| 研究生: |
張振旻 Chang, Chen-Min |
|---|---|
| 論文名稱: |
微流體技術應用於粒線體DNA缺陷之檢測 Development of microfluidic systems for detection of mitochondrial DNA defects |
| 指導教授: |
李國賓
Lee, Gwo-Bin |
| 共同指導教授: |
謝達斌
Shieh, Dar-Bin |
| 學位類別: |
博士 Doctor |
| 系所名稱: |
工學院 - 工程科學系 Department of Engineering Science |
| 論文出版年: | 2012 |
| 畢業學年度: | 100 |
| 語文別: | 英文 |
| 論文頁數: | 86 |
| 中文關鍵詞: | 粒線體基因 、微流體 、斷損 、突變 |
| 外文關鍵詞: | Mitochondrial DNA, Microfluidics, Deletion, Mutation |
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粒線體是動物細胞的能量供給與新陳代謝的中心,它提供了許多能量來保持生理上的功能,並且在細胞的凋亡中,扮演著相當重要的角色。當粒線體的功能下降時,生物體內會產生過量的活性氧及造成生物分子上的氧化損傷,進而加速了粒線體基因的缺陷產生。在許多的報告中已證實粒線體的功能失調,與粒線體基因的改變有關。除了粒線體本身相關的疾病外,老化、第二型糖尿病與癌症皆是影響人類相當重要的疾病。粒線體基因因為缺乏有效率的修復系統,因此較核基因容易受到氧的攻擊而造成損傷,因此粒線體基因的損傷,是眾多粒線體疾病的原因之一。而粒線體缺陷的定性與定量在臨床疾病診斷與粒線體功能失調程度的判斷是相當重要的。這是因為相同粒線體基因的缺陷,當在不同的器官或組織中時,在臨床上的徵狀與治療是不同的,因此量化粒線體基因缺陷的程度,在疾病的診斷與治療上是相當重要的。
傳統粒線體基因改變的檢測,主要是利用微克隆、直接定序、即時定量聚合酶連鎖反應與微陣列分析等方法,但這些方法是費時且繁瑣複雜的過程。近來,微機電系統技術及微流體裝置上的發展,直接影響到了生物醫學設備的微型化。微機電系統技術能夠將多功能的微型元件整合成一晶片系統,此晶片系統具有高靈敏度、輕巧簡潔與能夠快速分析等優勢。
在這項研究過程中,自動化的粒線體基因萃取模組,採用立體結構的方式,藉由整合微幫浦、微混合器與微加熱器來達成。實驗結果呈現出萃取模組比商用套件有更佳的萃取效率,萃取模組為30分鐘,而商用套件則是需要300分鐘。粒線體基因斷損檢測系統整合基因萃取模組、微型聚合酶連鎖反應元件與微毛細管電泳元件來達成。研究數據顯示粒線體基因的斷損能夠利用此晶片系統自統偵測出。實驗結果顯示出晶片系統的聚合酶連鎖反應較傳統設備快速,而粒線體基因缺陷的程度,能夠藉由缺陷基因的光學訊號強度與總粒線體基因的光學訊號強度的比值獲得。粒線體基因突變檢測模組則是利用前述的基因萃取模組與微型聚合酶連鎖反應元件外,再將具備精密光學檢測的定量系統整合入系統中。實驗結果顯示出所開發的晶片系統能夠應用於粒線體基因的突變分析,粒線體基因突變的程度,則能夠藉著基因與酵素的反應程度而獲得。與傳統的方式比較,所開發出的晶片系統證實能夠針對粒線體基因的缺陷來進行定性與定量分析。因此所開發出的晶片系統,預期能夠成為應用於臨床診斷粒線體疾病強而有力的工具之一。
Mitochondria are the energy production and metabolism centres of human and animal cells, which supply most of the energy for maintaining physiological functions and play an important role in the process of cell death. Meanwhile, cellular overproduction of reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage on biological molecules occur when mitochondrial functions decline, directly accelerating the alterations of mitochondrial DNA. Alterations of mitochondrial DNA have been reported to be strongly associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondria-related diseases, aging, and many important human diseases such as diabetes and cancers. Because it lacks an effective repair system, mitochondrial DNA suffers much higher oxidative damage and usually harbours more mutations than nuclear DNA. Molecular defects in mitochondrial DNA significantly contribute to a wide variety of mitochondrial diseases. Both qualitative and quantitative mitochondrial DNA defects affect clinical presentation and the severity of the diseases due to variations in the mitochondrial dysfunction profiles. As a result, the same mitochondrial DNA defect may present different severity in different organs or tissues and cumulatively contribute the overall clinical symptoms and treatment options. Therefore, quantification of different mitochondrial DNA defects is important for the diagnosis and treatment plan of mitochondria diseases.
Traditional protocols for assess mitochondrial DNA involve micro-cloning, direct sequencing, real-time polymerase chain reaction processing and microarray detection; all of which are time-consuming and labor-intensive processes. Recently, rapid development in microfluidic devices fabricated by micro electro mechanical systems technology has made substantial impact on miniaturization of biomedical devices. The micro electro mechanical systems technology is able to integrate all functional micro components in one single chip with advantages such as compactness, high sensitivity and rapid analysis.
In this study, an extraction module of mitochondrial DNA was first designed that integrated micropumps, a micromixer and a micro temperature sensor in three-dimensional format to automate the entire process. The experimental results showed that the proposed microchip has higher extraction efficiency for mtDNA. The extraction times for the microchip and a commercial kit of mtDNA extraction were 50 minutes and 300 minutes, respectively.
A mitochondrial DNA deletion detection system integrated with a mtDNA extraction module, a micro polymerase chain reaction module and a micro capillary electrophoresis module has further been developed. The experimental results showed the PCR module could provide a comparable amplification yield when compared to a conventional instrument. The deletion rate of the mtDNA in the samples can be further quantified by measuring the percentage between the amplicon representing for the deletion and that for the total mtDNA.
Furthermore, a mitochondrial DNA mutation detection system including an extraction module, a micro polymerase chain reaction module, and a mutation detection module capable of precise quantitative measurements was developed in this study. Experimental results showed that a new quantitative detection system can be utilized for the analysis of a point mutation in mtDNA. The DNA detection module can detect the mtDNA mutation using restriction enzyme digestion. Compared to traditional methods, the new chip system demonstrates excellent mutation detection limit for small starting specimen amount and capable of both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Thus the integrated microfluidic systems harbor a great potential for fully automatic high-throughput mitochondrial DNA detection to augment future clinical diagnosis and management of mitochondria diseases.
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