Wizard/Magic Preps
James S. Sutcliffe
jamess at mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu
Wed Apr 6 15:09:04 EST 1994
SIROglopTM SUPERnaturalTM DNA minipreps
February 25, 1994
Robert Seymour & David Adelson (email to D.Adelson at prospect.anprod.csiro.au)
CSIRO Division of Animal Production
Prospect, NSW
AUSTRALIA
This is a generic version of the Promega Wizard/Magic miniprep
system as tested and implemented in the "PIZZA HUT" at Prospect.
This method is based on a posting to the Methods & Reagents
news group describing MERLIN minipreps. We are indebted to the
author of MERLIN and are posting this version in homage not
competition. You can make a homebuilt vacuum manifold suitable
for this method by capping a 30 cm length of polycarbonate
(perspex) tubing and drilling luer fitting sized holes at ~3 cm
spacing. Don't forget to make a whole for the vacuum source,
i.e. tap venturi fitted with side arm flask trap. The nicest
things about this are that you can kiss phenol goodbye and you
can save a lot of money.
1) Reagents
SIROglopTM resin (100mL):
to 66.9g Guanidine HCl add 20mL of 3M Potassium Acetate pH 4.8
(according to Maniatis, i.e. 3M K, 5M Ac). pH to ~5.5 with
Sodium Hydroxide. Heat and stir to bring GuHCl into solution,
bring to volume of 100mL. Filter GuHCl and add 10g of Celite
resin. Final GuHCl concentration is 7M.
Cell Resuspension Solution: Use recipe below or use regular
Maniatis Soln.
50mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5
10mM EDTA
100g/mL RNase A
Cell Lysis Solution:
0.2% NaOH
1% SDS
Neutralising Solution:
3 M Potassium Acetate, pH 4.8 (Maniatis)
TE Buffer:
10mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5
1mM EDTA
Column Wash Solution:
200mM NaCl
20mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5
5mM EDTA
(DILUTE 1:1 WITH 95% ETHANOL FOR USE)
2) Method
- Grow an overnight culture (~3mL) of the bug of choice.
- Make a cleared lysate.
1. Pellet 1.5mL of culture in a microfuge (1-2 minutes, top
speed).
2. Resuspend the cell pellet in 100microL of Cell Resuspension
Solution.
3. Add 100microL of Cell Lysis Solution and mix by inverting the
tube several times. Continue inverting until the lysate clears
(very rapid).
4. Add 100microL of Neutralising Solution and mix by inversion
several times.
5. Microfuge at top speed for 5 minutes.
6. Decant the cleared lysate into a fresh microfuge tube.
-Vacuum manifold method of purification.
1. Add 0.5mL of SIROglopTM resin to the cleared lysate and mix
by inverting the tube.
2. For each miniprep prepare a column. Take a 1cc disposable
syringe, using the plunger, force a disk of Whatman 3MM paper
down to the tip of the syringe barrel. Appropriate disks can be
punched with a standard paper punch for ring binders. Insert
the columns into the vacuum manifold.
3. Pipette the the Resin/DNA mix into the column.. Use a
vacuum to get the resin down into the column.
4. Add 1mL of Column Wash Solution to the column. (This is the
minimum wash) After the wash has gone through, repeat with one
or two more wash volumes. (More washes may make it easier to
digest and/or sequence the DNA).
5. Let the resin dry (via vacuum) for a few minutes.
6. When the resin is dry, transfer the column to a conical 15mL
centrifuge tube and apply 100microL of water or TE buffer to the column. To increase yields, use water or buffer heated to about
65-70oC.
7. Transfer the tubes containing the syringes/columns to a
Sorvall GLC or equivalent centrifuge and spin at 2000 RPM at
room temp for several minutes.
8. Remove and discard the syringe/column (they can be washed
and reused if you are really hard up). Collect the eluted DNA
from the centrifuge tube and store as you see fit. If resin
fines are apparent in the eluate, microfuge and collect the
supernatant.
If you don't have a vacuum manifold.
1. Perform steps 1-3 of vacuum method. Once the resin is in
the column, place the column in a 15mL conical centrifuge tube. Spin the columns in a Sorvall GLC or equivalent centrifuge at
2000 RPM at room temperature for a couple of minutes.
2. Add 1mL of Column Wash Solution to the column and spin as
above. Rewash once or twice more if desired. (More washes may
make it easier to digest and/or sequence the DNA).
3. Go to step 6 of the vacuum method and proceed from there.
This can be linearly scaled up for 10 mL cultures.
- For 100mL cultures:
1. Use 10mL of each miniprep solution to obtain a cleared
lysate.
2. Precipitate DNA/protein with 30mL (i.e. equal vol) of
isopropanol for 30 mins at -20oC and spin at 10,000 x g. Pour
off supernatant and save pellet.
3. Dry the pellet and resuspend in 2mL TE
4. Add 5mL of SIROglopTM resin and use a 10mL syringe as a
column for the washes (either vacuum or centrifuge).
5. Elute with 1-1.5mL or TE or water at 65oC.
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Originally posted by Dave Adelson
Is this what you were looking for??
Hope this helps.
BTW, It supposedly was BioRad who held the PATENT on the old magic resin. I
don't know who sells the "magic" resin, but BioRad might be a likely source.
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* James S. Sutcliffe, Ph.D. *
* Howard Hughes Medical Institute *
* Department of Molecular and Human Genetics *
* Baylor College of Medicine *
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