Sains Malaysiana 48(3)(2019):
555–559
http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2019-4803-07
Successful and Efficient DNA Extraction
from Processed Pangolin Scales
(Kejayaan dan Kecekapan Pengekstrakan
DNA daripada Sisik
Tenggiling Terproses)
XUAN CAI1,
HAO-TING
YE1,
EN-WEI
TIAN1,
FANG
LI1,
CHAN
LI1,
YAO-JUN
YANG2,
CHUN-SHENG
LIU2
& ZHI CHAO1*
1School of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515,
China
2School of Chinese
Materia Medica, Beijing University
of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
Received:
9 March 2018/Accepted: 14 November 2018
ABSTRACT
A successful method for total
DNA
extraction from crude and processed pangolin scales
was established. After pretreatment in the soaking solution for
cleansing, the scales were prepared into fine powders and treated
with PBS buffer containing 0.1% collagenase
and 0.1% trypsin
for 24 h, followed by digestion with proteinase
K at 55°C for 120 h. Phenol-chloroform extraction was used to obtain
the total DNA.
PCR
amplification for mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb) gene was successful using the extracted
DNA
as the template, and sequencing of the amplified fragments
confirmed Manis origin of the scale samples. With an efficiency up to 100%, this
method is expected to provide a powerful tool in molecular identification
of processed as well as crude pangolin scales.
Keywords: DNA extraction;
Manis; processed pangolin scales
ABSTRAK
Kaedah berkesan untuk pengekstrakan DNA total daripada
sisik tenggiling
mentah dan terproses
telah berjaya
dihasilkan. Selepas pra-rawatan dengan cara merendam di dalam larutan untuk
pembersihan, sisik
disediakan dalam bentuk serbuk halus
dan dirawat
dengan penimbal PBS yang
mengandungi 0.1% kolagenase
dan tripsin
0.1% selama 24 jam diikuti penghadaman oleh proteinase K pada 55°C selama 120
jam. Pengekstrakan fenol-kloroform
telah digunakan
untuk mendapatkan DNA total.
Amplifikasi PCR untuk
gen mitokondria sitokrom
b (cytb) telah
berjaya dengan menggunakan ekstrak DNA
sebagai templat dan penjujukan serpihan teramplifikasi membuktikan sampel sisik berasal daripada
Manis. Dengan
kadar kecekapan sehingga 100%, kaedah ini dijangka menjadi
suatu alat berkesan untuk mengenal pasti molekul sisik terproses
serta mentah
tenggiling.
Kata kunci: Manis; pengekstrakan
DNA; sisik tenggiling terproses
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*Corresponding author; email: chaozhi@smu.edu.cn
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