Subtractive hybridization of biotinylated DNA in phenol emulsion

J Biochem Biophys Methods. 2001 Dec 4;50(1):43-52. doi: 10.1016/s0165-022x(01)00173-7.

Abstract

A method of subtractive hybridization using biotinylated DNA and phenol emulsion reassociation technique (PERT) has been proposed. A possibility of combining these techniques has been shown for the first time. The effect of biotinylation degree on the formation of water-insoluble Bio-DNA aggregates was studied. The conditions when Bio-DNA aggregation is actually absent were revealed. A possible use of the above method in hybridization experiments in a wide range of DNA concentrations has been shown. The time of hybridization was 0.5-1 h. The method was approved on a model system, and its possible application for the enrichment of rare mRNA was shown. No less than 300-fold enrichment is achieved for a rare transcript (IL-2) in three cycles of subtractive hybridization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biotinylation*
  • DNA / metabolism*
  • DNA, Complementary / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-2 / biosynthesis
  • Jurkat Cells
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization*
  • Phenol / chemistry*
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • DNA, Complementary
  • Interleukin-2
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Phenol
  • DNA