Maggi Elaine C, Gravina Silvia, Cheng Haiying, Piperdi Bilal, Yuan Ziqiang, Dong Xiao, Libutti Steven K, Vijg Jan, Montagna Cristina
Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States.
Front Genet. 2018 Jan 23;9:6. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00006. eCollection 2018.
The goal of this study was to develop a method for whole genome cell-free DNA (cfDNA) methylation analysis in humans and mice with the ultimate goal to facilitate the identification of tumor derived DNA methylation changes in the blood. Plasma or serum from patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors or lung cancer, and plasma from a murine model of pancreatic adenocarcinoma was used to develop a protocol for cfDNA isolation, library preparation and whole-genome bisulfite sequencing of ultra low quantities of cfDNA, including tumor-specific DNA. The protocol developed produced high quality libraries consistently generating a conversion rate >98% that will be applicable for the analysis of human and mouse plasma or serum to detect tumor-derived changes in DNA methylation.
本研究的目标是开发一种用于人类和小鼠全基因组游离DNA(cfDNA)甲基化分析的方法,最终目标是便于识别血液中肿瘤衍生的DNA甲基化变化。使用来自胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤或肺癌患者的血浆或血清,以及来自胰腺腺癌小鼠模型的血浆,开发了一种用于超低量cfDNA(包括肿瘤特异性DNA)分离、文库制备和全基因组亚硫酸氢盐测序的方案。所开发的方案产生了高质量的文库,转化率始终>98%,适用于分析人类和小鼠的血浆或血清,以检测DNA甲基化中肿瘤衍生的变化。