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Toxoplasma <strong>PCR</strong> 291<br />

2. 50X TAE buffer: 242g Tris base, 57.1 mL glacial acetic acid, and 100 mL 0.5 M<br />

EDTA, pH 8.0 per L, final concentration 2 M Tris-acetate, 50 mM EDTA.<br />

3. 10X TBE buffer: 108 g Tris base, 15.5 mL 85% phosphoric acid, and 40 mL 0.5<br />

M EDTA, pH 8.0, per L, final concentration 0.45 M Tris-borate, 10 mM EDTA.<br />

4. 30% Acrylamide/bis solution, 19:1; TEMED, and 10% Ammonium persulphate<br />

solution (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA).<br />

5. Ethidium bromide, 10 mg/mL (Bio-Rad). Note: Wear gloves when handling.<br />

6. Gel loading solution (GLS) (6X): 0.25% bromophenol blue, 0.25% xylene cyanol<br />

FF, 40% (w/v) sucrose in water.<br />

7. Molecular weight marker: 50-bp ladder (Amersham Biosciences).<br />

8. Agarose and/or polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis equipment.<br />

9. UV-transilluminator.<br />

2.4. Southern Blotting<br />

1. Transfer solution: 3 M NaCl and 8 mM NaOH.<br />

2. Positively charged Nylon membranes (Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Mannheim,<br />

Germany).<br />

3. 20X SSC: 3 M NaCl, 0.3 M sodium citrate, pH 7.0.<br />

4. <strong>PCR</strong> DIG Probe synthesis kit (Roche Molecular Biochemicals).<br />

5. GENECLEAN ® (Qbiogene, San Diego, CA,USA).<br />

6. DIG Easy Hyb solution (Roche Molecular Biochemicals).<br />

7. Wash solution, containing (2X SSC, 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS).<br />

8. Wash solution (0.5X SSC 0.1% SDS).<br />

9. DIG Nucleic Acid <strong>Detection</strong> Kit (Roche Molecular Biochemicals).<br />

3. Methods<br />

3.1. Sample Preparation<br />

The methods described below outline sample preparation for (i) whole blood,<br />

(ii) lymph, and (iii) tissue samples. Note that vol and quantities <strong>of</strong> starting material<br />

can be scaled-up or -down according to sample type and availability (see<br />

Note 1).<br />

3.1.1. Whole Blood<br />

T. gondii is an intracellular parasite that can invade virtually any nucleated<br />

cell, but is unable to survive in RBCs. To detect the parasite in blood samples,<br />

it is usually best to isolate the white cells, removing as many RBCs as possible<br />

since their contents can be inhibitory to the <strong>PCR</strong>.<br />

1. Dilute the fresh blood sample (5–10 mL) 50:50 with PBS and spin at 1000g for<br />

10 min. This will partition the cells, so that an interface <strong>of</strong> white cells forms<br />

between the RBCs at the bottom <strong>of</strong> the tube and a straw-colored plasma layer at<br />

the top <strong>of</strong> the tube.

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