Review Article

The PCR-Based Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: Up to Date

Table 2

Sequences of primers and TaqMan probes for WR-QNRT-PCR assays.

ObjectiveTargetTypeSequencePCR
product
size

First step PCRWild M.Tb DNA (MPT64) or W-plasmidWFl: Outer wild forward primer
WRl: Outer wild reverse primer
5′-ATCCGCTGCCAGTCGTCTTCC-3′
Total 21 nucleotides, A:2, T:6, G:4, C:9 (GC% 62)
5′-CTCGCGAGTCT AGGCCAGCAT-3′
Total 21 nucleotides, A:4, T:4, G:6, C:7 (GC% 62)
239 bp
New internal control (NM-plasmid)MFl: Outer mutation forward primer
MRl: Outer mutation reverse primer
5′-TCGATTCTGTCCCACCGCCGT-3′
Total 21 nucleotides, A:2, T:6, G:4, C:9 (GC% 62)
5′-AGACTCGACGCGTAGTCCTCG-3′
Total 21 nucleotides, A:4, T:4, G:6, C:7 (GC% 62)

Wild M.Tb DNA (MPT64) or W-plasmidTqMn-WF2: TaqMan inner wild forward primer
TqMn-WR2: TaqMan inner wild reverse primer
5′-GTGAACTGAGCAAGCAGACCG-3′
Total 21 nucleotides, A:7, T:2, G:7, C:5 (GC% 57)
5′-GTTCTGATAATTCACCGGGTCC-3′
Total 22 nucleotides, A:4, T:7, G:5, C:6 (GC% 50)
77 bp
Second step PCRNew internal control (NM-plasmid)TqMn-MF2: TaqMan inner mutation forward primer
TqMn-MR2: TaqMan inner mutation reverse primer
5′-AGATCGGATAGCCAGCACGGA-3′
Total 21 nucleotides, A:7, T:2, G:7, C:5 (GC% 57)
5′-TGCGCTGCGTCGACATATTCT A-3′
Total 22 nucleotides, A:4, T:7, G:5, C:6 (GC% 50)
Wild M. Tb DNA (MPT64) or W-plasmidTqMn-W-VIC: TaqMan probe-wild-VIC5′-VIC-TATCGAT AGCGCCGAATGCCGG-TAMRA-3′
Total 22 nucleotides, A:5, T:4, G:7, C:6 (GC% 59)
New internal Control (NM-plasmid)TqMn-M-FAM: TaqMan probe- mutation-FAM5′-FAM-ATGGGACGGCTAGCAATCCGTC-TAMRA-3′
Total 22 nucleotides, A:5, T:4, G:7, C:6 (GC% 59)

Underline: artificial sequence.