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Tagged oligonucleotides and their use in nucleic acid amplification methods - Patent # 8580510 - PatentGenius
8580510 Tagged oligonucleotides and their use in nucleic acid amplification methods
Application: 13/612,601
Inventors: Becker; Michael M. (San Diego, CA)
Livezey; Kristin W. (Encinitas, CA)
Lam; Wai-Chung (Bonsall, CA)
Attorney Or Agent: Landes; Jeffrey E.Cappellari; Charles B.
Field Of Search: ;435/6.12; ;435/91.2; ;536/24.3
International Class: C12Q 1/68; C12P 19/34; C07H 21/04
Foreign Patent Documents: 1427007; 1201768; 1275738; 1598429; 1942196; 1 945 821; 2384308; 07-000198; 09-065880; 09-266800; 11-113599; 2004-187545; 2005-192490; 2005-192551; 2005-224172; 2005-318884; 2005-341865; 2008-048648; 2008-048705; 2009-539379; 90/03445; 91/15601; 91/17270; 97/39008; 0000638; 00/61807; 00/79009; 02/059353; 2004/068112; 2005/012548; 2005019479; 2006/026388; 2007/043751; 2007/067151; 2008/026582; 2008/045251
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1. A nucleic acid amplification system for the selective amplification of at least one target nucleic acid sequence from a nucleic acid sample, said amplificationsystem comprising: (a) a DNA polymerase; (b) a tagged oligonucleotide comprising: (i) a first region comprising a target hybridizing sequence which hybridizes to a 3'-end of a target nucleic acid sequence under a first set of conditions so that saidfirst region can be extended in a template-dependent manner in the presence of the DNA polymerase; and (ii) a second region comprising a tag sequence situated 5' to said first region, wherein said second region does not stably hybridize to a targetnucleic acid containing said target nucleic acid sequence under said first set of conditions; (c) a tag closing sequence which hybridizes to said target hybridizing sequence under a second set of conditions, thereby blocking hybridization of said taggedoligonucleotide to said target nucleic acid sequence, wherein said tag closing sequence does not stably hybridize to said target hybridizing sequence under said first set of conditions; and (d) a first priming oligonucleotide which hybridizes to thecomplement of said tag sequence under said second set of conditions so that said first priming oligonucleotide can be extended in a template-dependent manner in the presence of the DNA polymerase.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein said tagged oligonucleotide and said tag closing sequence constitute distinct molecules, said tag closing sequence being a tag closing oligonucleotide.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein said tagged oligonucleotide and said tag closing sequence are contained in the same molecule.
4. The system of claim 1, further comprising (e) a second priming oligonucleotide which hybridizes to the complement of a 5'-end of said target nucleic acid sequence under said second set of conditions so that said second primingoligonucleotide can be extended in a template-dependent manner in the presence of the DNA polymerase.
5. The system of claim 1, further comprising (e) an RNA polymerase; and (f) a promoter oligonucleotide comprising first and second regions, said first region comprising a hybridizing sequence which hybridizes to the complement of a 5'-end ofsaid target nucleic acid sequence under said second set of conditions, and said second region comprising a promoter for the RNA polymerase which is situated 5' to said first region.
6. A method for monitoring a bioprocess for the presence of a target nucleic acid, the method comprising: (a) treating a target nucleic acid sequence in a bioprocess sample with a tagged oligonucleotide comprising a heterologous tag sequence,wherein hybridization of the tagged oligonucleotide to the target nucleic acid sequence produces a tagged target nucleic acid sequence; (b) reducing in the sample the effective concentration of the tagged oligonucleotides that have not hybridized to atarget nucleic acid sequence to produce a tagged target nucleic acid sequence and that are in a form capable of hybridizing to a target nucleic acid sequence, wherein said reducing is performed prior to an extension reaction; and (c) subjecting thetagged target nucleic acid sequence to reagents and conditions sufficient for detectable amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence, wherein the subjecting step exposes the bioprocess sample to a known contaminating source of the target nucleicacid sequence after step (b), the subjecting step comprising: (i) initiating a nucleic acid polymerase dependent primer extension reaction from the 3' end of the tagged oligonucleotide of the tagged target nucleic acid sequence, thereby producing anextension product; and wherein detectable amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence is substantially limited to amplification of target nucleic acid sequence contributed by the tagged target nucleic acid sequence of step (a) and not by thetarget nucleic acid sequence contributed by the known contaminating source.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein one or more components used in the method include a known contaminating source of the target nucleic acid sequence.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein an environmental condition in which the method is performed includes a known contaminating source of the target nucleic acid sequence.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein step (b) comprises inactivating the tagged oligonucleotides which have not formed part of the tagged target nucleic acid sequence to produce an inactivated tagged oligonucleotide.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising removing the inactivated tagged oligonucleotide from the bioprocess sample during step (b).
11. A method for monitoring a bioprocess for the presence of a target nucleic acid, the method comprising: (a) treating a bioprocess sample comprising a target nucleic acid sequence with a tagged oligonucleotide comprising first and secondregions, the first region comprising a target hybridizing sequence which hybridizes to a 3'-end of the target nucleic acid sequence and the second region comprising a tag sequence situated 5' to the target hybridizing sequence, wherein the second regiondoes not stably hybridize to a target nucleic acid containing the target nucleic acid sequence; (b) prior to initiating a primer extension reaction, reducing in the bioprocess sample the effective concentration of unhybridized tagged oligonucleotidehaving an active form in which a target hybridizing sequence of the unhybridized tagged oligonucleotide is available for hybridization to the target nucleic acid sequence; (c) after step (b), initiating an extension reaction from the 3'-end of thetagged oligonucleotide with a DNA polymerase to produce a primer extension product comprising a region complementary to the target nucleic acid sequence; (d) separating the primer extension product from the target nucleic acid; and (e) producingamplification products in a nucleic acid amplification reaction using first and second oligonucleotides, wherein the first oligonucleotide comprises a hybridizing sequence which hybridizes to a 3'-end of the complement of the target nucleic acid sequenceand the second oligonucleotide comprises a hybridizing sequence which hybridizes to the complement of the tag sequence, wherein the second oligonucleotide does stably hybridize to the target nucleic acid, and wherein each of the amplification productscomprises a base sequence which is substantially identical or complementary to the base sequence of the target nucleic acid sequence and further comprises a base sequence which is substantially identical or complementary to all or a portion of the tagsequence.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein step (b) comprises removing unhybridized tagged oligonucleotide from the bioprocess sample.
13. The method of claim 11, wherein step (b) comprises inactivating unhybridized tagged oligonucleotide so that the unhybridized tagged oligonucleotide does not stably hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence during step (e).
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising removing unhybridized tagged oligonucleotide from the bioprocess sample during step (b).
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the tagged oligonucleotide has an active form during step (a) which permits the target hybridizing sequence to hybridize to the target nucleic acid sequence, and wherein unhybridized tagged oligonucleotide isconverted to an inactive form in step (b) which blocks or prevents the tagged oligonucleotide from hybridizing to the target nucleic acid sequence during step (e).
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the bioprocess sample is exposed to a known contaminating source of the target nucleic acid sequence after step (b), and wherein the production of the amplification products is substantially limited toamplification of target nucleic acid sequence contributed by the bioprocess sample and not by the contaminating source of the target nucleic acid sequence.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein one or more components used in the method is a known contaminating source of the target nucleic acid.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein an environmental condition in which the method is performed includes a known contaminating source of the target nucleic acid sequence.
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