Use of SNP-DNA analysis in authenticating Basmati rice From waaay back in 2006 …with a font that was fashionable then
Single nucleotide polymorphisms Single nucleotide differences exist between individuals, plant and animal varieties and bacterial strains TCGAAATGCATGCGCATGATT Variety 1 TCGAAATGCATGCGCGTGATT Variety 2
Assaying SNPs by MALDI-ToF MS Once a SNP is identified, 3 primers are required to enable genotyping including:- - Two PCR primers to amplify the region around the SNP 5’ 3’ - One Extension primer which anneals directly adjacent to the SNP. 5’ 3’
Assaying SNPs by MALDI-ToF MS TCGAAATGCATGCGCATGATT TCGAAATGCATGCGCGTGATT Anneal primer TCGAAATGCATGCGCATGATT TCGAAATGCATGCGCGTGATT TTACGTACGCG +polymerase +ddNTP’s TCGAAATGCATGCGCATGATT TCGAAATGCATGCGCGTGATT TTACGTACGCGT TTACGTACGCGC Analyse extension products by MALDI-TOF MS
MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Electric potential across the flight tube to the detector. Larger ions take longer to fly. This Time of Flight (ToF) allows the separation of ions on the basis of size. Samples spotted onto a MALDI plate Nitrogen laser (337nm) vaporises and ionises the sample.
Difference in peak size reveals the SNP allele for that rice variety Assaying SNPs by MALDI-ToF MS C = 273 Da T = 288 Da A = 297 Da G = 313 Da Difference in peak size reveals the SNP allele for that rice variety Unextended SNP primer Extended SNP primer
Multiplexing SNP assays
Quantitative SNP assays
MALDI-TOF-based DNA authentication of basmati rice Sponsored by the FSA
FSA sponsored work includes:- Completing a SNP database for the main commercial varieties and their adulterants. Assessing the reproducibility of the protocols to determine the uncertainty of the method. Performing a limited survey of Basmati Products being sold in UK supermarkets. Developing a Standard Operating Procedure
Basmati rice varieties Traditional breeds Basmati 386 Basmati 370 Dehradun Ranbir Basmati Taraori (HBC-19) Hybrid Basmati 385 Super Basmati Pusa Basmati Kasturi Basmati 198 Common Adulterants Pusa 169 Sabarmati PR 106 Kali-much Lakra Saket 4 Parimal Sherbati Terricot
Assembling a SNP database for Basmati varieties and adulterants
Examples of survey work
SNP Genotyping using primer I Primer + C Primer + T Tilda basmati Rice ASDA basmati rice
SNP Genotyping using 11 primers Tilda basmati rice behaves like traditional variety Kernal Asda basmati rice suggests another hybrid: Pusa
SNP analysis as a QC tool Plausible contamination / mixture (S + T = 2003) ?
from mixing (or crossing) SNP analysis as a QC tool New SNP marker alleles Revealed that the 2003 crop could NOT have arisen from mixing (or crossing) Super Basmati (S) with Thai (T) rice
HumanOmniExpress-24 BeadChip Number of Markers >713,014 HumanOmniExpress-24 BeadChip Zoom ahead to 2012 Manhattan plot of association with cilantro soapy-taste from 14,604 unrelated participants