High quality RNA extraction from Maqui berry for its application in next-generation sequencing

Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis) is a native Chilean species that produces berries that are exceptionally rich in anthocyanins and natural antioxidants. These natural compounds provide an array of health benefits for humans, making them very desirable in a fruit. At the same time, these substances also interfere with nucleic acid preparations, making RNA extraction from Maqui berry a major challenge. Our group established a method for RNA extraction of Maqui berry with a high quality RNA (good purity, good integrity and higher yield). This procedure is based on the adapted CTAB method using high concentrations of PVP (4 %) and β-mercaptoethanol (4 %) and spermidine in the extraction buffer. These reagents help to remove contaminants such as polysaccharides, proteins, phenols and also prevent the oxidation of phenolic compounds. The high quality of RNA isolated through this method allowed its uses with success in molecular applications for this endemic Chilean fruit, such as differential expression analysis of RNA-Seq data using next generation sequencing (NGS). Furthermore, we consider that our method could potentially be used for other plant species with extremely high levels of antioxidants and anthocyanins.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

SpringerPlus - 5(2016), 1 vom: 01., Seite 1243

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sánchez, Carolina [VerfasserIn]
Villacreses, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Blanc, Noelle [VerfasserIn]
Espinoza, Loreto [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Camila [VerfasserIn]
Pastor, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Manque, Patricio [VerfasserIn]
Undurraga, Soledad F [VerfasserIn]
Polanco, Victor [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CTAB
Journal Article
Maqui berry
RNA extraction
RNA-Seq

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Date Completed 18.08.2016

Date Revised 30.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s40064-016-2906-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM26354043X