

  4. Methods for quantifying DNA and RNA—Microarrays

  5. Quantifying DNA/RNA by qPCR

  6. Reminder: PCR

  7. What is qPCR • “quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction” • A method that allows to follow in real time (that is why is also called Real-Time PCR) the amplification of a target. • The target can be nucleic acids (RNA or DNA). • Taq polymerase can only synthesize DNA, so how do we study RNA using qPCR?

  8. Reverse Transcription • mRNA can be copied to complementary DNA sequence (cDNA) using reverse transcriptase—a DNA polymerase that uses ssRNA as template. • Processed mRNA will match protein coding sequence while unprocessed (nuclear) mRNA will contain intron sequences.

  9. Uses of qPCR • Precise quantitation of DNA or RNA in samples • Estimation of gene number • Gene expression studies by quantification of messenger RNA

  10. Central Dogma of Molecular Biology:From DNA to RNA to protein

  11. Principle of gene expression:From DNA to RNA to protein

  12. What are we doing today? • We are using qPCR as a way to study RNA, in this particular case messenger RNA (mRNA). • We will test the gene expression response of a plant to a geminivirus infection. • This can be applied to any gene expression analysis.

  13. Reminder: PCR

  14. Publications on qPCR have grown a lot and its graph looks like a qPCR amplification

  15. Uses of qPCR • Precise quantitation of DNA or RNA in samples • Estimation of gene number • Gene expression studies by quantification of messenger RNA • Northern blot (difficult, tedious, prone to error) • With qPCR you can have a quick, very accurate result (if all your controls are working)

  16. Different chemistries involved to obtain quantitative signal

  17. qPCRthermalcyclers detect fluorescence FRET acceptor energy fluorophore + quencher in proximity fluorophore FRET donor

  18. TaqMan

  19. Molecular beacons

  20. Molecular probes

  21. SYBRGreen

  22. We are using relative expression analysis but absolute expression analysis is possible with qPCR

  23. ΔΔCt method test reference -[(Ctinf-Ctmock)-(Ctinf-Ctmock)] 2

  24. Cabbage Leaf Curl Virus (CaLCuV) • Using qPCR to detect changes in gene expression. • Mock tissue (uninfected) • Infected tissue • Looking at genes involved in pathogen response. • cDNA prepared from RNA purified from Arabidopsis plants • Reverse transcription using polyT primer and NTPs. Arabidopsis thaliana Arabidopsis infected with CaLCuV

  25. Pathogen response in arabidopsis Salicylic acid Jasmonic acid Ethylene

  26. Genes of interest for today • PR1- Pathogenesis-related • NPR1- Not expressing PR-1 • WRKY53- Transcription factor involved in pathogen response • FAD8- Fatty-acid desaturase, involved in the production of jasmonate (pathogen response) • Invertase- Enzyme known to be involved in the pathogen response • Catalase- Enzyme known to be involved in the pathogen response • CAB-AB- Protein that takes part in the Chlorophyll complex • UCE- Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme. Control gene. It has been reported it doesn’t change during infection.

  27. Prior to doing the qPCR • Total RNA from mock and infected plants was purified • It was treated with DNAase to get rid of all genomic DNA (will also amplify with primers) • cDNA was produced and diluted to 50ng/µl

  28. Preparing a qPCR reaction • Forward and reverse primers (oligos) for each gene of interest • cDNA of control and treated samples (mock and infected, respectively) • SYBRGreen PCR mix • Thermocycler with fluorescence measuring capabilities

  29. Establishing a qPCR reaction • Oligo sets for your genes of interest (Primers, 2x dilution) • cDNA of control and treated samples (mock and infected, respectively) • SYBRGreen PCR mix • Thermocycler with measuring capabilities (ABI)

  30. Each team (7 teams total) • Will prepare mixes with oligos and cDNA for a SINGLE gene (for both mock and infected). 35 μL primer mix add to cDNA 35 μL primer mix add to cDNA 20 μL primer/cDNA In each well 20 μL primer/cDNA In each well

  31. Each team • The assay will be tested in triplicate (three technical replicates). M M M I I I

  32. Each team The whole section will analyze the data, the same way as it was for the pre-lab example. • Calculate ΔCt for each gene. • Calculate ΔΔCt for 7 test genes relative to UCE. • Calculate log10(ΔΔCt) for 7 test genes to determine increase or decrease in expression. • Make bar chart of log10(ΔΔCt) for each gene • Construct table with “call” if gene was upregulated, downregulated or showed no change

  33. Analysis requirements

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