A High Through-Put Protocol of Plant Genomic DNA Preparation for PCR
WANG Hui-Na, CHU Zhi-Zhan, MA Xing-Liang, LI Ri-Qing, and LIU Yao-Guang*
State Key Laboratory
for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources;
College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
510642, China
Abstract:
Preparation of large numbers of plant genomic DNA (gDNA) samples for
PCR in basic researches and molecular breeding in crops is a
time-consuming and laborious work. In this study we developed a protocol
for rapid and high through-put preparation of plant gDNA for PCR. A
piece (about 30 or 40 mm in length, the same as the depth of the used
96-deep well plates) of rice (or other monocot plants) seedling leaf, or
about 2-4 mg of dicot plant leaf tissue, was put into each well of
96-deep well plates. After adding a tungsten bead and 150 μL buffer (10
mmol L-1 Tris (pH 9.5), 0.5 mmol L-1 EDTA, 100 mmol L-1
KCl) in each well, the plates were sealed with silicon rubber caps, and
vigorously shaken with a vortex shaker for 3–5 min, followed by a brief
centrifugation for a few seconds. For the pieces of monocot seedling
leaves (30 or 40 mm in length), only the bottom parts (about 8 mm, ca.
2–4 mg) could be broken by the tungsten beads. Small amounts (ca. 0.5–1
μL each) of the crude gDNA solutions containing about 2–3 ng gDNA μL-1
were directly transferred with a 96-pin replicator (or a
multiple-channel pipetter) to 96-well PCR plates containing PCR solution
(15–20 μL each well) for various types of PCR markers, such as Simple
Sequence Repeat (SSR) and Insertion Deletion (InDel). Our tests showed
that too large amounts (2 μL or more) or too high concentration (>10
mg broken tissue in 150 μL solution) of the gDNA
in PCR could suppress the
amplification reaction, due to the carrying-in of higher levels of
inhibitory materials from the crude gDNA solution. Therefore, it is
important to control a suitable ratio of the amount of broken plant to
the volume of tissue/preparation solution (ca. 2–5 mg, but no more than
10 mg in 150 μL solution). The PCR amplifications with the template
gDNAs prepared by this protocol are reliable for amplification of PCR
markers and relatively large (>1 kb) DNA. This 96-formated high
through-put/low-cost method is especially suitable for genotyping large
numbers of plant samples.
Keywords: Genomic DNA preparation; PCR; Genotyping