Patent Application: US-77891297-A

Abstract:
this invention provides a procedure for authentication of plant and animal materials used as traditional chinese medicine is described . this method amplifies and detects the discrete and species - specific rflp patterns in the region of rdna . the present invention offers a reliable and definite way to identify morphologically similar chinese medicine , using a minute amount of biological samples . its application in the authentication of american and oriental ginsengs is illustrated in detail .

Description:
this invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence . this invention also provides isolated nucleic acid molecules having the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence from plant cultivers . it is expected even within the same species , there will be a minor variation between them . such variation may be up to 1 % or less . it is intent of this invention to cover this variation and it is easily appreciated by a person of ordinary skill in the art that the claimed invention work the same with this variation . this invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence of p . quinquefolius . in an embodiment , this sequence is as set forth in fig1 . in an embodiment , the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence is the dna sequence between the oligonucleotide primers 18d and 28cc . this invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the ts1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence of p . ginseng . in an embodiment , the sequence is as set forth in fig2 a or b . this invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence of p . japonicus . in a perferred embodiment , the sequence is as set forth in fig3 . this invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence of p . notoginseng . in a perferred embodiment , the sequence is as set forth in fig4 . this invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence of p . trifolium . in an embodiment , the sequence is as set forth in fig5 . this invention also provides a method for authenticating the identity of herbs comprising the following steps : ( a ) extracting rdna from a herb sample with known identity determined by traditional means ; ( b ) amplifying the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region of the extracted rdna using oligonucleotide primers that are conserved across plant kingdom and that flank to the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region by polymerase chain reaction ; ( c ) digesting the amplified its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region with appropriate restriction endonucleases to generate restriction fragments ; and ( d ) separating the restriction fragments resulted from step ( c ) to generate profiles and comparing these profiles with the known profiles from an authenticated sample with the same identity , wherein similar profiles confirms the identity of the herbal sample . this invention further provides a method for identifying a herbal material comprising the following steps : ( a ) extracting rdna from the herbal material ; ( b ) amplifying the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region of the extracted rdna using oligonucleotide primers that are conserved across plant kingdom and that flank to the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region by polymerase chain reaction ; ( c ) digesting the amplified its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region with appropriate restriction endonucleases to generate restriction fragments ; and ( d ) separating the restriction fragments resulted from step ( c ) to generate a profile of the herbal material and comparing this profile with known profiles from different herbs , wherein the showing of similar profile with a known herb identifies the herbal material . this invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule having the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 sequence . in an embodiment , the sequence is from an animal . this invention also provide a method for authenticating the identity of an animal traditional chinese medicine comprising the following steps : ( a ) extracting rdna from an animal traditional chinese medicine sample with known identity determined by traditional means ; ( b ) amplifying the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region of the extracted rdna using oligonucleotide primers that are conserved across animal kingdom and that flank to the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region by polymerase chain reaction ; ( c ) digesting the amplified its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region with appropriate restriction endonucleases to generate restriction fragments ; and ( d ) separating the restriction fragments resulted from step ( c ) to generate profiles and comparing these profiles with the known profiles from an authenticated sample with the same identity , wherein similar profiles confirms the identity of the animal traditional chinese medicine . finally , this invention provides a method for identifying an animal traditional chinese medicine comprising the following steps : ( a ) extracting rdna from the chinese medicine ; ( b ) amplifying the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region of the extracted rdna using oligonucleotide primers that are conserved across animal kingdom and that flank to the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region by polymerase chain reaction ; ( c ) digesting the amplified its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region with appropriate restriction endonucleases to generate restriction fragments ; and ( d ) separating the restriction fragments resulted from step ( c ) to generate a profile of the herbal material and comparing this profile with known profiles from different known animal chinese medicine sample , wherein the showing of similar profile with a known animal sample identifies the animal chinese medicine . in order to facilitate an understanding of the following examples , certain frequently occurring methods and / or terms are best described in sambrook , et al . ( sambrook , et al . ( 1989 )). this invention will be better understood by reference to the experimental details section which follows , but those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the specific experiments detailed are only illustrative of the invention as described more fully in the claims which follow thereafter . extraction of plant dna . dried roots of p . quinquefolius were from canada , p . ginseng from china ; m . jalapa l and p . acinosa roxb from hong kong . the dried samples were rinsed with 70 % ethanol and then distilled water to remove surface contaminants . the samples were then ground into fine powder in liquid nitrogen by a mortar and pestle . powders of p . quinquefolius and p . ginseng were mixed in different proportion of 9 : 1 , 7 : 3 , 1 : 1 , 3 : 7 and 1 : 9 in the mixed sampling assay . ground sample powder was added into 12 vol . of 1 × ctab extraction buffer 50 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 0 , 0 . 7m nacl , 10 mm edta , 1 % cetyl triethylammonium bromide ( ctab ), 20 mm 2 - mercaptoethanol ! and incubated for 30 min at 56 ° c . with occasional shaking . the ctab extraction buffer was pre - warmed to 56 ° c . the mixture was then cooled down to room temperature and extracted with an equal volume of chloroform / isoamyl alcohol ( 24 : 1 ). after centrifugation at 13 , 000 × g for 10 min ., the aqueous phase was extracted with 0 . 1 vol . of 10 % ctab solution . it was then extracted again with an equal volume of chloroform / isoamyl alcohol ( 24 : 1 ). the aqueous phase was collected , and added with an equal volume of 1 × ctab precipitation buffer 50 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 0 , 10 mm edta , 1 % ctab !. after standing at room temperature for 1 hour , the solution was centrifuged at 13 , 000 × g for 15 min . the resultant pellet was resuspended in 400 ul 1m nacl , added with 800 ul of cooled absolute ethanol and stored at - 20 c . overnight . the suspension was centrifuged at 13 , 000 × g for 10 min . and the pellet was washed with 70 % ethanol twice . it was then dried and resuspended in 50 ul te buffer 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 0 , 1 mm edta !. further purification by cscl gradient ultracentrifugation is optional . amplification of rdna . the plant rdna was amplified using a pair of primers 18d and 28cc ( hillis , d . m and dixon , m . t ., 1991 , the quarterly review of biology , 66 : 411 - 453 ), which correspond to the conserved regions of plant 18s and 28s respectively . the reaction was performed in a 50 ul mixture containing 1 ng plant dna , 1 × taq buffer 10 mm tris - hcl , ph 8 . 3 , 50 mm kcl , 0 . 001 % gelatin !, 0 . 2 mm dntps , 1 um of each primer and 1 unit of taq polymerase . reaction mixtures were overlaid with mineral oil and reaction was carried out in a thermolyne thermocycler . initial template denaturation was programmed at 94 c ., 5 min . it was then subjected to 35 cycles of 94 c . for 1 min . ; 60 c . for 1 min . ; 72 c . for 2 min ., and with a final extension of 72 c . for 10 min . after the reaction , the products were resolved by a 1 . 4 % tbe agarose gel . sequencing its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 . the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region of plant rdna was sequenced in both strands using a set of primers on the conserved regions of the flanking 18s and 28s rdna . the sequences of the primers used were as follows ( hillis , d . m and dixon , m . t ., 1991 , the quarterly review of biology , 66 : 411 - 453 ): sequithermtm cycle sequencing kit ( epicentre , madison , wis .) was used to direct - sequence the pcr - amplified rdna containing its - 5 . 8s - its2 . the sequencing procedure was done according to the manufacturers &# 39 ; s instruction . the products were resolved onto a standard 8 % polyacrylamide sequencing gel . determination of restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region . plant rdna amplified using primers 18d and 28cc was purified using geneclean kit ( bio101 , inc .) and digested with selected restriction endonucleases taqi , sau3ai or hinfi . 1 . 5 ug rdna was used for each digestion in a volume of 50 ul . for taqi . a buffer of 100 mm nacl , 10 mm tris - hcl , 10 mm mgcl2 , 10 mm 2 - mercaptoethanol , ph 8 . 4 , supplemented with 100 ug / ml bovine serum albumin was used and the digestion was carried out at 65 c . for 4 hours . for sau3ai , a buffer of 100 mm nacl , 10 mm tris - hcl , 10 mm mgcl2 , ph 7 . 3 , supplemented with 100 ug / ml bovine serum albumin was used . for hinfi a buffer of 50 mm nacl , 10 mm tris - hcl , 10 mm mgcl2 , 1 mm dithiothreitol , ph 7 . 9 was used . the reaction for both sau3ai and hinfi was incubated at 37 c . for 4 hours . the products were then purified by phenol : chloroform : isoamyl alcohol ( 25 : 24 : 1 ) and dissolved in 20 ul distilled water . they were resolved in a 5 % page and detected with bio - rad silver stain kit ( bio - rad , ltd ). the method of authentication of ginsengs described above are expected to be suitable for authentication of other herbal traditional chinese medicine as well , considering the existence of the conserved dna sequences flanking to the its1 - 5 . 8s - its2 region in plant kingdom and the variation in the its1 and its2 regions among different plant species . in comparison to the existing procedures of authentication of traditional chinese medicine , this invention provides the following advantages : a . the authentication results are reliable and reproducible , and are not affected by the physical forms and age of the plant samples ; b . it is a method of high sensitivity : microgram sample is sufficient ; c . more than one distinctive profiles with different enzymatic digestion can be produced and that makes the interpretation of results straightforward ; hillis , d . m and dixon , m . t . ( 1991 ) ribosomal dna : molecular evolution and phylogenic infrrence . quar . rev . biol ., 66 : 411 - 453 . lang , z ., lou , w s . and but , p p h . ( 1993 ) high performance liquid chromatographical analysis of ginsenosides in panax ginseng and p . notoginseng . j . clin . pharm . sci ., 2 : 133 - 143 . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 15 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 874 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : 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875 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : 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length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : agccatcctcgctgcccgccacac24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : actcgccgttactaggggaa20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : cacaccgcccgtcgctcctaccga24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : actcgccgttactaggggaa20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 24 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : cacaccgcccgtcgctcctaccga24 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : ttgcgttcaaagactcgatg20 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 22 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : aaccatcgagtctttgaacgca22 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 20 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic )( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : actcgccgttactaggggaa20__________________________________________________________________________