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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
For the optimal performance of high throughput genomic technologies sufficient yields of high-quality DNA are crucial. Following microdissection, most samples fail to produce sufficient quantities of DNA for genome-wide experiments. Various PCR-based amplification methods have been used, but these usually produce nonuniform representations of the genome. Bacteriophage Phi29 DNA polymerase random-primed DNA amplification is based on isothermal multiple displacement amplification. We sought to define the genome representation of this method in a bacterial artificial chromosome microarray comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) platform. Test genomic female DNA was amplified using Phi29 amplification at four different starting concentrations (0.5, 5, 10 and 50 ng). These products were combined with unamplified and amplified genomic female DNA as reference. In addition, 50 ng of DNA from five microdissected breast cancer frozen samples, were amplified using the same method. Three combinations were performed: unamplified test with unamplified reference, amplified test with unamplified reference and both amplified tumour and reference DNA. aCGH was performed with an in-house 16 K BAC platform (a resolution of approximately 100 Kb). Pearson's correlation tests and hierarchical clustering were performed to compare the profiles obtained. aCGH profiles obtained with amplified test and unamplified reference female genomic DNA showed copy number biases throughout the genome. These biases were more conspicuous with smaller amounts of starting material and mapped to regions of known copy number polymorphisms. When similar concentrations of test and reference DNA were amplified, the biases were significantly reduced, rendering accurate profiles. For the tumours, representative profiles were obtained when both test and reference DNA were amplified. Phi29 amplification induces copy number biases and unamplified material remains the gold standard for copy number analysis. For accurate results using Phi29 amplification, samples subjected to aCGH analysis should be combined with reference DNA amplified with the same method, using similar amounts of starting template.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0023-6837
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-83
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of Phi29-based whole-genome amplification for microarray-based comparative genomic hybridisation.
pubmed:affiliation
The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies