Evaluation of typical odorant 2-methylisoborneol based on real time qPCR in source water and its application
XU Xiaoqing1,2,, SU Ming2, ZHU Yiping3, CUI Changzheng1,,, MUHAMMAD Suruzzaman2, XU Yanan2, YU Jianwei2, YANG Min2 1.State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China 2.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 3.Shanghai Chengtou Raw Water Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200125, China
Abstract:Two-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) is a typical secondary metabolite released from cyanobacteria which causes off-flavor odor problem in surface water across China. Microscopy is the traditional method to identify such cyanobacteria. However, merely it is troublesome to distinguish between 2-MIB producers and non-producers by morphological structure and cannot meet the requirement of the source water quality management. It is necessary to build the test method which can specifically characterize the odor-producing capacity of waterbody. Due to the functional gene regulation for 2-MIB yield from cyanobacteria, the primers of 2-MIB function gene were designed and its specificity test was performed, then the PCR conditions were optimized. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) can be an alternative method to evaluate 2-MIB syntheses which is controlled by 2-MIB functional gene. Here, 2-MIB identification primers (MIBF/MIBR) have been designed and tested with field samples. A good standard curve was established, R2=0.999 5, P<0.01, and the detection limit was 8.44×102 copies·L?1. The concentrations of 2-MIB gene of field samples were between 2.09×107 copies·L?1 to 1.94×1010 copies·L?1, which were significantly conformity with 2-MIB concentrations measured by GC-MS (R2=0.63, P<0.01). The high sensitivity and specificity of this qPCR-based method suggests that it can effectively evaluate the risk of 2-MIB occurrence and able to monitor source water quality management. Key words:fluorescence quantitative PCR/ 2-methylisoborneol/ odor-producing functional gene/ filamentous cyanobacteria/ drinking water.
图1定量PCR引物(MIBF/MIBR)凝胶电泳验证结果 Figure1.Test result of qPCR primer MIBF/MIBR
图4基于 GC-MS分析法测定2-MIB物质浓度与qPCR方法测定2-MIB功能基因相关性检验 Figure4.Correlation test of 2-MIB substance concentration based on GC-MS analysis and 2-MIB functional gene determination by qPCR method
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1.State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China 2.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 3.Shanghai Chengtou Raw Water Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200125, China Received Date: 2019-12-31 Accepted Date: 2019-05-08 Available Online: 2020-11-11 Keywords:fluorescence quantitative PCR/ 2-methylisoborneol/ odor-producing functional gene/ filamentous cyanobacteria/ drinking water Abstract:Two-methylisoborneol (2-MIB) is a typical secondary metabolite released from cyanobacteria which causes off-flavor odor problem in surface water across China. Microscopy is the traditional method to identify such cyanobacteria. However, merely it is troublesome to distinguish between 2-MIB producers and non-producers by morphological structure and cannot meet the requirement of the source water quality management. It is necessary to build the test method which can specifically characterize the odor-producing capacity of waterbody. Due to the functional gene regulation for 2-MIB yield from cyanobacteria, the primers of 2-MIB function gene were designed and its specificity test was performed, then the PCR conditions were optimized. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) can be an alternative method to evaluate 2-MIB syntheses which is controlled by 2-MIB functional gene. Here, 2-MIB identification primers (MIBF/MIBR) have been designed and tested with field samples. A good standard curve was established, R2=0.999 5, P<0.01, and the detection limit was 8.44×102 copies·L?1. The concentrations of 2-MIB gene of field samples were between 2.09×107 copies·L?1 to 1.94×1010 copies·L?1, which were significantly conformity with 2-MIB concentrations measured by GC-MS (R2=0.63, P<0.01). The high sensitivity and specificity of this qPCR-based method suggests that it can effectively evaluate the risk of 2-MIB occurrence and able to monitor source water quality management.