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  • Title: Triplex tetra-primer ARMS-PCR method for the simultaneous detection of MTHFR c.677C>T and c.1298A>C, and MTRR c.66A>G polymorphisms of the folate-homocysteine metabolic pathway.
    Author: Lajin B, Alachkar A, Sakur AA.
    Journal: Mol Cell Probes; 2012 Feb; 26(1):16-20. PubMed ID: 22074746.
    Abstract:
    The folate-homocysteine metabolic pathway was shown to play an important role in several diseases such as cancers, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases. The c.677C>T and c.1298A>C polymorphisms of the Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, and c.66A>G of the Methionine synthase reductase (MTRR) gene are the most commonly investigated polymorphisms in the folate-homocysteine metabolic pathway. The currently used methods for the detection of the three polymorphisms are either slow and laborious or extremely expensive. In this paper, a new highly optimized method for the simultaneous detection of the three single nucleotide polymorphisms is described. The proposed method utilizes 12 primers in a single PCR reaction to detect the three polymorphisms simultaneously based on the principle of tetra-primer ARMS-PCR (also known as PCR-CTPP). The proposed method offers extremely fast, economical, and simple detection. Validation by PCR-RFLP showed 100% concordance in genotype assignment. The proposed method was successfully applied to a sample of the Syrian population (n=126), which was not previously genotyped for any of the three SNPs. The variant allele frequencies were found to be 31, 29, and 43% for the c.677C>T, c.1298A>C, and c.66A>G polymorphisms, respectively. The proposed method is the first to detect three SNPs in a single PCR reaction based on tetra-primer ARMS-PCR or PCR-CTPP. We suggest that the use of Betaine may play an important role in multiplex tetra-primer ARMS-PCR or PCR-CTPP based on its potential capacity to close the gap in melting temperature between different primers.
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