A Ukuhlolwa okusekelwe ku-PCR iyithuluzi lokuxilonga elisezingeni eliphezulu eliguqule amalabhorethri ezokwelapha, ezilwane kanye nocwaningo emhlabeni wonke. I-PCR, noma i-Polymerase Chain Reaction, ivumela ukukhuliswa kwamanani amancane e-DNA, okwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuthola nokuhlonza amagciwane ngokunemba okuphezulu. Phakathi ku Ukuhlolwa okusekelwe ku-PCR, ama-primers athile asetshenziselwa ukukhomba nokukhulisa ukulandelana kwe-DNA ethile, enikeza ukuqonda okuningiliziwe ngobukhona bezinhlobonhlobo zamagciwane, okuhlanganisa amagciwane, amagciwane, nesikhunta. Lokhu kuyenza ibe ithuluzi elinamandla lokuthola izifo okungenzeka zingabonakali kalula kusetshenziswa izindlela zendabuko. Ngekhono lokubona amagciwane ngesikhathi sangempela nangokunemba okukhethekile, a Ukuhlolwa okusekelwe ku-PCR ibaluleke kakhulu kuzo zombili izilungiselelo zomtholampilo nezocwaningo, ivula indlela yokuxilongwa okusheshayo nokuthembekile.
Emhlabeni wocwaningo lwezakhi zofuzo, i Ukutholwa kwe-PCR ye-plasmid DNA iyithuluzi elibalulekile. Ama-Plasmids, amancane, ama-molecule e-DNA ayindilinga atholakala kubhaktheriya, asetshenziswa kakhulu ku-biotechnology kanye nobunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo. I Ukutholwa kwe-PCR ye-plasmid DNA kwenza ososayensi bakwazi ukubona nokuhlaziya ama-plasmid ngezinga eliphezulu lokunemba. Nge-PCR, ngisho nenani elincane le-plasmid DNA lingakhuliswa libe emazingeni abonakalayo, kube lula ucwaningo lokuhlanganisa izakhi zofuzo, ukubonakaliswa kofuzo, kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezinto eziphilayo eziguqulwe izakhi zofuzo. Lobu buchwepheshe bubalulekile ekusetshenzisweni okuhlukahlukene, kusukela ku-biotechnology yezolimo kuya ekukhiqizweni kwamaprotheni emithi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usocwaningweni noma kuzilungiselelo zezimboni, i Ukutholwa kwe-PCR ye-plasmid DNA kuyisihluthulelo sokuthuthukisa izifundo zofuzo namangqamuzana, ezinikeza ukunemba nesivinini okwakungacatshangwa ngaphambili.
Ukusetshenziswa kwe I-PCR yokuhlonza amagciwane iye yashintsha indlela izazi ze-microbiology kanye nabasebenzi bezempilo abahlonza futhi bahlonze ngayo izifo. Izindlela zendabuko zokuhlonza amagciwane, njengokulima, kungathatha izinsuku ukuveza imiphumela, kodwa I-PCR yokuhlonza amagciwane ivumela ukutholwa ngokushesha kwamagciwane ngokwandisa i-DNA yawo. Lobu buchwepheshe buwusizo ikakhulukazi ekuhlonzeni ama-microorganisms okunzima ukuwafundisa isiko noma akhula kancane, anikeze imiphumela yesikhathi sangempela kanye nokuthuthukisa ukunakekelwa kwesiguli. Ekuxilongweni kwezokwelapha, I-PCR yokuhlonza amagciwane kuvame ukusetshenziselwa ukuthola izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane, amagciwane, kanye nesikhunta ezigulini, okuvumela abahlinzeki bezempilo ukuthi benze izinqumo ezisheshayo, ezinolwazi mayelana nokwelashwa. Le nqubo iphinde idlale indima ebalulekile ekuhlolweni kwemvelo, isiza ukukhomba ukungcoliswa kwamagciwane emanzini, emoyeni, nasendaweni. Ijubane nokunemba kwe I-PCR yokuhlonza amagciwane zibalulekile ezindaweni zanamuhla zezokwelapha nezesayensi ezisheshayo.
I-PCR ekuxilongeni kwamangqamuzana isibe yisisekelo semithi yesimanje, ikakhulukazi ekutholeni kokubili izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane kanye namagciwane. Ngokukhulisa izakhi zofuzo ezithile ezivela kumagciwane, I-PCR ekuxilongeni kwamangqamuzana ivumela ukutholwa kusenesikhathi kwezifo ezingase zingabonakali kusetshenziswa izindlela ezijwayelekile zokuxilonga. Noma ngabe okokuthola izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane njenge-HIV, i-Hepatitis, noma i-SARS-CoV-2, noma izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane ezifana nesifo sofuba noma i-streptococcus, I-PCR ekuxilongeni kwamangqamuzana inikeza ukuzwela nokunemba okungenakuqhathaniswa. Le nqubo ingakwazi ukubona izifo ngisho zisaqala, ngezinye izikhathi ngaphambi kokuba kuvele izimpawu, okwenza abahlinzeki bezokunakekelwa kwezempilo bakwazi ukuphatha ukwelashwa ngokushesha futhi bavimbele ukusabalala kwezifo ezithathelwanayo. Ngokuthuthuka kubuchwepheshe be-PCR, amathuba okutholwa kusenesikhathi kanye nokwelashwa komuntu siqu awakaze athembise kakhulu, okuqinisekisa ukuthi ochwepheshe bezokunakekelwa kwempilo bangahlala bephambili empini yokulwa nezifo ezithathelwanayo.
Impumelelo ye-PCR incike kakhulu ku- okokusebenza okusetshenziselwa i-PCR, okuhlanganisa imishini ekhethekile namathuluzi asiza ukucubungula nokuhlaziya amasampula. Isisetshenziswa esiyinhloko se-PCR yi- PCR umshini, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-thermal cycler, elawula ngokunembile izinga lokushisa phakathi nenqubo yokukhulisa umsindo. Ngokuhambisana nalokhu, eminye imishini ebalulekile ihlanganisa ama-micropipettes okulungiselela isampula, ama-centrifuges okuhlukanisa izingxenye, kanye ne-electrophoresis apparatus yokuhlaziya imikhiqizo ye-PCR. Intuthuko ku okokusebenza okusetshenziselwa i-PCR zikwenze kwaba lula ukuthi amalabhorethri enze ukuhlola kwe-PCR ngokusebenza kahle okukhulu, ukuzenzela, nangokunemba. Ngezinketho zokuhlolwa komphumela ophezulu nokusebenzelana okuthuthukisiwe komsebenzisi, lawa mathuluzi abalulekile ekuthuthukiseni ukugeleza komsebenzi we-PCR kanye nokuzuza imiphumela enokwethenjelwa, ephindaphindekayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kusendaweni yomtholampilo noma ilabhorethri yocwaningo, okokusebenza okusetshenziselwa i-PCR iqinisekisa ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR kuhlala kuhamba phambili ekuxilongweni kwamangqamuzana.
Ubuchwepheshe be-PCR sebuphenduke ithuluzi elibalulekile emikhakheni eyahlukene, kusukela ekuxilongweni komtholampilo kuya ocwaningweni lwezakhi zofuzo. With emisha efana Ukuhlolwa okusekelwe ku-PCR, Ukutholwa kwe-PCR ye-plasmid DNA, futhi I-PCR yokuhlonza amagciwane, ikusasa lamakhono okuxilonga nawokucwaninga libukeka lithembisa. I-PCR ekuxilongeni kwamangqamuzana kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuthola izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane kanye negciwane ngesivinini esingakaze sibonwe kanye nokunemba, kuyilapho ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo okokusebenza okusetshenziselwa i-PCR iqinisekisa ukuthi amalabhorethri ahlala ehlomele ukubhekana nezidingo ezikhulayo. Njengoba lobu buchwepheshe buqhubeka nokuvela, kuyacaca ukuthi i-PCR izohlala iyisisekelo sentuthuko yesayensi nezokwelapha iminyaka eminingi ezayo.