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Ressler HW, Humphrey J, Vialle RA, Babrowicz B, Kandoi S, Raj T, Dickson DW, Ertekin-Taner N, Crary JF, Farrell K. MAPT haplotype-associated transcriptomic changes in progressive supranuclear palsy. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2024; 12:135. [PMID: 39154163 PMCID: PMC11330133 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-024-01839-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/19/2024] Open
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Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative movement and cognitive disorder characterized by abnormal accumulation of the microtubule-associated protein tau in the brain. Biochemically, inclusions in PSP are enriched for tau proteoforms with four microtubule-binding domain repeats (4R), an isoform that arises from alternative tau pre-mRNA splicing. While preferential aggregation and reduced degradation of 4R tau protein is thought to play a role in inclusion formation and toxicity, an alternative hypothesis is that altered expression of tau mRNA isoforms plays a causal role. This stems from the observation that PSP is associated with common variation in the tau gene (MAPT) at the 17q21.31 locus which contains low copy number repeats flanking a large recurrent genomic inversion. The complex genomic structural changes at the locus give rise to two dominant haplotypes, termed H1 and H2, that have the potential to markedly influence gene expression. Here, we explored haplotype-dependent differences in gene expression using a bulk RNA-seq dataset derived from human post-mortem brain tissue from PSP (n = 84) and controls (n = 77) using a rigorous computational pipeline, including alternative pre-mRNA splicing. We found 3579 differentially expressed genes in the temporal cortex and 10,011 in the cerebellum. We also found 7214 differential splicing events in the temporal cortex and 18,802 in the cerebellum. In the cerebellum, total tau mRNA levels and the proportion of transcripts encoding 4R tau were significantly increased in PSP compared to controls. In the temporal cortex, the proportion of reads that expressed 4R tau was increased in cases compared to controls. 4R tau mRNA levels were significantly associated with the H1 haplotype in the temporal cortex. Further, we observed a marked haplotype-dependent difference in KANSL1 expression that was strongly associated with H1 in both brain regions. These findings support the hypothesis that sporadic PSP is associated with haplotype-dependent increases in 4R tau mRNA that might play a causal role in this disorder.
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- Hadley W Ressler
- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1194, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1194, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1194, New York, NY, 10029, USA
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Estelle and Daniel Maggin Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1194, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1194, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
- Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Nash Family Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
- Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research CoRE, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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Ashwood B, Jones MS, Lee Y, Sachleben JR, Ferguson AL, Tokmakoff A. Molecular insight into how the position of an abasic site modifies DNA duplex stability and dynamics. Biophys J 2024; 123:118-133. [PMID: 38006207 PMCID: PMC10808028 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Local perturbations to DNA base-pairing stability from lesions and chemical modifications can alter the stability and dynamics of an entire oligonucleotide. End effects may cause the position of a disruption within a short duplex to influence duplex stability and structural dynamics, yet this aspect of nucleic acid modifications is often overlooked. We investigate how the position of an abasic site (AP site) impacts the stability and dynamics of short DNA duplexes. Using a combination of steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations, we unravel an interplay between AP-site position and nucleobase sequence that controls energetic and dynamic disruption to the duplex. The duplex is disrupted into two segments by an entropic barrier for base-pairing on each side of the AP site. The barrier induces fraying of the short segment when an AP site is near the termini. Shifting the AP site inward promotes a transition from short-segment fraying to fully encompassing the barrier into the thermodynamics of hybridization, leading to further destabilization of the duplex. Nucleobase sequence determines the length scale for this transition by tuning the barrier height and base-pair stability of the short segment, and certain sequences enable out-of-register base-pairing to minimize the barrier height.
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- Brennan Ashwood
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Biomolecular NMR Core Facility, Biological Sciences Division, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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Identification of mutations in SARS-CoV-2 PCR primer regions. Sci Rep 2022; 12:18651. [PMID: 36333366 PMCID: PMC9636223 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21953-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Due to the constantly increasing number of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, concerns have emerged over the possibility of decreased diagnostic accuracy of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), the gold standard diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2. We propose an analysis pipeline to discover genomic variations overlapping the target regions of commonly used PCR primer sets. We provide the list of these mutations in a publicly available format based on a dataset of more than 1.2 million SARS-CoV-2 samples. Our approach distinguishes among mutations possibly having a damaging impact on PCR efficiency and ones anticipated to be neutral in this sense. Samples are categorized as "prone to misclassification" vs. "likely to be correctly detected" by a given PCR primer set based on the estimated effect of mutations present. Samples susceptible to misclassification are generally present at a daily rate of 2% or lower, although particular primer sets seem to have compromised performance when detecting Omicron samples. As different variant strains may temporarily gain dominance in the worldwide SARS-CoV-2 viral population, the efficiency of a particular PCR primer set may change over time, therefore constant monitoring of variations in primer target regions is highly recommended.
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Helm J, Schöls L, Hauser S. Towards Personalized Allele-Specific Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapies for Toxic Gain-of-Function Neurodegenerative Diseases. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14081708. [PMID: 36015334 PMCID: PMC9416334 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14081708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are single-stranded nucleic acid strings that can be used to selectively modify protein synthesis by binding complementary (pre-)mRNA sequences. By specific arrangements of DNA and RNA into a chain of nucleic acids and additional modifications of the backbone, sugar, and base, the specificity and functionality of the designed ASOs can be adjusted. Thereby cellular uptake, toxicity, and nuclease resistance, as well as binding affinity and specificity to its target (pre-)mRNA, can be modified. Several neurodegenerative diseases are caused by autosomal dominant toxic gain-of-function mutations, which lead to toxic protein products driving disease progression. ASOs targeting such mutations—or even more comprehensively, associated variants, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)—promise a selective degradation of the mutant (pre-)mRNA while sparing the wild type allele. By this approach, protein expression from the wild type strand is preserved, and side effects from an unselective knockdown of both alleles can be prevented. This makes allele-specific targeting strategies a focus for future personalized therapies. Here, we provide an overview of current strategies to develop personalized, allele-specific ASO therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such Huntington’s disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3/MJD).
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- Jacob Helm
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Graduate School of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Correspondence:
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Yin X, Yao D, Lam MHW, Liang H. A facile biosynthesis strategy of plasmid DNA-derived nanowires for readable microRNA logic operations. J Mater Chem B 2022; 10:3055-3063. [DOI: 10.1039/d1tb02699b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Multiple microRNAs (miRNAs) logical assays have attracted wide attention recently, which can be applied to mimic and reveal cellular events at the molecular level. However, it remains challenging to develop...
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Controlled metabolic cascades for protein synthesis in an artificial cell. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:2143-2151. [PMID: 34623386 DOI: 10.1042/bst20210175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years, researchers have been pursuing a method to design and to construct life forms from scratch - in other words, to create artificial cells. In many studies, artificial cellular membranes have been successfully fabricated, allowing the research field to grow by leaps and bounds. Moreover, in addition to lipid bilayer membranes, proteins are essential factors required to construct any cellular metabolic reaction; for that reason, different cell-free expression systems under various conditions to achieve the goal of controlling the synthetic cascades of proteins in a confined area have been reported. Thus, in this review, we will discuss recent issues and strategies, enabling to control protein synthesis cascades that are being used, particularly in research on artificial cells.
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Le Guen Y, Belloy ME, Napolioni V, Eger SJ, Kennedy G, Tao R, He Z, Greicius MD. A novel age-informed approach for genetic association analysis in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther 2021; 13:72. [PMID: 33794991 PMCID: PMC8017764 DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00808-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Many Alzheimer's disease (AD) genetic association studies disregard age or incorrectly account for it, hampering variant discovery. METHODS Using simulated data, we compared the statistical power of several models: logistic regression on AD diagnosis adjusted and not adjusted for age; linear regression on a score integrating case-control status and age; and multivariate Cox regression on age-at-onset. We applied these models to real exome-wide data of 11,127 sequenced individuals (54% cases) and replicated suggestive associations in 21,631 genotype-imputed individuals (51% cases). RESULTS Modeling variable AD risk across age results in 5-10% statistical power gain compared to logistic regression without age adjustment, while incorrect age adjustment leads to critical power loss. Applying our novel AD-age score and/or Cox regression, we discovered and replicated novel variants associated with AD on KIF21B, USH2A, RAB10, RIN3, and TAOK2 genes. CONCLUSION Our AD-age score provides a simple means for statistical power gain and is recommended for future AD studies.
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- Yann Le Guen
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA.
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032, Camerino, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
- Quantitative Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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Visual genotyping of thalassemia by using pyrrolidinyl peptide nucleic acid probes immobilized on carboxymethylcellulose-modified paper and enzyme-induced pigmentation. Mikrochim Acta 2020; 187:238. [PMID: 32189135 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-020-4197-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A simple probe pair was designed for the detection of hemoglobin E (HbE) genotype, a single-point mutation that leads to abnormal red blood cells commonly found in South East Asia. The key to differentiation is the use of a conformationally constrained peptide nucleic acid (PNA) that was immobilized on carboxymethylcellulose-modified paper. This was then used for target DNA binding and visualization by an enzyme-catalyzed pigmentation. The biotinylated target DNA bound to the immobilized probe was visually detected via alkaline phosphatase-linked streptavidin. This enzyme conjugate catalyzed the dephosphorylation of the substrate 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate, leading to a series of reactions that generate an intense, dark blue pigment. The test was validated with 100 DNA samples, which shows good discrimination among different genotypes (normal, HbE, and heterozygous) with 100% accuracy when optimal conditions of analysis were applied. The method does not require temperature control and can be performed at ambient temperature. This is an attractive feature for diagnosis in primary care, which accounts for a large part of affected population. Graphical abstract Schematic representation of a paper-based sensor for the detection of the gene Hemoglobin E. The interaction between an immobilized peptide nucleic acid and a DNA target leads to enzymatic pigmentation, allowing simple visual readout with up to 100% accuracy.
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Bead-based assay for spatiotemporal gene expression control in cell-free transcription-translation systems. Biotechniques 2020; 66:29-33. [PMID: 30730208 DOI: 10.2144/btn-2018-0097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cell-free gene expression has applications in synthetic biology, biotechnology and biomedicine. In this technique gene expression regulation plays an important role. Transcription factors do not completely suppress expression while other methods for expression control, for example CRISPR/Cas, often require important biochemical modifications. Here we use an all Escherichia coli-based cell-free expression system and present a bead-based method to instantly start and, at a later stage, completely stop gene expression. Magnetic beads coated with DNA of the gene of interest trigger gene expression. The expression stops if we remove the bead-bound DNA as well as transcribed mRNA by hybridization to bead-bound ssDNA. Our method is a simple way to control expression duration very accurately in time and space.
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Finkler M, Kurt Ö, Grimm F, Hartz P, Ott A. A bead-based method for the removal of the amino acid lysine from cell-free transcription-translation systems. J Biotechnol 2020; 324S:100024. [PMID: 34154732 DOI: 10.1016/j.btecx.2020.100024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cell-free transcription-translation systems are a versatile tool to study gene expression, enzymatic reactions and biochemical regulation mechanisms. Because cell-free transcription-translation systems are often derived from cell lysates, many different substances, among them amino acids, are present. However, experiments concerning the incorporation of non-canonical amino acids into proteins require a system with negligible amounts of canonical analogs. Here we propose a two-step method for the removal of residual free lysine in an all Escherichia coli-based cell-free expression system. The first step consists of the expression of a high-lysine dummy protein. The second step consists of direct removal via binding between lysine and DNA. The presented method is an efficient, fast and simple way to remove residual lysine without altering the system ability to perform gene expression.
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- Marc Finkler
- Universität des Saarlandes, Biologische Experimentalphysik, Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät, B2 1, Campus, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Universität des Saarlandes, Biologische Experimentalphysik, Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät, B2 1, Campus, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Universität des Saarlandes, Biologische Experimentalphysik, Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät, B2 1, Campus, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Universität des Saarlandes, Institut für Biochemie, Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät, B2 2,Campus, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- Universität des Saarlandes, Biologische Experimentalphysik, Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät, B2 1, Campus, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Nguyen TNA, Anton-Le Berre V, Bañuls AL, Nguyen TVA. Molecular Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis; A Literature Review. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:794. [PMID: 31057511 PMCID: PMC6477542 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health problem that hinders the progress of tuberculosis eradication programs. Accurate and early detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis is essential for effective patient care, for preventing tuberculosis spread, and for limiting the development of drug-resistant strains. Culture-based drug susceptibility tests are the gold standard method for the detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis, but they are time-consuming and technically challenging, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Nowadays, different nucleic acid-based assays that detect gene mutations associated with resistance to drugs used to treat tuberculosis are available. These tests vary in type and number of targets and in sensitivity and specificity. In this review, we will describe the available molecular tests for drug-resistant tuberculosis detection and discuss their advantages and limitations.
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- Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen
- UMR MIVEGEC, Institute of Research for Development, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam.,LMI Drug Resistance in South East Asia, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- UMR MIVEGEC, Institute of Research for Development, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,LMI Drug Resistance in South East Asia, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Laboratory of Tuberculosis, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam.,LMI Drug Resistance in South East Asia, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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High-throughput profiling/sensing of nucleic acids has recently emerged as a highly promising strategy for the early diagnosis and improved prognosis of a broad range of pathologies, most notably cancer. Among the potential biomarker candidates, microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of non-coding RNAs of 19-25 nucleotides in length, are of particular interest due to their role in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Developing miRNA sensing technologies that are quantitative, ultrasensitive and highly specific has proven very challenging because of their small size, low natural abundance and the high degree of sequence similarity among family members. When compared to optical based methods, electrochemical sensors offer many advantages in terms of sensitivity and scalability. This non-comprehensive review aims to break-down and highlight some of the most promising strategies for electrochemical sensing of microRNA biomarkers.
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- Philip Gillespie
- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW72AZ, UK.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW72AZ, UK.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW72AZ, UK.
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de Bruin D, Bossert N, Aartsma-Rus A, Bouwmeester D. Measuring DNA hybridization using fluorescent DNA-stabilized silver clusters to investigate mismatch effects on therapeutic oligonucleotides. J Nanobiotechnology 2018; 16:37. [PMID: 29622040 PMCID: PMC5887185 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-018-0361-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Short nucleic acid oligomers have found a wide range of applications in experimental physics, biology and medicine, and show potential for the treatment of acquired and genetic diseases. These applications rely heavily on the predictability of hybridization through Watson–Crick base pairing to allow positioning on a nanometer scale, as well as binding to the target transcripts, but also off-target binding to transcripts with partial homology. These effects are of particular importance in the development of therapeutic oligonucleotides, where off-target effects caused by the binding of mismatched sequences need to be avoided. Results We employ a novel method of probing DNA hybridization using optically active DNA-stabilized silver clusters (Ag-DNA) to measure binding efficiencies through a change in fluorescence intensity. In this way we can determine their location-specific sensitivity to individual mismatches in the sequence. The results reveal a strong dependence of the hybridization on the location of the mismatch, whereby mismatches close to the edges and center show a relatively minor impact. In parallel, we propose a simple model for calculating the annealing ratios of mismatched DNA sequences, which supports our experimental results. Conclusion The primary result shown in this work is a demonstration of a novel technique to measure DNA hybridization using fluorescent Ag-DNA. With this technique, we investigated the effect of mismatches on the hybridization efficiency, and found a significant dependence on the location of individual mismatches. These effects are strongly influenced by the length of the used oligonucleotides. The novel probe method based on fluorescent Ag-DNA functions as a reliable tool in measuring this behavior. As a secondary result, we formulated a simple model that is consistent with the experimental data. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12951-018-0361-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Donny de Bruin
- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333 CA, The Netherlands.
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333 CA, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, 2333 CA, The Netherlands.,Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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Su X, Liang R, Stolee JA. A facile one-step fluorescence method for the quantitation of low-content single base deamination impurity in synthetic oligonucleotides. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2018; 155:50-55. [PMID: 29614399 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Oligonucleotides are being researched and developed as potential drug candidates for the treatment of a broad spectrum of diseases. The characterization of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) impurities caused by base mutations (e.g. deamination) which are closely related to the target ASO is a significant analytical challenge. Herein, we describe a novel one-step method, utilizing a strategy that combines fluorescence-ON detection with competitive hybridization, to achieve single base mutation quantitation in extensively modified synthetic ASOs. Given that this method is highly specific and sensitive (LoQ = 4 nM), we envision that it will find utility for screening other impurities as well as sequencing modified oligonucleotides.
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- Xiaoye Su
- Analytical Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
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- Analytical Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
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- Analytical Development, Biogen Inc., Cambridge, MA 02142, United States.
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Sanromán-Iglesias M, Lawrie CH, Liz-Marzán LM, Grzelczak M. Nanoparticle-Based Discrimination of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in Long DNA Sequences. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:903-906. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- María Sanromán-Iglesias
- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Oncology
Area, Biodonostia Research Institute, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
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- Oncology
Area, Biodonostia Research Institute, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, CIBER-BBN, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20014 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, CIBER-BBN, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
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Rapisarda A, Giamblanco N, Marletta G. Kinetic discrimination of DNA single-base mutations by localized surface plasmon resonance. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 487:141-148. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Chiang HC, Levicky R. Effects of Chain-Chain Associations on Hybridization in DNA Brushes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:12603-12610. [PMID: 27934512 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Hybridization of solution nucleic acids to DNA brushes is widely encountered in diagnostic and materials science applications. Typically, brush chain lengths of ten or more nucleotides are used to provide the needed sequence specificity and binding affinity. At these lengths, coincidental occurrence of complementary regions is expected to lead to associations between the nominally single-stranded brush chains due to intra- or interchain base pairing. This report investigates how these associations impact the brushes' hybridization activity toward complementary "target" sequences. Brushes were prepared from 20-mer chains with four-nucleotide-long "adhesive regions" through which neighboring chains could interact. The affinity and position of the adhesive region along the chain backbone were varied. DNA brushes were exposed to complementary solution targets, and the corresponding melting transitions were measured to estimate free energies of the brush-target hybridization. These results revealed that higher affinity adhesive regions more extensively suppressed brush hybridization relative to hybridization in solution. Associations near the middle of the chains were found to be more penalizing than those at the immobilized or the free end of the chains. Provided that the brush chains were close enough to associate, changes in brush density did not exert a significant effect on hybridization thermodynamics within the investigated coverage window. Comparison of the DNA brush results with those from commercial Affymetrix single-nucleotide-polymorphism (SNP) microarrays revealed agreement in the impact of chain associations on hybridization.
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- Hao-Chun Chiang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering , 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering , 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201, United States
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Sanromán-Iglesias M, Lawrie CH, Schäfer T, Grzelczak M, Liz-Marzán LM. Sensitivity Limit of Nanoparticle Biosensors in the Discrimination of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism. ACS Sens 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- María Sanromán-Iglesias
- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón
182, 20009 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
- Molecular
Oncology Group, Biodonostia Research Institute, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
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- Molecular
Oncology Group, Biodonostia Research Institute, 20014 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Polymat, University of the Basque Country, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón
182, 20009 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 20009 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
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- CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón
182, 20009 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 20009 Donostia-San
Sebastián, Spain
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Tomlinson J, Harrison C, Boonham N, Goodchild SA, Weller SA. Influence of the length of target DNA overhang proximal to the array surface on discrimination of single-base mismatches on a 25-mer oligonucleotide array. BMC Res Notes 2014; 7:251. [PMID: 24742004 PMCID: PMC3997201 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background The performance of probes on an oligonucleotide microarray can be characterised in terms of hybridisation signal strength and the ability to discriminate sequence mismatches between the probe and the hybridising target strand, such as those resulting from SNPs. Various properties of the probe affect mismatch discrimination, such as probe length and the position of mismatched bases, and the effects of these factors have been well characterised in a variety of array formats. Results A low-density microarray was developed to systematically investigate the effect of a probe’s position within hybridised target PCR products on the tolerance and discrimination of single-nucleotide mismatches between the probe and target. In line with previous reports, hybridisation signals were attenuated by different degrees depending on the identity of the mismatch, the position of the mismatch within the probe, and the length of the PCR product. However, the same mismatch caused different degrees of attenuation depending on the position of the probe within the hybridising product, such that improved mismatch discrimination was observed for PCR products where a greater proportion of the total length was proximal to the array surface. Conclusions These results suggest that the degree of mismatch discrimination can be influenced by the choice of PCR primers, providing a means by which array performance could be fine-tuned in addition to manipulation of the properties of the probes themselves.
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- Jenny Tomlinson
- The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ York, UK.
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Vieregg J, Nelson HM, Stoltz BM, Pierce NA. Selective nucleic acid capture with shielded covalent probes. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:9691-9. [PMID: 23745667 PMCID: PMC3703666 DOI: 10.1021/ja4009216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nucleic acid probes are used for diverse applications in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. In any setting, their power is limited by imperfect selectivity (binding of undesired targets) and incomplete affinity (binding is reversible, and not all desired targets bound). These difficulties are fundamental, stemming from reliance on base pairing to provide both selectivity and affinity. Shielded covalent (SC) probes eliminate the longstanding trade-off between selectivity and durable target capture, achieving selectivity via programmable base pairing and molecular conformation change, and durable target capture via activatable covalent cross-linking. In pure and mixed samples, SC probes covalently capture complementary DNA or RNA oligo targets and reject two-nucleotide mismatched targets with near-quantitative yields at room temperature, achieving discrimination ratios of 2-3 orders of magnitude. Semiquantitative studies with full-length mRNA targets demonstrate selective covalent capture comparable to that for RNA oligo targets. Single-nucleotide DNA or RNA mismatches, including nearly isoenergetic RNA wobble pairs, can be efficiently rejected with discrimination ratios of 1-2 orders of magnitude. Covalent capture yields appear consistent with the thermodynamics of probe/target hybridization, facilitating rational probe design. If desired, cross-links can be reversed to release the target after capture. In contrast to existing probe chemistries, SC probes achieve the high sequence selectivity of a structured probe, yet durably retain their targets even under denaturing conditions. This previously incompatible combination of properties suggests diverse applications based on selective and stable binding of nucleic acid targets under conditions where base-pairing is disrupted (e.g., by stringent washes in vitro or in situ, or by enzymes in vivo).
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- Jeffrey
R. Vieregg
- Department
of Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Franssen-van Hal NLW, van der Putte P, Hellmuth K, Matysiak S, Kretschy N, Somoza MM. Optimized light-directed synthesis of aptamer microarrays. Anal Chem 2013; 85:5950-7. [PMID: 23672295 PMCID: PMC3686109 DOI: 10.1021/ac400746j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Aptamer microarrays are a promising
high-throughput method for
ultrasensitive detection of multiple analytes, but although much is
known about the optimal synthesis of oligonucleotide microarrays used
in hybridization-based genomics applications, the bioaffinity interactions
between aptamers and their targets is qualitatively different and
requires significant changes to synthesis parameters. Focusing on
streptavidin-binding DNA aptamers, we employed light-directed in situ
synthesis of microarrays to analyze the effects of sequence fidelity,
linker length, surface probe density, and substrate functionalization
on detection sensitivity. Direct comparison with oligonucleotide hybridization
experiments indicates that aptamer microarrays are significantly more
sensitive to sequence fidelity and substrate functionalization and
have different optimal linker length and surface probe density requirements.
Whereas microarray hybridization probes generate maximum signal with
multiple deletions, aptamer sequences with the same deletion rate
result in a 3-fold binding signal reduction compared with the same
sequences synthesized for maximized sequence fidelity. The highest
hybridization signal was obtained with dT 5mer linkers, and the highest
aptamer signal was obtained with dT 11mers, with shorter aptamer linkers
significantly reducing the binding signal. The probe hybridization
signal was found to be more sensitive to molecular crowding, whereas
the aptamer probe signal does not appear to be constrained within
the density of functional surface groups commonly used to synthesize
microarrays.
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Ramasamy A, Trabzuni D, Gibbs JR, Dillman A, Hernandez DG, Arepalli S, Walker R, Smith C, Ilori GP, Shabalin AA, Li Y, Singleton AB, Cookson MR, Hardy J, Ryten M, Weale ME. Resolving the polymorphism-in-probe problem is critical for correct interpretation of expression QTL studies. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:e88. [PMID: 23435227 PMCID: PMC3627570 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Polymorphisms in the target mRNA sequence can greatly affect the binding affinity of microarray probe sequences, leading to false-positive and false-negative expression quantitative trait locus (QTL) signals with any other polymorphisms in linkage disequilibrium. We provide the most complete solution to this problem, by using the latest genome and exome sequence reference data to identify almost all common polymorphisms (frequency >1% in Europeans) in probe sequences for two commonly used microarray panels (the gene-based Illumina Human HT12 array, which uses 50-mer probes, and exon-based Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST array, which uses 25-mer probes). We demonstrate the impact of this problem using cerebellum and frontal cortex tissues from 438 neuropathologically normal individuals. We find that although only a small proportion of the probes contain polymorphisms, they account for a large proportion of apparent expression QTL signals, and therefore result in many false signals being declared as real. We find that the polymorphism-in-probe problem is insufficiently controlled by previous protocols, and illustrate this using some notable false-positive and false-negative examples in MAPT and PRICKLE1 that can be found in many eQTL databases. We recommend that both new and existing eQTL data sets should be carefully checked in order to adequately address this issue.
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- Adaikalavan Ramasamy
- Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King's College London, 8th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Yan Y, Yan J, Piao X, Zhang T, Guan Y. Effect of LNA- and OMeN-modified oligonucleotide probes on the stability and discrimination of mismatched base pairs of duplexes. J Biosci 2012; 37:233-41. [PMID: 22581329 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-012-9196-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Locked nucleic acid (LNA) and 2'-O-methyl nucleotide (OMeN) are the most extensively studied nucleotide analogues. Although both LNA and OMeN are characterized by the C3'-endo sugar pucker conformation, which is dominant in A-form DNA and RNA nucleotides, they demonstrate different binding behaviours. Previous studies have focused attention on their properties of duplex stabilities, hybridization kinetics and resistance against nuclease digestion; however, their ability to discriminate mismatched hybridizations has been explored much less. In this study, LNA- and OMeN-modified oligonucleotide probes have been prepared and their effects on the DNA duplex stability have been examined: LNA modifications can enhance the duplex stability, whereas OMeN modifications reduce the duplex stability. Next, we studied how the LNA:DNA and OMeN:DNA mismatches reduced the duplex stability. Melting temperature measurement showed that different LNA:DNA or OMeN:DNA mismatches indeed influence the duplex stability differently. LNA purines can discriminate LNA:DNA mismatches more effectively than LNA pyrimidines as well as DNA nucleotides. Furthermore, we designed five LNA- and five OMeN-modified oligonucleotide probes to simulate realistic situations where target-probe duplexes contain a complementary LNA:DNA or OMeN:DNA base pairs and a DNA:DNA mismatch simultaneously. The measured collective effect showed that the duplex stability was enhanced by the complementary LNA:DNA base pair but decreased by the DNA:DNA mismatch in a position-dependent manner regardless of the chemical identity and position of the complementary LNA:DNA base pair. On the other hand, the OMeN-modified probes also showed that the duplex stability was reduced by both the OMeN modification and the OMeN:DNA mismatch in a position-dependent manner.
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- Ying Yan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology of Minister of Education, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110001, China
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Yilmaz LS, Loy A, Wright ES, Wagner M, Noguera DR. Modeling formamide denaturation of probe-target hybrids for improved microarray probe design in microbial diagnostics. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43862. [PMID: 22952791 PMCID: PMC3428302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Application of high-density microarrays to the diagnostic analysis of microbial communities is challenged by the optimization of oligonucleotide probe sensitivity and specificity, as it is generally unfeasible to experimentally test thousands of probes. This study investigated the adjustment of hybridization stringency using formamide with the idea that sensitivity and specificity can be optimized during probe design if the hybridization efficiency of oligonucleotides with target and non-target molecules can be predicted as a function of formamide concentration. Sigmoidal denaturation profiles were obtained using fluorescently labeled and fragmented 16S rRNA gene amplicon of Escherichia coli as the target with increasing concentrations of formamide in the hybridization buffer. A linear free energy model (LFEM) was developed and microarray-specific nearest neighbor rules were derived. The model simulated formamide melting with a denaturant m-value that increased hybridization free energy (ΔG°) by 0.173 kcal/mol per percent of formamide added (v/v). Using the LFEM and specific probe sets, free energy rules were systematically established to predict the stability of single and double mismatches, including bulged and tandem mismatches. The absolute error in predicting the position of experimental denaturation profiles was less than 5% formamide for more than 90 percent of probes, enabling a practical level of accuracy in probe design. The potential of the modeling approach for probe design and optimization is demonstrated using a dataset including the 16S rRNA gene of Rhodobacter sphaeroides as an additional target molecule. The LFEM and thermodynamic databases were incorporated into a computational tool (ProbeMelt) that is freely available at http://DECIPHER.cee.wisc.edu.
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- L Safak Yilmaz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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Trabzuni D, Wray S, Vandrovcova J, Ramasamy A, Walker R, Smith C, Luk C, Gibbs JR, Dillman A, Hernandez DG, Arepalli S, Singleton AB, Cookson MR, Pittman AM, de Silva R, Weale ME, Hardy J, Ryten M. MAPT expression and splicing is differentially regulated by brain region: relation to genotype and implication for tauopathies. Hum Mol Genet 2012; 21:4094-103. [PMID: 22723018 PMCID: PMC3428157 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The MAPT (microtubule-associated protein tau) locus is one of the most remarkable in neurogenetics due not only to its involvement in multiple neurodegenerative disorders, including progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, Parksinson's disease and possibly Alzheimer's disease, but also due its genetic evolution and complex alternative splicing features which are, to some extent, linked and so all the more intriguing. Therefore, obtaining robust information regarding the expression, splicing and genetic regulation of this gene within the human brain is of immense importance. In this study, we used 2011 brain samples originating from 439 individuals to provide the most reliable and coherent information on the regional expression, splicing and regulation of MAPT available to date. We found significant regional variation in mRNA expression and splicing of MAPT within the human brain. Furthermore, at the gene level, the regional distribution of mRNA expression and total tau protein expression levels were largely in agreement, appearing to be highly correlated. Finally and most importantly, we show that while the reported H1/H2 association with gene level expression is likely to be due to a technical artefact, this polymorphism is associated with the expression of exon 3-containing isoforms in human brain. These findings would suggest that contrary to the prevailing view, genetic risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases at the MAPT locus are likely to operate by changing mRNA splicing in different brain regions, as opposed to the overall expression of the MAPT gene.
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- Daniah Trabzuni
- Reta Lila Weston Institute and Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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Gu Y, Lai MT. The potential application of a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiopene) modified platinum DNA biosensor in mutation analysis. Biosens Bioelectron 2012; 31:124-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Trapp C, Schenkelberger M, Ott A. Stability of double-stranded oligonucleotide DNA with a bulged loop: a microarray study. BMC BIOPHYSICS 2011; 4:20. [PMID: 22166491 PMCID: PMC3262748 DOI: 10.1186/2046-1682-4-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Background DNA is a carrier of biological information. The hybridization process, the formation of the DNA double-helix from single-strands with complementary sequences, is important for all living cells. DNA microarrays, among other biotechnologies such as PCR, rely on DNA hybridization. However, to date the thermodynamics of hybridization is only partly understood. Here we address, experimentally and theoretically, the hybridization of oligonucleotide strands of unequal lengths, which form a bulged loop upon hybridization. For our study we use in-house synthesized DNA microarrays. Results We synthesize a microarray with additional thymine bases in the probe sequence motifs so that bulged loops occur upon target hybridization. We observe a monotonic decrease of the fluorescence signal of the hybridized strands with increasing length of the bulged loop. This corresponds to a decrease in duplex binding affinity within the considered loop lengths of one to thirteen bases. By varying the position of the bulged loop along the DNA duplex, we observe a symmetric signal variation with respect to the center of the strand. We reproduce the experimental results well using a molecular zipper model at thermal equilibrium. However, binding states between both strands, which emerge through duplex opening at the position of the bulged loop, need to be taken into account. Conclusions We show that stable DNA duplexes with a bulged loop can form from short strands of unequal length and they contribute substantially to the fluorescence intensity from the hybridized strands on a microarray. In order to reproduce the result with the help of equilibrium thermodynamics, it is essential (and to a good approximation sufficient) to consider duplex opening not only at the ends but also at the position of the bulged loop. Although the thermodynamic parameters used in this study are taken from hybridization experiments in solution, these parameters fit our DNA microarray data well.
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- Christian Trapp
- Experimentalphysik, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Agbavwe C, Kim C, Hong D, Heinrich K, Wang T, Somoza MM. Efficiency, error and yield in light-directed maskless synthesis of DNA microarrays. J Nanobiotechnology 2011; 9:57. [PMID: 22152062 PMCID: PMC3269373 DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-9-57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Accepted: 12/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Light-directed in situ synthesis of DNA microarrays using computer-controlled projection from a digital micromirror device--maskless array synthesis (MAS)--has proved to be successful at both commercial and laboratory scales. The chemical synthetic cycle in MAS is quite similar to that of conventional solid-phase synthesis of oligonucleotides, but the complexity of microarrays and unique synthesis kinetics on the glass substrate require a careful tuning of parameters and unique modifications to the synthesis cycle to obtain optimal deprotection and phosphoramidite coupling. In addition, unintended deprotection due to scattering and diffraction introduce insertion errors that contribute significantly to the overall error rate. Results Stepwise phosphoramidite coupling yields have been greatly improved and are now comparable to those obtained in solid phase synthesis of oligonucleotides. Extended chemical exposure in the synthesis of complex, long oligonucleotide arrays result in lower--but still high--final average yields which approach 99%. The new synthesis chemistry includes elimination of the standard oxidation until the final step, and improved coupling and light deprotection. Coupling Insertions due to stray light are the limiting factor in sequence quality for oligonucleotide synthesis for gene assembly. Diffraction and local flare are by far the largest contributors to loss of optical contrast. Conclusions Maskless array synthesis is an efficient and versatile method for synthesizing high density arrays of long oligonucleotides for hybridization- and other molecular binding-based experiments. For applications requiring high sequence purity, such as gene assembly, diffraction and flare remain significant obstacles, but can be significantly reduced with straightforward experimental strategies.
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- Christy Agbavwe
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 42, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Coreplication of the major genotype group members of porcine circovirus type 2 as a prerequisite to coevolution may explain the variable disease manifestations. J Virol 2011; 85:11111-20. [PMID: 21865380 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05156-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A member of the family Circoviridae, porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), is associated with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), a recent emerging disease worldwide. PCV2 is also found in clinically asymptomatic animals. This paradoxical finding makes the syndrome etiology challenging. We developed new assays to study PCV2 with links to syndrome etiology. For analysis, we used PCV2-infected tissues from subclinically infected and diseased piglets. We compared antigen- and PCV2 DNA-derived signals for tissue localization and intensity. Oligonucleotides were designed to the signature motif of the PCV2 capsid open reading frame to discriminate experimentally between PCV2 genotype groups by PCR, in situ hybridization (ISH), and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Unexpectedly, all PCV2-infected animals carried both PCV2a and PCV2b genotype group members. Using confocal microscopy, genotype single-cell infections and cell superinfections were visible. Additionally, we discriminated replicative DNA from total PCV2 DNA isoforms with FISH. This aided in our inquiry into cellular genotype-specific replication. Importantly, single-genotype-group replication was not observed. In infected cells with replicating virus, both genotype groups were equally present. These findings suggest PCV2 genotype group members relaxed replication regulation requirements and may even point to PCV2 replication cooperativity in vivo. These observations explain the readily seen PCV2 DNA recombinations and the high overall PCV2 genome plasticity. Hence, we suggest a novel mechanism of syndrome etiology that consists of a continuously changing PCV2 genome pool in hosts and pig herds, posing a constant challenge to the individual maturing immune system.
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Wang J, Luo Y, Zhang B, Chen M, Huang J, Zhang K, Gao W, Fu W, Jiang T, Liao P. Rapid label-free identification of mixed bacterial infections by surface plasmon resonance. J Transl Med 2011; 9:85. [PMID: 21649913 PMCID: PMC3120692 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background Early detection of mixed aerobic-anaerobic infection has been a challenge in clinical practice due to the phenotypic changes in complex environments. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor is widely used to detect DNA-DNA interaction and offers a sensitive and label-free approach in DNA research. Methods In this study, we developed a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) amplification technique and modified the traditional SPR detection system for rapid and simultaneous detection of mixed infections of four pathogenic microorganisms (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium tetani and Clostridium perfringens). Results We constructed the circulation detection well to increase the sensitivity and the tandem probe arrays to reduce the non-specific hybridization. The use of 16S rDNA universal primers ensured the amplification of four target nucleic acid sequences simultaneously, and further electrophoresis and sequencing confirmed the high efficiency of this amplification method. No significant signals were detected during the single-base mismatch or non-specific probe hybridization (P < 0.05). The calibration curves of amplification products of four bacteria had good linearity from 0.1 nM to 100 nM, with all R2 values of >0.99. The lowest detection limits were 0.03 nM for P. aeruginosa, 0.02 nM for S. aureus, 0.01 nM for C. tetani and 0.02 nM for C. perfringens. The SPR biosensor had the same detection rate as the traditional culture method (P < 0.05). In addition, the quantification of PCR products can be completed within 15 min, and excellent regeneration greatly reduces the cost for detection. Conclusions Our method can rapidly and accurately identify the mixed aerobic-anaerobic infection, providing a reliable alternative to bacterial culture for rapid bacteria detection.
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- Jue Wang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Southwest Hospital, the Third Military Medical University, Chong Qing, PR China
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Ohrmalm C, Jobs M, Eriksson R, Golbob S, Elfaitouri A, Benachenhou F, Strømme M, Blomberg J. Hybridization properties of long nucleic acid probes for detection of variable target sequences, and development of a hybridization prediction algorithm. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:e195. [PMID: 20864443 PMCID: PMC2995084 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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One of the main problems in nucleic acid-based techniques for detection of infectious agents, such as influenza viruses, is that of nucleic acid sequence variation. DNA probes, 70-nt long, some including the nucleotide analog deoxyribose-Inosine (dInosine), were analyzed for hybridization tolerance to different amounts and distributions of mismatching bases, e.g. synonymous mutations, in target DNA. Microsphere-linked 70-mer probes were hybridized in 3M TMAC buffer to biotinylated single-stranded (ss) DNA for subsequent analysis in a Luminex® system. When mismatches interrupted contiguous matching stretches of 6 nt or longer, it had a strong impact on hybridization. Contiguous matching stretches are more important than the same number of matching nucleotides separated by mismatches into several regions. dInosine, but not 5-nitroindole, substitutions at mismatching positions stabilized hybridization remarkably well, comparable to N (4-fold) wobbles in the same positions. In contrast to shorter probes, 70-nt probes with judiciously placed dInosine substitutions and/or wobble positions were remarkably mismatch tolerant, with preserved specificity. An algorithm, NucZip, was constructed to model the nucleation and zipping phases of hybridization, integrating both local and distant binding contributions. It predicted hybridization more exactly than previous algorithms, and has the potential to guide the design of variation-tolerant yet specific probes.
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- Christina Ohrmalm
- Clinical Virology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University and Academic Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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McIlroy SJ, Tillett D, Petrovski S, Seviour RJ. Non-target sites with single nucleotide insertions or deletions are frequently found in 16S rRNA sequences and can lead to false positives in fluorescencein situhybridization (FISH). Environ Microbiol 2010; 13:33-47. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02306.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Duan F, Pauley MA, Spindel ER, Zhang L, Norgren RB. Large scale analysis of positional effects of single-base mismatches on microarray gene expression data. BioData Min 2010; 3:2. [PMID: 20429935 PMCID: PMC2877042 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0381-3-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Affymetrix GeneChips utilize 25-mer oligonucleotides probes linked to a silica surface to detect targets in solution. Mismatches due to single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) can affect the hybridization between probes and targets. Previous research has indicated that binding between probes and targets strongly depends on the positions of these mismatches. However, there has been substantial variability in the effect of mismatch type across studies. Methods By taking advantage of naturally occurring mismatches between rhesus macaque transcripts and human probes from the Affymetrix U133 Plus 2 GeneChip, we collected the largest 25-mer probes dataset with single-base mismatches at each of the 25 positions on the probe ever used in this type of analysis. Results A mismatch at the center of a probe led to a greater loss in signal intensity than a mismatch at the ends of the probe, regardless of the mismatch type. There was a slight asymmetry between the ends of a probe: effects of mismatches at the 3' end of a probe were greater than those at the 5' end. A cross study comparison of the effect of mismatch types revealed that results were not in good agreement among different reports. However, if the mismatch types were consolidated to purine or pyrimidine mismatches, cross study conclusions could be generated. Conclusion The comprehensive assessment of the effects of single-base mismatches on microarrays provided in this report can be useful for improving future versions of microarray platform design and the corresponding data analysis algorithms.
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- Fenghai Duan
- Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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Han WH, Liao JM, Chen KL, Wu SM, Chiang YW, Lo ST, Chen CL, Chiang CM. Enhanced Recognition of Single-Base Mismatch Using Locked Nucleic Acid-Integrated Hairpin DNA Probes Revealed by Atomic Force Microscopy Nanolithography. Anal Chem 2010; 82:2395-400. [DOI: 10.1021/ac902665c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wen-Hsin Han
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 80424
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Thieme M, Lottaz C, Niederstätter H, Parson W, Spang R, Oefner PJ. ReseqChip: automated integration of multiple local context probe data from the MitoChip array in mitochondrial DNA sequence assembly. BMC Bioinformatics 2009; 10:440. [PMID: 20028526 PMCID: PMC3087351 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Accepted: 12/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background The Affymetrix MitoChip v2.0 is an oligonucleotide tiling array for the resequencing of the human mitochondrial (mt) genome. For each of 16,569 nucleotide positions of the mt genome it holds two sets of four 25-mer probes each that match the heavy and the light strand of a reference mt genome and vary only at their central position to interrogate all four possible alleles. In addition, the MitoChip v2.0 carries alternative local context probes to account for known mtDNA variants. These probes have been neglected in most studies due to the lack of software for their automated analysis. Results We provide ReseqChip, a free software that automates the process of resequencing mtDNA using multiple local context probes on the MitoChip v2.0. ReseqChip significantly improves base call rate and sequence accuracy. ReseqChip is available at http://code.open-bio.org/svnweb/index.cgi/bioperl/browse/bioperl-live/trunk/Bio/Microarray/Tools/. Conclusions ReseqChip allows for the automated consolidation of base calls from alternative local mt genome context probes. It thereby improves the accuracy of resequencing, while reducing the number of non-called bases.
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- Marian Thieme
- Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Regensburg, Josef-Engert-Str, 9, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany.
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Binder H, Fasold M, Glomb T. Mismatch and G-stack modulated probe signals on SNP microarrays. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7862. [PMID: 19924253 PMCID: PMC2775684 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Accepted: 10/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays are important tools widely used for genotyping and copy number estimation. This technology utilizes the specific affinity of fragmented DNA for binding to surface-attached oligonucleotide DNA probes. We analyze the variability of the probe signals of Affymetrix GeneChip SNP arrays as a function of the probe sequence to identify relevant sequence motifs which potentially cause systematic biases of genotyping and copy number estimates. Methodology/Principal Findings The probe design of GeneChip SNP arrays enables us to disentangle different sources of intensity modulations such as the number of mismatches per duplex, matched and mismatched base pairings including nearest and next-nearest neighbors and their position along the probe sequence. The effect of probe sequence was estimated in terms of triple-motifs with central matches and mismatches which include all 256 combinations of possible base pairings. The probe/target interactions on the chip can be decomposed into nearest neighbor contributions which correlate well with free energy terms of DNA/DNA-interactions in solution. The effect of mismatches is about twice as large as that of canonical pairings. Runs of guanines (G) and the particular type of mismatched pairings formed in cross-allelic probe/target duplexes constitute sources of systematic biases of the probe signals with consequences for genotyping and copy number estimates. The poly-G effect seems to be related to the crowded arrangement of probes which facilitates complex formation of neighboring probes with at minimum three adjacent G's in their sequence. Conclusions The applied method of “triple-averaging” represents a model-free approach to estimate the mean intensity contributions of different sequence motifs which can be applied in calibration algorithms to correct signal values for sequence effects. Rules for appropriate sequence corrections are suggested.
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- Hans Binder
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioinformatics, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Dannemann M, Lorenc A, Hellmann I, Khaitovich P, Lachmann M. The effects of probe binding affinity differences on gene expression measurements and how to deal with them. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 25:2772-9. [PMID: 19689957 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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MOTIVATION When comparing gene expression levels between species or strains using microarrays, sequence differences between the groups can cause false identification of expression differences. Our simulated dataset shows that a sequence divergence of only 1% between species can lead to falsely reported expression differences for >50% of the transcripts-similar levels of effect have been reported previously in comparisons of human and chimpanzee expression. We propose a method for identifying probes that cause such false readings, using only the microarray data, so that problematic probes can be excluded from analysis. We then test the power of the method to detect sequence differences and to correct for falsely reported expression differences. Our method can detect 70% of the probes with sequence differences using human and chimpanzee data, while removing only 18% of probes with no sequence differences. Although only 70% of the probes with sequence differences are detected, the effect of removing probes on falsely reported expression differences is more dramatic: the method can remove 98% of the falsely reported expression differences from a simulated dataset. We argue that the method should be used even when sequence data are available. CONTACT lachmann@eva.mpg.de SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Michael Dannemann
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Zuo Z, Chen SS, Chandra PK, Galbincea JM, Soape M, Doan S, Barkoh BA, Koeppen H, Medeiros LJ, Luthra R. Application of COLD-PCR for improved detection of KRAS mutations in clinical samples. Mod Pathol 2009; 22:1023-31. [PMID: 19430420 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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KRAS mutations have been detected in approximately 30% of all human tumors, and have been shown to predict response to some targeted therapies. The most common KRAS mutation-detection strategy consists of conventional PCR and direct sequencing. This approach has a 10-20% detection sensitivity depending on whether pyrosequencing or Sanger sequencing is used. To improve detection sensitivity, we compared our conventional method with the recently described co-amplification-at-lower denaturation-temperature PCR (COLD-PCR) method, which selectively amplifies minority alleles. In COLD-PCR, the critical denaturation temperature is lowered to 80 degrees C (vs 94 degrees C in conventional PCR). The sensitivity of COLD-PCR was determined by assessing serial dilutions. Fifty clinical samples were used, including 20 fresh bone-marrow aspirate specimens and the formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue of 30 solid tumors. Implementation of COLD-PCR was straightforward and required no additional cost for reagents or instruments. The method was specific and reproducible. COLD-PCR successfully detected mutations in all samples that were positive by conventional PCR, and enhanced the mutant-to-wild-type ratio by >4.74-fold, increasing the mutation detection sensitivity to 1.5%. The enhancement of mutation detection by COLD-PCR inversely correlated with the tumor-cell percentage in a sample. In conclusion, we validated the utility and superior sensitivity of COLD-PCR for detecting KRAS mutations in a variety of hematopoietic and solid tumors using either fresh or fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue.
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- Zhuang Zuo
- Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77054, USA
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Naiser T, Kayser J, Mai T, Michel W, Ott A. Stability of a surface-bound oligonucleotide duplex inferred from molecular dynamics: a study of single nucleotide defects using DNA microarrays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 102:218301. [PMID: 19519141 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.218301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Microarray technology uses the sequence dependent hybridization (binding) affinity of surface-bound oligonucleotide strands for the quantification of complex nucleic acid mixtures. In spite of its huge potential in life science and medicine, microarray oligonucleotide hybridization remains far from being understood. Taking advantage of microarray combinatorial possibilities we show that, although surface bound, the hybridization affinities of single-base mismatched oligonucleotides can be derived from first principles using parameters from bulk.
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- Thomas Naiser
- Experimentalphysik I, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Microarray-based assay for the detection of genetic variations of structural genes of West Nile virus. J Virol Methods 2008; 154:27-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Revised: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Naiser T, Kayser J, Mai T, Michel W, Ott A. Position dependent mismatch discrimination on DNA microarrays - experiments and model. BMC Bioinformatics 2008; 9:509. [PMID: 19046422 PMCID: PMC2661940 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-9-509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background The propensity of oligonucleotide strands to form stable duplexes with complementary sequences is fundamental to a variety of biological and biotechnological processes as various as microRNA signalling, microarray hybridization and PCR. Yet our understanding of oligonucleotide hybridization, in particular in presence of surfaces, is rather limited. Here we use oligonucleotide microarrays made in-house by optically controlled DNA synthesis to produce probe sets comprising all possible single base mismatches and base bulges for each of 20 sequence motifs under study. Results We observe that mismatch discrimination is mostly determined by the defect position (relative to the duplex ends) as well as by the sequence context. We investigate the thermodynamics of the oligonucleotide duplexes on the basis of double-ended molecular zipper. Theoretical predictions of defect positional influence as well as long range sequence influence agree well with the experimental results. Conclusion Molecular zipping at thermodynamic equilibrium explains the binding affinity of mismatched DNA duplexes on microarrays well. The position dependent nearest neighbor model (PDNN) can be inferred from it. Quantitative understanding of microarray experiments from first principles is in reach.
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- Thomas Naiser
- Experimentalphysik I, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany.
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