A reliability test of standard-based quantitative PCR: exogenous vs endogenous standards

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作者
Ke, LD
Chen, Z
Yung, WKA
机构
[1] Univ Texas, MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Neurooncol, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Univ Texas, MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Head & Neck Surg, Houston, TX 77030 USA
关键词
VEGF; GAPDH; glioma; cervical cancer; quantitative PCR; reliability of exogenous vs endogenous standards;
D O I
10.1006/mcpr.2000.0288
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The quantitative measurement of gene expression requires consistent and reliable standards. At least two categories of standards, endogenous and exogenous, are currently used for quantitative PCR. The reliability of these two methods, however, has not been carefully compared. We hypothesized that a reliable quantitative PCR assay would be able to detect known dilutions of a given single-stranded (ss-) cDNA. By measuring VEGF ss-cDNA copy numbers or signal ratios of GAPDH/VEGF in 10 x and 100 x diluted samples of two original ss-cDNA preparations, an exogenous recombinant DNA standard (a VEGF-mimic plasmid) and an endogenously expressed GAPDH standard were tested for their ability to detect dilution factors. Using the recombinant DNA standard, the dilution factor was detected as 10.3 and 135.0 in 10 x and 100 x diluted samples of the original CaSki cell ss-cDNAI respectively. The detected dilution factors were 12.3 and 226.2, respectively, in 10 x and 100 x diluted ss-cDNA from U-251 MG cells. On the other hand, with the endogenous GAPDH standard, the dilution factors were detected as 2.7 and 8.0 in the same 10 x and 100 x dilutions of the original U-251 MG cell ss-cDNA. Using the same endogenous GAPDH standard, the detected dilution factors were both 4.8 in 10 x and 100 x dilutions of the original CaSki cell ss-cDNA. It was also found that the number of endogenous copies of GAPDH mRNA was about 1000 times higher than VEGF. The high internal lockup ratio of GAPDH vs VEGF copy numbers and the requirement for additional primer pairs make the use of an abundant endogenous standard an unreliable choice in quantitative or semi-quantitative PCR. In contrast, exogenous standard-based quantitative PCR was shown to be an accurate and reliable method for the quantitation of gene expression. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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