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Evaluation of candidate reference genes for gene expression normalization in Brassica juncea using real time quantitative RT-PCR

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Title Evaluation of candidate reference genes for gene expression normalization in Brassica juncea using real time quantitative RT-PCR
 
Creator Chandna, Ruby
Augustine, Rehna
Bisht, Naveen C.
 
Subject Brassica juncea
Gene Expression
Real Time Quantitative RT-PCR
Reference Genes
 
Description The real time quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) is becoming increasingly important to gain insight into function of genes. Given the increased sensitivity, ease and reproducibility of qRT-PCR, the requirement of suitable reference genes for normalization has become important and stringent. It is now known that the expression of internal control genes in living organism vary considerably during developmental stages and under different experimental conditions. For economically important Brassica crops, only a couple of reference genes are reported till date. In this study, expression stability of 12 candidate reference genes including ACT2, ELFA, GAPDH, TUA, UBQ9 (traditional housekeeping genes), ACP, CAC, SNF, TIPS-41, TMD, TSB and ZNF (new candidate reference genes), in a diverse set of 49 tissue samples representing different developmental stages, stress and hormone treated conditions and cultivars of Brassica juncea has been validated. For the normalization of vegetative stages the ELFA, ACT2, CAC and TIPS-41 combination would be appropriate whereas TIPS-41 along with CAC would be suitable for normalization of reproductive stages. A combination of GAPDH, TUA, TIPS-41 and CAC were identified as the most suitable reference genes for total developmental stages. In various stress and hormone treated samples, UBQ9 and TIPS-41 had the most stable expression. Across five cultivars of B. juncea, the expression of CAC and TIPS-41 did not vary significantly and were identified as the most stably expressed reference genes. This study provides comprehensive information that the new reference genes selected herein performed better than the traditional housekeeping genes. The selection of most suitable reference genes depends on the experimental conditions, and is tissue and cultivar-specific. Further, to attain accuracy in the results more than one reference genes are necessary for normalization.
 
Date 2014-05-02T06:46:22Z
2014-05-02T06:46:22Z
2012
16 April 2012
 
Type Article
 
Identifier PLoS One, 7: e36918
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/222
 
Language en
 
Publisher Public Library of Science