Introduction

Blood samples contain rich DNA, including mitochondrial DNA, genomic DNA, circulating DNA (mostly released into blood after tumor cell apoptosis) in white blood cells, as well as parasitic viral or microbial DNA. These DNA are important parameters in clinical testing or diagnosis, which are also valuable materials for medical research. There are three main issues with extracting DNA from blood samples:

1. The sample is highly infectious, posing great harm to operators and the environment.

2. The source of DNA is complex and aportion of the nucleic acid, such as viral DNA or free DNA, may be lost during the operation, leading to downstream detection failure;

3. Blood sample contains a large amount of impurities and inhibitory factors.

Currently there are many methods available for extracting DNA from whole blood samples, such as phenol chloroform extraction, salting out method, etc. However, these methods require pre-treatment of blood sample, which removes red blood cells and isolate white blood cells in the first step. Due to the requirement that it cannot inactivate or kill pathogens during the process of removing red blood cells, the waste liquid (red blood cell lysate) and consumables may be contaminated by pathogens and become infectious, posing a danger to the entire laboratory environment and operators. In addition, during the process of removing red blood cells, useful nucleic acid information such as viruses, microorganisms, or circulating DNA is also lost, leading to experiment or detection failures.

The HiPure Blood DNA Kits series provided by Magen Company uses silica gel column purification technology, which can directly lyse whole blood samples without the need for white blood cell separation. Whole blood samples are directly mixed with lysates and proteases, resulting in the inactivation of pathogens, greatly reducing the infectivity, environmental pollution, and the chance of operators being infected. Due to the direct lysis and digestion of samples, except lymphocyte DNA, other circulating DNA as well as DNA from viruses and microorganisms, can also be recovered.

This product provides fast and easy methods for purification of total DNA for reliable PCR and Southern blotting. Total DNA (e.g., genomic, viral, mitochondrial) can be purified from whole blood, tissue and culture cells.

Details

Specifications

Features	Specifications
Main Functions	Isolation total DNA from 10ml blood and 1g tissue using Maxi column
Applications	PCR, southern bolt and virus detection, etc
Purification method	Maxi spin column
Purification technology	Silica technology
Process method	Manual (centrifugation or vacuum)
Sample type	Tissue, cell, blood, saliva, swab, blood spot, semen and other clinical samples
Sample amount	3-10ml
Elution volume	≥700μl
Time per run	≤90 minutes
Liquid carrying volume per column	4ml
Binding yield of column	5mg

Principle

This product is based on silica column purification. The sample is lysed and digested with lysate and protease, DNA is released into the lysate. Transfer to an adsorption column. Nucleic acid is adsorbed on the membrane, while protein is not adsorbed and is removed with filtration. After washing proteins and other impurities, Nucleic acid was finally eluted with low-salt buffer (10mm Tris, pH9.0, 0.5mm EDTA).

Advantages

• High quality DNA – meet a variety of downstream applications, including PCR, qPCR, enzyme digestion, hybridization, etc.
• Fast – without separation of leukocytes, organic extraction or ethanol precipitation
• Simple – all nucleic acids can be obtained by direct digestion
• Pertinence – specially designed for isolating DNA from 3-10ml blood and related body fluids
• Wide applicability – handle a variety of liquid samples
• Economy – excellent cost effectiveness performance

Kit Contents

Contents	D311502	D311503
Purification Times	10	50
HiPure gDNA Maxi Columns	10	50
50ml Collection Tubes	20	100
Buffer ATL	120 ml	550 ml
Buffer AL	120 ml	2 x 300 ml
Buffer GW1*	53 ml	220 ml
Buffer GW2*	25 ml	110 ml
RNase A	40 mg	180 ml
Proteinase K	120 mg	540 mg
Protease Dissolve Buffer	12 ml	50 ml
Buffer AE	30 ml	120 ml

Storage and Stability

Proteinase K, RNase A should be stored at 2-8°C upon arrival. However, short-term storage (up to 12 weeks) at room temperature (15-25°C) does not affect their performance. The remaining kit components can be stored at room temperature (15-25°C) and are stable for at least 18 months under these conditions.

Purchase Guide

Name	CAT NO	Sample amount	Leukocyte protocol*	Colum type	Elutio volume	Average yield	Time per run
HiPure Blood DNA Mini Kit	D3111	10-200μl	1ml	2ml column	≥20μl	5-9μg/200μl	≤30 minutes
HiPure Tissue&Blood DNA Midi Kit	D3113	0.2-2ml	10ml	1.5ml column	≥300μl	20-40μg/1m	≤80 minutes
HiPure Tissue&Blood DNA Maxi Kit	D3115	3 -10ml	10ml	15ml column	≥700μl	20-40μg/1m	≤90 minutes
HiPure Tissue&Blood DNA 96 Kit	D3117	1-200μl	1ml	96 well plate		3-8μg/200μl

Blood samples contain rich DNA, including mitochondrial DNA, genomic DNA, circulating DNA (mostly released into blood after tumor cell apoptosis) in white blood cells, as well as parasitic viral or microbial DNA. These DNA are important parameters in clinical testing or diagnosis, which are also valuable materials for medical research. There are three main issues with extracting DNA from blood samples:

Description 

The ExcelRT™ One-Step RT-qPCR kit (TaqMan, ROX) is designed for reverse transcription and quantitative real-time analysis of a specific target RNA by one-step reaction. The ExcelRT™ One-Step RT-qPCR kit (TaqMan, ROX), consisting of One-Step RT Enzyme Mix and 2X One-Step Master Mix, is a convenient kit designed for highly efficient cDNA synthesis and highly specific real-time PCR in a single tube. The One-Step RT Enzyme Mix contains a thermostable ExcelRT™ Reverse Transcriptase and a RNAok™ RNase inhibitor. Consequently, One-Step RT Enzyme Mix can reverse transcribe RNA to cDNA at a wide temperature range from 42 to 60°C and active against RNase A, RNase B and RNase C. By containing specialized hot-start Taq DNA polymerase, which greatly reduce primer-dimer formation and can be activated within 2 minutes, the 2X One-Step Master Mix features high specificity and is suitable for fast cycle program. This master mix includes ROX reference dye for normalization of each RT-qPCR assay.

Features

• Reverse transcription at wide temperature range (42-60°C)
• High specificity 
• Suitable for fast cycle program
• With ROX reference dye

Storage

Aliquot to avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles (stable within 30 freeze-thaw cycles)

Protect from light

-20°C for 12 months

The ExcelRT™ One-Step RT-qPCR kit (TaqMan, ROX) is designed for reverse transcription and quantitative real-time analysis of a specific target RNA by one-step reaction. The ExcelRT™ One-Step RT-qPCR kit (TaqMan, ROX), consisting of One-Step RT Enzyme Mix and 2X One-Step Master Mix, is a convenient kit designed for highly efficient cDNA synthesis and highly specific real-time PCR in a single tube. The One-Step RT Enzyme Mix contains a thermostable ExcelRT™ Reverse Transcriptase and a RNAok™ RNase inhibitor. Consequently, One-Step RT Enzyme Mix can reverse transcribe RNA to cDNA at a wide temperature range from 42 to 60°C and active against RNase A, RNase B and RNase C. By containing specialized hot-start Taq DNA polymerase, which greatly reduce primer-dimer formation and can be activated within 2 minutes, the 2X One-Step Master Mix features high specificity and is suitable for fast cycle program. This master mix includes ROX reference dye for normalization of each RT-qPCR assay.

OverView

Cod Uracil-DNA Glycosylase (Cod UNG) from Atlantic Cod is the only commercially available UNG enzyme that is completely and irreversibly inactivated by moderate heat treatment. The enzyme is produced in a recombinant E. coli (ung-) strain that contains a modified Cod UNG gene.

Key Features:

• Heat-labile – Completely and irreversibly inactivated at 55°C
• Contamination control – ideal in applications below
• Use of Cod UNG makes contamination control possible in RT-PCR
• Does not degrade PCR product post-PCR. This makes downstream use of the PCR product possible
• High purity enzyme, tested free of contaminating nucleases
• Detergent free
• Post-PCR Analysis – Enables post-PCR analysis

Applications

Ideal for contamination control in 

• PCR carry-over prevention
• RT-PCR
• RT-qPCR
• qPCR
• kPCR 
• RT-LAMP

Heat-labile Uracil-DNA Glycosylase

There are several commercially available Uracil-DNA glycosylases on the market today. Most of them are of bacterial origin and work well if you have no intention to further analyze the PCR products post-PCR. However, if you want to store your PCR products for downstream analysis such as cloning and sequencing, the reactivation of UNG and subsequent degradation of your PCR products are a problem with most of the commercially available UNGs. Cod UNG from ArcticZymes is completely and irreversibly inactivated by heat thus ensuring that sample integrity is maintained long-term regardless of storage conditions.

This is illustrated in figure 1, below

Figures

Properties

Recommended Protocols

1. Contamination control in PCR, qPCR and one-step RT-qPCR

Cod UNG works in all commercially available master mixes. 

Be sure that you have used dUTP containing dNTP mixes in your previous PCR experiments.

• Add 0.2 U Cod UNG directly to your 20 µl PCR reaction.
• pre-incubate for 5 min at room temperature.
• For RT-qPCR, reverse transcribe your RNA at 50-55°C.
• Run your PCR.
• Store your PCR product at -20°C or 4°C degrees.

2. Contamination control in RT-LAMP

Cod UNG is ideal for contamination control in RT-LAMP.  
One unit of Cod UNG per 30 μl reaction is sufficient for removing even high concentrations of carry-over contamination.

• Ensure that you use dNTP mixes containing dUTP in your experiments.
• Check that the RT-LAMP reaction is compatible with dUTP by running side-by-side reactions containing different ratios of dUTP to dUTP (100% dUTP, 90% dUTP, 80% dUTP and 0% dUTP).
• Add 1 U Cod UNG directly to your 30 µl RT-LAMP reaction.
• Prepare the reaction mix on ice.
• Analyze your RNA at 65°C, no preincubation is necessary.

Please refer to Protocol for Carry-over Contamination Control

Ordering Info

Cod Uracil-DNA Glycosylase (Cod UNG) from Atlantic Cod is the only commercially available UNG enzyme that is completely and irreversibly inactivated by moderate heat treatment. The enzyme is produced in a recombinant E. coli (ung-) strain that contains a modified Cod UNG gene.