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Accurate and objective copy number profiling using real-time PCR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Accurate and objective copy number profiling using real-time PCR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
accelerating your analysis Accurate and objective copy number profiling using real-time PCR Barbara Dhaene, PhD 3rd qPCR Meeting and Course on Quantitative Real-Time PCR June 25, 2010, Siena, Italy Outline accelerating your analysis Copy
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Outline
Copy number screening qPCR based copy number screening
Experiment design Assay design and validation Data processing Data interpretation
qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context
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Copy number changes
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Copy number screening
Techniques for copy number screening
Karyotyping Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) Microarray-based copy number screening Multiplex Ligation Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) Next-generation sequencing Quantitative PCR (qPCR)
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qPCR based copy number screening
Advantages of qPCR
Sensitive Accurate Open format Flexible Fast Affordable
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qPCR based copy number screening
D’haene et al., 2010, Methods
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qPCR workflow
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Experiment design Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions
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qPCR workflow – experiment design
Experiment design
# reactions per run # amplicons # replicates # samples # controls # reference genes Pipetting strategy Sample maximization strategy
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – sample preparation
Sample preparation
Nucleic acid extraction EDTA blood samples <> heparin
Sample quality control
Concentration A260/A230 SPUD assay
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Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – assay design
Primer design
Primer3Plus, PrimerQuest In silico validation
Specificity BLAST Secondary structures Mfold SNPs in silico PCR in UCSC
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – validation of assays
Empirical validation
Melt curve analysis specificity Gel electrophoresis specificity Standard dilution series efficiency Assessment the normal variation
- 1. Normal controls (>24 samples)
- 2. Log transformation
- 3. Calculate SD
- 4. Calculate 95% confidence intervals for CN=2
- 5. Deduce 95% confidence intervals for CN=1 and CN=3
- 6. Anti-log transformation
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – assay design
E = 1.941 E = 3.408
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qPCR workflow – validation of assays
Empirical validation
Melt curve analysis Gel electrophoresis Standard dilution series Assessment the normal variation
- 1. Normal controls (>24 samples)
- 2. Log transformation
- 3. Calculate SD
- 4. Calculate 95% confidence intervals for CN=2
- 5. Deduce 95% confidence intervals for CN=1 and CN=3
- 6. Anti-log transformation
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – validation of assays
0.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 4.000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13-2 1.414 2.449
95% confidence intervals
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qPCR workflow – validation of assays
CN: 1 2 3 1 2 3 ∆Cq = 1 ∆Cq = 0.6
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qPCR workflow – qPCR reactions
qPCR reactions
Sample maximization
Cq QC
Melting curves Technical replicates Positive/negative controls
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – qPCR reactions
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11NTC S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 NTC S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11NTC S1 S2 S3 S8 S9 S10 S11 NTC
sample maximization
GOI2 GOI3 REF1 REF2 REF3 GOI1
gene maximization
REF1 REF2 REF3 GOI1 GOI2 GOI3 GOI2 GOI3 REF1 REF2 REF3 GOI1
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qPCR workflow – qPCR reactions
qPCR reactions
Sample maximization
Cq QC
Melting curves Technical replicates Positive/negative controls
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – qPCR reactions
Data processing and quality control
Normalization factors Relative quantification Amplification efficiency correction qBase - Hellemans, 2007, Genome Biol geNorm - Vandesompele, 2002, Genome Biol
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
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qPCR workflow – data processing
Relative quantification Normalization with >1 reference assay Amplification efficiency correction Error propagation Quality control Inter run calibration genormPLUS qbasePLUS 2.0 September 2010
New calculation engine Statistical package Copy number analysis Numerous other features
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Quality control using qbasePLUS
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Quality control using qbasePLUS
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Quality control using qbasePLUS
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Quality control using qbasePLUS
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qPCR workflow – qPCR reactions
Statistical analysis and interpretation
Calibration
Calibrate with more than 1 sample Allow samples to have different copy numbers Example: calibration with normal sample & sample with deletion
Calculation of Z-scores
Cq values Data processing Statistical analysis & interpretations Sample prep Assay design qPCR reactions Experiment design
n CN NRQ CF
n i i i
1
CF NRQ CN 2 1 2
del norm
NRQ NRQ CF
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qPCR workflow – statistical analysis & interpretations
1 2 3 2.449 1.414
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- 3
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1 2 3 4
68% 95% 99.7%
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qPCR workflow – statistical analysis & interpretations
Normal control Sample with partial deletion
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context Hoebeeck et al., 2005 Laboratory Investigation D’haene et al., 2010 J Clin Endocrinol Metab
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Short stature
Incidence: 1 in 300 children Significant impact on quality of life
Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis
Skeletal dysplasia characterised by
Disproportionate short stature Mesomelic limb shortening Madelung deformity of the wrist
Disease gene: SHOX
qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context - SHOX
Blaschke and Rappold, 2000
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context - SHOX
Diagnosis of ISS or LWD SHOX deletion screening PAR1 deletion screening SHOX sequencing
15% 38% 8% 39%
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context - SHOX
Diagnosis of ISS or LWD SHOX deletion screening PAR1 deletion screening SHOX sequencing
Copy number screening
Requirements qPCR Sensitive + Accurate + Reliable + Objective + Precise + Affordable + Flexible + Fast +
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context - SHOX
Thirteen qPCR amplicons were designed based upon:
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context - SHOX
Methods
Empirical validation of the primers
2/13 excluded 11 amplicons left
qPCR and data-analysis
384 real-time PCR instrument qbasePLUS Assessment of the variation
– Screening of 32 normal controls to assess the normal variation – Amplicon specific 95% confidence intervals Implementation of a rescaling factor for objective interpretation – Based upon 2 normal and 1 deletion control
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context - SHOX
Validation study
qPCR was successfully performed for 170 probands
72 out 170 were prescreened using MLPA – 14 MLPA positive samples – 58 MLPA negative samples 98 (170 – 72) new unique probands – 4 with known copy numbers – 94 with unknown copy numbers
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context - SHOX
Plate lay-out
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 Positive N1 N2 NTC Assay 1 Assay 2 Assay 4 Assay 5 Assay 6 Assay 7 Assay 8 Assay 10 Assay 11 Assay 12 Assay 13 Ref 1 Ref 2
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qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context
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Results
11 validated amplicons Reliable results for 170 samples
18 samples with known CNVs 58 MLPA negative samples 94 new samples
Conclusion
Novel molecular test
Reliable Affordable alternative strategy for the identification of copy number changes in the SHOX region qPCR based copy number screening in a clinical context
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Conclusions
qPCR-based copy number screening
Fast Affordable Easy (PrimerQuest, qbasePLUS, ...) Assay flexibility (add or remove loci) Sample flexibility (few – hundreds) Sensitive and accurate Multiple PCR replicates, reference assays and calibrator samples Quality control Objective interpretation with Z-scores
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