PUBLICATION

The QPCR assay for analysis of mitochondrial DNA damage, repair, and relative copy number

Authors
Hunter, S.E., Jung, D., Di Giulio, R.T., and Meyer, J.N.
ID
ZDB-PUB-100211-6
Date
2010
Source
Methods (San Diego, Calif.)   51(4): 444-451 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Di Giulio, Richard T.
Keywords
Quantitative PCR assay, Mitochondrial DNA damage, Mitochondrial DNA repair
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Damage*
  • DNA Primers/genetics
  • DNA Repair*
  • DNA, Mitochondrial/analysis*
  • DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics*
  • DNA, Mitochondrial/metabolism
  • Gene Dosage
  • Genome, Mitochondrial
  • Humans
  • Mitochondria/genetics
  • Mitochondria/metabolism
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods*
PubMed
20123023 Full text @ Methods
Abstract
The quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) assay allows measurement of DNA damage in the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes without isolation of mitochondria. It also permits measurement of relative mitochondrial genome copy number. Finally, it can be used for measurement of DNA repair in vivo when employed appropriately. In this manuscript we briefly review the methodology of the QPCR assay, discuss its strengths and limitations, address considerations for measurement of mitochondrial DNA repair, and describe methodological changes implemented in recent years. We present QPCR assay primers and reaction conditions for five species not previously described in a methods article: Caenorhabditis elegans, Fundulus heteroclitus, Danio rerio, Drosophila melanogaster, and adenovirus. Finally, we illustrate the use of the assay by measuring repair of ultraviolet C radiation-induced DNA damage in the nuclear but not mitochondrial genomes of a zebrafish cell culture.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping