Comparison of extraction methods for the recovery, amplification and species-specific analysis of DNA from bone and bone meals

We report the effect of several parameters on the efficiency of recovery of DNA from animal bones. The effects of preheating the samples (at either 60°C or 100°C) at different intervals (from 1 h to overnight) in different media (water, 0.5 M ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), or 0.5 M EDTA + 0...

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Authors: Prado Rodríguez, Marta, Franco Abuín, Carlos Manuel, Fente Sampayo, Cristina Asunción, Cepeda Sáez, Alberto, Vázquez Belda, Beatriz Isabel, Barros Velázquez, Jorge
Format: article
Publication Date:2002
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repository:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/45602
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/45602
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bone meals
DNA recovery
Extraction methods
Polymerase chain reaction
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Summary:We report the effect of several parameters on the efficiency of recovery of DNA from animal bones. The effects of preheating the samples (at either 60°C or 100°C) at different intervals (from 1 h to overnight) in different media (water, 0.5 M ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), or 0.5 M EDTA + 0.05% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were investigated. The effect of slight (5 min) or intense (30 min) pretreatments with ultrasound was also evaluated. Several different treatments with proteinase K (ranging from 200 to 800 νg, and lasting from 1 to 3 h) at 65°C were also considered. Additionally, two different DNA extraction methods (based on silica resins and purification columns, respectively) were evaluated. The recovery of DNA from the samples was 40% higher when the bones were preheated in 0.5 M EDTA at 60°C for 1 h, this being followed by treatment with 800 νg of proteinase K for 3 h. The DNA thus obtained was successfully amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using a set of primers specific to a 359 bp region of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, and the species of origin were identified by visualizing the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) with the endonucleases PalI and MboI