Quantitative determination of gene expression in human lymphocytes assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography
I. Andia et al., Quantitative determination of gene expression in human lymphocytes assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography, J CHROMAT B, 761(2), 2001, pp. 237-246
Gene expression in human lymphocytes was assessed using reverse transcripti
on and polymerase chain reaction amplification followed by ion-pair reverse
d-phase chromatography analysis. Competitive PCR was used to quantitate the
desired cDNAs with a polivalent competitor adaptable to multiple novel mRN
As estimations with minor changes. Accuracy was 11.27 +/- 11.87% (n=7), as
determined using standards. The coefficients of variation of the assessment
of human OK12b were 7% (n=6), 7.68 attmol/mug of total RNA, and 21% (n=6),
0.93 attmol/mug of total RNA. Sample-to-sample variation in the reverse tr
anscription and in the quantity and quality of RNA was attenuated by normal
ising results to beta-actin mRNA expression, The correlation between the OK
12b/beta -actin ratio and competitive assessments of OK12b was 0.984, n=6.
The correlation between HPLC results and an independent method based on rad
ionuclide uptake by the product, detected by electrophoretic separation, wa
s 0.848, n=10. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.