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Ostheim P, Alemu SW, Tichý A, Sirak I, Davidkova M, Stastna MM, Kultova G, Schuele S, Paunesku T, Woloschak G, Ghandhi SA, Amundson SA, Haimerl M, Stroszczynski C, Port M, Abend M. Examining potential confounding factors in gene expression analysis of human saliva and identifying potential housekeeping genes. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2312. [PMID: 35145126 PMCID: PMC8831573 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05670-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Isolation of RNA from whole saliva, a non-invasive and easily accessible biofluid that is an attractive alternative to blood for high-throughput biodosimetry of radiological/nuclear victims might be of clinical significance for prediction and diagnosis of disease. In a previous analysis of 12 human samples we identified two challenges to measuring gene expression from total RNA: (1) the fraction of human RNA in whole saliva was low and (2) the bacterial contamination was overwhelming. To overcome these challenges, we performed selective cDNA synthesis for human RNA species only by employing poly(A)+-tail primers followed by qRT-PCR. In the current study, this approach was independently validated on 91 samples from 61 healthy donors. Additionally, we used the ratio of human to bacterial RNA to adjust the input RNA to include equal amounts of human RNA across all samples before cDNA synthesis, which then ensured comparable analysis using the same base human input material. Furthermore, we examined relative levels of ten known housekeeping genes, and assessed inter- and intra-individual differences in 61 salivary RNA isolates, while considering effects of demographical factors (e.g. sex, age), epidemiological factors comprising social habits (e.g. alcohol, cigarette consumption), oral hygiene (e.g. flossing, mouthwash), previous radiological diagnostic procedures (e.g. number of CT-scans) and saliva collection time (circadian periodic). Total human RNA amounts appeared significantly associated with age only (P ≤ 0.02). None of the chosen housekeeping genes showed significant circadian periodicity and either did not associate or were weakly associated with the 24 confounders examined, with one exception, 60% of genes were altered by mouthwash. ATP6, ACTB and B2M represented genes with the highest mean baseline expression (Ct-values ≤ 30) and were detected in all samples. Combining these housekeeping genes for normalization purposes did not decrease inter-individual variance, but increased the robustness. In summary, our work addresses critical confounders and provides important information for the successful examination of gene expression in human whole saliva.
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- P Ostheim
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany.
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Radiobiology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences in Hradec Kralove, University of Defence in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.,Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital and Medical Faculty in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiation Dosimetry, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Hospital Na Bulovce, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiobiology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences in Hradec Kralove, University of Defence in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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Goodman C, Popovic J, Quinn J, Echevarria N, Smith A, Skocypec H, Paunesku T, Woloschak G. Nuclear Delivery of Radiosensitizing EGFR-Targeted Nanoparticles Is Abrogated in Isogenic Cervical Cancer Cell Lines Following Mutagenesis of the Ligand Binding Domain. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.06.993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Chen S, Deng J, Yuan Y, Flachenecker C, Mak R, Hornberger B, Jin Q, Shu D, Lai B, Maser J, Roehrig C, Paunesku T, Gleber SC, Vine DJ, Finney L, VonOsinski J, Bolbat M, Spink I, Chen Z, Steele J, Trapp D, Irwin J, Feser M, Snyder E, Brister K, Jacobsen C, Woloschak G, Vogt S. The Bionanoprobe: hard X-ray fluorescence nanoprobe with cryogenic capabilities. J Synchrotron Radiat 2014; 21:66-75. [PMID: 24365918 PMCID: PMC3874019 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577513029676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Hard X-ray fluorescence microscopy is one of the most sensitive techniques for performing trace elemental analysis of biological samples such as whole cells and tissues. Conventional sample preparation methods usually involve dehydration, which removes cellular water and may consequently cause structural collapse, or invasive processes such as embedding. Radiation-induced artifacts may also become an issue, particularly as the spatial resolution increases beyond the sub-micrometer scale. To allow imaging under hydrated conditions, close to the `natural state', as well as to reduce structural radiation damage, the Bionanoprobe (BNP) has been developed, a hard X-ray fluorescence nanoprobe with cryogenic sample environment and cryo transfer capabilities, dedicated to studying trace elements in frozen-hydrated biological systems. The BNP is installed at an undulator beamline at sector 21 of the Advanced Photon Source. It provides a spatial resolution of 30 nm for two-dimensional fluorescence imaging. In this first demonstration the instrument design and motion control principles are described, the instrument performance is quantified, and the first results obtained with the BNP on frozen-hydrated whole cells are reported.
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- S. Chen
- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Applied Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Northwestern Synchrotron Research Center, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Northwestern Synchrotron Research Center, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Xradia Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Xradia Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Xradia Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Xradia Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Xradia Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Xradia Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Xradia Inc., Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA
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- Northwestern Synchrotron Research Center, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
- Applied Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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Yuan Y, Paunesku T, Liu W, Chen S, Lai B, Brister K, Vogt S, Woloschak G. EGFR-Mediated Nuclear Delivery Improves the Genotoxic Effect of Fe3O4@TiO2 Nanoparticles. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.1733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Yuan Y, Chen S, Gleber SC, Lai B, Brister K, Flachenecker C, Wanzer B, Paunesku T, Vogt S, Woloschak GE. Mapping the subcellular localization of Fe 3O 4@TiO 2 nanoparticles by X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 463. [PMID: 26413134 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/463/1/012020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The targeted delivery of Fe3O4@TiO2 nanoparticles to cancer cells is an important step in their development as nanomedicines. We have synthesized nanoparticles that can bind the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, a cell surface protein that is overexpressed in many epithelial type cancers. In order to study the subcellular distribution of these nanoparticles, we have utilized the sub-micron resolution of X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy to map the locationof Fe3O4@TiO2 NPs and other trace metal elements within HeLa cervical cancer cells. Here we demonstrate how the higher resolution of the newly installed Bionanoprobe at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory can greatly improve our ability to distinguish intracellular nanoparticles and their spatial relationship with subcellular compartments.
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- Y Yuan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- X-ray Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- X-ray Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Paunesku T, Wanzer MB, Kirillova EN, Muksinova KN, Revina VS, Lyubchansky ER, Grosche B, Birschwilks M, Vogt S, Finney L, Woloschak GE. X-ray fluorescence microscopy for investigation of archival tissues. Health Phys 2012; 103:181-186. [PMID: 22951477 PMCID: PMC3716449 DOI: 10.1097/hp.0b013e31824e7023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Several recent efforts in the radiation biology community worldwide have amassed records and archival tissues from animals exposed to different radionuclides and external beam irradiation. In most cases, these samples come from lifelong studies on large animal populations conducted in national laboratories and equivalent institutions throughout Europe, North America, and Japan. While many of these tissues were used for histopathological analyses, much more information may still be obtained from these samples. A new technique suitable for imaging of these tissues is x-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM). Following development of third generation synchrotrons, XFM has emerged as an ideal technique for the study of metal content, speciation, and localization in cells, tissues, and organs. Here the authors review some of the recent XFM literature pertinent to tissue sample studies and present examples of XFM data obtained from tissue sections of beagle dog samples, which show that the quality of archival tissues allows XFM investigation.
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- T Paunesku
- Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Ward 13-007, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Donnelly E, Haley B, Kwasny M, Paunesku T, Woloschak G. Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Toxicity Development in Mice Irradiated with Increasing Levels of Low-Dose Single Fraction Gamma Radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.1337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arora H, Wu A, Raha S, Boyle J, Paunesku T, Woloschak G. Conjugation to Fe3O4@TiO2 Nanoparticles Increases Uptake and Nuclear Localization of Doxorubicin in a Drug-Resistant Ovarian Carcinoma Model. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Barrea RA, Gore D, Kujala N, Karanfil C, Kozyrenko S, Heurich R, Vukonich M, Huang R, Paunesku T, Woloschak G, Irving TC. Fast-scanning high-flux microprobe for biological X-ray fluorescence microscopy and microXAS. J Synchrotron Radiat 2010; 17:522-9. [PMID: 20567085 PMCID: PMC2891492 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049510016869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/07/2010] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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There is a growing interest in the biomedical community in obtaining information concerning the distribution and local chemical environment of metals in tissues and cells. Recently, biological X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM) has emerged as the tool of choice to address these questions. A fast-scanning high-flux X-ray microprobe, built around a recently commissioned pair of 200 mm-long Rh-coated silicon Kirkpatrick-Baez mirrors, has been constructed at BioCAT beamline 18ID at the Advanced Photon Source. The new optical system delivers a flux of 1.3 x 10(12) photons s(-1) into a minimum focal spot size of approximately 3-5 microm FWHM. A set of Si drift detectors and bent Laue crystal analyzers may be used in combination with standard ionization chambers for X-ray fluorescence measurements. BioCAT's scanning software allows fast continuous scans to be performed while acquiring and storing full multichannel analyzer spectra per pixel on-the-fly with minimal overhead time (<20 ms per pixel). Together, the high-flux X-ray microbeam and the rapid-scanning capabilities of the BioCAT beamline allow the collection of XFM and micro X-ray absorption spectroscopy (microXAS) measurements from as many as 48 tissue sections per day. This paper reports the commissioning results of the new instrument with representative XFM and microXAS results from tissue samples.
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- R A Barrea
- The Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (BioCAT), Department of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA.
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Yuan Y, Paunesku T, Ward J, Vogt S, Woloschak G. Uptake mechanisms of EGFR-targeted TiO2 nanoparticles. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.e13583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Arora H, Wu A, Boyle J, Paunesku T, Woloschak G. Conjugation to Fe3O4@TiO2 Nanoparticles Increases Uptake and Nuclear Localization of Doxorubicin in a Drug-resistant Ovarian Carcinoma Model. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Boyle J, Wu A, Arora H, Paunesku T, Woloschak G. The Radiosensitizing Effects of Titanium-dioxide Nanoparticles In Vitro. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Alcantara M, Paunesku D, Paunesku T, Wahl A, Kataoka Y, Murley J, Grdina D, Woloschak G. The Effects of Low Dose Radiation and High-dose-rate Radiation with Amifostine in a Large-scale Mouse Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhang Z, Mascheri N, Dharmakumar R, Fan Z, Paunesku T, Woloschak G, Li D. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle-labeled cells as an effective vehicle for tracking the GFP gene marker using magnetic resonance imaging. Cytotherapy 2009; 11:43-51. [PMID: 18956269 DOI: 10.1080/14653240802420243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Detection of a gene using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is hindered by the magnetic resonance (MR) targeting gene technique. Therefore it may be advantageous to image gene-expressing cells labeled with superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles by MRI. METHODS The GFP-R3230Ac (GFP) cell line was incubated for 24 h using SPIO nanoparticles at a concentration of 20 microg Fe/mL. Cell samples were prepared for iron content analysis and cell function evaluation. The labeled cells were imaged using fluorescent microscopy and MRI. RESULTS SPIO was used to label GFP cells effectively, with no effects on cell function and GFP expression. Iron-loaded GFP cells were successfully imaged with both fluorescent microscopy and T2*-weighted MRI. Prussian blue staining showed intracellular iron accumulation in the cells. All cells were labeled (100% labeling efficiency). The average iron content per cell was 4.75+/-0.11 pg Fe/cell (P<0.05 versus control). DISCUSSION This study demonstrates that the GFP expression of cells is not altered by the SPIO labeling process. SPIO-labeled GFP cells can be visualized by MRI; therefore, GFP, a gene marker, was tracked indirectly with the SPIO-loaded cells using MRI. The technique holds promise for monitoring the temporal and spatial migration of cells with a gene marker and enhancing the understanding of cell- and gene-based therapeutic strategies.
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- Z Zhang
- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Wahl A, Paunesku D, Paunesku T, Kataoka Y, Grdina D, Woloschak G. Lethal and Non-Lethal Toxicity Incidence in Gamma Ray and Neutron Exposed Mice Treated With and Without Amifostine. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.1938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Szolc-Kowalska B, Templeton I, Haley B, Babbo A, Paunesku T, Woloschak G. 2695. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Paunesku T, Kowalska B, Woloschak G. 232 Proliferating cell nuclear antigene (PCNA)-protein induction in lymphoid tissues of radioensitive “wasted” mice. Radiother Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(06)80709-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Babbo A, Paunesku T, Link J, Woloschak G. 209 The role of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) protein in radiation-mediated cleavage of oligonucleotides by titanium dioxide — DNA nanocomposites in vitro. Radiother Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(06)80686-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lai B, Maser J, Vogt S, Paunesku T, Woloschak GE. Workshop on biological applications of X-ray microscopy and imaging. Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA, 28-29 April 2003. Int J Radiat Biol 2004; 80:459-61. [PMID: 15362699 DOI: 10.1080/09553000410001703246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- B Lai
- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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- B Lai
- Advanced Photon Source and Biosciences Divisions, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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Paunesku T, Mittal S, Protić M, Oryhon J, Korolev SV, Joachimiak A, Woloschak GE. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA): ringmaster of the genome. Int J Radiat Biol 2001; 77:1007-21. [PMID: 11682006 DOI: 10.1080/09553000110069335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) protein is one of the central molecules responsible for decisions of life and death of the cell. The PCNA gene is induced by p53, while PCNA protein interacts with p53-controlled proteins Gadd45, MyD118, CR6 and, most importantly, p21, in the process of deciding cell fate. If PCNA protein is present in abundance in the cell in the absence of p53, DNA replication occurs. On the other hand, if PCNA protein levels are high in the cell in the presence of p53, DNA repair takes place. If PCNA is rendered non-functional or is absent or present in low quantities in the cell, apoptosis occurs. The evolution from prokaryotes to eukaryotes involved a change of function of PCNA from a 'simple' sliding clamp protein of the DNA polymerase complex to an executive molecule controlling critical cellular decision pathways. The evolution of multicellular organisms led to the development of multicellular processes such as differentiation, senescence and apoptosis. PCNA, already an essential molecule in the life of single cellular organisms, then became a protein critical for the survival of multicellular organisms.
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- T Paunesku
- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4833, USA
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Experiments were performed to measure deletions in the p53 gene in paraffin-embedded tissues (tumors and control) derived from mice exposed to gamma-rays or neutrons up to 28 years ago. Deletions in exons 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 were monitored by PCR and Southern blotting techniques. The results of these experiments demonstrated p53 deletions in only 1/6 spontaneous tumors but in 5/6 gamma-ray-induced and 5/6 neutron-induced tumors. Exons deleted in tumors from gamma-ray exposed mice were similar to those deleted in tumors from neutron-exposed mice. They document differences in spectra of p53 deletions in comparing spontaneous radiation-induced tumors.
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- T Paunesku
- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4833, USA
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Paunesku T, Chang-Liu CM, Shearin-Jones P, Watson C, Milton J, Oryhon J, Salbego D, Milosavljevic A, Woloschak GE. Identification of genes regulated by UV/salicylic acid. Int J Radiat Biol 2000; 76:189-98. [PMID: 10716640 DOI: 10.1080/095530000138844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Previous work from the authors' group and others has demonstrated that some of the effects of UV irradiation on gene expression are modulated in response to the addition of salicylic acid to irradiated cells. The presumed effector molecule responsible for this modulation is NF-kappaB. In the experiments described here, differential-display RT-PCR was used to identify those cDNAs that are differentially modulated by UV radiation with and without the addition of salicylic acid. MATERIALS AND METHODS Differential-display RT-PCR was used to identify differentially expressed genes. RESULTS Eight such cDNAs are presented: lactate dehydrogenase (LDH-beta), nuclear encoded mitochondrial NADH ubiquinone reductase 24 kDa (NDUFV2), elongation initiation factor 4B (eIF4B), nuclear dots protein SP100, nuclear encoded mitochondrial ATPase inhibitor (IF1), a cDNA similar to a subunit of yeast CCAAT transcription factor HAP5, and two expressed sequence tags (AA187906 and AA513156). CONCLUSIONS Sequences of four of these genes contained NF-kappaB DNA binding sites of the type that may attract transrepressor p55/p55 NF-kappaB homodimers. Down-regulation of these genes upon UV irradiation may contribute to increased cell survival via suppression of p53 independent apoptosis.
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- T Paunesku
- Bioscience Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL 60439, USA
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While identifying genes differentially expressed in cells exposed to ultraviolet radiation, we identified a transcript with a 25-nucleotide region that is highly conserved among a variety of species, including Bacillus circulans, pumpkin, yeast, Drosophila, mouse, and man. In the 5' untranslated region of a gene, the sequence is predominantly in a +/+ orientation with respect to the coding DNA strand; while in the coding region and the 3' untranslated region, the sequence is most frequently in a -/+ orientation. The element is found in many different genes that have diverse functions. Gel mobility shift assays demonstrated the presence of a protein in HeLa cell extracts that binds to the sense and antisense single-stranded consensus oligomers, as well as to double-stranded oligonucleotide. When double-stranded oligomer was used, the size shift demonstrated an additional protein-oligomer complex larger than the one bound to either sense or antisense single-stranded consensus oligomers alone. This element may bind to protein(s) that maintain DNA in a single-stranded orientation for transcription, or be important in the transcription-coupled DNA repair process.
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- G E Woloschak
- Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA
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Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Libertin CR, Chang-Liu CM, Churchill M, Panozzo J, Grdina D, Gemmell MA, Giometti C. Regulation of thymus PCNA expression is altered in radiation-sensitive wasted mice. Carcinogenesis 1996; 17:2357-65. [PMID: 8968049 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.11.2357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Mice bearing the autosomal recessive mutation 'wasted' (wst/wst) express a disease syndrome characterized by neurologic dysfunction, immunodeficiency, and increased sensitivity to the killing effects of ionizing radiation relative to normal littermates (wst/-) and to parental control mice (BCF1, BALB/c, and C57BL/6). Many of these abnormalities, evident as early as 21 days of age, have been localized to thymic tissues and T-lymphocyte populations. Comparison of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis patterns of proteins from wst/wst and control mouse thymus revealed that an acidic protein with a molecular mass of approximately 30 kDa was consistently expressed at lower levels in wasted mice than in controls. Microsequencing of this protein revealed a sequence of 19 N-terminal amino acids identical to the sequence of murine proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Northern blot analyses of PCNA expression in thymus and spleen demonstrated lower accumulation of PCNA-specific transcripts in wasted mice compared with that in controls. Because PCNA expression is associated with cell cycle progression, the percentages of thymic and splenic cells in each stage of the cell cycle were examined; there were no differences in the cell stage distribution of lymphocytes freshly isolated from wasted mice compared with littermate or parental controls. After activation with concanavalin A, however, splenocytes from wst/wst mice showed a lower percentage of cells in S phase compared with that in controls. Southern blots with PCNA probes showed that the PCNA loci from the wasted mice and their normal littermates have the same restriction maps. While differences in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) priming were obtained, these could be attributed to strain-specific differences in mouse PCNA pseudogenes. These results suggest the presence of an alteration in the pathway leading to PCNA expression in radiation-sensitive tissues of wasted mice.
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- G E Woloschak
- Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, IL 60439-4833, USA
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Milosavljević A, Savković S, Crkvenjakov R, Salbego D, Serrato H, Kreuzer H, Gemmell A, Batus S, Grujić D, Carnahan S, Paunesku T, Tepavcević J. DNA sequence recognition by hybridization to short oligomers: experimental verification of the method on the E. coli genome. Genomics 1996; 37:77-86. [PMID: 8921373 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1996.0523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A newly developed method for sequence recognition by hybridization to short oligomers is verified for the first time in genome-scale experiments. The experiments involved hybridization of 15,328 randomly selected 2-kb genomic clones of Escherichia coli with 997 short oligomer probes to detect complementary oligomers within the clones. Lists of oligomers detected within individual clones were compiled into a database. The database was then searched using known E. coli sequences as queries. The goal was to recognize the clones that are identical or similar to the query sequences. A total of 76 putative recognitions were tested in two separate but complementary recognition experiments. The results indicate high specificity of recognition. Current and prospective applications of this novel method are discussed.
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- A Milosavljević
- Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois 60439-4833, USA.
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Milosavljevic A, Zeremski M, Strezoska Z, Grujic D, Dyanov H, Batus S, Salbego D, Paunesku T, Soares MB, Crkvenjakov R. Discovering distinct genes represented in 29,570 clones from infant brain cDNA libraries by applying sequencing by hybridization methodology. Genome Res 1996; 6:132-41. [PMID: 8919692 DOI: 10.1101/gr.6.2.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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To discover all distinct human genes and to determine their patterns of expression across different cell types, developmental stages, and physiological conditions, a procedure is needed for fast, mutual comparison of hundreds of thousands (and perhaps millions) of clones from cDNA libraries, as well as their comparison against data bases of sequenced DNA. In a pilot study, 29,570 clones in duplicate from both original and normalized, directional, infant brain cDNA libraries were hybridized with 107-215 heptamer oligonucleotide probes to obtain oligonucleotide sequence signatures (OSSs). The OSSs were compared and clustered based on mutual similarity into 16,741 clusters, each corresponding to a distinct cDNA. A number of distinct cDNAs were successfully recognized by matching their 107-probe OSSs against GenBank entries, indicating the possibility of sequence recognition with only a few hundred randomly chosen oligomers.
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- A Milosavljevic
- Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois 60439, USA
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Woloschak GE, Paunesku T, Chang-Liu CM, Grdina DJ. Expression of thymidine kinase messenger RNA and a related transcript is modulated by radioprotector WR1065. Cancer Res 1995; 55:4788-92. [PMID: 7585506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that the radioprotector WR1065 protects against mutagenesis across a wide concentration range (i.e., 40 microM to 4 mM) but protects against cell killing by ionizing radiation at concentrations greater than 1 mM. Other work has demonstrated that many genes are induced or repressed after exposure of cells in culture to ionizing radiation, but the actual inducing agents for this gene modulation response are unknown. In these experiments, we set out to identify genes that would be modulated in response to two different concentrations of WR1065 (i.e., a lower dose that is incapable of protecting against cell killing but effective in protecting against mutation induction, and a high dose that is effective in protecting against both end points). Using differential display reverse transcription-PCR, we compared genes expressed in untreated cells to those expressed in cells treated with different concentrations of WR1065 (4 mM or 40 microM) with or without radiation exposure (7.5 Gy). One band, which showed a differential response, was sequenced and found to have homology in the 3'-untranslated region of the mouse thymidine kinase (tk) gene but not identity to the Chinese hamster ovary tk gene. Dot blot and Northern blot analyses confirmed the differential display results and also determined that regulation of the tk-like gene is similar to that of tk itself. These experiments established that in Chinese hamster ovary cells, radiation causes a repression in accumulation of tk mRNA and a related tk-like transcript. This repression is made less dramatic by the presence of 40 microM WR1065, and, in fact, expression becomes enhanced when cells are pretreated with 4 mM WR1065. This suggests a role for regulation of tk and its related gene in the survival response of cells after exposure to ionizing radiation.
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- G E Woloschak
- Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois 60439, USA
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DNA sequencing by hybridization (SBH) Format 1 technique is based on experiments in which thousands of short oligomers are consecutively hybridized with dense arrays of clones. In this paper we present the description of a method for obtaining hybridization signatures for individual clones that guarantees reproducibility despite a wide range of variations in experimental circumstances, a sensitive method for signature comparison at prespecified significance levels, and a clustering algorithm that correctly identifies clusters of significantly similar signatures. The methods and the algorithm have been verified experimentally on a control set of 422 signatures that originate from 9 distinct clones of known sequence. Experiments indicate that only 30 to 50 oligomer probes suffice for correct clustering. This information about the identity of clones can be used to guide both genomic and cDNA sequencing by SBH or by standard gel-based methods.
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- A Milosavljević
- Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois 60439-4833, USA
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Paunesku T, Gemmell MA, Crkvenjakov R, Woloschak GE. A presumed B6 strain-specific p53 polymorphism is confined to a B6 cell line and is likely to represent a facilitating mutation. Mamm Genome 1994; 5:106-7. [PMID: 8180468 DOI: 10.1007/bf00292336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- T Paunesku
- Center for Mechanistic Biology and Biotechnology, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois 60439-4833
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Drmanac R, Drmanac S, Strezoska Z, Paunesku T, Labat I, Zeremski M, Snoddy J, Funkhouser WK, Koop B, Hood L. DNA sequence determination by hybridization: a strategy for efficient large-scale sequencing. Science 1993; 260:1649-52. [PMID: 8503011 DOI: 10.1126/science.8503011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The concept of sequencing by hybridization (SBH) makes use of an array of all possible n-nucleotide oligomers (n-mers) to identify n-mers present in an unknown DNA sequence. Computational approaches can then be used to assemble the complete sequence. As a validation of this concept, the sequences of three DNA fragments, 343 base pairs in length, were determined with octamer oligonucleotides. Possible applications of SBH include physical mapping (ordering) of overlapping DNA clones, sequence checking, DNA fingerprinting comparisons of normal and disease-causing genes, and the identification of DNA fragments with particular sequence motifs in complementary DNA and genomic libraries. The SBH techniques may accelerate the mapping and sequencing phases of the human genome project.
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- R Drmanac
- Biological and Medical Research Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL 60439
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Strezoska Z, Paunesku T, Radosavljević D, Labat I, Drmanac R, Crkvenjakov R. DNA sequencing by hybridization: 100 bases read by a non-gel-based method. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:10089-93. [PMID: 1946427 PMCID: PMC52873 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.22.10089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Determination of the sequences of human and other complex genomes requires much faster and less expensive sequencing processes than the methods in use today. Sequencing by hybridization is potentially such a process. In this paper we present hybridization data sufficient to accurately read a known sequence of 100 base pairs. In independent reactions, octamer and nonamer oligonucleotides derived from the sequence hybridized more strongly to this DNA than to controls. The 93 consecutive overlapping probes were derived from a 100-base-pair segment of test DNA and additional probes were generated by incorporation of a noncomplementary base at one of the ends of 12 of the basic probes. These 12 additional probes also had a full-match target in one of the control DNAs. The test and one of five control DNAs spotted on nylon filters were hybridized with 83 octamers and 22 nonamers under low-temperature conditions. A stronger signal in DNA containing a full-match target compared to DNA with only mismatched targets was obtained with all 105 probes. In 3 cases (2.9%), the difference of signals was not significant (less than 2-fold) due to inefficient hybridization and the consequently higher influence of background. The hybridization pattern obtained enabled us to resequence the 100 base pairs by applying an algorithm that tolerates an error rate much higher than was observed in the experiment. With this result, the technological components of large-scale DNA sequencing using the sequencing by hybridization method are in place.
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- Z Strezoska
- Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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We have reported in rat three adult beta-gene haplotypes containing either five or three genes. Detailed sequence analysis reveals that the leftmost gene is the major gene and that at the opposite end downstream lies the minor gene. All of the genes lying between them are minor-major hybrids indicating their origin by unequal crossing-over. In two haplotypes beta-globin genes were found with an L1(1) element inserted directly into IVS2. The described results allow the formulation of a pathway of mutational events leading from the ancient two-beta-gene rodent ancestor through a three-gene haplotype to five-gene haplotypes, one of which is postulated to have arisen in common laboratory strains since their capture in the wild.
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- T Paunesku
- Institute for Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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The genomic organization of three haplotypes of beta-globin genes was determined to resolve the question of the number of those genes in rat. Haplotype a, found in inbred strain DA, has three genes or pseudogenes, while haplotypes b, found in AO, Y5 and Wistar strains, and c, found in Wistar strain, have five genes or pseudogenes each. In haplotypes b and c, the first gene is of beta major type and the remaining four are of beta minor type. Partial sequencing of six out of 13 genes shows that duplications of beta minor genes are causing polymorphism in a number of genes. Also, in haplotype b two beta minor genes have a 6.5-kb intron 2, while in haplotype c only one beta minor gene contains such a large intron 2. The three structurally different haplotypes described are not interconvertible by single recombination events. The results indicate that the rat has the highest number of adult beta-globin genes found in mammals so far.
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- M Stevanović
- Genetic Engineering Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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