INTRODUCTION

Polymerase Chain Reaction also called as ‘Molecular Phototyping ‘means a technique

used to amplify small and targeted segmentsof DNA to produce millons of copies of a

specific gene fragment. This technique was developed in 1983 by Kary Mullis, he was

awarded Nobel prize in 1993 for his work in PCR along with Michael Smith Tahminur

Rahman MD, Muhammed S et al 2013.

The common requirements for a PCR process are thermo cyclers, DNA template, two

primers, Taq polymerase, nucleotides, buffers etc Tahminur Rahman MD, Muhammed S et al

2013. PCR process is commonly carried out in 10-200 l in small reaction tubes in which

uses Peltier effects. Each cycle of PCR have 3 main important steps such as de-naturation,

alignment of specific primers (or) annealing and final extension Waleed A Ibrahim, Abdul

Ghany A,2014. Before going deep into PCR the basic concepts of PCR to be understood.

This PCR process will result in 1—2—4---8---16---32 and so on doubling copies.

For that process 4 nucleotide bases such as Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine are

necessary Tahminur Rahman MD, Muhammed S et al 2013. This PCR technique results in

the amplification of good quality of DNA fragments even though the DNA source is available

for PCR process. Many infectious agents and strains of specific genes can be identified by

PCR technique. A single PCR process can be completed in 30-35 cycles which consumes 2

hours’ time to amplify to produce usable amount of DNA fragments. Many types of PCR

process with slight modifications can be used to produce better results such as multiplex-

PCR, RT-PCR, Nested PCR, inverse PCR, colony PCR, asymmetric PCR helicase PCR,

ligation-mediated PCR etc. Waleed A Ibrahim, Abdul Ghany A, 2014.

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF PCR

The following are the essential components of PCR

• Thermal cyclers (thermocyclers)

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• Target DNA (DNA template)

• Two primers(forward and reverse primers)

• Taq polymerase (themus aquaticus)

• Buffers

• Deoxy nucleotide triphosphates (d NTP’s)

• Monovalent \bivalent cation

• Nucleotides (A\T\G\C)

• Water

Thermocyclers

PCR reaction is carried out in 0.2-0.5 ml volume thermo cyclers. It heats and cools the

reaction tubes to achieve the temperature required. Many thermo cyclers have heating lids to

prevent condensation at the top of the reaction tube. Past thermo cyclers lack a heating lid

instead of which a small ball of wax was placed inside the tubes priorly.

Target DNA and nucleotides

It consists of the DNA to be amplified. The segment represents a small part of a large and

complex mixture of a specific DNA of a genome Mohini Joshi and Deshpande JD et al 2010.

The shape of DNA is a double helical structure which consists of nucleotides that wind

around each other in a helical shape6. PCR requires a template molecule (i.e.) DNA\RNA.

The 4 nucleotide components are like 4 bricks or building blocks used to construct genome

molecules. The nucleotide bases are adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine which also needs

a small amount primer.

Two primers

They are forward and reverse primers which are usually 16-30 nucleotides Pusterla N,

Madiga JE and Leutenegger 2006, in length. Primers limit the DNA sequence to be replicated

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 and results in the amplification of a particular DNA sequence. Primers are short, artificial

DNA strands not more than 50 nucleotides, which determines the beginning and the end of

the region to be amplified, the polymerase synthesizes the complementary sequence from

each primer. If template contains A nucleotide, enzyme adds on T nucleotide to the primer

and if template contains G nucleotide, enzyme adds on C nucleotide to the primer. Two

components that are considered for a primer are length of the primer and actual sequence of

the primer.

The primers depend upon

• Primer length

• Melting point

• Specificity

• Complementary primer sequences

The length of the primer should be as short as possible. The annealing temperature should

below at least 5 C than the melting point temperature.

Taq polymerase

Many micro-organisms can live in inhospitable conditions or in the presence of salt\acidic

concentrations. The bacteria synthesizes at the rate of 35-100 nucleotides\sec. the DNA

polymerase from Thermus Aquaticus is stable at 95’C which is a thermophile. Both the

cloned gene and the native Taq obtained from Thermus aquaticus are available commercially

to serve as a standard reagent for PCR reaction. They also grow in the geysers over 110’ C

and can withstand heating to 94’ C and presence of extreme salt/acidic concentrations. They

have contributed greatly for the stimulation, specificity, automation of PCR process. The

bacteria synthesizes at the rate of 35-100 nucleotides/sec10.

Buffers

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 It consists of Magnesium chloride which supplies Mg divalent cations required as a cofactor.

It is needed in 1-5 mM concentration and Mg joins to nucleotides to be recognized by the

polymerase enzyme. It also acts as a co-factor for the enzyme. The most commonly used

buffer is 10mM Tris at pH 8.3, 50 mM kcl, 1.5-2.5 mM Mgcl. The other PCR buffers used

are DMSO, PEG 6000, Glycerol form amide etc.

D NTP’S

These deoxy nucleotide triphosphates consists of nucleotides floating in liquid and it supplies

the nucleotides to Taq polymerase enzyme to synthsise a new strand of DNA. These

NTP’S consist of \Y phosphates which serve as a source of energy to PCR reaction. The

Concentration of d NTP’s should be 20-200 m

PROCESS INVOLVED IN PCR

There are 3 main processes namely

• Denaturing \ melting

• Annealing

• Elongation\ extension step

Denaturing \ melting

The first step involved is heating to a temperature of 94-96 ‘C for 10-20 min which causes 2

complementary strands to separate. The whole time consumed is about 5 min. the thermally

stable Taq polymerase enzyme is used here.

Annealing (hybridization) the annealing temperature should be chosed in such a way that, it

should 2’ C lower than melting\ denaturing temperature. This process takes place in about 1-2

min, the temperature is lowered hence the primers attach to single DNA strands. The

temperature is lowered to 50-65 C. each strand of DNA molecule becomes annealed with an

oligo- nucleotide primer complementary to either and of target sequence.

Extension

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 Here the DNA polymerase fills the missing strands, the temperature involved will be

dependent upon the stability of Taq polymerase (Thermus aquaticus polymerase). The

temperature involve is 72 C for 5-15min and Taq polymerase starts filling the missing

nucleotides in the 3’ 5’ direction away from each of the primer. DNA polymerase

polymerises 1000’s of bases\ min. The amplification is done on logarthimic scale and

amplified product of PCR process called as amplicon. One cycle takes 1-3 min and the whole

process takes place about 45 min and would generate millions of copies.

ANALYSIS OF PCR PRODUCT

There are many ways to analyses PCR products.

They are

a. Staining of amplified DNA product with a chemical dye like ethidium bromide Bria D

Mariani, Daniel S Martin, 2014.

b. Labelling of PCR primers and nucleotides with fluorophores before PCR amplification Bria

D Mariani, Daniel S Martin, 2014. SYBR Green Imay also be used instead ethidium bromide

(1). It has the advantage so that it can be used with various pairs of different primers, it also

costs less expensive than a probe.

c. Agarose Gel Electrophoresis

Agarose gel consists of 0.9% agarose in 40mM tris-base pH-8.3, 20mM acetic acid, 1mM

purified from 0.9% agarose gels using QIA (quick gel extraction kit). After gel

electrophoresis technique, gel is soaked in a buffer containing a de that specifically stains

DNA Lilit Gariyan and Nidhi Avashia.2013. After the complation of all of the 3 process, it is

visualized b UV transilluminatikon. If the bands is present, it indicates the target sequence of

original DNA sample and absence of any bands indicate the absence of original DNA sample.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF PCR TECHNIQUES

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1. Nested –seminested PCR

2. Multiplex PCR

3. RT-PCR

4. Touchdown PCR

5. Inverse PCR

6. Allele specific PCR

7. Asymmetric PCR

8. Arbitrary PCR

9. Core sample PCR

10. Degenerate PCR

11. Assembly PCR

12. Dial-out PCR

13. Digital PCR

14. Traditional PCR

15. Hot start PCR

16. In-silico PCR

17. Inter sequence PCR

18. Ligation-mediated PCR

19. Methylation- specific PCR

20. Miniprimer PCR

21. Nano particle PCR

22. Overlap-extension PCR

23. Quantitative PCR

24. Solid phase PCR

25. Suicide PCR

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26. Thermal asymmetric interplaced PCR

27. Semiquantative PCR

28. Conventional PCR

29. Colony PCR

30. After exponentional PCR

31. Standard PCR

32. Qualitative PCR

Quantitative PCR techniques it is also referred to real time PCR. It gives an idea about how

much DNA amount present in the sample.

Qualitative PCR techniques

When PCR techniques is used for detecting a specific DNA segment, it is called as

quantitative PCR method. PCR techniques are used in the identification of genes of bacteria

and virus. Only qualitative PCR technique can detect whether the individual has been

reinfected with a different but related pathogen. It is fast and simple, inexpensive technique.

Conventional PCR

This defined as a normal PCR process. Here the primers bind specifically to each other with 2

DNA strands. Primers also limit the sequence to be replicated and a particular DNA sequence

is amplified with billions of copies.

All that needed for the PCR process are PCR tubes made up of aluminium blocks, DNA

polymerase, buffer, and target DNA, primers. The whole process takes place within 35-40

minutes repeatedly and viewed by gel electrophoresis technique. PCR’s process can be done

using Prime STAR HS kits Masool Majaz, Parvaiz Hassan, et al 2012. Normally 50 micro

liters of PCR reaction mixtiure consists of 10 micro litres of genomic DNA content 2%

agarose gel is used with ethidium bromide dye for analysing the samples.

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 Multiplex PCR

Multiplex Pcr technique detects different pathogens in a single sample, used to identify

exonic/intronic sequence Waleed A Ibrahim, Abdul Ghany A, 2014, in specific genes. The

designing of primers are different because they are meant to adhere to specific DNA

sequence. Here in multiplex PCR the base pair lengths should be different to form distinct

bands because varying sizes of different DNA genes are targeted in a single reaction to avoid

higher expenses, time consumption and recognizes many pathogens at once11.

This technique is used to detect viral/bacterial and other infectious agents Margaret F Docker,

Robert H et al, 1997. The presence of one or more primer pair increases the risk of primer-

dimer amplification and discrimination of DNA laer fragments Pusterla N, Madiga JE and

Leutenegger 2006. In addition to buffers multiplex Pcr contains Taq polymerase additive,

which decreases the competition among amplicons.

Some examples of multiplex PCR techniques which are employed in medicinal field are

Brucella diagnostics based on perosamine synthetase gene.

Application of PCR technique using two sets of primers B4/B5-JPF/JPR for the diagnosis of

active human brucellosis in Egypt.

 Also used in the identification of major species of genes Brucella targetting bcsp 31, omp 2b,

omp2a, omp 31.

 A 19-primer multiplex PCr specifically identified [Link], [Link],[Link].

 Several multiplex PCR’s have been described for the simultaneous detection of

[Link] and Brucella species.

Nested-semi nested PCR

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Two sets of primers are used here for a single locus point. The first set is an amplified

sequence and the second set is complementary to the first sequence which will be shorter than

the first amplified product. Nested PCR is used because it intends to reduce the

contaminations in products due to the amplification of unexpected primer binding sites. It has

drawbacks like risk of contamination and needs great care while being performed. These

contaminations can be controlled by adding ultra-pure oil of two mixtures, Waleed A

Ibrahim, Abdul Ghany A, 2014, and by using primers designed to anneal at different

temperatures.

Nested/seminested PCR were used in identifying Brucella in human blood samples. This

method is more specific but has disdvantages like ‘primer and dimerisation’ Margaret F

Docker, Robert H 1997, cross reaction. No single specific species yet cross- reacted with

PCR products.

Standard PCR

This is simple effiecient and sensitive technique. This method is carried out with one pair of

primers which amplifies the targeted genomic sequence of Brucella species. It also helps in

the early diagnosis Brucella. Standard PCR technique is used to determine the number of

leucocytes DNA/ heamo compounds.

Quantitative/semi quantitative-real time PCR Fluorescent dyes like SYER Green master

mix are used for the identification of samples and probes are used to measure the amount of

amplified product in real- time2. cDNA is obtained by RT-PCR for a RNA sample.

ApoA1/Bactin are used as markers followed by gel electrophoresis process with ethidium

bromide dye staining procedure. Here the main disadvantage is the generation of non-specific

hybridization. All the reactions were performed in quadruplicates using the DNA stocks.

Real-time PCR

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 It is also called as quantitative PCR (q PCR) Waleed A Ibrahim, Abdul Ghany A, 2014,

highly reproducible, rapid, sensitive and specific technique for automating data. Brucella

species has been developed for targeting 16S23S genea by means of this technique. It has

lower risk of contamination. It has 2 techniques for detection

1. SYBER Green dye (or) fluorochromes (or) inter calculating agents

2. Taq man probes (or) fluroprobes.

Other forms of probes include

a. Minor groove DNA binder probes

b. Hybridization probes

c. Sunrise probes

d. Scorpion probes

e. Molecular beacons

f. FRET (fluorescent resonance energy transfers) Waleed A Ibrahim, Abdul Ghany A, 2014.

These fluoroprobes are more complex and expensive than intercalculating agents. The

increase in the DNA in each cycle reflects a proportional increase in emitted fluorescence and

also proportional to the hybridization of probes.

All probes except molecular beacons uses identical performance characteristics Lilit Gariyan

and Nidhi Avashia. et al 2013. The real time PCR has many advantages like

1. Quantitative quality control of input target DNA.

2. Fast/ efficient real-time PCR on 96/384-well plates leading to short turnaround time.

3. Elimination of post implication steps.

4. Standardized PCR protocols with uniform amplification specifications which leads to high

reproducibility.

5. Availability of stable and quality controlled PCR reagents contributing high reliability.

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 APPLICATIONS OF PCR

PCR can be applied in many fields

• In diagnosis therapy

• In nucleic acid detection assays

• In medical field

• In agricultural sciences

• In mycology-parasitology

• In dentistry

• In virological diagnostics

• In insert analysis

• In molecular systematic evolution

• In cancer therapy

• In therapy resistant assessment

• PCR-as biomarker

• In forensic medicine

• In virology

• In bacteriology

• In phytopathology

• In PCR-fingerprinting

• In the detection of micro biological gene.

DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS

1. Quantitative HIV viral load determination is a most important parameter for diseases

outcome and used for diagnosis of the diseases Lilit Gariyan and Nidhi Avashia. et al 2013.

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2. As a bio-marker for diseases processes Bio-markers are the genes specially induced or

down regulated during diseases. They are called as gene signatures. Lilit Gariyan and Nidhi

Avashia.

2013. Which identifies a number of neoplastic disease process Example: Cytokines-

chemokines- receptors are selectively induced and used to detect infectious diseases without

the presence of pathogens.

In Medicine

Clinical microbiology is a sub-division of Molecular biology in which the micro-organisms

are difficult to identify and culture. Many problems like difficulty in culturing and

identification are reduced by the usage of PCR technique. Usage of PCR process has led to

the selection and assurance of good samples of blood in blood banks.

PCR technique is also used in the characterization of many viruses, including influenza which

benefits the patients a rapidity and sensitivity Waleed A Ibrahim, Abdul Ghany A, So et al,

2014. So Molecular biology allows the identification of mutations, carriers of diseases like

diabetes, obesity, and neurological disorders, cardiac, metabolic and congenital diseases.

In Forensic Science

Genetic basis of diseases with sudden death can be investigated with molecular methods,

forensic molecular pathology involves the applications of molecular biology in medical

science to investigate the genetic basis of pathophysiology of diseases 5. Genetic profile of

alleles identified in different regions of DNA marked by genetic marker STR (short Tandem

Repeat).

In Plant Research

In plant research it can be used in the following methods, they are

a. Insert analysis

b. Phyto-pathology

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 c. Molecular system and evolution

Insert Analysis

It is routine procedure in molecular biology for screening and analysis of clones in

complementary DNA group. It also involves the cultivation of bacteria followed by the

isolation of vectors & DNA inserts for further purification.

Phyto-pathology

It helps to detect and monitor infection of plants by virus, bacteria, and fungi. Nucleotide

sequences are of only limited to very few plants pathogens such as pseudomonas,

xanthomonas, and mycoplasmas. RAPD is also one of the methods in identifying and

differentiating plant pathogens and also to produce set of specific DNA fragments.

Molecular Systematics-evolution

Morphological characters can be based upon the phytogenetic relation and during last

decade’s molecular techniques has become more and more popular for analysis of plant genes

Saroj K Dangi, Ajay P Singh et al 2015. Molecular Systematics can be used in the following

ways:

1. Analysis-comparisons of allozymes

2. Isolation-sequencing of proteins

3. Analysis of RAPD fingerprints

4. Analysis of restriction patterns

5. Sequence comparisons of marker genes.

In Agricultural Sciences

Identification of multiple infectious diseases is the most useful application of PCR technique.

The following are the milestone achievements in agricultural fields.

a. Identification of a mutated gene EDA with ectodermal dysplasia in Holstein cattle

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b. Identification of polymorphism in ABCB1 gene in phenobarbitol responsive-resistant

idiopathic epileptica.

c. Deletion of Meq gene (which decreases immunosuppression in chickens).

d. MTM/ mutated gene with X-linked Myotubular myopathy in dog species.

e. Insertion mutation in ABCD4 with gall bladder mucocele formation in dogs

f. Agricultural techniques can also be used for the identification and characterization of specific

pathogens of animals.

g. Bursal diseases virus-Avian samples

h. Bovine respiratory syncytial virus

i. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-pgs samples

j. Canine parvo-virus type-2-faecal samples of dogs

k. Feline immunodeficiency virus

l. Feline leukemia virus (FeLV).

In Virology

PCR technique is used to monitor antiviral therapy in HIV-1, HBV, HSV-1, and HSV-2. RT-

PCR used in the study of infectious diseases. Diagnosis was a big problem due to high cost

lab time consuming and of low sensitivity of the results. PCR technology facilitated and

improved the detection, diagnosis of certain number of genes.

In Microbiology

Conventional PCR is the most often used technique .the following species has conventional

PCR techniques already developed such as Bacillus anthracis, Variola major, Anthrax

species. It has high sensitivity, easy usage and less time consuming.

50-75% of anaerobic bacteria can be identified and classified by conventional PCR. It can

also be used for the detection of Lactobacillus, Gadnarella vaginalis, Mycoplasmas horminis,

Fuso bacterium species. Many commercial assays are available for different species like M

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 tuberculosis, M avium complex, C trochomatis, and N gonorrhea. So molecular detection is

an invasion method which is less time consuming and rapid.

In Dentistry

They can be useful in the following conditions such as

1. Periodontal diseases

2. Dental caries

3. Oral cancer

4. Endodontic infections

Periodontal Diseases

The following viruses can be detected by PCR techniques in periodontal diseases, such as

HCMV, EBV, HSV, and HPV. QRT-PCR used to examine gene expression invivo in oral

cavity. Many scientists has compared conventional PCR and RT-PCR for the detection and

quantification of peridonto pathogenic bacteria such as A. actinomycete, M comitans, P.

gingivalis, T. dentioola, T. socranskci etc.

Dental caries

Dental health destroying bacterias such as S. cricettus, [Link], S. mutans, S. sobrinus, S.

downei, S. ferus, S. macacae out of which mutant genes of S. mutans/ S. sobrinus can be

easily isolated from human oral cavity. This PCR technique allowed rapidity and efficient

results and quick completion of reaction.

Endodontic infections

Important endodontic pathogens include T. denticola, D. pseudomosintes, F. alocis, T.

forsythia, T. malthopilum, T. socranskii and P. tanneries. Using PCR techniques these strains

can be easily detected and identified. PCR techniques has raised the medical microbiology

field to another high position by its method.

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Oral cancer

By RT-PCR, S. anginosus can be easily detected and diagnosed and treated. Prognosis of oral

cancers can be done by RT-PCR technique. In carcinoma of head and neck, PCR technique is

used to detect EBV virus in nasopharynx cancer and squamous cell carcinoma in lymph

nodes.

The PCR technique can also be used to detect breast cancer, follicular lymphoma, stomach

cancer, prostate cancer, Ewling’s sarcoma.

In Mycology- Parasitology

Conventional PCR is qualitative technique, fluroscent PCR utilizes marked primers/probes to

detect fungi in environmental samples. Pneumocystis jiroveci causes severe pneumonia in

patients infected with HIV, its detection is done by immune-fluroscence technique 1.

Aspergillus species can also be detected by immune=fluorescent technique. Other species

which can be detected are Plasmodium and histopathiological species.

In the field of Infectious Diseases

Hepatitis C virus causes liver inflammation leading to liver cirrohis/ cancer. PCR used for the

detection of HCV infection.

In HIV-AIDS

Quantitative PCR is used to detect HIV-AIDS. Three combinations of drugs used against

HIV and regular monitoring of these 3 drugs level in the body can be done by PCR technique.

In Cancer-Therapy

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Both qualitative and quantitative PCR techniques can be used in detecting diseased strains.

p53 gene is helpful in monitoring in cellular divisions, which can be detected by PCR

technique, regardless it out of control leads to cancerous cell production.

PCR technique used to control the cancer diseases by a process called Promoter Methylation.

Cellular divisions can’t be changed but can be switched off. In the DNA region the cell

attaches small molecules (-CH3 groups) to the building blocks of DNA. Thus polymerases

normally read the genes and produce working copies are no longer allowed to enclose and

start to another region. Hence remains silent and no new cell is formed.

CONCLUSION

PCR is a simple technique, widely used process in minutes to produce large amplified no. of

copies. PCR would work on larger and larger fragments of plasmid DNA’s are produced

Pablo Perez-Pinera, 2006. PCR is moreover a sophisticated technique with high sensitivity,

specificity, requires infrastructural support but its expensive Pusterla N, Madiga JE et al,

2006. PCR technique is also used for inhibitory activities of metal ions Saroj K Dangi, Ajay P

et al, 2015. PCR techniques can also be used in the detection of micro-organisms like

Salmonella species. The applications of molecular biology PCR techniques has transformed

diagnosisprognosis-treatment of many diseases. PCR used for creations of recombinant

clones and can be characterized by colony PCR technique Thoraia Shinawi. 1994. RTPCR

technique is also one of the accurate, less time consuming technique for the detection of

micro-organisms.

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