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RESEARCH ARTICLE

High Functional Stability of a Low-cost HBV DNA qPCR Primer Pair and Plasmid Standard

Gerardo García, Yamila León, Eduardo Canales, José Angel Silva

Citation Information : García G, León Y, Canales E, Angel Silva J. High Functional Stability of a Low-cost HBV DNA qPCR Primer Pair and Plasmid Standard. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2016; 6 (1):19-24.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1160

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-12-2017

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2016; The Author(s).


Abstract

Aims: We studied the functional stability of a primer pair and the standard curve based on a plasmid carrying full-length HBV genome, from a novel low-cost real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay. The assay was developed at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) in Havana, to quantify the serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA from chronic HBV-infected (CHB) patients. Materials and methods: In-house generated oligonucleotides and plasmids were incubated at 37°C during 1 month and compared with the same materials incubated at –20, 4, and 25°C during the same time in qPCR experiments. Results: This work shows that the oligonucleotide pair and the plasmid for the quantitative standard curve are functionally stable in severe temperature conditions during 1 month. Polymerase chain reaction amplification with both materials after its incubation 30 days at 37°C produced similar cycle threshold (CT) values and similar degree of sample quantifications compared with the same materials preserved using the conventional storage conditions at –20°C. Conclusion: These results are indicative of the robustness of this low-cost qPCR system for HBV DNA quantification. These results also support that this qPCR assay can be used as a low-cost technology in clinical studies to monitor the viral load changes of serum HBV DNA of CHB patients, which could be used by poor people of third world countries, where there are frequent blackouts and temperature changes that can hinder the primer and plasmid stability.


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