Matt:LabNotes/2016-3-31
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Bead with PKP2 Target for DARTFISH Positive Control=
- Using PA gel may prevent diffusion of probes and enzymes during DARTFISH
- To test this and to have a positive control for future experiments need to design a synthetic target
- Attach target to magnetic streptavidin bead
- Design oligonucleotide with biotin 5' modification
- Chose PKP2 gene because haven't detected it in any DARTFISH samples
- Also this specific padlock probe has very high efficiency when measured in tube
PKP2_control /5BiosG/AAAAAAGAGATGGCTGTCTTTTTCACACTTGGGTCACCAACATGCAGCATCTTTC
Link PKP2_control oligo to Streptavidin Bead
- Make 2X B&W (Binding and Wash) Buffer
- 16ml 5uM NaCl + 80ul 5uM EDTA + 100ul 4uM Tris-HCl + 23.82ml H2O
- Resuspend beads by vortexing
- Transfer 100ul of beads (10ug/ul) to new tube
- Pull down by magnet 2min and remove supernatant
- Wash 3x with 100ul 1X B&W Buffer by resuspending and then removing supernatant
- Resuspend in 200ul 2X B&W Buffer
- Add 200ul of 2.5uM PKP2_Control
- Incubate 15min at RT gently rotating
- Pull down with magnet
- Wash 3x with 1X B&W Buffer
- Resuspend in 1ml 1X PBS
Measure DNA Concentration
- Use Qubit ssDNA kit to measure amount of ssDNA on beads
- Assume free biotin-oligos have been all washed away
- Measure only streptavidin bead as well for base-line
- Beads + DNA: 1.56ng/ul
- Beads only: 164pg/ul
- Don't trust the quantitation but it shows ssDNA was bound to beads