Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a genetic disease that causes the patients to become blind, first in one eye and then the other, around the ages of 10-75 years. The disease is caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA, which disturbs the respiratory chain leading to the deterioration of the retinal ganglion cells. This study’s aim is to optimize a multiplex amplification-refractory mutation system PCR for detection of three primary mutations causing LHON. This was done through a series of PCRs, including PCR aimed at the ß-globin gene, conventional simplex PCR and a simplex ARMS-PCR aimed at the three primary mutations causing LHON. This study was, however, terminated prematurely due the Covid-19 outbreak and the optimization of the ARMS-PCR could therefore not be done. This study’s aim was adapted to the new circumstances to instead provide guidance on how to perform the optimization using the results from the PCRs that were done before the termination. The results found that for the ARMS-PCR 2 mM of magnesium would suffice as a start point overall and the need to solve the problems with the two 14484 plasmids was evident. The ARMS-PCR is one of many methods that can be used to the detect single nucleotide polymorphism, but its availability and robustness makes this a method worth optimizing. To continue with the optimization of the ARMS-PCR several factors would have to be tested, including annealing temperature, primer concentrations and magnesium concentration.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-413665 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Jäder, Klara |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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