Optical isolation of individual mitochondria ofPhysarum polycephalum for PCR analysis
Tóm tắt
We attempted to amplify a specific region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from fewer than ten mitochondria isolated individually by microdissection or use of an optical tweezer. We selected preliminarily isolated mitochondria fromPhysarum polycephalum as the model materials and tried to amplify the mtDNA region corresponding to the specific mitochondrial plasmid of this true slime mould. For separation of a few mitochondria from the mitochondrial population, we initially used a destruction method in which excluded mitochondria were disrupted by a UV laser. However, mtDNA was still amplified, although weakly, from mitochondria that had been destroyed by the UV laser. Therefore, we used an optical tweezer to trap individual mitochondria and separate them from the others. The required number of mitochondria were separated from the mitochondrial suspension through a narrow canal of isolation buffer and used directly for PCR amplification. The results showed that the mtDNA could be amplified from at least 9 mitochondria trapped by the optical tweezer.
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