An improved procedure for the isolation of Ribonucleic acid from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
M. Alshaibani, M., M. Zin, N., Jalil, J., Rageh Al-Maleki, A., M. Sidik, N. (2020). An improved procedure for the isolation of Ribonucleic acid from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. EKB Journal Management System, 4(2), 704-713. doi: 10.21608/nrmj.2020.84019
Muhanna M. Alshaibani; Noraziah M. Zin; Juriyati Jalil; Anis Rageh Al-Maleki; Nik M. Sidik. "An improved procedure for the isolation of Ribonucleic acid from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus". EKB Journal Management System, 4, 2, 2020, 704-713. doi: 10.21608/nrmj.2020.84019
M. Alshaibani, M., M. Zin, N., Jalil, J., Rageh Al-Maleki, A., M. Sidik, N. (2020). 'An improved procedure for the isolation of Ribonucleic acid from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus', EKB Journal Management System, 4(2), pp. 704-713. doi: 10.21608/nrmj.2020.84019
M. Alshaibani, M., M. Zin, N., Jalil, J., Rageh Al-Maleki, A., M. Sidik, N. An improved procedure for the isolation of Ribonucleic acid from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. EKB Journal Management System, 2020; 4(2): 704-713. doi: 10.21608/nrmj.2020.84019

An improved procedure for the isolation of Ribonucleic acid from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Novel Research in Microbiology Journal
Volume 4, Issue 2, March and April 2020, Page 704-713  XML PDF (261.53 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/nrmj.2020.84019
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Authors
Muhanna M. Alshaibani email 1; Noraziah M. Zin1; Juriyati Jalil2; Anis Rageh Al-Maleki3; Nik M. Sidik4
1School of Diagnostic and Applied Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Drug and Herbal Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
4Faculty of Agro-based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia
Abstract
Extraction and purification of ribonucleic acid (RNA) from Gram-positive methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is problematic, because the MRSA has a rigid cell wall that contains lipoteichoic acid and peptidoglycan, thus causing difficulty when utilizing the standard methods. For this reason, the aim of the current study was to improve and modify the method of extraction of RNA from MRSA, with good integrity, purity, low cost, and with saved time of extraction. A fast and an inexpensive method involving the use of acid phenol: chloroform (5: 1 [v/v]) at low pH (4.5), with lysostaphin and Triton X-100 for effective isolation of RNA from the MRSA is developed. As a result of this study, yields of this method presented high concentration of RNA (1175.26 ng/ µl/ 3 ml) of bacterial culture broth, with high RNA integration number (RIN). In similar assays such as using; the RNeasy Mini kit, GeneJET RNA purification kit, TRIzol kit and hot phenol: chloroform (1: 1 [v/v]) extraction method, they yielded low concentrations of RNA (92-700 ng/ µl); with lower purity, quantity, and also little integrity, compared to using the current acid phenol chloroform (5: 1 [v/v]) extraction method.  In conclusion, this new method for extraction of RNA from MRSA can be used to save time, cost, and provide high quality of RNA. 
Keywords
MRSA; RNA integration number; acid phenol: chloroform; RNA purification
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