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ArticleChinese medicine2024

Determination of ITS1 haplotypes of Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus by amplicon sequencing.

Hoi-Yan Wu, Ka-Lok Wong, Sean Tsz-Sum Law, Wenyang Nong, Kwun-Tin Chan, Jerome Ho-Lam Hui, Ge Lin, Wing-Han Chan, Pang-Chui Shaw

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hoi-Yan Wu *Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin R & D Centre for Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Ka-Lok Wong *Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute, Chinese Medicine Regulatory Office, Department of Health, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Sean Tsz-Sum LawSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Wenyang NongSchool of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Kwun-Tin ChanLi Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin R & D Centre for Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Jerome Ho-Lam HuiLi Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin R & D Centre for Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Ge LinLi Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin R & D Centre for Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Wing-Han ChanGovernment Chinese Medicines Testing Institute, Chinese Medicine Regulatory Office, Department of Health, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
Pang-Chui ShawLi Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin R & D Centre for Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China. pcshaw@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6848-5073
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKDepartment of Health · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus is an antitussive and expectorant Chinese medicinal material derived from the dried bulbs of six Fritillaria species. In the 2015 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) is the officially listed method for their authenfication. Specifically, the ~ 300-bp ITS1 amplicon of only Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus but not other Fritillaria species can be cleaved into two smaller fragments with restriction enzyme SmaI. Considering repeated reported cases of incomplete digestion of ITS1 amplicon, this study aims to investigate the possibility of heterogeneous ITS1 sequences contained in the Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus.

methodsIn this study, ITS1 amplicons of Fritillaria Cirrhosae Bulbus and four other Fritillaria species were sequenced on Illumina platform. We utilised high-throughout amplicon sequencing to determine ITS1 haplotypes and their frequencies in Fritillaria genomes.

resultsOur results showed that all six botanical sources of Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus indeed possess ITS1 haplotypes with no SmaI restriction site, and the average percentages of ITS1 reads containing SmaI restriction site ranged from 63.60% to 91.81%.

conclusionOur findings suggest that the incomplete digestion in PCR-RFLP analysis of Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus is caused by the presence of ITS1 haplotypes without SmaI restriction site due to intragenomic heterogeneity.

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Amplicon sequencingFritillaria cirrhosaFritillariae Cirrhosae BulbusHaplotypesInternal transcribed spacerLiliaceaePCR–RFLP

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PMID38419104
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