We used the same dilution from the same library to do emPCR amplification. All the condition is the same, the same lot kit and the same person to do this experiment. These interval experimental time is 3 days. We did twice but got different volume beads, one is 10% and another is almost 30%. How come the result is so different?? Does anyone has the same experience?? I'm so confused that the result is convincable?
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Yes, we see these sorts of enrichment yield variations frequently. (Actually we use MV emPCR kits most of the time.)
How about room temp during emulsion formation? Seems like one major factor could be microreactor size, or microreactor size distribution. It seems like the viscosity of the emulsion oils would play a role here. Viscosity is often impacted by temperature. So if your lab is like mine you can see 4-5 oC temperature swings day to day. Maybe that is the cause? Just speculation, though.
Does anyone routinely check the size of microreactors with a microscope?
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Oh, another possible factor: how many times the emPCR kit gets freeze-thawed. I was surprised to see that Roche has the DNA capture beads stored frozen. A typical MV emPCR kit might be freeze-thawed 4 or 5 times. Each time all the beads are re-washed. Seems fairly traumatic to me.
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Is MV emPCR kits for FLX system? I can't change our protocol. My manager said how Roche trainer taught us then we did it. We wanna set up this system.
We always keep room temp at 22oC, we didn't change this condition, so there is no possible. And in my opinion emPCR kit is okay, emPCR kit wasn't freeze-thawed. Per kit is for one experiment. So we just thawed it for once.Mandy:rolleyes:
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Yes, MV kits are used for FLX, usually when we divide the PTP in 4 or 8 regions.
In our lab we mostly use 1 kit per experiment too and we observe enrichment differences from time to time. We always titrate our libraries but scaling up from SV to MV is still a mystery to us. Luckily our Guess-O-meter works well.
For Sv kits when we thaw the kit for the first time we aliquot all the beads, and just wash the ones we are going to use for a given experiment.
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Originally posted by [email protected] View Post[...]
We always keep room temp at 22oC, we didn't change this condition, so there is no possible. And in my opinion emPCR kit is okay, emPCR kit wasn't freeze-thawed. Per kit is for one experiment. So we just thawed it for once.
I can only suggest some of the factors we try to lock down:
(1) Use low bind tips and tubes for all work with diluted libraries. Even low levels of binding by plastics will alter the concentration of your diluted libraries.
(2) Check the calibration on pippettes periodically by weighing water on an analytical scale.
(3) It would be nice to add some additional quality control points to the procedure. I think looking at the microreactors under a microscope might be useful. Also maybe running a little of the aqueous phase of the emPCR reaction on a bioanalyzer chip might help.
Anyone else have recommendations for making the emPCR protocol more "robust" (repeatable with similar results)?
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Originally posted by MissDNA View PostYes, MV kits are used for FLX, usually when we divide the PTP in 4 or 8 regions.Mandy:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by pmiguel View Post(3) It would be nice to add some additional quality control points to the procedure. I think looking at the microreactors under a microscope might be useful. Also maybe running a little of the aqueous phase of the emPCR reaction on a bioanalyzer chip might help.
Another, emPCR is for DNA amplification in beads. DNA is already captured by beads, is that any effect in bioanalyzer running?Mandy:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by [email protected] View PostSorry, I don't understand you mean you separate PTP into 4 or 8 regions? I don't know about FLX- Titanium system, we only have Junior- Titanium machine. In junior, we can't divide PTP.
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I've seen this from time to time as well. Just recently I had a couple of libraries I titrated using an SV kit then scaled up to an MV kit. With the amount of DNA that gave me ~10% enrichment at the SV scale, I got only ~2-3% with the MV kit. I had to redo it to get enough beads. This time, I remade my dilution from the library stock and used the same amount as before. The result was the same ~10% enrichment I should have gotten the first time. It seems that an extra freeze-thaw cycle of 10^7 concentration library reduced its titer. I can't say for sure that's what happened, but that's they only way I can explain it at the moment.
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Originally posted by [email protected] View PostHow to look at the microreactors under a microscope?
Originally posted by [email protected] View PostAnother, emPCR is for DNA amplification in beads. DNA is already captured by beads, is that any effect in bioanalyzer running?
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Originally posted by pmiguel View PostYou don't want to run the beads, just a ul of the aqueous solution from which you recover the beads. I guess only a tiny percentage of the total PCR reaction products are captured by the DNA capture beads.
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