Introduction Logo The effect of amplicon characteristics on the success of fast QPCR. Gerwyn Jones, Srujana Kapavaparu, Saima Nayab and Ian Kavanagh* Thermo.

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Introduction Logo The effect of amplicon characteristics on the success of fast QPCR. Gerwyn Jones, Srujana Kapavaparu, Saima Nayab and Ian Kavanagh* Thermo Fisher Scientific, ABgene House, Blenheim Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 9AP, United Kingdom Employing fast QPCR cycling protocols is a simple and effective way of maximising throughput by reducing run durations. Fast cycling protocols can easily be achieved by reducing the temperature step dwell times. It has been reported 1 that the use of fast QPCR protocols can result in a loss of sensitivity and greater inter-replicate variance with some assays. It is therefore important to realise that speeding up cycling protocols can be detrimental to the quality of results, but not in all cases. The factors which determine whether an assay can be successfully employed using fast cycling conditions are poorly understood. The effect of three target amplicon characteristics on the success of fast QPCR was investigated using a panel of characterised assays. The amplicon characteristics focused on in particular were base-pair length, GC content and minimum ΔG at 60°C, the latter being a measure of the severity of amplicon secondary structure at the annealing temperature. Amplicon length and severity of amplicon secondary structure (as measured by minimum ΔG) appear to be factors in the success of fast QPCR The performance of an assay in a fast QPCR is likely to be dependant on a combination of assay-associated factors. Fast QPCR can be achieved with the majority of assays, but care should be taken when reducing the dwell times, so that the assay remains sensitive and the data robust. Further work will include a larger data set to include a wider distribution of GC% and a greater number of bp amplicons 1. Hilscher, C, Vahrson, W and Dittmer D.P, (2005) Faster quantitative real-time PCR protocols may lose sensitivity and show increased variability. Nucleic Acids Research 33 (21) e M. Zuker (2003) Mfold web server for nucleic acid folding and hybridization prediction. Nucleic Acids Res. 31 (13) References QPCR Assay Comparison Eighteen hydrolysis probe assays (Table 1) were compared in QPCR experiments employing three 45-cycle protocols; Standard, Intermediate and Fast (see Table 2). Cycling and detection were carried out in a 384- well format, on the Roche LightCycler ® 480 Real-Time PCR Instrument. Each 20 µL reaction contained 10 µL of 2x ABsolute™ FAST QPCR Mix (AB-4325 from Thermo Fisher Scientific), 5 µL of oligonucleotide mix at 4x working concentration and 5 µL of cDNA template, equivalent to 25 ng of input RNA per reaction. 5 replicate reactions were produced for each assay, and each protocol was repeated to ensure reproducibility of results. Minimum ΔG Calculation Amplicon minimum ΔG values were calculated using the DNA mfold web server (mfold version 3.2) 2. The amplicon sequences were entered as linear, and the folding conditions were set at 60°C, 60mM monovalent cations and 5.5mM Mg2+. Temperature (°C)Step Durations StandardIntermediateFast Enzyme Activation 955 minutes Denaturation9515 seconds1 second Annealing/ Extension 6060 seconds40 seconds20 seconds Table 2. Cycling protocols employed in the comparison Table 1. The eighteen hydrolysis probe assays studied and their amplicon characteristics. Values are given for amplicon length (bp), minimum ΔG at 60°C and %GC Method AssayLength (bp)Min ΔG at 60°C%GC RAC ACTB TBP s BSCL APOB UBC GUSB ABCF IGF ACTB ALB PGK B2M ACTB GAPDH ALP HMBS Conclusion Results In the majority of assays ΔC P values increased (as demonstrated by ΔC P >0 in Figure 1 a,b,c) when moving to an intermediate protocol and further increased when employing a fast protocol, indicating that faster cycling could reduce the sensitivity of an assay. As amplicon size increases there appeared to be a trend towards a greater ΔC P (Figure 1a), indicating that assays with longer amplicons are potentially more likely to suffer a higher loss in sensitivity than assays with shorter amplicons. As the minimum ΔG decreases (indicating an increase in secondary structure) there appears to be a trend towards a greater ΔC P (Figure 1b) No correlation was observed between ΔC P and GC content (Fig 1c), possibly due to the narrow range used. Design of assays with GC content beyond the 40-70% optimal range is challenging due to current assay design softwareparameters. The weak correlations suggest that an assay’s abilityto produce robust results using fast protocols is multifactorial, and may also be affected in part by assay characteristics not included in this study. Data point distribution is incomplete, and requires improvement to provide a clearer relationship. Figure 1. Correlation between ΔC P and amplicon length (a) GC % (b) and minimum ΔG at 60°C (c) using fast (red) and intermediate (blue) cycling protocols of 45 cycles. Reactions contained cDNA equivalent to 25ng of input RNA. ΔC P values are mean values obtained from 2 runs of 5 replicates, and are determined in comparison to mean C P values obtained using the standard protocol. a) c) b) *For more information contact

R 2 FastR 2 Intermediate Amplicon Length (bp) Mimumum ΔG at 60°C GC% Table 3. R 2 values for the correlations between ΔCp and each amplicon characteristic for both intermediate and fast protocols. Aim To investigate the effect of amplicon length, GC content and minimum ΔG at 60°C on assay performance using standard, intermediate and fast cycling conditions