title: Simultaneous genotyping of alcohol dehydrogenase 2 and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis.
abstract: Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH; EC 1.1.1.1) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH; EC 1.2.1.3) have important roles in the elimination of ingested ethanol. These enzymes have polymorphisms resulting from single-point mutations that cause kinetic differences in their respective enzyme activities. Simultaneous observation of these enzymes would be useful in investigating the association between these enzyme polymorphisms and alcohol-related problems. In this study amplified genomic DNA was amplified from nail clippings with two sets of primers for ADH2 and ALDH2 genes, respectively, in a micro test tube and the accuracy of the amplification was verified by direct sequencing. The PCR products were separated into four distinct bands by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis. This genotyping method is fast, accurate. reliable and inexpensive, and requires the same amount of template DNA as non-simultaneous methods. In other words, the required amount of template DNA for this method is only half that required for the separate genotyping of ADH2 and ALDH2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. sakata@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nishiyori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009262:Nails / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase