title: High-throughput genotyping of repeat polymorphism in the regulatory region of serotonin transporter gene by gel microchip electrophoresis.
abstract: Large-scale genotyping of the repeat polymorphism in the regulatory region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) was attempted by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification followed by gel microchip electrophoresis analysis. The multilane (96) format of the gel microchip system allowed parallel separation of a large number of samples. The separation and visualization of the PCR amplicons from either the 5-HTTLPR short allele (number of repeats are 14) or the 5-HTTLPR long form (16 repeats) was completed in a few minutes. Genotyping of healthy Caucasian individuals showed that the short allele had a somewhat lower frequency (0.42) than the long form (0.58), and the genotype frequencies fulfilled the criteria of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (chi = 0.012, p = 0.994). Based on these results, gel microchip electrophoresis system proved to be a powerful tool for high throughput genotyping of repeat polymorphism.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nemoda
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ronai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szekely
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shandrick
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guttman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasvari-Szekely
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000379:methods; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008832:Microchemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012016:Reference Values; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C493230:SLC6A4 protein, human; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins