ISSN:
1435-232X
Keywords:
micro DNA extraction
;
blotted blood method
;
gel-block method
;
DNA-based prenatal/neonatal diagnosis of genetic disease
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary We describe methods for extracting genomic DNA from a small amount of whole blood or cultured amniocytes. Nuclear DNA was extracted from whole blood spotted on blotting paper. Relatively large molecules of DNA with the average amount of 7–9 μg was extracted from 1 ml of blood spotted and stored for at most two years, being roughly 1/3 of that extracted directly from fresh whole blood. The estimated minimum amount of whole blood that gives a suitable autoradiogram of Southern hybridization was 0.3 ml. Another series of amounts of whole blood or an amniocyte suspension were molded in low-melting agarose into an 100 μl gel block. The DNA extracted from a block that was made from at least 0.25 ml of whole blood, or from 1.25×105 amniocytes (equivalent to 1/8 of the number of confluent cells in a 25 cm2 culture flask) resulted in one suitable Southern analysis. Both methods described here are applicable to the diagnosis of newborns and/or fetuses at risk of a genetic disease and to the diagnosis of a patient from whom a large amount of blood material is difficult to obtain. These methods also make a long-way transportation of the materials possible.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01900724
