WO1999046400A9 - Compositions and methods for enhanced synthesis of nucleic acid molecules - Google Patents
Compositions and methods for enhanced synthesis of nucleic acid moleculesInfo
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- the present invention is in the fields of molecular and cellular biology.
- the invention is related generally to compounds, compositions and methods useful in enhancing synthesis of nucleic acid molecules, especially from GC-rich nucleic acid templates.
- the invention provides compositions comprising one or more compounds having a formula selected from the group consisting of formula I and formula II.
- Preferably used in accordance with the invention are 4- methylmorpholine N-oxide, betaine (carboxymethyltrimethyl ammonium), any amino acid (or derivative thereof), and/or an N-alkylimidazole such as 1- methylimidazole or 4-methylimidazole.
- two or more, three or more, four or more, etc. of the compounds of the invention are combined to facilitate nucleic acid synthesis.
- compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention and one or more additional components selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more nucleic acid molecules (including nucleic acid templates), (ii) one or more nucleotides, (iii) one or more polymerases or reverse transcriptases, and (iv) one or more buffering salts.
- compositions of the invention may be used in methods for enhanced, high-fidelity synthesis of nucleic acid molecules, including via amplification (particularly PCR), reverse transcription, and sequencing methods.
- the invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules produced by these methods, to fragments or derivatives thereof, and to vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules, fragments, or derivatives.
- the invention also relates to the use of such nucleic acid molecules to produce desired polypeptides.
- the invention also concerns kits comprising the compositions or compounds of the invention.
- the genetic framework i.e., the genome
- the genetic framework i.e., the genome
- the genetic content of a particular segment of DNA, or gene is only manifested upon production of the protein which the gene ultimately encodes.
- a complementary copy of one strand of the DNA double helix is produced by polymerase enzymes, resulting in a specific sequence of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA).
- each somatic cell of a multicellular organism contains the full complement of genomic DNA of the organism, except in cases of focal infections or cancers, where one or more xenogeneic DNA sequences may be inserted into the genomic DNA of specific cells and not into other, non-infected, cells in the organism.
- the expression of the genes making up the genomic DNA may vary between individual cells.
- mRNA molecules may be isolated and further manipulated by various molecular biological techniques, thereby allowing the elucidation of the full functional genetic content of a cell, tissue or organism.
- cDNA complementary DNA
- cDNA complementary DNA
- the mRNA molecules from an organism are isolated from an extract of the cells or tissues of the organism. This isolation often employs solid chromatography matrices, such as cellulose or hydroxyapatite, to which oligomers of deoxythymidine (dT) have been complexed. Since the 3 1 termini on all eukaryotic mRNA molecules contain a string of deoxyadenosine (dA) bases, and since dA binds to dT, the mRNA molecules can be rapidly purified from other molecules and substances in the tissue or cell extract.
- solid chromatography matrices such as cellulose or hydroxyapatite
- cDNA copies may be made using the enzyme reverse transcriptase, which results in the production of single- stranded cDNA molecules.
- the single-stranded cDNAs may then be converted into a complete double-stranded DNA copy of the original mRNA (and thus of the original double-stranded DNA sequence, encoding this mRNA, contained in the genome of the organism) by the action of a DNA polymerase.
- the protein- specific double-stranded cDNAs can then be inserted into a plasmid, which is then introduced into a host bacterial cell.
- the bacterial cells are then grown in culture media, resulting in a population of bacterial cells containing (or in many cases, expressing) the gene of interest.
- cDNA cloning This entire process, from isolation of mRNA to insertion of the cDNAinto a plasmid to growth of bacterial populations containing the isolated gene, is termed "cDNA cloning.” If cDNAs are prepared from a number of different mRNAs, the resulting set of cDNAs is called a "cDNA library,” representing the different functional (i.e., expressed) genes present in the source cell, tissue or organism. Genotypic analysis of these cDNA libraries can yield much information on the structure and function of the organisms from which they were derived.
- PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
- primers are added to the DNA target sample, along with a molar excess of nucleotide bases and a DNA polymerase (e.g., Taq polymerase), and the primers bind to their target via base-specific binding interactions (i.e., adenine binds to thymine, cytosine to guanine).
- a DNA polymerase e.g., Taq polymerase
- the primers bind to their target via base-specific binding interactions (i.e., adenine binds to thymine, cytosine to guanine).
- NASBA employs an isothermal reaction, but is based on the use of RNA primers for amplification rather than DNA primers as in PCR or SDA.
- Another known amplification procedure includes Promoter Ligation Activated Transcriptase (LAT) described by Berninger et al. (U.S. Patent No. 5,194,370).
- LAT Promoter Ligation Activated Transcriptase
- PCR-based fingerprinting techniques include Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis (Williams, J.G.K. et al, Nucl. Acids Res. 18(22):653 ⁇ -6535 (1990)), Arbitrarily Primed PCR (AP-PCR; Welsh, J., and McClelland, M., Nucl. Acids Res.
- RAPD Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
- DAF DNA Amplification Fingerprinting
- DAMD Directed Amplification of Minisatellite-region DNA
- Maxam and Gilbert sequencing In general, two techniques have been traditionally used to sequence nucleic acids. In the first method, termed “Maxam and Gilbert sequencing” after its co- developers (Maxam, A.M. and Gilbert, W., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 74:560- 564, 1977), DNA is radiolabeled, divided into four samples and treated with chemicals that selectively destroy specific nucleotides bases in the DNA and cleave the molecule at the sites of damage. By separating the resultant fragments into discrete bands by gel electrophoresis and exposing the gel to X-ray film, the sequence of the original DNA molecule can be read from the film.
- the faithful and high-fidelity copying of a template nucleic acid molecule is an essential step in the synthesis of a nucleic acid molecule in amplification, reverse transcription, and sequencing protocols.
- the use of standard compositions and protocols to accomplish this synthesis is often ine ficient, in that they tend to terminate nucleic acid synthesis prematurely at certain secondary structural (Gerard, G F , et al , FOCUS 77(4) 60 (1989), Myers, T W , and Gelfand. D H , Biochemistry 30 7661 (1991)) and sequence (Messer, L I , et al, Virol 146 146 (1985)), Abbotts, J , et al , J.
- Betaine and ectoine are natural osmoprotectants in a variety of bacterial and animal cells (Chambers, S.T., etal, ! Bacteriol 7 ⁇ 59(10):4845 (1987); Randall, K., et al, Biochim.
- the present invention relates generally to compounds, compositions and methods useful in enhancing synthesis of nucleic acid molecules, especially from GC-rich nucleic acid templates.
- the invention relates to compounds and compositions for use in synthesizing a nucleic acid molecule, particularly for template mediated synthesis such as in amplification, reverse transcription, and sequencing reactions.
- the compounds and compositions of the invention comprise one or more compounds having a chemical formula selected from the group consisting of formula I and formula II, and salts and derivatives thereof.
- the compounds used in the invention include any amino acid, any saccharide (monosaccharide or polysaccharide), any polyalcohol, or salts or derivatives thereof.
- the compounds or compositions of the invention include compounds having the chemical formula as set forth in formula I or formula II, or salts or derivatives thereof, wherein the aryl group is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl, phenanthryl, anthracyl, indenyl, azulenyl, biphenyl, biphenylenyl and fluorenyl groups; wherein the halo group is selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine; wherein the alkyl group is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, and decyl, and may be a branched chain alkyl group; wherein the alkenyl group is selected from the group consisting of ethenyl, propenyl, butenyl, penten
- the invention also relates to salts and derivatives of such compounds.
- the compounds are selected from the group consisting of 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide, betaine, carnitine, ectoine, proline, glycine, pipecolic acid, trimethylamine N-oxide, N- alkylimidazole compounds such as 1-methylimidazole or 4-methylimidazole, poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) of average molecular weight about 50,000 to about 500,000 daltons, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) of average molecular weight about 100,000 to about 200,000 daltons, or salts or derivatives thereof.
- compositions which comprise the compounds of the invention and one or more additional components selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more enzymes having nucleic acid polymerase activity, which may be thermostable enzymes, (ii) one or more nucleotides, (iii) one or more buffering salts, and (iv) one or more nucleic acid molecules.
- Preferred such enzymes according to this aspect of the invention may include a DNA polymerase (such as Taq, Tne, Tma, Pfu, VENTTM, DEEPVENTTM and Tth DNA polymerases, and mutants, variants and derivatives thereof), an RNA polymerase (such as SP6, T7 or T3 RNA polymerase and mutants, variants and derivatives thereof) and a reverse transcriptase (such as M-MLV reverse transcriptase, RSV reverse transcriptase, AMV reverse transcriptase, RAV reverse transcriptase, MAV reverse transcriptase and HIV reverse transcriptase and mutants, variants and derivatives thereof).
- a DNA polymerase such as Taq, Tne, Tma, Pfu, VENTTM, DEEPVENTTM and Tth DNA polymerases, and mutants, variants and derivatives thereof
- an RNA polymerase such as SP6, T7 or T3 RNA polymerase and mutants, variants and derivatives thereof
- the invention also relates to methods for synthesizing a nucleic acid molecule, comprising (a) mixing a nucleic acid template (which may be a DNA molecule such as a cDNA molecule, or an RNA molecule such as a mRNA molecule) with one or more (preferably two or more, three or more, four or more, five or more etc.) of the compounds or compositions of the invention to form a mixture; and (b) incubating the mixture under conditions sufficient to make a first nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of the template.
- a nucleic acid template which may be a DNA molecule such as a cDNA molecule, or an RNA molecule such as a mRNA molecule
- Such methods of the invention may optionally comprise one or more additional steps, such as incubating the above-described first nucleic acid molecule under conditions sufficient to make a second nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of the first nucleic acid molecule.
- the invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules made by these methods, to vectors (which may be expression vectors) comprising these nucleic acid molecules, and to host cells comprising these nucleic acid molecules or vectors.
- the invention also relates to methods of producing a polypeptide, comprising culturing the above-described host cells under conditions favoring the production of the polypeptide by the host cells, and isolating the polypeptide.
- the invention also relates to polypeptides produced by such methods.
- the invention also relates to methods for amplifying a nucleic acid molecule comprising (a) mixing a nucleic acid template with one or more of the compounds or compositions of the invention to form a mixture; and (b) incubating the mixture under conditions sufficient to amplify a nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of the template. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of amplifying a DNA molecule comprising:
- Such conditions may include incubation in the presence of one or more polymerases, one or more nucleotides and/or one or more buffering salts.
- the invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules amplified by these methods.
- the invention also relates to methods for sequencing a nucleic acid molecule comprising (a) mixing a nucleic acid molecule to be sequenced with one or more primers, one or more of the compounds or compositions of the invention, one or more nucleotides and one or more terminating agents to form a mixture; (b) incubating the mixture under conditions sufficient to synthesize a population of molecules complementary to all or a portion of the molecule to be sequenced; and (c) separating the population to determine the nucleotide sequence of all or a portion of the molecule to be sequenced.
- the invention more specifically relates to a method of sequencing a DNA molecule, comprising:
- step (a) hybridizing a primer to a first DNA molecule; (b) contacting said molecule of step (a) with deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, one or more compounds or compositions of the invention, and one or more terminator nucleotides;
- step (c) incubating the mixture of step (b) under conditions sufficient to synthesize a random population of DNA molecules complementary to said first DNA molecule, wherein said synthesized DNA molecules are shorter in length than said first DNA molecule and wherein said synthesized DNA molecules comprise a terminator nucleotide at their 3' termini;
- Such terminator nucleotides include ddNTP, ddATP, ddGTP, ddlTP or ddCTP.
- Such conditions may include incubation in the presence of one or more DNA polymerases and/or buffering salts.
- kits for use in synthesis of a nucleic acid molecule comprising one or more containers containing one or more of the compounds or compositions of the invention.
- kits of the invention may optionally comprise one or more additional components selected from the group consisting of one or more nucleotides, one or more polymerases and/or reverse transcriptases, a suitable buffer, one or more primers and one or more terminating agents (such as one or more dideoxynucleo tides).
- Figure 1 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR reaction mixtures amplified in the presence of the indicated concentrations of proline, 1 -methylimidazole, 4-methylimidazole, betaine, or none of these cosolvents.
- M DNA sizing markers.
- Figure 2 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR reaction mixtures amplified in the presence of the indicated concentrations of betaine or MMNO.
- M DNA sizing markers.
- Figure 3 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of amplifications of three different Pseudomonas aeruginosa amplicons (AprD, AprE, and AprF) in the presence or absence of various combinations of compounds.
- Lanes 1 1 M betaine; lanes 2: 1 M TMANO; lanes 3-7: MMNO at 2 M (lanes 3), 1 M (lanes 4), 0.5 M (lanes 5), 0.4 M (lanes 6) or 0.2 M (lanes 7); lanes 8: no compound control.
- M DNA sizing markers.
- Figure 4 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of p53 exon 10 in the presence or absence of the indicated concentrations of betaine, MMNO, or proline, under different reaction buffer conditions.
- Figure 5 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of Dra DNA polymerase I in the presence or absence of the indicated concentrations of betaine, MMNO, or proline, under different reaction buffer conditions.
- Figure 6 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of p53 exon 10 in the presence or absence of mixtures of MMNO and proline at different ratios, or in the presence of MMNO, proline, or betaine alone, under different reaction buffer conditions (Mg" concentrations).
- Figure 7 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification ofDra DNA polymerase I in the presence or absence of mixtures of MMNO and proline at different ratios, or in the presence of MMNO, proline, or betaine alone, under different reaction buffer conditions (Mg + ⁇ concentrations).
- Figure 8 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of the GC-rich P32D9 template demonstrating the effects of mixtures of MMNO and proline, or of betaine, on annealing temperature optima.
- Figure 9 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of the Fragile X locus from genomic DNA of the K562 cell line in the presence of various concentrations of either betaine or of 1 :1 mixtures of MMNO and proline.
- Lanes 1 no cosolvent; lanes 2: 0.25M; lanes 3: 0.5M; lanes 4: 0.75M; lanes 5: 1 M; lanes 6: 1.25 M; lanes 7: 1.5 M; lanes 8: 1.75 M; lanes 9: 2 M.
- M DNA sizing markers.
- Figure 10 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of two different long GC-rich adenovirus DNA fragments in the presence or absence of different concentrations of 1 : 1 mixtures of MMNO and proline. Lanes 1 : no cosolvent; lanes 2: 0.25 M; lanes 3: 0.5 M; lanes 4: 1.0 M. M: DNA sizing markers.
- Figure 11 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of GC-rich fragments of K562 genomic DNA in the presence or absence of various concentrations of 1 : 1 mixtures of MMNO and proline (lanes A), betaine (lanes B), L-carnitine (lanes C) or DL-pipecolic acid (lanes D). Lanes 1 : no cosolvent; lanes 2: 0.25 M; lanes 3: 0.5 M; lanes 4: 1 M; lanes 5: 1.5 M; lanes 6: 2 M. M: DNA sizing markers.
- Figure 12 is a photograph of an ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel of samples of PCR amplification of GC-rich fragments of K562 genomic DNA in the presence or absence of various concentrations of betaine (lanes A) or ectoine (lanes B). Lanes 1 : no cosolvent; lanes 2: 0.25 M; lanes 3: 0.5 M; lanes 4: 1 M; lanes 5: 1.5 M; lanes 6: 2 M. M: DNA sizing markers.
- Figure 13 shows the structures of a number of example compounds that may be used in accordance with the invention.
- library means a set of nucleic acid molecules (circular or linear) representative of all or a significant portion of the DNA content of an organism (a “genomic library”), or a set of nucleic acid molecules representative of all or a significant portion of the expressed genes (a "cDNA library”) in a cell, tissue, organ or organism.
- genomic library a set of nucleic acid molecules representative of all or a significant portion of the expressed genes
- cDNA library a set of nucleic acid molecules representative of all or a significant portion of the expressed genes in a cell, tissue, organ or organism.
- Such libraries may or may not be contained in one or more vectors.
- a "vector” is a plasmid, cosmid, phagemid or phage DNA or other DNA molecule which is able to replicate autonomously in a host cell, and which is characterized by one or a small number of restriction endonuclease recognition sites at which such DNA sequences may be cut in a determinable fashion without loss of an essential biological function of the vector, and into which DNA may be inserted in order to bring about its replication and cloning
- the vector may further contain a marker suitable for use in the identification of cells transformed with the vector Markers, for example, include but are not limited to tetracycline resistance or ampicillin resistance
- Primer refers to a single-stranded oligonucleotide that is extended by covalent bonding of nucleotide monomers during amplification or polymerization of a DNA molecule
- template refers to double- stranded or single-stranded nucleic acid molecules which are to be amplified, synthesized or sequenced
- denaturation of its strands to form a first and a second strand is preferably performed before these molecules may be amplified, synthesized or sequenced, or the double stranded molecule may be used directly as a template
- a primer complementary to a portion of the template is hybridized under appropriate conditions and one or more polymerases may then synthesize a nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of said template
- one or more promoters e g SP6, T7 or T3 promoters
- the newly synthesized molecules, according to the invention may be equal or shorter in length than the original
- Amplification refers to any in vitro method for increasing the number of copies of a nucleotide sequence with the use of a polymerase Nucleic acid amplification results in the incorporation of nucleotides into a DNA and/or RNA molecule or primer thereby forming a new molecule complementary to a template The formed nucleic acid molecule and its template can be used as templates to synthesize additional nucleic acid molecules
- one amplification reaction may consist of many rounds of replication
- DNA amplification reactions include, for example, polymerase chain reactions (PCR).
- One PCR reaction may consist of 5 to 100 "cycles" of denaturation and synthesis of a DNA molecule.
- Oligonucleotide refers to a synthetic or natural molecule comprising a covalently linked sequence of nucleotides which are joined by a phosphodiester bond between the 3' position of the deoxyribose or ribose of one nucleotide and the 5' position of the deoxyribose or ribose of the adjacent nucleotide.
- Nucleotide refers to a base-sugar- phosphate combination. Nucleotides are monomeric units of a nucleic acid sequence (DNA and RNA).
- nucleotide includes ribonucleoside triphosphates ATP, UTP, CTG, GTP and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates such as dATP, dCTP, dITP, dUTP, dGTP, dTTP, or derivatives thereof.
- Such derivatives include, for example, [ ⁇ SjdATP, 7-deaza-dGTP and 7-deaza-dATP, and nucleotide derivatives that confer nuclease resistance on the nucleic acid molecule containing them.
- nucleotide as used herein also refers to dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (ddNTPs) and their derivatives.
- ddATP dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates
- ddCTP dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates
- ddGTP dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates
- ddlTP dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates
- a "nucleotide" may be unlabeled or detectably labeled by well known techniques.
- Detectable labels include, for example, radioactive isotopes, fluorescent labels, chemiluminescent labels, bioluminescent labels and enzyme labels.
- Hybridization and “hybridizing” refers to base pairing of two complementary single-stranded nucleic acid molecules (RNA and/or DNA) to give a double-stranded molecule.
- RNA and/or DNA complementary single-stranded nucleic acid molecules
- hybridizing two nucleic acid molecules may be hybridized, although the base pairing is not completely complementary. Accordingly, mismatched bases do not prevent hybridization of two nucleic acid molecules provided that appropriate conditions, well known in the art, are used.
- Unit refers to the activity of an enzyme.
- one unit of activity is the amount of enzyme that will incorporate 10 nanomoles of dNTPs into acid-insoluble material (i.e., DNA or RNA) in 30 minutes under standard primed DNA synthesis conditions.
- the present invention relates generally to compounds, compositions and methods useful in enhancing synthesis of nucleic acid molecules, especially GC- rich nucleic acid templates.
- the invention provides compounds and compositions comprising one or more compounds having a formula selected from the group consisting of formula I and formula II, or salts or derivatives thereof.
- at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, at least six, etc. of such compounds or compositions are used in accordance with the invention.
- Most preferably, 2 to 6, 2 to 5, 2 to 4 or 2 to 3 of such compounds or compositions are used.
- the compounds or compositions of the invention may be in the form of a salt.
- Z may be the same as or different from Y, wherein each Y and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of -OH, -NH 2 , -SH, -PO 3 H, -CO 2 H, -SO 3 H and hydrogen; f is an integer from 0 to 2, m is an integer from 0 to 20 and e is an integer from 0 to 2;
- R 4 , R 5 and Rg may be the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, amino, thiol, mercaptan, halo, nitro, nitrilo, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyaryl, phosphato, alkoxy, oxide, ether, ester (alkanoyloxy), carboxy carbonyl, sulfonyl, sulfonic and amido groups, and d is an integer from 0 to 2;
- a, b, and c are independently an integer from 0 to 1 , with the proviso that no more than two of a, b, and c are zero;
- each R 7 and W may be the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, amino, thiol, mercaptan, halo, nitro, nitrilo, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyaryl, phosphato, alkoxy, oxide, ether, ester (alkanoyloxy), carboxy, carbonyl, sulfonyl, sulfonic, and amido groups; g is an integer from 0 to 2, and n is an integer from 0 to 20; and
- q may be 1 to 100,000.
- a multimer e.g., a polymer
- the corresponding R group is a pair of electrons.
- Formula II is saturated or unsaturated
- q may be 1 to 100,000
- X is selected from the group consisting of N, C, O, P and S;
- Y is selected from the group consisting of O, N, S, P, C, -O-NH-, -O-CH 2 -O-, -O-S-, -O-CH 2 -S-, -O-CH 2 -NH-, -NH-S-, - NH-CH 2 -NH-, -O-CH(CH 3 )-NH-, -NH-CH(CH 3 )-NH-, -O-CH(CH 3 )-O-, -NH-C(CH 3 ) 2 -NH-, -NH-CH 2 -S-, and other mercaptan, phosphato, alkoxy, oxide, ether, ester (alkanoyloxy), carboxy, sulfonyl, sulfonic and amido groups;
- R 1? R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , Rg, R 7 and R 8 may be the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, amino, thiol, mercaptan, halo, nitro, nitrilo, hydroxy, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyaryl, phosphato, alkoxy, oxide, ether, ester (alkanoyloxy), carboxy, sulfonyl, sulfonic and amido groups; and wherein a, b, c, d, e, m, n, and o are integers which may be the same or different and are independently selected from 0 to 2 for a, b, c, d and e, and 0 to 5 for m, n, and o.
- a multimer e.g., a polymer
- Y and/or X are N, and m, n, and o are 1. In another preferred aspect, Y and/or X are N and/or O, and m and n are 1, and o is 2.
- the corresponding R group is a pair of electrons or involved in the formation of the unsaturated structures.
- typical C 6 . 14 aryl groups include, but are not limited to, phenyl, benzyl, methylindolyl, naphthyl, phenanthryl, anthracyl, indenyl, azulenyl, biphenyl, biphenylenyl and fluorenyl groups;
- typical halo groups include, but are not limited to, fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine;
- typical C S alkyl groups include, but are not limited to, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, nonyl, decyl groups as well as branched chain alkyl groups.
- typical C 2 ., 5 alkenyl groups include, but are not limited to, ethenyl, propenyl, butenyl, pentenyl, hexeny
- alkynyl groups include ethynyl, propynyl, butynyl, pentynyl, hexynyl, heptynyl, octynyl, nonynyl, decynyl groups and the like as well as the branched chain alkynyl groups; typical lower alkoxy (ether) groups include oxygen substituted by one of the C j.4 alkyl groups mentioned above; and typical C 2 . 6 alkanoyloxy groups include acetoxy, propionyloxy, butanoyloxy, pentanoyloxy, hexanoyloxy and branched chain isomers thereof.
- saccharides include but are not limited to oligosaccharides and monosaccharides such as trehalose, maltose, glucose, sucrose, lactose, xylobiose, agarobiose, cellobiose, levanbiose, quitobiose, 2- ⁇ -glucuronosylglucuronic acid, allose, altrose, galactose, gulose, idose, mannose, talose, sorbitol, levulose, xylitol and arabitol.
- saccharides include but are not limited to oligosaccharides and monosaccharides such as trehalose, maltose, glucose, sucrose, lactose, xylobiose, agarobiose, cellobiose, levanbiose, quitobiose, 2- ⁇ -glucuronosylglucuronic acid, allose, altrose, galactose, gulose
- Such amino acids may include but are not limited to alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, phenylalanine, tryptophan, methionine, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, glutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, arginine, and histidine, and derivatives thereof.
- Both the D and L forms of the amino acids, and non-protein amino acids may be used in accordance with the invention. Examples include N-(3'-one-5'-methyl)-hexylalanine, leucine betaine, N-methylisoleucine, and ⁇ -glutamyl leucine.
- polyalcohols include but are not limited to glycerol, ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol and the like.
- Preferred compounds of the invention may include, but are not limited to, 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide (MMNO), and N-alkylimidazole compounds such as 1 -methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, and 4-methylimidazole, betaine (carboxymethyl-trimethylammonium), taurine, ectoine, pipecolinic acid, pipecolic acid, 2-morpholinoethanesulfonic acid, pyridine N-oxide, N,N-dimethyloctylamine N-oxide, 3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one morpholine salt, glycine, sorcosine, N-N- dimethyl glycine, N-methyl-proline, 4-hydroxy-proline, l-methyl-2- pyrrolecarboxylic acid, 1 -methylindole-2-carboxylic acid, 2-pyrazinecarboxylic acid, 5-methyl-2-pyrazinecarboxylic acid, 4-methyl-5-imi
- Additional preferred compounds include derivatives and salts of the compounds of formulae I and II.
- the compounds of the invention include esters and amides of the carboxyl group which may be prepared using routine methods of chemical synthesis, for example by condensing the carboxyl- containing compound with an alcohol or amino compound.
- alcohols useful according to this aspect of the invention include C .6 alcohols and C 7 . 12 aralkanol compounds, including but not limited to methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, pentanol, hexanol, and branched chain isomers thereof.
- amino compounds useful according to this aspect of the invention include C 1-6 amino compounds and C 7 . 12 aralkamino compounds, including but not limited to methylamine, ethylamine, propylamine, butylamine, pentylamine, hexylamine, and branched chain isomers thereof.
- the compounds of the invention include the esters of such compounds which may be prepared by condensing the hydroxy- containing compound with, for example, a C 6 alkanoic acid, a C 6.12 aralkanoic acid, or C 2 . 12 dialkanoic acid or an anhydride thereof, e.g.
- Acid addition salts of the compounds of formulae I and II may be formed by routine methods of chemical synthesis, for example by mixing a solution of the particular compound with a solution of an acid, such as hydrochloric acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, succinic acid, acetic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, oxalic acid, and the like.
- an acid such as hydrochloric acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, succinic acid, acetic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, carbonic acid, phosphoric acid, oxalic acid, and the like.
- Basic salts of the compounds of formulae I and II may be formed using routine methods of chemical synthesis, for example by mixing a solution of the particular compound with a solution of a base, such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, choline hydroxide, sodium carbonate, Tris, and the like.
- a base such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, choline hydroxide, sodium carbonate, Tris, and the like.
- the above mentioned compounds and compositions may be used alone or in any combination thereof.
- combinations of at least two, at least three, at least four, at least five, etc. are used in accordance with the invention.
- 2 to 10, 2 to 9, 2 to 8, 2 to 7, 2 to 6, 2 to 5, 2 to 4, and 2 to 3 of such compounds are used.
- the invention relates to the compositions obtained by mixing any combination of the above mentioned compounds. In mixing such compounds together, certain interactions may take place which may change the structure of one or more of the compounds being mixed and result in the formation of new or different compounds.
- compositions may be used in methods for enhanced, high-fidelity synthesis of nucleic acid molecules, including via amplification (particularly PCR), reverse transcription, and sequencing methods.
- the invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules produced by these methods, to fragments or derivatives thereof, and to vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules, fragments, or derivatives.
- the invention also relates to the use of such nucleic acid molecules to produce desired polypeptides.
- the invention also concerns kits comprising the compounds or compositions of the invention.
- R 4 and Z are H
- Y is -CO 2 H
- d, e, f and m are 1, then the starting chemical is BrCH 2 CH 2 CO 2 H which is commercially available.
- R 2 and R 3 are H; b and m are 1; c-1 and n-1 are zero, then the starting chemical is NH 2 -CH 2 -COH which is commercially available.
- BrCH 2 CO 2 H CH 3 CH(Br)CO 2 H, CH 2 - CH 2 CH(Br)CO 2 H, BrCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CO 2 H, C1-CH 2 -CH 2 -C1 (CH 3 ) 2 CHCH(Br)CO 2 , CH 3 CH 2 CH(Br)CO 2 H, BrCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CO 2 H, BrCH 2 CH 2 CO 2 H, HO 2 CCH 2 CH(Br)CO 2 H.
- Such compounds may be obtained from Aldrich (St. Louis, MO).
- N-alkylimidazole compounds including 1 -methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole
- Sigma Sigma (St. Louis, MO).
- one or more of the above- described compounds may be mixed together in any manner. Such mixtures may be accomplished by admixing these compounds in their powdered form, preparing a solution of each compound in an aqueous or organic solvent and admixing the solutions to form the compositions of the invention, or preparing a solution of at least one compound and admixing the powdered form of one or more additional compounds.
- compositions may further comprise one or more polypeptides having nucleic acid polymerase activity.
- Preferred such enzymes having nucleic acid polymerase activity may include, but are not limited to, polypeptides having DNA polymerase activity, polypeptides having RNA polymerase activity, and polypeptides having reverse transcriptase activity.
- the present compositions are provided at working concentrations or as concentrates (2X, 5X, 10X, 50X etc.). Such compositions are preferably stable upon storage at various temperatures.
- stable and “stability” as used herein generally mean the retention by a component, such as a compound or an enzyme of the composition, of at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, and most preferably at least 90%, of the original enzyme and/or compound activity after the composition has been stored for about one week at a temperature of about 4°C, about six months at a temperature of about -20°C.
- working concentration means the concentration of a chemical compound or an enzyme that is at or near the optimal concentration used in a solution to perform a particular function (such as synthesis of nucleic acids).
- Water which may be used in forming the compositions of the present invention is preferably distilled, deionized and sterile filtered (through a 0.1-0.2 micrometer filter), and is free of contamination by DNase and RNase enzymes.
- Such water is available commercially, for example from Sigma Chemical Company (Saint Louis, Missouri), or may be made as needed according to methods well known to those skilled in the art.
- the present compositions preferably comprise one or more buffers and cofactors necessary for synthesis of a nucleic acid molecule.
- buffers for use in forming the present compositions are the acetate, sulfate, hydrochloride, phosphate or free acid forms of Tris-(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS®), although alternative buffers of the same approximate ionic strength and pKa as TRIS® may be used with equivalent results.
- cofactor salts such as those of potassium (preferably potassium chloride or potassium acetate) and magnesium (preferably magnesium chloride or magnesium acetate) are included in the compositions.
- any pH-sensitive chemical compounds and polypeptides will be less subject to acid- or alkaline-mediated inactivation or degradation during formulation of the present compositions.
- a buffer salt which is preferably a salt of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS®), and most preferably the hydrochloride salt thereof, is combined with a sufficient quantity of water to yield a solution having a TRIS® concentration of 5-150 millimolar, preferably 10-60 millimolar, and most preferably about 20-60 millimolar.
- a salt of magnesium preferably either the chloride or acetate salt thereof
- a salt of potassium (most preferably potassium chloride) may also be added to the solution, at a working concentration of 10-100 millimolar and most preferably about 75 millimolar.
- a reducing agent such as dithiothreitol may be added to the solution, preferably at a final concentration of about 1-100 mM, more preferably a concentration of about 5-50 mM or about 7.5-20 mM, and most preferably at a concentration of about 10 mM.
- a small amount of a salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), such as disodium EDTA, may also be added (preferably about 0.1 millimolar), although inclusion of EDTA does not appear to be essential to the function or stability of the compositions of the present invention.
- EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetate
- this buffered salt solution is mixed well until all salts are dissolved, and the pH is adjusted using methods known in the art to a pH value of 7.4 to 9.2, preferably 8.0 to 9.0, and most preferably about 8.4.
- compounds of the invention and optionally the one or more polypeptides having nucleic acid polymerase activity, are added to produce the present compositions.
- the compounds of the invention are mixed at a molar or stoichiometric ratio of about 10:1, about 9: 1, about 8:1, about 7:1, about 6: 1, about 5:1, about 4:1, about 3: 1, about 2.5: 1, about 2:1, about 1.75:1, about 1.5: 1, about 1.25:1, about 1 : 1, about 1:1.25, about 1 :1.5, about 1 :1.75, about 1:2, about 1 :2.5, about 1 :3, about 1 :4, about 1 :5, about 1:6, about 1:7, about 1 :8, about 1 :9, or about 1 : 10. More preferably, the compounds are mixed at a molar or stoichiometric ratio of about 1 : 1.
- compositions of the invention may then be stored at two to four weeks at 65°C, one to two months at room temperature to 37 °C, one to six months at 4°C and three months to a year or longer at -20°C, until use in the synthesis of nucleic acid molecules
- polypeptides having polymerase activity are useful in accordance with the present invention
- enzymes such as nucleic acid polymerases (including DNA polymerases and RNA polymerases)
- Such polymerases include, but are not limited to, Thermus thermophilus (Tth) DNA polymerase, Thermus aquatwus (Taq) DNA polymerase, Thermotoga neopohtana (Tne) DNA polymerase, Thermotoga mantima (Tma) DNA polymerase, Thermococcus litorahs (Th or VENTTM) DNA polymerase, Pyrococcus fur IOSUS (Pfu) DNA polymerase, DEEPVENTTM DNA polymerase, Pyrococcus woosu (Pwo) DNA polymerase, Pyrococcus sp KDD2 (KOD) DNA polymerase, Bacillus sterothermophilus (Bst) DNA polymerase, Bacillus sterothermophilus (
- the nucleic acid polymerases used in the present invention may be mesophilic or thermophilic, and are preferably thermophilic
- Preferred mesophihc DNA polymerases include T7 DNA polymerase, T5 DNA polymerase, Klenow fragment DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase III and the like
- Preferred thermostable DNA polymerases that may be used in the methods and compositions of the invention include Taq, Tne, Tma, Pfu, Tfl, Tth, Stoffel fragment, VENTTM and DEEPVENTTM DNA polymerases, and mutants, variants and derivatives thereof (U S Patent No 5,436,149, U S Patent 4,889,818, U S Patent 4,965, 188, U S Patent 5,079,352, U S Patent 5,614,365, U S Patent 5,374,553, U S Patent 5,270,179, U S Patent 5,047,342, U S Patent No 5,512,462, WO 92/06188, WO 92/06200.
- DNA polymerases for amplification of long nucleic acid molecules (e g , nucleic acid molecules longer than about 3-5 Kb in length), at least two DNA polymerases (one substantially lacking 3' exonuclease activity and the other having 3' exonuclease activity) are typically used See U S Patent No 5,436, 149, U S Patent No 5,512,462, Barnes, W M , Gene 112 29-35 ( 1992), and copendingU S Patent Application No 08/801,720, filed February 14, 1997, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein in their entireties
- DNA polymerases substantially lacking in 3' exonuclease activity include, but are not limited to, Taq, Tne(exo ⁇ ), Tma(exo ⁇ ), Pfu (exo " ), Rwo(exo ' ) and Tth DNA polymerases, and mutants, variants and derivatives thereof
- Polypeptides having reverse transcriptase activity for use in the invention include any polypeptide having reverse transcriptase activity
- Such enzymes include, but are not limited to, retroviral reverse transcriptase, retrotransposon reverse transcriptase, hepatitis B reverse transcriptase, cauliflower mosaic virus reverse transcriptase, bacterial reverse transcriptase, Tth DNA polymerase, Taq DNA polymerase (Saiki, R K , et al, Science 239 487-491 (1988;, U S Patent Nos 4,889,818 and 4,965,188), Tne DNA polymerase (WO 96/10640), Tma DNA polymerase (U S Patent No 5,374,553) and mutants, variants or derivatives thereof (see, e g , co-pending U S Patent Application Nos 08/706,702 and 08/706,706, of A John Hughes and Deb K Chatterjee, both filed September 9, 1996, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties).
- Preferred enzymes for use in the invention include those that are reduced or substantially reduced in RNase H activity.
- an enzyme “substantially reduced in RNase H activity” is meant that the enzyme has less than about 20%, more preferably less than about 15%, 10% or 5%, and most preferably less than about 2%, of the RNase H activity of the corresponding wildtype or RNase H + enzyme such as wildtype Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus (M-MLV), Avian Myeloblastosis Virus (AMV) or Rous Sarcoma Virus (RSV) reverse transcriptases.
- M-MLV Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus
- AMV Avian Myeloblastosis Virus
- RSV Rous Sarcoma Virus reverse transcriptases.
- the RNase H activity of any enzyme may be determined by a variety of assays, such as those described, for example, in U.S. Patent No.
- polypeptides for use in the invention include, but are not limited to, M-MLV H " reverse transcriptase, RSV H “ reverse transcriptase, AMV H " reverse transcriptase, RAV (Rous-associated virus) H reverse transcriptase, MAV (myeloblastosis-associated virus) H reverse transcriptase and HIV H " reverse transcriptase.
- any enzyme capable of producing a DNA molecule from a ribonucleic acid molecule i.e., having reverse transcriptase activity
- RNase H activity any enzyme capable of producing a DNA molecule from a ribonucleic acid molecule (i.e., having reverse transcriptase activity) that is substantially reduced in RNase H activity may be equivalently used in the compositions, methods and kits of the invention.
- DNA and RNA polymerases for use in the invention may be obtained commercially, for example from Life Technologies, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland), Perkin-Elmer (Branchburg, New Jersey), New England BioLabs (Beverly, Massachusetts) or Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals (Indianapolis, Indiana).
- Polypeptides having reverse transcriptase activity for use in the invention may be obtained commercially, for example from Life Technologies, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland), Pharmacia (Piscataway, New Jersey), Sigma (Saint Louis, Missouri) or Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals (Indianapolis, Indiana).
- polypeptides having reverse transcriptase activity may be isolated from their natural viral or bacterial sources according to standard procedures for isolating and purifying natural proteins that are well-known to one of ordinary skill in the art (see, e.g., Houts, G.E., et al, J. Virol. 29:517 (1979)).
- the polypeptides having reverse transcriptase activity may be prepared by recombinant DNA techniques that are familiar to one of ordinary skill in the art (see, e.g., Kotewicz, M.L., etal, Nucl. Acids Res. 16:265 (1988); Soltis, D.A., and Skalka, A.M., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 55:3372-3376 (1988)).
- Polypeptides having polymerase or reverse transcriptase activity are preferably used in the present compositions and methods at a final concentration in solution of about 0.1-200 units per milliliter, about 0.1-50 units per milliliter, about 0.1-40 units per milliliter, about 0.1-3.6 units per milliliter, about 0.1-34 units per milliliter, about 0.1-32 units per milliliter, about 0.1-30 units per milliliter, or about 0.1-20 units per milliliter, and most preferably at a concentration of about 20-40 units per milliliter.
- concentrations of such polymerases or reverse transcriptases suitable for use in the invention will be apparent to one or ordinary skill in the art.
- the compounds and compositions of the invention may be used in methods for the synthesis of nucleic acids.
- the present compounds and compositions facilitate the synthesis, particularly via amplification reactions such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), of nucleic acid molecules that have a high content of guanine and cytosine (i.e., "GC-rich" nucleic acid molecules).
- the present compounds and compositions may therefore be used in any method requiring the synthesis of nucleic acid molecules, such as DNA (particularly cDNA) and RNA (particularly mRNA) molecules.
- Methods in which the compounds or compositions of the invention may advantageously be used include, but are not limited to, nucleic acid synthesis methods, nucleic acid amplification methods, nucleic acid reverse transcription methods, and nucleic acid sequencing methods. Synthesis
- Nucleic acid synthesis methods may comprise one or more steps.
- the invention provides a method for synthesizing a nucleic acid molecule comprising (a) mixing a nucleic acid template with one or more of the above-described compounds and compositions of the invention to form a mixture; and (b) incubating the mixture under conditions sufficient to make a first nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of the template.
- the nucleic acid template may be a DNA molecule such as a cDNA molecule or library, or an RNA molecule such as a mRNA molecule.
- the input nucleic acid molecules or libraries may be prepared from populations of nucleic acid molecules obtained from natural sources, such as a variety of cells, tissues, organs or organisms.
- Cells that may be used as sources of nucleic acid molecules may be prokaryotic (bacterial cells, including those of species of the genera Escherichia, Bacillus, Serratia, Salmonella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Clostridium, Chlamydia, Neisseria, Treponema, Mycoplasma, Borrelia, Legionella, Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium, Helicobacter, Erwinia, Agrobacterium, Rhizobium, and Streptomyces) or eukaryotic (including fungi (especially yeasts), plants, protozoans and other parasites, and animals including insects (particularly Drosophila spp. cells), nematodes (particularly Caenorhabditis elegans cells), and mammals (particularly human cells)
- Mammalian somatic cells that may be used as sources of nucleic acid molecules or libraries of nucleic acid molecules include blood cells (reticulocytes and leukocytes), endothelial cells, epithelial cells, neuronal cells (from the central or peripheral nervous systems), muscle cells (including myocytes and myoblasts from skeletal, smooth or cardiac muscle), connective tissue cells (including fibroblasts, adipocytes, chondrocytes, chondroblasts, osteocytes and osteoblasts) and other stromal cells (e.g., macrophages, dendritic cells, Schwann cells).
- blood cells reticulocytes and leukocytes
- endothelial cells epithelial cells
- neuronal cells from the central or peripheral nervous systems
- muscle cells including myocytes and myoblasts from skeletal, smooth or cardiac muscle
- connective tissue cells including fibroblasts, adipocytes, chondrocytes, chondroblasts, osteocytes and
- Mammalian germ cells may also be used as sources of nucleic acids or libraries for use in the invention, as may the progenitors, precursors and stem cells that give rise to the above somatic and germ cells.
- nucleic acid sources are mammalian tissues or organs such as those derived from brain, kidney, liver, pancreas, blood, bone marrow, muscle, nervous, skin, genitourinary, circulatory, lymphoid, gastrointestinal and connective tissue sources, as well as those derived from a mammalian (including human) embryo or fetus.
- prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells, tissues and organs may be normal, diseased, transformed, established, progenitors, precursors, fetal or embryonic.
- Diseased cells may, for example, include those involved in infectious diseases (caused by bacteria, fungi or yeast, viruses (including HIV) or parasites), in geneticor biochemical pathologies (e.g., cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis) or in cancerous processes.
- Transformed or established animal cell lines may include, for example, COS cells, CHO cells, VERO cells, BHK cells, HeLa cells, HepG2 cells, K562 cells, F9 cells and the like.
- cells, cell lines, tissues, organs and organisms suitable as sources of nucleic acids for use in the methods of the present invention will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art. These cells, tissues, organs and organisms may be obtained from their natural sources, or may be obtained commercially from sources such as American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, Maryland) and others that are known to the skilled artisan.
- nucleic acid molecules such as DNA, RNA (e.g., mRNA or poly A+ RNA) molecules
- DNA RNA
- RNA e.g., mRNA or poly A+ RNA
- cDNA molecules or libraries prepared therefrom by methods that are well-known in the art (See, e.g., Maniatis, T., et al, Cell 15:687-701 (1978); Okayama, H, and Berg, P., Mol Cell Biol 2: 161-170 (1982); Gubler, U., and Hoffman, B.J., Gene 25:263-269 (1983)).
- a first nucleic acid molecule may be synthesized by mixing a nucleic acid template obtained as described above, which is preferably a DNA molecule such as a cDNA molecule, or an RNA molecule such as an mRNA molecule or a polyA+ RNA molecule, with one or more of the above-described compounds or compositions of the invention to form a mixture. Under conditions favoring the reverse transcription (in the case of an RNA template) and/or polymerization of the input nucleic acid molecule, synthesis of a first nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of the nucleic acid template is accomplished.
- Such synthesis is usually accomplished in the presence of nucleotides (e.g., deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs), dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (ddNTPs) or derivatives thereof).
- nucleotides e.g., deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs), dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (ddNTPs) or derivatives thereof).
- the compounds, compositions and methods of the invention may be used in single-tube synthesis of double-stranded nucleic acid molecules.
- the first nucleic acid molecule synthesized as described above is incubated under conditions sufficient to make a second nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of the first nucleic acid molecule.
- This second strand synthesis may be accomplished, for example, by a modified Gubler- Hof man reaction (D'Alessio, J.M., et al, Focus 9: 1 (1987)).
- compositions of the invention may be used in methods for amplifying or sequencing nucleic acid molecules.
- Nucleic acid amplification methods according to this aspect of the invention may additionally comprise use of one or more polypeptides having reverse transcriptase activity, in methods generally known in the art as one- step (e.g., one-step RT- PCR) or two-step (e.g., two-step RT-PCR) reverse transcriptase-amplification reactions.
- the compositions of the invention may comprise a combination of polypeptides having DNA polymerase activity, as described in detail in commonly owned, co-pending U.S. Application No. 08/801,720, filed February 14, 1997, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- Amplification methods according to this aspect of the invention may comprise one or more steps.
- the invention provides a method for amplifying a nucleic acid molecule comprising (a) mixing a nucleic acid template with one or more of the above-described compounds or compositions of to form a mixture; and (b) incubating the mixture under conditions sufficient to amplify a nucleic acid molecule complementary to all or a portion of the template.
- the invention also provides nucleic acid molecules amplified by such methods.
- amplification and analysis of nucleic acid molecules or fragments are well-known to one of ordinary skill in the art (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,683,195; 4,683,202; and 4,800,159; Innis, M.A., et al., eds., PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications, San Diego, California: Academic Press, Inc. (1990); Griffin, H.G., and Griffin, A.M., eds., PCR Technology: Current Innovations, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press (1994)).
- amplification methods which may be used in accordance with the present invention include PCR (U.S. Patent Nos.
- SDA Strand Displacement Amplification
- NASBA Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification
- these amplification methods comprise contacting the nucleic acid sample with a compound or composition (such as those of the present invention) comprising one or more polypeptides having nucleic acid polymerase activity in the presence of one or more primer sequences, amplifying the nucleic acid sample to generate a collection of amplified nucleic acid fragments, preferably by PCR or equivalent automated amplification technique, and optionally separating the amplified nucleic acid fragments by size, preferably by gel electrophoresis, and analyzing the gels for the presence of nucleic acid fragments, for example by staining the gel with a nucleic acid-binding dye such as ethidium bromide.
- a nucleic acid-binding dye such as ethidium bromide.
- the amplified nucleic acid fragments may be isolated for further use or characterization. This step is usually accomplished by separation of the amplified nucleic acid fragments by size by any physical or biochemical means including gel electrophoresis, capillary electrophoresis, chromatography (including sizing, affinity and immunochromatography), density gradient centrifugation and immunoadsorption. Separation of nucleic acid fragments by gel electrophoresis is particularly preferred, as it provides a rapid and highly reproducible means of sensitive separation of a multitude of nucleic acid fragments, and permits direct, simultaneous comparison of the fragments in several samples of nucleic acids.
- gel electrophoresis is particularly preferred, as it provides a rapid and highly reproducible means of sensitive separation of a multitude of nucleic acid fragments, and permits direct, simultaneous comparison of the fragments in several samples of nucleic acids.
- the invention is also directed to isolated nucleic acid molecules produced by the amplification or synthesis methods of the invention.
- one or more of the amplified nucleic acid fragments are removed from the gel which was used for identification (see above), according to standard techniques such as electroefution or physical excision.
- the isolated unique nucleic acid fragments may then be inserted into standard nucleotide vectors, including expression vectors, suitable for transfection or transformation of a variety of prokaryotic (bacterial) or eukaryotic (yeast, plant or animal including human and other mammalian) cells.
- nucleic acid molecules that are amplified and isolated using the compounds, compositions and methods of the present invention may be further characterized, for example by sequencing (i.e., determining the nucleotide sequence of the nucleic acid fragments), by methods described below and others that are standard in the art (see, e.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 4,962,022 and 5,498,523, which are directed to methods of DNA sequencing).
- Nucleic acid sequencing methods may comprise one or more steps.
- the invention provides a method for sequencing a nucleic acid molecule comprising (a) mixing a nucleic acid molecule to be sequenced with one or more primers, one or more of the above-described compounds or compositions of the invention, one or more nucleotides and one or more terminating agents (such as a dideoxynucleotide) to form a mixture; (b) incubating the mixture under conditions sufficient to synthesize a population of molecules complementary to all or a portion of the molecule to be sequenced; and (c) separating the population to determine the nucleotide sequence of all or a portion of the molecule to be sequenced.
- terminating agents such as a dideoxynucleotide
- Nucleic acid sequencing techniques which may employ the present compositions include dideoxy sequencing methods such as those disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,962,022 and 5,498,523.
- the present invention also relates to vectors which comprise the isolated nucleic acid molecules of the present invention, host cells which are genetically engineered with the recombinant vectors, and methods for the production of a recombinant polypeptide using these vectors and host cells.
- the vector used in the present invention may be, for example, a phage or a plasmid, and is preferably a plasmid.
- Preferred are vectors comprising c/ ' s-acting control regions to the nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of interest.
- Appropriate tr ⁇ «s-acting factors may be supplied by the host, supplied by a complementing vector or supplied by the vector itself upon introduction into the host.
- the vectors provide for specific expression of a polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecules of the invention; such expression vectors may be inducible and/or cell type-specific. Particularly preferred among such vectors are those inducible by environmental factors that are easy to manipulate, such as temperature and nutrient additives.
- Expression vectors useful in the present invention include chromosomal-, episomal-and virus-derived vectors, e.g., vectors derived from bacterial plasmids or bacteriophages, and vectors derived from combinations thereof, such as cosmids and phagemids.
- the DNA insert should be operatively linked to an appropriate promoter, such as the phage lambda P L promoter, the E. coli lac, trp and tac promoters. Other suitable promoters will be known to the skilled artisan.
- the gene fusion constructs will further contain sites for transcription initiation, termination and, in the transcribed region, a ribosome binding site for translation.
- the coding portion of the mature transcripts expressed by the constructs will preferably include a translation initiation codon at the beginning, and a termination codon (UAA, UGA or UAG) appropriately positioned at the end, of the polynucleotide to be translated.
- the expression vectors will preferably include at least one selectable marker.
- markers include tetracycline or ampicillin resistance genes for culturing in E. coli and other bacteria.
- vectors preferred for use in the present invention include pQE70, pQE60 and pQE-9, available from Qiagen; pBS vectors, Phagescript vectors, Bluescript vectors, pNH8A, pNHl ⁇ a, pNH18A, pNH46A, available from Stratagene; pcDNA3 available from Invitrogen; and pGEX, pTrxfus, pTrc99a, pET-5, pET-9, pKK223-3, pKK233-3, pDR540, pRIT5 available from Pharmacia.
- Other suitable vectors will be readily apparent to the skilled artisan.
- host cells include, but are not limited to, bacterial cells such as E. coli, Streptomyces spp., Erwinia spp., Klebsiella spp. and Salmonella typhimurium.
- E. coli bacterial cells
- Streptomyces spp. Erwinia spp.
- Klebsiella spp. Salmonella typhimurium.
- Salmonella typhimurium Preferred as a host cell is E. coli, and particularly preferred are E. coli strains DH1 OB and Stbl2, which are available commercially (Life Technologies, Inc; Rockville, Maryland).
- the methods of the present invention are suitable for production of any polypeptide of any length, via insertion of the above-described nucleic acid molecules or vectors into a host cell and expression of the nucleotide sequence encoding the polypeptide of interest by the host cell.
- Introduction of the nucleic acid molecules or vectors into a host cell to produce a transformed host cell can be effected by calcium phosphate transfection, DEAE-dextran mediated transfection, cationic lipid-mediated transfection, electroporation, transduction, infection or other methods. Such methods are described in many standard laboratory manuals, such as Davis et al, Basic Methods In Molecular Biology (1986).
- the cells may be cultivated under any physiologically compatible conditions of pH and temperature, in any suitable nutrient medium containing assimilable sources of carbon, nitrogen and essential minerals that support host cell growth.
- Recombinant polypeptide- producing cultivation conditions will vary according to the type of vector used to transform the host cells.
- certain expression vectors comprise regulatory regions which require cell growth at certain temperatures, or addition of certain chemicals or inducing agents to the cell growth medium, to initiate the gene expression resulting in the production of the recombinant polypeptide.
- the term "recombinant polypeptide-producing conditions," as used herein, is not meant to be limited to any one set of cultivation conditions.
- the polypeptide of interest may be isolated by several techniques. To liberate the polypeptide of interest from the host cells, the cells are lysed or ruptured. This lysis may be accomplished by contacting the cells with a hypotonic solution, by treatment with a cell wall-disrupting enzyme such as lysozyme, by sonication, by treatment with high pressure, or by a combination of the above methods. Other methods of bacterial cell disruption and lysis that are known to one of ordinary skill may also be used.
- the polypeptide may be separated from the cellular debris by any technique suitable for separation of particles in complex mixtures.
- the polypeptide may then be purified by well known isolation techniques. Suitable techniques for purification include, but are not limited to, ammonium sulfate or ethanol precipitation, acid extraction, electrophoresis, immunoadsorption, anion or cation exchange chromatography, phosphocellulose chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, affinity chromatography, immuno affinity chromatography, size exclusion chromatography, liquid chromatography (LC), high performance LC (HPLC), fast performance LC (FPLC), hydroxylapatite chromatography and lectin chromatography.
- LC liquid chromatography
- HPLC high performance LC
- FPLC fast performance LC
- kits for use in the synthesis, amplification, or sequencing of a nucleic acid molecule.
- Kits according to this aspect of the invention may comprise one or more containers, such as vials, tubes, ampules, bottles and the like, which may comprise one or more of the compositions of the invention.
- kits of the invention may comprise one or more of the following components: (i) one or more compounds or compositions of the invention, (ii) one or more polymerases or reverse transcriptases, (iii) one or more suitable buffers, (iv) one or more nucleotides, and (v) one or more primers.
- MMNO 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide
- Examples 1 -3 A 2.2X PCR mixture was prepared containing all the components listed below except the template DNA and primers. The following table illustrates how to prepare a 2.2X PCR mixture.
- Betaine monohydrate [Carboxymethyljtrimethyl-ammonium), L-proline, 4-methylmorpholine-4-oxide (MMNO), ectoine (THP[B]; [S]-2-Methyl-l,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-4- carboxylic acid), DL-pipecolic acid (DL-2-Piperidinecarboxylic acid), and L- carnitine ([-]-b-Hydroxy-g-[trimethylammonio]butyrate) were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO), and prepared as 4M stock solutions in sterile distilled water and filter sterilized.
- Example 1 Titration of Proline, 1-methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole to Improve PCR Amplification from a GC-rich Template
- the GC-rich template P55G12 was tested with various concentrations of one of 3 different chemicals: the amino acid proline, 1 - methylimidazole and 4-methylimidazole.
- the following components were combined in a 0.2 ml tube: 13 ml of the 2.2X PCR mix, 0.5 ml of template DNA (10 pg), 0.5 ml of a primer mix (10 mM each) and 13 ml of a 4M chemical solution (either proline, 1-methylimidazole or 4-methyl- imidazole), and the solution was mixed by pipeting.
- the program for PCR was: 95 °C, 3 min; 30 cycles of 94 °C, 30 sec; 55 °C, 30 sec; 72 °C, 1 min. After the PCR was done, 5 ml of loading dye was added to each tube and 12 ml of the mixture was loaded onto an agarose gel for electrophoresis followed by ethidium bromide staining of the gel for the presence of DNA fragments.
- Example 2 Titration of 4-methylmorpholine N-oxide (MMNO) for the PCR of a GC-rich Template: Comparison of MMNO and Betaine
- Example 1 MMNO was identified as a novel reagent for improving PCR performance on GC-rich templates. The next issue to be addressed was the dependence of the performance of MMNO on its concentration in the PCR mix.
- the GC-rich amplicon P55G12 was amplified as described above in Example 1, in the presence of 1M Betaine or of various concentrations of MMNO.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa contains high GC-content (70% GC) and is therefore challenging to amplify by PCR. Therefore, three different Pseudomonas aeruginosa amplicons ranging in size from 1.3- to 1.8-kb were tested in the PCR methods of the invention using betaine, MMNO, or trimethylamine N-oxide (TMANO) in the PCR reaction mixture.
- TMANO trimethylamine N-oxide
- the same reaction preparation was used as described in Example 1 , except that the template DNA in these reactions consisted of 30 ng of P. aeruginosa genomic DNA.
- the following PCR program was used for DNA amplification 95 °C, 5m ⁇ n, 35 cycles of 94 °C, 2 min, 58 °C, 30 sec and 72 °C, 2m ⁇ n
- Example 4 Comparison of Betaine, Proline and MMNO for Enhanced PCR Amplification of GC-rich templates
- Varying concentrations of betaine, proline and MMNO were examined for their efficacy of enhancing PCR amplification of a 156-bp fragment of human p53 exon 10 (62 2% GC) or the 2782-bp coding region for DNA polymerase I gene from Deinococus radiodurans (66 7% GC) Reaction parameters were varied to assess effects of buffer composition and magnesium concentration
- PCR amplifications were performed using thin-walled 0 2-ml tubes in 50 ml reactions containing 2 5 U Platinum Taq, either IX Taq Buffer (20 mM T ⁇ s-HCl (pH8 4), 50 mM KC1) or IX Taq High Fidelity Buffer (60 mM T ⁇ s-SO 4 (pH 8 9), 18 mM (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 ), 200 mM of each dNTP, and 200 nM of each primer
- Magnesium concentration either magnesium chloride (Taq Buffer reactions) or magnesium sulfate (Taq High Fidelity Buffer reactions) was varied between 1 0 and 2 5 mM
- the amount of each cosolvent (betaine, MMNO, or proline) was varied as indicated in each figure Reactions were temperature cycled using either a Perkin Elmer model 9600 or 2400 Thermal cycler
- reactions contained 100 ng K562 human genomic DNA and were incubated
- mixture compositions 4 M solutions of MMNO and proline were combined in ratios of 3: 1, 2: 1, 1 : 1, 1 :2, and 1 :3 respectively, to compose 4M hybrid cosolvent mixtures. These mixtures were then assayed for their effect on PCR amplification of p53 exon 10 and Dra DNA pol I. PCR reactions were performed in 50-ml volumes with Platinum Taq DNA polymerase in IX Taq high fidelity buffer as described above. Magnesium sulfate concentration was varied between 1.0 to 2.5 mM for each concentration of cosolvent tested. Concentrations of MMNO, mixtures of MMNO and proline, proline, and betaine are as indicated in each figure.
- compositions comprising mixtures of N-alkyl carboxylic acids and N- alkyl amine oxides results in novel properties which can be exploited to enhance PCR amplification of GC-rich templates.
- mixtures of MMNO and proline combined in ratios from 2:1 to 1 :2 can be used to enhance PCR amplification of GC-rich templates over a broad size range and increase the reliability of PCR over broader magnesium concentrations.
- Example 6 MMNO:proline Mixtures Enhance PCR of GC-rich Templates Over a Broad Annealing Temperature Optimum
- MMNO:proline mixture compositions were assessed for the effects of PCR cosolvents on optimal annealing temperature during the PCR reaction.
- PCR reactions were performed in 50-ml volumes using thin-walled 0.2-ml tubes (Stratagene, Inc.) in 50-ml reactions containing 2.5 U Platinum Taq, IX Taq High Fidelity Buffer (60 mM Tris-SO 4 (pH 8.9), 18 mM (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 ), 1.5 mMMgSO 4 , 200mM each dNTP, 200 nM each primer, 100 ng K562 human genomic DNA, and either or no added cosolvent, 0.5 M betaine, or 0.5 M 1 : 1, MMNO: proline.
- IX Taq High Fidelity Buffer 60 mM Tris-SO 4 (pH 8.9), 18 mM (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4
- 1.5 mMMgSO 4 200mM each dNTP, 200 nM each primer, 100
- Concentrated MMNO proline mixtures were prepared by mixing equal volumes of 4 M MMNO and 4 M proline. Annealing temperature optima were studied using a gradient block Robo-cycler (Stratagene) with a heated lid for oil-free operation. Following a 1 min denaturation at 95°C, reactions were cycled 35 times at 95°C, 45s; 55°-66°C, 45s, 68°C, 1 min. 10-ml of eachPCRwas analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis (1% Agarose 1000, Life Technologies, Inc.) in 0.5X TBE and ethidium bromide staining.
- agarose gel electrophoresis 1% Agarose 1000, Life Technologies, Inc.
- MMNO proline mixture was compared to betaine for its ability to facilitate PCR amplification of very high GC content DNA sequence.
- Primers were designed which bracketed the CGG repeat sequence of the human FMR-1 gene in the fragile X locus (GenBank Accession No. X61378).
- PCR amplifications were performed as described above, using 2.5U Platinum Taq DNA polymerase high fidelity, 100 ng K562 genomic DNA and IX Taq high fidelity buffer supplemented with 2 mM magnesium sulfate (final concentration).
- Aliquots of a 4M MMNO:proline mixture prepared as described above, or 4 M betaine, were added to PCRs in varying amounts to produce 0.25 M to 2 M final concentration of either cosolvent.
- PCRs were incubated at 95°C for 1 min., followed by 35 cycles of: 95°C, 30s; 58°C, 30s; 68°C, 30s. Agarose gel analysis of the results of these studies is shown in Figure 9.
- Example 8 Use of MMNO:proline Mixtures in Long PCR
- DNA polymerase mixtures composed of Taq DNA polymerase and an archaebacterial DNA polymerase possessing proof-reading activity have beenused for amplification ofDNA fragments up to 40-kb (Barnes, W.M., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 91 :2216-2220 (1994)).
- the ability of MMNO: proline mixture to facilitate amplification of long GC-rich sequences was tested using primers designed to amplify 7.77-kb or 9.75-kb fragments of adenovirus type 2 DNA (-60% GC).
- PCRs were performed using 1 pg of adenovirus type 2 DNA (Life Technologies, Inc.), IX T ⁇ high fidelity buffer supplemented 1.5 mM magnesium sulfate, and varying amounts (0 to 1M) of MMNO: proline mixture essentially as described above except that 2.5U Platinum Taq DNA polymerase high fidelity, an enzyme blend of DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus and Pyrococcus species GB-D, was substituted for Platinum Taq DNA polymerase. Reactions were incubated for 1 min at 95°C, followed by 35 cycles of: 95°C, 30s, 58°C, 30s, 68°C, 10 min.
- PCR mixtures were prepared in a volume of 50 ml, containing 2.5 U Platinum Taq DNA polymerase, 60 mM Tris-SO 4 (pH 8.9), 18 mM (NH4) 2 SO 4 , 1.5 mM MgSO 4 , 200 mM dNTP (each), 200 nM primer (each), 100 ng K562 human genomic DNA and varying amounts of PCR cosolvents were prepared. Reactions were incubated at 95°C for 1 min, followed by 35 cycles of: 95°C, 30s; 58°C, 30s; 68°C, 1 min.
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