Patent Application: US-65361309-A

Abstract:
this invention concerns non - standard nucleotides that can form non - standard watson - crick nucleobase pairs having geometries similar to the geometries of standard nucleotide pairs , but that are joined by a non - standard hydrogen bonding schemes . disclosed are processes that yield oligonucleotides that are semi - complementary to a standard oligonucleotide , where the region of semi - complementarity pairs one or more standard nucleotides with a non - standard nucleotide , or vice versa . duplexes formed from two semi - complementary oligonucleotides are also inventions disclosed . the processes extending a primer annealed to an oligonucleotide template with a polymerase in the presence of a non - standard nucleoside triphosphate and a mixture of standard nucleoside triphosphates , where the non - standard triphosphate is incorporated opposite the standard triphosphate because it has available a protonated or deprotonated form , or a minor tautomeric form , that is complementary in the watson - crick sense to the standard nucleotide , even though in its normal form it is complementary in the watson - crick sense to a non - standard nucleobase . also disclosed are processes that exploit an intermediary nucleoside , one whose nucleobase is partially complementary to both a standard nucleotide and a non - standard nucleotide at two of their three hydrogen bonding units . also disclosed are intermediary nucleotides whose hydrogen bonding patterns are changed by chemical reagents . also disclosed are the vice versa processes and process pairs where standard nucleotides are incorporated opposite non - standard nucleotides , yielding clonable products that can be sequenced to determine where non - standard nucleotides were present in the parent template oligonucleotide .

Description:
prior to the instant invention , tags containing non - standard nucleotides were added to natural sequences ( see as two examples [ elb04a ][ elb04b ]) by chemical synthesis , ligation , and by extension of a chimeric primer whose 5 ′- portion was included tags containing non - standard nucleotides ( and therefore could never be fully complementary to any natural sequence ) and whose 3 ′- end was complementary to a preselected natural sequence . if the tagged oligonucleotide was a primer , then template directed primer extension from that chimeric primer generated a product that was complementary to the natural sequence but that carried a 5 ′- aegis tag . this tag could be captured orthogonally , bringing with it the complement of the preselected natural sequence . in this way , all of the benefits of orthogonal capture based on the aegis alphabet could be realized with a natural analyte sequence . the instant invention provides processes that introduce non - standard nucleobases not as tags , but within the oligonucleotide product that is semi - complementary to the original nucleotide . in the sense where it is used here , a semi - complementary oligonucleotide is an oligonucleotide that is fully complementary in the watson - crick sense to a reference standard oligonucleotide except at sites where standard nucleotides are mismatched with non - standard nucleotides . in the sense where it is used here , a semi - identical oligonucleotide is an oligonucleotide that is fully identical to a reference standard oligonucleotide except at sites where standard nucleotides are replaced by non - standard nucleotides . it is taught that a semi - identical oligonucleotide can be prepared from a semi - complementary oligonucleotide by copying the first by a polymerase in a process where non - standard nucleotides are matched with non - standard complements . practically , the compositions of the instant invention are practically useful when the distance between the first and last semi - complementary pair in the semi - complementary duplex is at least 5 nucleotides , where the intervening nucleotides may be standard or non - standard . the first inventive step in creating these processes was to set aside the prohibition in the art against mismatching , to recognize that mismatches introduced by polymerase copying might be useful . the next inventive step recognized that polymerases may be involved in processes that end up creating replicates or complements where standard components are replaced by non - standard components with sequence specificity , or where non - standard components are replaced by standard components ( the vice versa process is also achievable in this way , and in the ways described below ). it was recognized that this could be done in two ways . in the first , the non - standard nucleotide is directly incorporated opposite a standard nucleotide . in the second , an intermediary nucleotide , having a structure that is neither standard or , in the sense used here , non - standard , might be incorporated opposite the standard nucleotide to give an intermediary oligonucleotide product , and the intermediary oligonucleotide product can be copied using a polymerase and the appropriate triphosphates to give a final product that contains the canonical non - standard nucleotide ( s ). several ways to achieve such replacement were then recognized as further inventive steps . consider first the direct incorporation of a non - standard nucleotide opposite a standard nucleotide . the nucleobases can be either bases or acids , and therefore adopt protonated and deprotonated forms , respectively . in these protonated and deprotonated forms , the hydrogen bonding pattern that is presented to the complementary nucleobases is different from in the normal form . for example ( fig3 ), while the pydda nucleobase implemented as 6 - amino - 3 -( 2 ′- deoxy )- d - ribofuranosyl )- 5 - nitro - 1h - pyridin - 2 - one ( dz ) is complementary to the puaad nucleobase implemented as 2 - amino - 1 , 9 - dihydro - 5 - aza - 3 , 7 - dideaza - 9 -( 1 ′- beta - d - 2 ′- deoxyribofuranosyl )- 1h - purin - 6 - one , also known as7 - amino - 9 -( 1 ′- beta - d - 2 ′- deoxyribofuranosyl )- imidazo [ 1 , 2 - c ] pyrimidin - 5 ( 1h )- one ( dp ), its deprotonated form is complementary to g ( puadd ). likewise , while the puaad nucleobases is complementary to the pydda nucleobase , its protonated form is complementary to c ( pydaa ). conditions can be adjusted to facilitate this . while not wishing to be bound by theory , mismatches between dp and standard nucleotides and mismatches between dz and standard nucleotides do not arise from minor tautomeric forms of non - standard and standard nucleobases , but rather by their protonation and deprotonation . specifically , protonation on the puaad dp heterocycle generates a species that is complementary to c . conversely , protonation of dc creates a protonated nucleotide that is watson - crick complementary to dp . under this mechanism , low ph favors the dc : dp mismatch . experimental studies showed that this was the case ; dp is incorporated opposite dc at lower ph ( fig3 ). likewise , deprotonation of the pydda heterocycle generates a species that is complementary to g . conversely , deprotonation of dg generates a species that is watson - crick complementary to dz . under this mechanism , high ph favors the dz mismatch . experimental studies showed that this was the case ; dp is incorporated opposite dc at lower ph ( fig3 ). experimental work showed that if the ph is adjusted accordingly , and if a primer extension reaction is performed without dctp or dgtp respectively , dz is incorporated opposite template dg and dp is incorporated opposite template dc at high and low phs , respectively . in the example above , the sequence 5 ′- atgcttac - 3 ′ generates a copy having the sequence 5 ′- gtaagzat - 3 ′ and 5 ′- ptaapct - 3 ′. a screen of polymerases identified several that would do this efficiently , including incorporating non - standard components consecutively opposite the same standard component presented consecutively in the template . thus , if a polymerase is provided with dztp and no dgtp , then copying a template at an appropriate ph should generate a product where dz is incorporated opposite dg ( where dc would normally be incorporated ). correspondingly , if a polymerase is provided with dptp and no dctp , then copying a template at an appropriate ph should generate a product where dp is incorporated opposite dc ( where dg would normally be incorporated ). these can be captured onto ( for example ) a luminex bead or an array with complementary puaad - or pydda - containing capture oligonucleotides ( respectively ), allowing the full benefit of the orthogonality of an expanded genetic alphabet in that capture process . this produces the replacement in a single polymerase extension . this can also be done by direct replacement if the non - standard nucleobase has a minor tautomeric form that is complementary to the standard nucleobase . this can be done through incubations that lacked the standard nucleoside triphosphate complement , or by doing template - directed primer extension under conditions adjusted so as to favor the mismatch . for example , if an analyte is used as a template in a primed polymerase reaction where isog is presented as a triphosphate without datp , an oligonucleotide with a defined sequence ( for illustration , let us choose an arbitrary sequence that is shorter than one that would be useful , but is sufficiently short as to not require a sequence listing , 5 ′- atgcttac - 3 ′), one would generate the product 5 ′- gt ( isog )( isog ) gc ( isog ) t - 3 ′. this would be captured on a probe containing the non - standard sequence 5 ′- a ( isoc ) gc ( isoc )( isoc ) ac - 3 ′. thus , the analyte would lead to a specific orthogonal sequence without the need for a tag . a second way to achieve a replacement is to use an intermediary nucleobase . for example , that intermediary nucleobase may be structured to have more than one tautomeric form , where in one tautomeric form , the nucleobases is complementary to a standard nucleobases , and is , in its other tautomeric form complementary to a non - standard nucleobases . for example ( fig4 ), the aminopyrimidinone nucleobase labeled j ( to indicate the 2 ′- deoxy - 1 - methylpseudocytidine implementation ) in one of its tautomeric forms is complementary to dg . in its other tautomeric form , j is complementary to p ( see [ kim09 ], whose content is fully incorporated herein through citation ). thus , if a polymerase is provided with djtp and no dctp , then copying a template at any ph generates a product where dj is incorporated opposite dc ( where dg would normally be incorporated ). the product oligonucleotide might be directly captured by a p - containing oligonucleotide , again allowing the full benefit of the orthogonality of an expanded genetic alphabet in that capture process , again producing the replacement in a single polymerase cycle . alternatively , the j - containing oligonucleotide product may be treated as an intermediary , and copied with dptp to obtain a replicate of the original oligonucleotide where dg &# 39 ; s are replaced by dp &# 39 ; s . the vice versa process using djtp creates , after two polymerase extensions , derived oligonucleotides where the z : p pairs have been replaced by c : g pairs . such derived oligonucleotides can be cloned and sequenced using standard methods . a third approach recognizes that in some cases , a non - standard nucleobase and a standard nucleobase share two of the three hydrogen bonding groups . accordingly , this approach structures an intermediary nucleobase to form just two hydrogen bonds with its complement , where the two hydrogen bonding groups that it forms are those to the hydrogen bonding groups that the non - standard nucleobase and a standard nucleobases share . for example ( fig5 ), 2 - aminopurine can form two hydrogen bonds to both the non - standard dz and to the standard dt . the dz and dt hydrogen bonding patterns differ only in their hydrogen bonding group in the major groove , and 2 - aminopurine does not present any hydrogen bonding group at all in this position . likewise , 2 - pyridone presents hydrogen bonding units to the hydrogen bonding elements that dp and diaminopurine have in common . a fourth approach would exploit a chemically convertible intermediate nucleoside , one where the attached nucleobases is incorporated opposite the non - standard nucleobases . then , a chemical step converts this nucleobase to a nucleobase that is watson - crick complementary to a non - standard nucleobase . for example , 2 - amino - 6 - chloropurine ( fig6 ), who 2 ′- deoxynucleoside triphosphate is commercially available , presents a hydrogen bond acceptor - acceptor - donor pattern to its complement ; it is therefore incorporated by a dna polymerase opposite dz ( pydda ). once incorporated , known procedures , incorporated herein by reference [ tan06 ][ mur91 ], convert it to either puadd ( guanine , complementary to dc ) or pudad ( diaminopurine , complementary to dt ) by treatment with hydroxide or ammonia , respectively . indeed , if the desire is to retain information about where the dz was in the parent oligonucleotide , it can be treated with methanolic ammonium hydroxide with water present in an amount to create approximately equal amounts of guanine and diaminopurine . various of these strategies can be combined . for example , 6 - chloropurine presents a puaa - hydrogen bonding pattern that is complementary to the “ top ” ( nearest the major groove ) hydrogen bonding units of dz ( or other implementations of the pydda hydrogen bonding pattern ), and can be converted with ammonia into a , or with hydroxide into inosine , which is a complement to c . this has the net effect of converting a z : p pair into either a c : g pair or a t : a pair in the products of successive polymerase copying , allowing these to be cloned . further comparison of the products allows one to infer the position of the z : p pair in the original oligonucleotide . the advantage of 6 - chloropurine over 2 - amino - 6 - chloropurine is that the first can be converted under milder conditions . given this process , one of ordinary skill in the art can recognize multiple architectures for assays that use non - standard nucleotides and their orthogonality to detect natural oligonucleotides of specific sequence with extremely high signal - noise ratios . for example , an analyte can be amplified using pcr primers as normal designed to generate a particular product . as is well known in the art , to some extent , non - target dna sequences will be amplified as well , if they are present in the complex biological mixture . if a capture sequence is introduced as a tag , these undesired amplicons will also be tagged . 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( 2007 ) enzymatic incorporation of a third nucleobase pair . nucl . acids res . 35 , 4238 - 4249 to demonstrate the steps of the instant invention , a pair of nucleoside analogs that contain hereocycles that implement the pydda hydrogen bonding pattern on an aminopyridone skeleton ( dz ) and that implement the puaad hydrogen bonding pattern in 2 - amino - 1 , 9 - dihydro - 5 - aza - 3 , 7 - dideaza - 9 -( 1 ′- beta - d - 2 ′- deoxyribofuranosyl )- 1h - purin - 6 - one ( dp ) were examined . these two heterocycles are complementary in the watson - crick sense , in that the large dp is size complementary to the small dz , and the hydrogen bond donating and accepting groups of dp complement those of dz when the two are paired in a standard watson - crick double helix . incorporating dz into oligonucleotides opposite dg via primer extension using therminator ™ dna polymerase . the dz containing oligo can be efficiently generated through primer extension using standard template and therminator ™ dna polymerase . these data are shown in fig7 and fig8 . 3 ′- cta aca ttc taa act att tca cat - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 1 3 ′- cta aca ttc taa act att tca cat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 2 gap - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- zta aza ttz taa azt att tza zat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 3 gap - f - std45 : 5 ′- gat tgt aag att tga taa agt gta cctgacctgccgtctagaaaa - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 4 gap - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- cta aza ttz taa azt att tza zat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 5 gap - f - 45 - 5p : 5 ′- gat tpt aap att tpa taa apt pta cctgacctgccgtctagaaaa - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 6 lua10 - std24 - biot : 3 ′- aca tct aaa cat aca tac ata cta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 7 3 ′- aca tct aaa cat aca tac ata cta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 8 top - prim - 19 - biot : 3 ′- aza tzt aaa zat aza taz ata zta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 9 top - f - std43 : 5 ′- tgt aga ttt gta tgt atg tat gat gacagccccggatgagaac - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 10 top - prim - 19 - biot : 3 ′- aca tzt aaa zat aza taz ata zta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 11 top - f - 43 - 5p : 5 ′- tgt apa ttt pta tpt atp tat pat gacagccccggatgagaac - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 12 lua14 - std24 - biot : 3 ′- ttt cat atc att cta cat atc atc - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 13 hbe - prim - 20 - biot : 3 ′- ttt zat atz att zta zat atz at - cggggtcaacggcagatcct - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 15 hbe - f - std43 : 5 ′- aaa gta tag taa gat gta tag ta gccccagttgccgtctagga - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 16 hbe - prim - 20 - biot : 3 ′- ttt zat atz att zta zat atz at - cggggtcaacggcagatcct - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 15 hbe - f - 43 - 5p : 5 ′- aaa pta tap taa pat pta tap ta gccccagttgccgtctagga - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 19 lua19 - std24 - biot : 3 ′- cat aaa ctc att cat taa cta act - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 18 3 ′- cat aaa ctc att cat taa cta act - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 19 myc - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- zat aaa ztz att zat taa zta azt - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 20 myc - f - std45 : 5 ′- gta ttt gag taa gta att gat tga tcctccttatgcctctatcat - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 21 myc - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- cat aaa ztz att zat taa zta azt - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 22 myc - f - 45 - 5p : 5 ′- gta ttt pap taa pta att pat tpa tcctccttatgcctctatcat - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 23 protocol for the primer extension : 1 2 3 4 5 γ - 32 p - primer ( 1 μm ) 0 . 1 μl 0 . 1 μl 0 . 1 μl 0 . 1 μl 0 . 1 μl biotin - primer ( 1 μm ) 2 μl 2 μl 2 μl 2 μl 2 μl template ( 2 μm ) 1 . 5 μl 1 . 5 μl 1 . 5 μl 1 . 5 μl 1 . 5 μl std - temp std - temp std - temp dp - dp - temp temp 10x thermopol buffer 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl ( ph 9 . 0 ) dntp ( 1 mm ) 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl da , t , g / tp dntp da , t , g , dntp dntp + dztp dna polymerase 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl 1 μl ( 1 u / μl ) therminator therminator therminator taq taq h 2 o ( final volume of 3 . 5 μl 3 . 5 μl 3 . 5 μl 3 . 5 μl 3 . 5 μl 10 μl ) note : 1 ( negative control ): therminator , datp + dttp + dgtp ; 2 ( positive control ): therminator , datp + dttp + dgtp + dctp ; 3 ( experiment ): therminator , datp + dttp + dgtp + dztp ; 4 ( negative control ): taq , dntp ; 5 ( experiment ): taq , dntp + dztp . 5 ′- 32 p - labeled primer ( 0 . 1 pmole plus cold primer ( biotin - primer ) 2 pmole , final assay concentration 210 nm ) was annealed to either standard template or dp containing template ( 3 pmole , final assay concentration 300 nm ) in thermpol reaction buffer by heating ( 5 min 95 ° c .) and then slow cooling ( 0 . 5 h ) to room temperature . dntp and dna polymerase were added at room temperature , followed by incubating at 72 ° c . for 1 min or 5 min , and then , quenched by dilution into page loading / quench buffer ( 8 μl , 10 mm edta in formamide ). samples were resolved by electrophoresis using a 16 % page ( 7 m urea ). the gel was analyzed using molecularlmager software . biotin - labeled primer ( 2 pmole , final assay concentration 200 nm ) was annealed to either standard template or dp containing template ( 3 pmole , final assay concentration 300 nm ) in thermpol reaction buffer by heating ( 5 min 95 ° c .) and then slow cooling ( 0 . 5 h ) to room temperature . the biotin - labeled primer was extended under three different conditions : 2 ( positive control ): therminator , dntp ; 3 ( experiment ): therminator , datp + dttp + dgtp + dztp ; 5 ( experiment ): taq , dntp + dztp . dntp and dna polymerase were added at room temperature , followed by incubating at 72 ° c . for 5 min . the reaction was quenched with 2 μl of 20 mm edta , and diluted with 190 μl of ddh 2 o to give the fully extended full - length dz containing or control oligonucleotide ( final concentration 10 fmoles / μl ). 1 ( negative control ): therminator , datp + dttp + dgtp ; 2 ( positive control ): therminator , datp + dttp + dgtp + dctp ; 3 ( experiment ): therminator , datp + dttp + dgtp + dztp ; 4 ( negative control ): taq , dntp ; 5 ( experiment ): taq , dntp + dztp . the method of the instant invention is especially useful if the products of the prime extension process that incorporate a non - standard nucleotide ( here , dz , implementing the pydda hydrogen bonding pattern ) can be captured on a capture tag that is complementary , and contains dp in the oligonucleotide . this capture is “ orthogonal ”, in the sense that no natural oligonucleotide contains either dp or dz . therefore , no natural nucleotide can interfere with the capture . in this experiment , three different products are captured on three different luminex beads , to which dp - containing oligonucleotides have been attached by preparing them with a 5 ′- amino group using solid phase synthesis , and coupling to beads carrying — cooh groups with water - soluble carbodiimide , following standard procedures . these are visualized by their capture of a biotinylated oligonucleotide , which captures a fluorescent phycoerythrin fluor , following standard procedures described by the luminex users manual . gap - f - lu3 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gat tgt aag att tga taa agt gta - 3 ′ ( b - mix - gap ) seq . id . no . 24 top - f - lu10 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - tgt aga ttt gta tgt atg tat gat - 3 ′ ( b - mix - top ) seq . id . no . 25 hbe - f - lu14 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - aaa gta tag taa gat gta tag tag - 3 ′ ( b - mix - hbe ) seq . id . no . 26 myc - f - lu19 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gta ttt gag taa gta att gat tga - 3 ′ ( b - mix - myc ) seq . id . no . 27 c - type beads mixture : coupling dp containing oligo to microplex cooh beads : gap - f - lu3 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gat tpt aap att tpa taa apt pta - 3 ′ ( c - mix - gap ) seq . id . no . 28 top - f - lu10 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - tgt apa ttt pta tpt atp tat pat - 3 ′ ( c - mix - top ) seq . id . no . 29 hbe - f - lu14 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - aaa pta tap taa pat pta tap tag - 3 ′ ( c - mix - hbe ) seq . id . no . 30 myc - f - lu19 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gta ttt pap taa pta att pat tpa - 3 ′ ( c - mix - myc ) seq . id . no . 31 2 . 3 ′- cta aca itc taa act att tca cat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 2 gap - f - std45 : 5 ′- gat tgt aag att tga taa agt gta cctgacctgccgtctagaaaa - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 4 3 . gap - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- zta aza ttz taa azt att tza zat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 3 gap - f - std45 : 5 ′- gat tgt aag att tga taa agt gta cctgacctgccgtctagaaaa - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 4 2 . 3 ′- aca tct aaa cat aca tac ata cta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 8 top - f - std43 : 5 ′- tgt aga ttt gta tgt atg tat gat gacagccccggatgagaac - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 10 3 . top - prim - 19 - biot : 3 ′- aza tzt aaa zat aza taz ata zta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 9 top - f - std43 : 5 ′- tgt aga ttt gta tgt atg tat gat gacagccccggatgagaac - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 19 2 . 3 ′- ttt cat atc att cta cat atc atc - cggggtcaacggcagatcct - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 14 hbe - f - std43 : 5 ′- aaa gta tag taa gat gta tag ta gccccagttgccgtctagga - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 16 3 . hbe - prim - 20 - biot : 3 ′- tft zat atz att zta zat atz at - cggggtcaacggcagatcct - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 15 hbe - f - std43 : 5 ′- aaa gta tag taa gat gta tag ta gccccagttgccgtctagga - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 16 2 . 3 ′- cat aaa ctc att cat taa cta act - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 19 myc - f - std45 : 5 ′- gta ttt gag taa gta att gat tga tcctccttatgcctctatcat - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 21 3 . myc - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- zat aaa ztz att zat taa zta azt - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 20 myc - f - std45 : 5 ′- gta ttt gag taa gta att gat tga tcctccttatgcctctatcat - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 21 gap - 3 top - 3 hbe - 3 myc - 3 3 - mix 2 - mix dz - dz - dz - dz - dz - std - biot / biot / biot / biot / biot / biot / h 2 o com - std - std - std - std - std - std - neg - ponents temp temp temp temp temp temp ative c - type 50 50 50 50 50 50 0 beads fmol / fmol / fmol / fmol / fmol / fmol / fmol / mixture 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl notes : 1 . four type of home - made bead ( each has 5000 beads ) in 50 μl of 2 × tm hybridization buffer were applied for each reaction . 2 . b - type bead indicates luminex cooh bead conjugate to standard oligonucleotide ; c - type bead indicates that 4 . 2 - mix indicates that the mixture of gap - 2 , top - 2 , hbe - 2 , and myc - 2 ( the concentration of each oligo is 10 fmoles / μl ); 3 - mix indicates that the mixture of gap - 3 , top - 3 , hbe - 3 , and myc - 3 ( the concentration of each oligo is 10 fmoles / μl ). 5 . after hybridization , 50 μl of 1 × tm hybridization buffer containing 6 μg / ml of streptavidin - r - phycoerythrin was added to each reaction , and give 150 μl of final sample containing 2 μg / ml of streptavidin - r - phycoerythrin which was ready to be analyzed on luminex machine . results . b - type beads mixture ( 3 + 10 + 14 + 19 ): bead3 bead10 bead14 bead19 sample ( gap ) ( top ) ( hbe ) ( myc ) b - mix - gap - 2 6388 80 106 54 b - mix - top - 2 92 . 5 938 90 66 . 5 b - mix - hbe - 2 44 74 913 . 5 69 b - mix - myc - 2 74 51 84 1434 b - mix - 2 - mix 6283 . 5 884 . 5 1039 . 5 1457 b - mix - 3 - mix 2579 119 281 371 b - mix - h2o 48 47 24 44 c - type beads mixture ( 3 + 10 + 14 + 19 ): bead3 bead10 bead14 bead19 sample ( gap ) ( top ) ( hbe ) ( myc ) c - mix - gap - 3 4493 . 5 46 86 84 c - mix - top - 3 69 . 5 4165 67 52 c - mix - heb - 3 26 56 3007 70 c - mix - myc - 3 70 19 36 . 5 3464 c - mix - 3 - mix 4418 4000 3093 3523 c - mix - 2 - mix 76 . 5 23 67 . 5 65 c - mix - h2o 50 46 . 5 20 64 luminex detection of the dz containing oligo generated by primer extension . 1 . the hybridization experiments demonstrate that the dp - containing oligonucleotides were successfully conjugated on to the luminex carboxylated beads . 2 . the luminex beads with dp - containing oligo effectively distinguish between dz - containing oligonucleotide from the standard oligonucleotide . gap - f - lu3 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gat tgt aag att tga taa agt gta - 3 ′ ( gap - b ) seq . id . no . 32 top - f - lu10 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - tgt aga ttt gta tgt atg tat gat - 3 ′ ( top - b ) seq . id . no . 25 hbe - f - lu14 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - aaa gta tag taa gat gta tag tag - 3 ′ ( hbe - b ) seq . id . no . 26 myc - f - lu19 - nh2 : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gta ttt gag taa gta att gat tga - 3 ′ ( myc - b ) seq . id . no . 27 gap - f - lu3 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gat tpt aap att tpa taa apt pta - 3 ′ ( gap - c ) seq . id . no . 28 top - f - lu10 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - tgt apa ttt pta tpt atp tat pat - 3 ′ ( top - c ) seq . id . no . 29 hbe - f - lu14 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - aaa pta tap taa pat pta tap tag - 3 ′ ( hbe - c ) seq . id . no . 30 myc - f - lu19 - nh2 - 5p : 5 ′- nh 2 — c 12 - gta ttt pap taa pta att pat tpa - 3 ′ ( myc - c ) seq . id . no . 31 1 . lua3 - std24 - biot : 3 ′- cta aca ttc taa act att tca cat - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 7 2 . 3 ′- cta aca ttc taa act att tca cat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 2 gap - f - std45 : 5 ′- gat tgt aag att tga taa agt gta cctgacctgccgtctagaaaa - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 4 3 . gap - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- zta aza ttz taa azt att tza zat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 3 gap - f - std45 : 5 ′- gat tgt aag att tga taa agt gta cctgacctgccgtctagaaaa - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 4 4 . gap - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- cta aza ttz taa azt att tza zat - ggactggacggcagatctttt - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 5 gap - f - 45 - 5p : 5 ′- gat tft aap att tpa taa apt pta cctgacctgccgtctagaaaa - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 6 1 . lua10 - std24 - biot : 3 ′- aca tct aaa cat aca tac ata cta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 7 2 . 3 ′- aca tct aaa cat aca tac ata cta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 8 top - f - std43 : 5 ′- tgt aga ttt gta tgt atg tat gat gacagccccggatgagaac - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 10 3 . top - prim - 19 - biot : 3 ′- aza tzt aaa zat aza taz ata zta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 9 top - f - std43 : 5 ′- tgt aga ttt gta tgt atg tat gat gacagccccggatgagaac - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 10 4 . top - prim - 19 - biot : 3 ′- aca tzt aaa zat aza taz ata zta - ctgtcggggcctactcttg - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 11 top - f - 43 - 5p : 5 ′- tgt apa ttt pta tpt atp tat pat gacagccccggatgagaac - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 12 1 . lua14 - std24 - biot : 3 ′- ttt cat atc att cia cat atc atc - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 13 2 . 3 ′- ttt cat atc att cta cat atc atc - cggggtcaacggcagatcct - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 14 hbe - f - std43 : 5 ′- aaa gta tag taa gat gta tag ta gccccagttgccgtctagga - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 16 3 . hbe - prim - 20 - biot : 3 ′- ttt zat atz att zta zat atz at - cggggtcaacggcagatcct - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 15 hbe - f - std43 : 5 ′- aaa gta tag taa gat gta tag ta gccccagttgccgtctagga - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 16 4 . hbe - prim - 20 - biot : 3 ′- ttt zat atz att zta zat atz at - cggggtcaacggcagatcct - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 15 hbe - f - 43 - 5p : 5 ′- aaa pta tap taa pat pta tap ta gccccagttgccgtctagga - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 17 1 . lua19 - std24 - biot : 3 ′- cat aaa ctc att cat taa cta act - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 18 2 . 3 ′- cat aaa ctc att cat taa cta act - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 19 myc - f - std45 : 5 ′- gta ttt gag taa gta att gat tga tcctccttatgcctctatcat - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 21 3 . myc - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- zat aaa ztz att zat taa zta azt - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 20 myc - f - std45 : 5 ′- gta ttt gag taa gta att gat tga tcctccttatgcctctatcat - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 21 4 . myc - prim - 21 - biot : 3 ′- cat aaa ztz att zat taa zta azt - aggaggaatacggagatagta - biot - 5 ′ seq . id . no . 22 myc - f - 45 - 5p : 5 ′- gta ttt pap taa pta att pat tpa tcctccttatgcctctatcat - 3 ′ seq . id . no . 23 microspheres should be protected from prolonged exposure to light throughout this procedure . 1 . select the appropriate microsphere sets ( a , b , and c ) and resuspend by vortex and sonicated for approximately 20 seconds . 3 . concentrate the microsphere mixture by centrifugation at ≧ 8000 × g for 1 - 2 minutes . 4 . remove the supernatant and resuspend to 100 of each microsphere set per μl in 2 × tm hybridization buffer by vortex and sonication for approximately 20 seconds . ( note : 50 μl are required for each reaction .) 5 . aliquot 50 μl of the microsphere mixture to each well . 6 . add 50 ρt , of dh 2 o to each background well . 7 . add 5 μl of biotinylated oligo ( 10 fmol / μl , complement to the oligo on the microsphere beads ) to each sample wells . 8 . adjust the total volume to 100 μl by adding the appropriate volume of dh 2 o to each sample well . 9 . cover the plate to prevent evaporation and denature at 95 ° c . for 120 seconds , then cool to 37 ° c . at a speed of 0 . 1 ° c ./ second ( about 10 minutes ). 10 . hybridize at 37 ° c . for another 10 minutes and then cool to room temperature . 11 . add 50 μl of 1 × tm hybridization buffer containing streptavidin - r - phycoerythrin to give 150 μl , of solution with 2 μg / ml of streptavidin - r - phycoerythrin ( original concentration 2 μg / μl ). 16 . incubate at 37 ° c . for 15 minutes , then store samples at 4 ° c . overnight . 17 . the next day , the samples were warmed to room temperature and analyzed 45 μl at 25 ° c . on the luminex analyzer according to the system manual . sample preparation : gap - gap - hbe - hbe - myc - myc - components b c top - b top - c b c b c 1 . std24 - biot 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl 2 . std - biot / std - 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol temp / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl 3 . dz - biot / std - 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol temp / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl 4 . dz - biot / dp - 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol 50 fmol temp / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl / 50 μl h 2 o 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl 50 μl notes : 1 . 5000 beads in 50 μl of 2 × tm hybridization buffer were applied for each reaction . 2 . b - type bead indicates luminex cooh bead conjugate to standard oligonucleotide ; c - type bead indicates that 3 . a - type bead was bought from luminex with standard oligo conjugated , which is positive control for b - type bead . 5 . after hybridization , 50 μl of 1 × tm hybridization buffer containing 6 μg / ml of streptavidin - r - phycoerythrin was added to each reaction , and give 150 μl of final sample containing 2 μg / ml of streptavidin - r - phycoerythrin which was ready to be analyzed on luminex machine . to compare the efficiency and fidelity of dna polymerases ( taq , vent ( exo +), and dv ( exo +)) to incorporate dztp opposite two consecutive dps in the template . thermopol reaction buffer ( 20 mm tris - hcl , 10 mm ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 10 mm kcl , 2 mm mgso 4 , 0 . 1 % triton x - 100 , ph = 8 . 0 ). 1 . the order of the fidelity of the polymerases tested is deep vent ( exo +)& gt ; vent ( exo +)& gt ; taq . 2 . in the absence of dztp , deep vent and vent just mis - incorporate one dctp opposite the first dp . however , taq can mis - incorporate dctp opposite two consecutive dps , then keep extending primer . 3 . the extension efficiency of vent ( exo +) seems better than dv ( exo +) and taq , this observation need to be tested using real - time pcr . negative control (−): dntp ( each 0 . 1 mm ) seq . id . no . 33 t m = 59 t7 - y - rs - s16 : 3 ′- gaaat * cactcccaattaagcg - 5 ′ t7 - pp - temp : seq . id . no . 34 5 ′- gcgtaatacgactcactatagacgappctactttagtgagggttaatt cgc - 3 ′ positive control (+): dntp ( each 0 . 1 mm ), and dztp ( 0 . 1 mm ) seq . id . no . 33 t m = 59 t7 - y - rs - s16 : 3 ′- gaaat * cactcccaattaagcg - 5 ′ t7 - pp - temp : seq . id . no . 34 5 ′- gcgtaatacgactcactatagacgappctactttagtgagggttaatt cgc - 3 ′ 5 ′- 32 p - labeled primer t7 - y - rs - s16 ( 0 . 2 pmole of hot primer plus 4 pmole of cold prime , final assay concentration 70 nm ) was annealed to template t7 - pp - temp ( 6 pmole , final assay concentration 100 nm ) in 1 × thermopol polymerase reaction buffer ( ph = 8 . 0 at room temperature ) by heating ( 5 min at 95 ° c .) and then slow cooling ( 0 . 5 h ) to room temperature . dntp ( each final 0 . 1 mm ), and dztp ( final 0 . 1 mm , with (+) or without (−)) were added at room temperature . the reaction mixture was cooled to 4 ° c . for 1 min and followed by the addition of taq ( 2 . 5 units ), vent ( exo +), or deep vent ( exo +) dna polymerase ( 2 units for vent and dv ) to give a final volume of 60 μl . the primer was extended at 65 ° c . and aliquots ( 7 ) were taken from each reaction at time intervals ( 1 , 2 , 4 , 8 , and 16 min ), quenched by page loading / quench buffer ( 7 μl , 10 mm edta in formamide ). samples were resolved by electrophoresis using a 16 % page ( 7 m urea ). the gel was analyzed using molecularimager software . compare the pcr efficiency of different template containing one dp , two dps under the conditions of with dz / ptps or without dz / ptps . 1 . at ph = 8 . 0 , the pcr efficiency of dntps is better than that of dntps + dz / ptps ; 2 . in the absence of dz / ptps , there is significant amount of product generated from the dp containing template after 26 cycles of pcr amplification . procedure : volume final components ( μl ) concentration nuclease - free water 17 ( final volume of 40 μl ) forward primer : t7 - z - 1 0 . 25 μm rs - s16 ( 10 pmol / μl ) reverse primer : t7 - y - 1 0 . 25 μm rs - s16 ( 10 pmol / μl ) template : three 1 + 0 . 25 nm different templates ( a , b , 4 ( h2o ) and c ) ( 0 . 01 pmol / μl ) 10 × thermopol buffer 4 ( ph = 8 . 0 ) dntp ( 2 mm ) 4 0 . 2 mm each dztp ( 2 mm ) 4 0 . 2 mm dptp ( 2 mm ) 4 0 . 2 mm hot start tag ( 5 u / μl ) 0 . 5 0 . 06 u / μl note : 1 × thermopol reaction buffer ( 20 mm tris - hcl , 10 mm ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 10 mm kcl , 2 mm mgso 4 , 0 . 1 % tritonx - 100 , ph 8 . 0 at 25 ° c .). pcr conditions : one cycle of 95 ° c . for 15 min ; 26 cycles of 95 ° c . for 20 s , ( 55 ° c . for 30 s , 72 ° c . for 1 min or 2 min ; 72 ° c . for 5 min ; 4 ° c . forever .