Menschikowski Mario, Jandeck Carsten, Friedemann Markus, Richter Susan, Thiem Dana, Lange Björn Sönke, Suttorp Meinolf
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2018 Jul-Aug;15(4):299-312. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20088.
BACKGROUND/AIM: DNA methylation plays an important role in the initiation and propagation of carcinogenesis; however, the role of heterogeneously methylated epialleles is currently not well studied, also due to the lack of sensitive, unbiased and high throughput methods. Here, a newly developed droplet digital PCR (ddPCR)-based method was evaluated regarding its ability to quantify such heterogeneously methylated epialleles with sufficient analytical sensitivity and specificity.
Genomic DNA from blood leukocytes and bone marrow aspirate of an 8-year old male with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and from normal and malignant prostate cell lines were analysed using ddPCR.
By using these DNA samples, the specificity of an applied set of fluorescence-labeled probes was demonstrated as a proof of concept.
All individual heterogeneously-methylated epialleles were quantifiable by a set of fluorescence-labeled probes with complementary sequences to epialleles in a closed-tube and high-throughput manner. The new method named epiallele-sensitive droplet digital PCR (EAST-ddPCR) may give new insights in the generation and regulation of epialleles and may help in finding new biomarkers for the diagnosis of benign und malignant diseases.
背景/目的:DNA甲基化在癌症发生的起始和发展过程中发挥着重要作用;然而,由于缺乏灵敏、无偏倚且高通量的方法,目前对异质性甲基化表观等位基因的作用研究较少。在此,我们评估了一种新开发的基于液滴数字PCR(ddPCR)的方法,该方法能够以足够的分析灵敏度和特异性对这种异质性甲基化表观等位基因进行定量。
使用ddPCR分析了一名8岁B细胞急性淋巴细胞白血病(B-ALL)男性患者的血液白细胞和骨髓抽吸物中的基因组DNA,以及正常和恶性前列腺细胞系中的基因组DNA。
通过使用这些DNA样本,作为概念验证,证明了一组应用的荧光标记探针的特异性。
所有个体的异质性甲基化表观等位基因都可以通过一组与表观等位基因具有互补序列的荧光标记探针在封闭管中以高通量方式进行定量。这种名为表观等位基因敏感液滴数字PCR(EAST-ddPCR)的新方法可能会为表观等位基因的产生和调控提供新的见解,并可能有助于寻找用于诊断良性和恶性疾病的新生物标志物。