LETTERSINBIOTECHNOLOGYVol.20No.4July,2009doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-0002.2009.04.041PCR1,2,1,21.,100853;2.302,100039[]PCRmRNA,,PCRPCR。PCR,mRNA。PCR。[]PCR;;[]Q789[]A[]1009-0002(2009)04-0598-03DevelopmentandDataAnalysisofReal-TimeFluorescentQuantitativePCRJIDong1,2,XINShao-jie1,21.MilitaryPostgraduateMedicalSchool,Beijing100853;2.The302HospitalofPLA,Beijing100039;China[Abstract]Thereal-time,fluorescence-basedreversetranscriptionpolymerasechainreactionisoneoftheenablingtech-nologiesofthegenomicageandhasbecomethemethodofchoiceforthedetectionofmRNA,playsimportantrolesinclinicalexaminationsandbasictheoryresearch.Twodifferentmethodsofpresentingquantitativegeneexpressionareabso-luteandrelativequantification.Severalfactorshavecontributedtothetransformationofthistechnologyintoamainstreamresearchtool:itavoidstheneedforpost-PCRprocessing;ithasawidedynamicrangewhichallowsstraightforwardcom-parisonbetweenRNAsthatdifferwidelyintheirabundance;anditrealisestheinherentquantitativepotentialofthePCR,makingitaquantitativeaswellasqualitativeassay.Inthisarticle,thedevelopmentanddataanalysisofreal-timefluo-rescentquantitativePCRwereoverviewed.[Keywords]real-timePCR;quantification;methodology1983KaryMullis(polymerasechainreaction,PCR),。PCR,(real-time)PCR,[1-4]。1PCR1.1、、。,、、、。mRNA,[5]。,,Northern/Southern、(HPLC)、PCR-ELISA、RNA、。、、、[6]。PCR:①DNA、(EB),;②,PCR、,DNA。,,,。,(/)[7]。PCR。PCR,。TaqDNA5'→3'(fluorescenceresonanceenergytransfer,FRET)[8],PCR,,。PCR。1.2PCRPCRPCR(),PCR。DNA,,PCR。5'(R),3'(Q),[]2008-12-01[](30700713)[](1975-),,,[],(E-mail)xsj302@yahoo.com.cn598,5',,,,。:,(cyclethreshold,CT)。2:①:PCR,,15;②CTPCR。,PCR[9](1)。1.3PCRPCR(5log)。:①,5;②;③、;④,PCR,。PCR:①PCR,PCR;②RNA;③PCR,,。,,;,/;;mRNA,[10]。1.4PCRPCR,、[11-13]。1.4.1/,,PCR。,CT,,,CT,。DNARNA。。1.4.2DNAPCR,,、。,,,,PCR。,PCR(1000)。,,““()“”[14]。1.4.3、、PCRDNA,[15]。1.4.4(SNP),,。,,,PCR。[16-17]。2PCR2.1,PCR。,(HBVDNA),,、。,,,,。,[18-19]。,。,CT,,t(ANOVA)。CT,。CT2-CT,。CT(2-ΔΔCT)。2:①100%:PCR,;②。:①;②;③,CT;④:,。:①(foldchange)=2-ΔΔCT;②ΔΔCT=(CT-CT)-(CT-CT)[20-23]。2.2PCR,,。,1。,。:①;②;③。,。3-(GAPDH)、β-、β2-、18SRNA、-6-(G6PDH)[24]。,,(basketapproach),,,。Basket。。,RNA。1PCRPCRSYBRGreenTaqmanLightcycleLUXAppliedBiosystemsRocheSigma-Aldrich,IDTInvitrogenDNA:PCR599LETTERSINBIOTECHNOLOGYVol.20No.4July,2009RNA,,PCR,。,RNA1,、、,PCR,RNA。RNA,RNA,[25-26]。2.3/PCR/,,。,,,/。PrimerBank(http:∥pga.mgh.harvard.edu/primerbank)、QPDO(http:∥web.ncifcrf.gov/rtp/geVprimerdb)。3PCR25,PCR20,、,()。PCR。[1]GuanH,YangK.RNAisolationandreal-timequantitativeRT-PCR[J].MethodsMolBiol,2008,456:259.[2]ZimmermannK,MannhalterJW.TechnicalaspectsofquantitativecompetitivePCR[J].Biotechniques,1996,21(2):268-279.[3]FreemanWM,WalkerSJ,VranaKE.QuantitativeRT-PCR:pitfallsandpotential[J].Biotechniques,1999,26(1):112-125.[4]AryaM,ShergillIS,WilliamsonM,etal.Basicprinciplesofre-al-timequantitativePCR[J].ExpertRevMolDiagn,2005,5(2):209-219.[5]BustinSA.Real-time,fluorescence-basedquantitativePCR:asnapshotofcurrentproceduresandpreferences[J].ExpertRevMolDiagn,2005,5(4):493-498.[6]HoebeeckJ,SpelemanF,VandesompeleJ.Real-timequantitativePCRasanalternativetoSouthernblotorfluorescenceinsituhy-bridizationfordetectionofgenecopynumberchanges[J].MethodsMolBiol,2007,353:205-226.[7]ProvenzanoM,MocellinS.Complementarytechniques:validationofgeneexpressiondatabyquantitativerealtimePCR[J].AdvExpMedBiol,2007,593:66-73.[8]WongML,MedranoJF.Real-timePCRformRNAquantitation[J].Biotechniques,2005,39(1):1-11.[9]AhmadAI,GhasemiJB.NewFRETprimersforquantitativere-al-timePCR[J].AnalBioanalChem,2007,387(8):2737-2743.[10]VanGuilderHD,VranaKE,FreemanWM.Twenty-fiveyearsofquantitativePCRforgeneexpressionanalysis[J].Biotechniques,2008,44(5):1619-1626.[11]EspyMJ,UhlJR,SloanLM,etal.Real-timePCRinclinicalmicrobiology:applicationsforroutinelaboratorytesting[J].ClinMi-crobiolRev,2006,19(1):165-256.[12]WatzingerF,EbnerK,LionT.Detectionandmonitoringofvirusinfectionsbyreal-timePCR[J].MolAspectsMed,2006,27(2-3):254-298.[13]KaltenboeckB,WangC.Advancesinreal-timePCR:applicationtoclinicallaboratorydiagnostics[J].AdvClinChem,2005,40:219-259.[14]ShihSC,SmithLE.Quantitativemulti-genetranscriptionalpro-filingusingreal-timePCRwithamastertemplate[J].ExpMolPathol,2005,79(1):14-22.[15]Mazet-WagnerAA,BacletMC,Loustaud-RattiV,etal.Real-timePCRquantitationofhepatitisBvirustotalDNAandcova-lentlyclosedcircularDNAinperipheralbloodmononuclearcellsfromhepatitisBvirus-infectedpatients[J].JVirolMethods,2006,138(1-2):70-79.[16]ShihYH,YehSH,ChenPJ,etal.HepatitisBvirusquantifi-cationanddetectionofYMDDmutantsinasinglereactionbyre-al-timePCRandannealingcurveanalysis[J].AntivirTher,2008,13(4):469-480.[17]WelzelTM,MileyWJ,ParksTL,etal.Real-timePCRassayfordetectionandquantificationofhepatitisBvirusgenotypesAtoG[J].JClinMicrobiol,2006,44(9):3325-3333.[18]ValasekMA,RepaJJ.Thepowerofreal-timePCR[J].AdvPhysiolEduc,2005,29(3):151-159.[19]BustinSA,BenesV,NolanT,etal.Quantitativereal-timeRT-PCR-aperspective[J].JMolEndocrinol,2005,34(3):597-601.[20]SchmittgenTD.Real-timequantitativePCR[J].Methods,2001,25(4):383-385.[21]SchmittgenTD,ZakrajsekBA,MillsAG,etal.Quantit