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Conventionally,inapolymerasechainreaction(PCR),oligonucleotideprimersbindtothetemplate
DNAinanantiparallelcomplementarywayandthetemplateDNAisamplifiedasitis.Herewe
describeanapproachinwhichthefirstprimerbindsinaparallelcomplementaryorientationtothe
singlestrandedDNA,leadingtosynthesisinaparalleldirection.Furtherreactionshappenedina
conventionalwayleadingtothesynthesisofPCRproducthavingpolarityoppositetothetemplate
used.ThisisthefirststudyshowingthatsynthesisofDNAcanhappenalsoinaparalleldirection.
WereportthatfromasinglestrandedDNAtemplate,twodifferentbutrelatedPCRproductscanbe
synthesized.
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1 HarishkumarMadhyastha,MiyazakiMedical
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2 RamGopal,UppsalaUniversity,Sweden
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Correspondingauthor:VikashBhardwaj
Howtocite:Bhardwaj V and Sharma K. Parallel DNA polymerase chain reaction: Synthesis of two different PCR
products from a DNA template [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/4sm]F1000Research2014,3:320(doi:
10.12688/f1000research.5813.1)
Copyright:2014BhardwajVandSharmaK.ThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreative
CommonsAttributionLicence,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedthe
originalworkisproperlycited.DataassociatedwiththearticleareavailableunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommons
Zero"Norightsreserved"datawaiver(CC01.0Publicdomaindedication).
Competinginterests:Nocompetinginterestsweredisclosed.
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Firstpublished:31dic2014,3:320(doi:10.12688/f1000research.5813.1)
Firstindexed:19ene2015,3:320(doi:10.12688/f1000research.5813.1)
Latestpublished:31dic2014,3:320(doi:10.12688/f1000research.5813.1)
Introduction
OurfundamentalknowledgeofDNAstructureisbasedontheWatsonCrickmodelofDNAdoublehelix,inwhichtwo
polynucleotidechainsrunninginoppositedirectionareheldtogetherbyhydrogenbondsbetweenthenitrogenous
bases.Guaninecanbindspecificallyonlytocytosine(GC)whereasadeninecanbindspecificallytothymine(AT).
Thesereactionsaredescribedasbasepairingandthepairedbasesaresaidtobecomplementary1.Conformational
polymorphismofDNAisnowextendingbeyondtheWatsonCrickdoublehelix.In1986,usingforcedfieldcalculationfor
ashortATrichDNA,PattabiramanproposedthehypothesisthathomopolymericduplexDNAcontainingd(A)6d.(T)6
canformathermodynamicallystableparallelrighthandedduplexDNAwithreverseWatsonCrickbasepairing.Healso
reportedthatthenumberandtypeofhydrogenbondsbetweenATbasepairarethesameasthatofantiparalleldouble
helix2.In1988,theexperimentalstrategiesbyRamsingandJovinconfirmedthatDNAcontainingATbasepairscan
existasastableparallelstrandedhelix.TheTmvalueofbothPSDNA(parallelstrandedDNA)andAPSDNA
(antiparallelstrandedDNA)showedaclassicaldependenceuponsaltconcentration.Theyreportedthatatanygiven
NaClconcentration,themeltingtemperatureofPSDNAwas15ClowerthanitsAPSDNAcounterpart.In2mMMgCl2,
themeltingtemperatureforPSDNAandAPSDNAwasreportedapproximatelysameasthoseobtainedin0.20.3M
NaCl,demonstratingpronouncedstabilizationaffordedbydivalentcations3.AsimilarstudybySandeetal.onhairpin
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MacromolecularChemistry
deoxyoligonucleotideshavingoligonucleotidessequenceinparallelpolarities(PShairpin)alsoconfirmedtheexistence
ofparallelstrandedconformation.Theyhaveshownthatparallelstrandedhairpinsformstableduplexandget
denaturedat10ClowerthancorrespondingAPSoligomers4.Thesetwoexperimentalstudiesprovidedevidencethat
DNAcontainingATbasepairscanformbothPSDNAandAPSDNA.In1992,Tchurikovetal.showedthatparallel
complementaryprobesofnormalnucleotideconsistingofbothAT/GCbasepairscanbeusedformolecular
hybridizationexperiments,indicatingthestabilityofGCcontainingparallelDNA5.In1993,Borisovaetal.reportedthat
GCpairsina40basepairparallelduplexDNA(consistingofnaturalDNAsequence)aremorethermostablethanAT
basepairs6.Furthermore,othersimilarreportshaveshownthattherearenodrasticdifferencesinnearestneighbor
basepairinteractionsbetweenPSDNAandAPSDNAhavingmixedAT/GCcomposition7.Thespecificityofthe
interactionbetweenthestrandsinparallelDNAhasalsobeenstudiedanditissohighthatparallelprobeasshortas40
nucleotidelengthisabletodetectaspecificbandinSouthernblothybridizationsonwholegenomeDNA8.The
polymerasechainreaction(PCR)developedbyMullisconsistsofdenaturationofdoublestrandedDNA,primer
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annealingandextension.TheprocessisrepeatedmultipletimesandthetemplateDNAisamplifiedmillionsoftimes
withoutanychangeinpolarityofDNA9(Figure1).In2000,VeitiaandOttolenghireportedthatseveralattemptsto
amplifyL15253byPCRusingdifferentpairsofprimerswereunsuccessful.Theysuggestedthatthereareno
thermodynamicconstraintswhichwillpreventparallelnucleicacidsynthesis,andthedeoxynucleotidetriphosphates
usedforanormalantiparallelpolymerizationreactioncanalsoserveforaparallelreaction,providedthatthe
polymeraseenzymeiscapableincatalyzingthenucleophilicinteractionbetweenthe3OHanda5PPPfrom
nucleotidesarrangedinaparallelwaywithrespecttothetemplateDNA10.
Figure1.SchematicdiagramshowingPCRamplificationofasinglestranded
DNAbyusingconventionalantiparalleloligonucleotideprimers.
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Inthisstudy,weexploredwhetherparallelDNAsynthesisisfeasible.Weproposedthehypothesisthatthisreactioncan
bepossibleifwestartareactionusingsinglestrandedDNAasatemplate.WehaveshownthattheTaqDNA
polymerasecanevenextendtheoligonucleotideprimerannealedtosinglestrandedDNAinaparallelcomplementary
manner.ThedetailsofhowourproposedparallelDNAPCRdiffersfromtheconventionalPCRisshowninFigure1and
Figure2.
Figure2.SchematicdiagramshowingPCRamplificationofasinglestranded
DNAbyusingthePDPCR(parallelDNAPCR)approachinwhichthefirst
primerbindstothetemplateDNAinaparallelcomplementarymanner.
ThesecondprimerbindstothenewlysynthesizedDNAinanantiparallelmanner
andlaterbothprimersamplifythenewDNAinaconventionalmanner.PCR
productsobtainedwillhaveoppositepolarityascomparedtothetemplateused.
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Sequence
5GCGCG
Oligonucl
(PCR1)5
Oligonucl
(PDPCR1
Table1.ShowssequenceofcustomsynthesizedtemplateDNAand
oligonucleotideprimersusedinthisstudy.
Sequencing
TheamplifiedproductsweresequencedatEurofinsGenomicsIndiaPvt.Ltd.KarnatakaIndia.
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greenmastermix=5l,water=4landtemplate=0.5l(1:1000dilutionfromoriginalstockof0.96picomole).InthePD
PCRreaction,weused(PDPCR1)and(PDPCR2)primersetwhileforconventionalPCRweused(PCR1)and
(PCR2)primers(seeTable1).NegativecontrolincludedreactionmixwithouttemplateDNA.Reactionswereincubated
at94Cfor5minutes,followedby30PCRcyclesof94Cfor15seconds,50Cfor30secondsand72Cfor60seconds
usingMx3005PqPCRSystemAgilentTechnologies,Inc.Thedatawereanalyzedbyusing2Ct method.Theproducts
werealsorunonagarosegelandvisualisedongeldocsystemaspreviouslydescribed.
Dataset2. RealtimePCRfileforPCRandPDPCR.RealtimePCRamplificationofsinglestranded
DNAasperconventionalPCRandPDPCR.1Datafile
Downloadthedata
ThethermaldenaturationanalysisofparallelDNAhasshownthatitmeltsatalowertemperaturethanthe
correspondingantiparallelstructure3,4.ThisfindinggivesusthecluethatusingdoublestrandedantiparallelDNAasa
templateforPDPCRwillnotbepossibleasduringannealingsteps,antiparalleldoublestrandedDNAwillannealto
itselfwithoutbindingtoparallelstrandedcomplementaryprimers.Toavoidthis,westartedourPCRwithasingle
strandedDNAtemplate.DetailsonhowourproposedparallelDNAPCR(PDPCR)differsfromconventionalPCRare
showninFigure2.Thefirstoligonucleotideprimer(PDPCR1)wasdesignedtobindthesinglestrandedtemplateDNA
inaparallelcomplementarymanner.Theparallelcomplementaryannealingofthefirstprimerallowedthesynthesisof
DNAinaparalleldirectiontothesinglestrandedDNAtemplate.Afterthefirstdenaturationstep,thesecond
oligonucleotideprimer(PDPCR2)wasdesignedtoannealtothenewlysynthesizedDNAinanantiparallel
complementaryorientation.Further,bothfirstandsecondprimersusedinthisreactionamplifiedthenewsecondDNA
strandinaconventionalwaybybindinginanantiparallelcomplementaryway.Figure3(lanes813)showsa120bp
PCRproductamplifiedbyparallelDNAPCRschemeatannealingtemperatureof45C,50C,55C,58C,60C,65C
respectively.Inallcases,denaturationwasperformedat95Cfor15seconds,annealingfor30secondswhileextension
at72Cfor30secondforatotalof30cycles.Similarly,asacontrolreaction,thesinglestranded120bpDNAwas
amplifiedbyconventionalPCRinwhichthefirstprimer(PCR1)boundtothetemplateDNAinanantiparallelorientation
andthesecondprimer(PCR2)annealedtothenewlysynthesizedDNAinanantiparallelorientation.Figure3,Lanes
16showsa120bpproductPCRamplifiedatannealingtemperatureof45C,50C,55C,58C,60C,65C
respectivelyusingconventionalantiparallelcomplementaryprimers.Asacontrolreaction,PDPCRwasalsoperformed
usingonlyoneofthetwoprimers.Asexpected,noPCRproductswereobtained(Figure4Alane2and3).Asacontrol
reaction,conventionalPCRandPDPCRwereperformedwithoutaddinganytemplateDNA.Asexpected,noPCR
productwasobtainedconfirmingthatnoprimerdimerwasformedduringbothconventionalPCRandPDPCR(Figure
4B).TheDNAsequencingresultsconfirmedthatDNAtemplateswereamplifiedintwodifferentPCRproducts.
ConventionalPCRamplifiedthetemplateDNAinitsoriginalorientation(Figure5A)whereasPDPCRproductsreadin
aparalleldirectiontothetemplateDNA(Figure5B).PrimersandtemplateusedtoshowfeasibilityofPDPCRtillnow
(Figure3andTable1)werefurtherusedtoperformrealtimePCR.Forthis,amastermixcontainingSYBRGreenand
othercomponents(excepttemplateandprimers)wasused.Primersandtemplatewereaddedtothemastermixtomake
afinalvolumeof10l.ACtvalueof9.26wasobtainedforconventionalPCR,23.29forPDPCRwhereas33.15was
observedinnegativecontrol(withoutaddingtemplateDNA)indicatingamplificationinbothconventionalPCRandPD
PCRreactions(Figure6).TheamplificationindicatedbyCtvalueinrealtimePCRwasalsoconfirmedbyrunningthe
productonagarosegel(Figure6,lowerpanel).WeakamplificationsinPDPCRmaybeattributedtothefactthatthe
actualamplificationinconventionalPCRisonestepaheadthanthePDPCR.Thefirstamplificationinconventional
PCRstartsasearlyasdenaturationfollowedbyannealing(Figure1).Ontheotherhand,inPDPCRanewtemplateis
firstsynthesizedduringthefirstamplification(representedbygreencolorinFigure2).Oncethetemplateisready,the
conventionalPCRgoeson.Therefore,theamplifiedproductshowslowintensityascomparedtotheconventionalPCR
products.Takingtogether,ourstudyhasshownthatDNAsynthesiscanhappeninaparalleldirectionandtwodifferent,
butrelatedPCRproductscanbesynthesizedfromthesinglestrandedtemplateDNA.Wehopethatmoremolecular
biologytechniqueswilldevelopinfuturebasedonparallelcomplementarybindingsofduplexDNA.
Figure3.PDPCR(parallelDNAPCR)andPCR:Lanes16show120bpPCR
productsamplifiedatannealingtemperatureof45C,50C,55C,58C,60C,
65C,respectively,usingconventionalantiparallelcomplementaryprimers.
Lane7is100bpmolecularweightmarkerandLanes813showPCRproductsamplifiedbyparallelDNAPCR
schemeatannealingtemperatureof45C,50C,55C,58C,60C,65C,respectively.Inallcases,denaturation
wasperformedat95Cfor15seconds,annealingfor30secondswhileextensionat72Cfor30secondfora
totalof30cycles.
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(A):AcontrolreactionshowingthatPCRproductswereobtainedwhenboth
primerswereaddedasperschemeinFigure2.InFigure4(A),Lane1shows120
bpPCRproductssynthesizedbyPDPCR,whileinLanes2and3,onlysingle
primerswereaddedandasexpectednoPCRproductwassynthesized.Figure
4(B)showsanegativecontrolreactionofconventionalPCRandPDPCRinwhich
thetemplateDNAwasnotadded.
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Figure5.
DNAsequencingresults.Sequencingresultsin(A)showthat120bpDNAwas
amplifiedasitiswhilesequencingresultsin(B)confirmthatPCRproductswere
obtainedaspertheschemeshowninFigure2.
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Figure6.
RealtimePCRandPDPCR(A)showampliflicationplotanddissociationcurves
obtainedafterrealtimePCRanalysisofamplificationof120nucleotidessingle
strandedtemplateDNAviaconventionalPCRandPDPCR.Incontrolreactionno
templateDNAwasadded.(B)PCRproductsobtainedinrealtimePCRwerealso
runonagarosegelandvisualisedongeldocsystem.
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Data availability
F1000Research:Dataset1.DNAsequencingfileforPCRandPDPCR.10.5256/f1000research.5813.d4151511
F1000Research:Dataset2.RealtimePCRfileforPCRandPDPCR.10.5256/f1000research.5813.d4151612
Author contributions
VBandKSdesignedtheexperiment.VBandKScarriedouttheresearch.Bothpreparedthemanuscript.
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Acknowledgments
WearethankfultoHarpreetSingh(TerritoryManager,SigmaAldrich,Gujarat,India)forprovidingthecustom
synthesizedtemplateDNAandoligonucleotideprimersusedinthisstudy.
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PCRproductsfromaDNAtemplatebyBhardwajandSharma.Theauthorsforthefirsttimehave
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Ihavenowhadtheopportunitytorepeatthisexperimentwiththesametemplateandparallelprimersas
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