Development of multiplex PCR assay for authentication of Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum in traditional Chinese medicine based on cytochrome b and C oxidase subunit 1 genes.
This study describes a method for discriminating the true Cervus antlers from its counterfeits using multiplex PCR. Bioinformatics were carried out to design the specific alleles primers for mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome b (Cyt b) and cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1 (Cox 1) genes. The mt DNA and genomic DNA were extracted from Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum through the modified alkaline and the salt-extracting method in addition to its counterfeits, respectively. Sufficient DNA templates were extracted from all samples used in two methods, and joint fragments of 354 bp and 543 bp that were specifically amplified from both of true Cervus antlers served as a standard control. The data revealed that the multiplex PCR-based assays using two primer sets can be used for forensic and quantitative identification of original Cervus deer products from counterfeit antlers in a single step.
a School of Laboratory Medicine, Beihua University , Jilin , People's Republic of China .
Lijun
L
Gao
a School of Laboratory Medicine, Beihua University , Jilin , People's Republic of China .
Wei
W
Xia
a School of Laboratory Medicine, Beihua University , Jilin , People's Republic of China .
Jinxia
J
Ai
a School of Laboratory Medicine, Beihua University , Jilin , People's Republic of China .
Mingcheng
M
Li
b School of Pharmacy, Beihua University , Jilin , People's Republic of China , and.
Guanxin
G
Yuan
a School of Laboratory Medicine, Beihua University , Jilin , People's Republic of China .
Jiamu
J
Niu
c Jilin Leibo Scientific Co. Ltd , Jilin , People's Republic of China.
Guilian
G
Fu
c Jilin Leibo Scientific Co. Ltd , Jilin , People's Republic of China.
Lihua
L
Zhang
D000818:Animals; D000999:Antlers; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics*; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D003670:Deer / Q000235:genetics*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000592:standards*; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D045304:Cytochromes c; D045303:Cytochromes b; D010088:Oxidoreductases
Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum; cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1; mitochondrial cytochrome b gene; multiplex PCR