Patent Application
20190177794
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Cell-based reference materials are useful as process controls in analyzing samples or validating methods. Conventional reference materials are limited, however, in that a library of controls may be necessary to analyze a sample with unknown features. For example, certain cancer assays screen for a number of different biomarkers, and each biomarker may require a different reference material, which complicates the analysis. Streamlined approaches for analyzing samples with unknown features are therefore desirable.
Aspects of the invention relate to a nucleic acid, comprising a plurality of nucleotide sequences, wherein each nucleotide sequence corresponds to a genotype. For example, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality may be a human nucleotide sequence, and each genotype may be a somatic or inheritable mutation that is associated with a neoplasm. Some aspects of the invention relate to a cell comprising the nucleic acid, e.g., wherein the cell is a human cell. Other aspects of the invention relate to a biological reference material comprising a plurality of cells comprising the nucleic acid, and a plurality of cells that do not comprise the nucleic acid (e.g., untransfected cells). The cells of the reference material may be fixed (e.g., with formalin) and embedded in paraffin.
Aspects of the invention relate to nucleic acids comprising a number of different genotypes for use in producing biological reference materials. A biological reference material may comprise, for example, a cell comprising such a nucleic acid. A single nucleic acid comprising several different genotypes of interest may be used to transfect a group of cells to generate a reference material comprising each genotype of the nucleic acid. The single nucleic acid format is desirable for many reasons. For example, having a number of genotypes on a single nucleic acid simplifies quantification of the nucleic acid because one nucleic acid needs to be accurately quantified only once. This format also enables “mega” mixes (mixtures of multiple nucleic acids, each bearing multiple different genotypes) allowing hundreds of genotypes to be incorporated into the same control, e.g., thereby allowing a biosynthetic control that mimics multiple heterozygous variants. Additionally, nucleic acids comprising a number of different genotypes allows one to transfect quantitatively each genotype into a cell at the same concentration. Advantages for end users include confirmation that genotypes were assessed in a given assay, and confirmation that difficult to sequence genotypes were detected in a sequencing run by using the reference material as a positive control. Finally, multiplexed controls are cheaper than libraries of numerous single-mutant controls.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a nucleic acid, comprising a plurality of nucleotide sequences, wherein each nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a genotype that is associated with a disease or condition. The nucleic acid may be DNA or RNA. When the term refers to RNA, each thymine T of a nucleotide sequence may be substituted with uracil U. A nucleic acid as described herein may be referred to as a “full-length nucleic acid” for clarity, e.g., to differentiate a nucleic acid and fragment thereof.
A genotype may be associated with a disease or condition if a subject having the genotype has an increased risk of developing the disease or condition. For example, a BRCA mutation increases the risk that a subject will develop breast cancer. A genotype may be associated with a disease or condition if its presence or absence correlates with the progression or severity of a disease or condition. For example, certain somatic mutations correlate with the aggressiveness of cancer, e.g., ras gain-of-function mutations are somatic mutations that correlate with aggressiveness in various neoplasms, including adenocarcinomas, transitional cell carcinomas, neuroblastomas, AML, CML, CMML, JMML, ALL, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, plasma cell myeloma, hepatocellular carcinoma, large cell lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, lung neoplasia, ductal adenocarcinomas, endocrine tumors, basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanomas, angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, myxoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma-pleomorphic sarcoma, germinoma, seminoma, anaplastic carcinoma, follicular carcinoma, papillary carcinoma, and Hurthle cell carcinoma. The disease or condition may be any one of the foregoing neoplasms.
The disease or condition may be an inheritable cancer (e.g., such as cancer associated with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation). The disease or condition may be a cancer syndrome, such as hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome or hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (Lynch syndrome). The disease or condition may be an environmental cancer, i.e., a cancer that is not inherited genetically.
The disease or condition may be cardiomyopathy, hypercholesterolemia, developmental delay, or congenital hearing loss.
The disease or condition may be a genetic disorder, e.g., an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. The disease or condition may be an autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive, Y-linked, or mitochondrial genetic disorder.
The disease or condition may be a single-gene disorder or a multi-gene disorder.
The disease or condition may be familial hypercholesterolemia, polycystic kidney disease, neurofibromatosis type I, hereditary spherocytosis, Marfan syndrome, or Huntington's disease.
The disease or condition may be sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease, phenylketonuria, mucopolysaccharidoses, lysosomal acid lipase deficiency, glycogen storage disease, or galactosemia.
The disease or condition may be Duchenne muscular dystrophy or hemophilia.
The disease or condition may be asthma, an autoimmune diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis), a ciliopathy, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, inflammatory bowel disease, intellectual disability, mood disorder, obesity, refractive error, or infertility.
A plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise at least 2 nucleotide sequences, e.g., at least 2 nucleotide sequences that do not overlap on the nucleic acid. A plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise at least 3, at least 4, at least 5, at least 6, at least 7, at least 8, at least 9, or at least 10 nucleotide sequences. A plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise 2 to 1000 nucleotide sequences (e.g., 2 to 1000 nucleotide sequences that do not overlap). A plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise 2 to 100 nucleotide sequences, such as 2 to 50, 2 to 20, 2 to 12, 3 to 1000, 3 to 100, 3 to 50, 3 to 20, 3 to 12, 4 to 1000, 4 to 100, 4 to 50, 4 to 20, 4 to 12, 5 to 1000, 5 to 100, 5 to 50, 5 to 20, 5 to 12, 6 to 1000, 6 to 100, 6 to 50, 6 to 20, 6 to 12, 7 to 1000, 7 to 100, 7 to 50, 7 to 20, 7 to 12, 8 to 1000, 8 to 100, 8 to 50, 8 to 20, 8 to 12, 9 to 1000, 9 to 100, 9 to 50, 9 to 20, 9 to 12, 10 to 1000, 10 to 100, 10 to 50, 10 to 20, 10 to 16, or 10 to 12 nucleotide sequences. A plurality of nucleotide sequences may consist of 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, or 200 different nucleotide sequences.
In certain embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality is the nucleotide sequence of a naturally-occurring gene or a subsequence thereof. A naturally-occurring gene includes healthy genotypes and genotypes that are associated with a disease or condition. The term “genotype” refers to a genetic trait, such as allelomorphism, polymorphism, splice variant, regulatory variant, mutation, indel (insertion or deletion mutation), trinucleotide repeat, premature stop codon, translocation, somatic rearrangement, gene fusion, or the presence of a foreign or exogenous nucleotide sequence, such as a virus, provirus, or bacteria. For example, a nucleotide sequence of the plurality may comprise a subsequence of a gene, wherein the subsequence comprises a allelomorphism or a somatic mutation, such as an indel. In certain embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality comprises a genotype, e.g., a mutation or polymorphism. The genotype may be a single nucleotide polymorphism, point mutation, premature stop codon, trinucleotide repeat, translocation, somatic rearrangement, allelomorph, single nucleotide variant, insertion or deletion (“indel”), regulatory variant, or gene fusion. A nucleotide sequence of a plurality may comprise a healthy genotype at a position in which mutations are known to occur. A nucleotide sequence of a plurality may comprise an exon of a gene or a subsequence of an exon. A genotype may thereby either cause the mutation, deletion, and/or insertion of at least one amino acid of the polypeptide or protein encoded by the gene (or exon) or cause a truncation or addition to the polypeptide or protein encoded by the gene (or exon), e.g., if the genotype inserts or deletes a stop codon, respectively. A nucleotide sequence of a plurality may consist of a nucleotide sequence of a gene or a subsequence thereof. For example, a nucleotide sequence of a plurality may consist of an exon of a gene or a subsequence of an exon.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene (e.g., a human gene) or regulatory region thereof.
In certain embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality is sufficiently long to be identified by nucleic acid sequencing, e.g., next generation sequencing (NGS). In certain embodiments, a nucleotide sequence of a plurality comprises a genotype of interest at a position that can be identified by nucleic acid sequencing. For example, the genotype of interest, such as a mutation, may be positioned at or near the middle of a nucleotide sequence.
A nucleic acid may be about 1000 nucleotides to about 100,000 nucleotides long, such as about 3000 to about 60,000 nucleotides long, about 5000 to about 50,000 nucleotides long, or about 8000 to about 20,000 nucleotides long.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality may be at least 20 nucleotides (or base pairs) long, such as at least 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, 200, or at least 250 nucleotides (or base pairs) long. Accordingly, a subsequence of a gene (and/or regulatory region thereof) may be at least 20 nucleotides (or base pairs) long, such as at least 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, 200, or at least 250 nucleotides (or base pairs) long. A nucleotide sequence of a plurality may be 20 to 10,000 nucleotides (or base pairs) long, such as 20 to 5000, 20 to 2000, 20 to 1000, 20 to 500, 30 to 5000, 30 to 2000, 30 to 1000, 30 to 500, 40 to 5000, 40 to 2000, 40 to 1000, 40 to 500, 50 to 5000, 50 to 2000, 50 to 1000, 50 to 500, 60 to 5000, 60 to 2000, 60 to 1000, 60 to 500, 70 to 5000, 70 to 2000, 70 to 1000, 70 to 500, 80 to 5000, 80 to 2000, 80 to 1000, 80 to 500, 90 to 5000, 90 to 2000, 90 to 1000, 90 to 500, 100 to 5000, 100 to 2000, 100 to 1000, 100 to 500, 120 to 5000, 120 to 2000, 120 to 1000, 120 to 500, 150 to 5000, 150 to 2000, 150 to 1000, 150 to 500, 200 to 5000, 200 to 2000, 200 to 1000, 200 to 500, 300 to 5000, 300 to 3000, 300 to 1200, or 300 to 1000 nucleotides (or base pairs) long. Accordingly, a subsequence of a gene (and/or regulatory region thereof) may be 20 to 10,000 nucleotides (or base pairs) long, such as 20 to 5000, 20 to 2000, 20 to 1000, 20 to 500, 30 to 5000, 30 to 2000, 30 to 1000, 30 to 500, 40 to 5000, 40 to 2000, 40 to 1000, 40 to 500, 50 to 5000, 50 to 2000, 50 to 1000, 50 to 500, 60 to 5000, 60 to 2000, 60 to 1000, 60 to 500, 70 to 5000, 70 to 2000, 70 to 1000, 70 to 500, 80 to 5000, 80 to 2000, 80 to 1000, 80 to 500, 90 to 5000, 90 to 2000, 90 to 1000, 90 to 500, 100 to 5000, 100 to 2000, 100 to 1000, 100 to 500, 120 to 5000, 120 to 2000, 120 to 1000, 120 to 500, 150 to 5000, 150 to 2000, 150 to 1000, 150 to 500, 200 to 5000, 200 to 2000, 200 to 1000, 200 to 500, 300 to 5000, 300 to 3000, 300 to 1200, or 300 to 1000 nucleotides (or base pairs) long.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality may comprise a genotype of interest at a position that is at least 20 nucleotides (or base pairs) from the 5′ end and/or 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence, such as at least 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, 200, or 250 nucleotides (or base pairs) from the 5′ and/or 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence. A nucleotide sequence of a plurality may comprise a genotype of interest at a position that is 20 to 5000 nucleotides (or base pairs) from the 5′ end and/or 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence, such as 25 to 5000, 30 to 5000, 40 to 5000, 50 to 5000, 60 to 5000, 70 to 5000, 80 to 5000, 90 to 5000, 100 to 5000, 120 to 5000, 150 to 5000, 200 to 5000, 250 to 5000, 25 to 2000, 30 to 2000, 40 to 2000, 50 to 2000, 60 to 2000, 70 to 2000, 80 to 2000, 90 to 2000, 100 to 2000, 120 to 2000, 150 to 2000, 200 to 2000, 250 to 2000, 25 to 1000, 30 to 1000, 40 to 1000, 50 to 1000, 60 to 1000, 70 to 1000, 80 to 1000, 90 to 1000, 100 to 1000, 120 to 1000, 150 to 1000, 200 to 1000, 250 to 1000, 25 to 750, 30 to 750, 40 to 750, 50 to 750, 60 to 750, 70 to 750, 80 to 750, 90 to 750, 100 to 750, 120 to 750, 150 to 750, 200 to 750, 250 to 750, 25 to 500, 30 to 500, 40 to 500, 50 to 500, 60 to 500, 70 to 500, 80 to 500, 90 to 500, 100 to 500, 120 to 500, 150 to 500, 200 to 500, or 250 to 500 nucleotides from the 5′ and/or 3′ end of the nucleotide sequence.
In some embodiments, a nucleic acid may comprise poly-adenosine, e.g., a 3′ poly-adenosine tail (poly-A tail). DNA or RNA may comprise poly-adenosine. If DNA comprises poly-adenosine, the DNA may be double-stranded, such that a complementary poly-thymidine sequence is transcribed into mRNA comprising a poly-adenosine tail.
A nucleic acid may be methylated or substantially free of methylated nucleotides.
In some embodiments, the nucleic acid comprises an origin of replication. The origin of replication may allow for cloning and/or batch-production of the nucleic acid. The origin of replication may be an origin of replication from yeast (e.g., Saccharomyces cerevisiae) or bacteria (e.g., Escherichia coli), e.g., such that the nucleic acid may be cloned and/or produced in yeast (e.g., Saccharomyces cerevisiae) or bacteria (e.g., Escherichia coli).
In some embodiments, the nucleic acid comprises a promoter, e.g., when the nucleic acid is DNA. A promoter binds to an RNA polymerase, such as SP6 RNA polymerase. A promoter may be a SP6 promoter. The nucleotide sequence of a promoter may be of a different species (e.g., virus, bacteria, yeast) than a nucleotide sequence of a plurality, e.g., for in vitro transcription of the plurality of nucleotide sequences, which may be human nucleotide sequences, or nucleotide sequences of human pathogens. The nucleotide sequence of a promoter may be of a different species (e.g., virus, bacteria, yeast) than each nucleotide sequence of a plurality.
In some embodiments, the nucleic acid is a plasmid, such as a supercoiled plasmid, relaxed circular plasmid, or linear plasmid.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a plurality of nucleic acid fragments, wherein each nucleic acid of the plurality of nucleic acid fragments is a fragment of a full-length nucleic acid as described herein, supra, and each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences of the full-length nucleic acid is encoded by at least one nucleic acid fragment of the plurality of nucleic acid fragments. A plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be obtained, for example, by processing multiple copies of a single, full-length DNA nucleic acid comprising a plurality of nucleotide sequences, e.g., by transfecting cells with the single, full-length DNA nucleic acid (e.g., by electroporation), fixing the cells (e.g., with formalin), embedding the cells (e.g., in paraffin), and/or extracting nucleic acids (e.g., DNA) from the cells. The processing of a multiple copies of a single, full-length DNA nucleic acid corresponding to one of the nucleic acids described herein, supra, may degrade the single, full-length DNA nucleic acid into smaller DNA fragments, e.g., a plurality of nucleic acid fragments. This plurality of nucleic acid fragments may comprise the same plurality of nucleotide sequences as the single DNA nucleic acid, but any given nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences may occur on different nucleic acid fragments of the plurality of nucleic acid fragments rather than on the same nucleic acid fragment. Next generation sequencing may be used to identify nucleotide sequences that occur across two or more nucleic acid fragments of a plurality of nucleic acid fragments. Thus, the sequencing of a plurality of nucleic acid fragments should identify the same plurality of nucleotide sequences as the sequencing of the single, full-length DNA nucleic acid from which the plurality of nucleic acid fragments originated. A plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be admixed with cellular nucleic acids (e.g., RNA and/or DNA) from cells transfected with the single, full-length DNA nucleic acid and/or untransfected cells (e.g., untransfected cells added to a reference material, see infra). Thus, a plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be admixed with cellular DNA, e.g., genomic DNA.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a method for making a nucleic acid as described herein (e.g., at a temperature at which the DNA polymerase displays polymerase activity). The method may comprise incubating a reaction mixture comprising a DNA template, DNA polymerase, and ribonucleotide triphosphates, thereby making an DNA nucleic acid. The DNA template may also be a nucleic acid as described herein.
In some embodiments, the invention relates to a reaction mixture comprising a nucleic acid as described herein, a polymerase, and either ribonucleotide triphosphates or deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs). The polymerase may be a DNA polymerase (e.g., for use with deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates) or an RNA polymerase (e.g., for use with ribonucleotide triphosphates). The polymerase may be from a different species than a nucleotide sequence of a plurality. The reaction mixture may comprise an DNAse inhibitor, e.g., from a different species than a nucleotide sequence of a plurality.
A nucleic acid may comprise nucleotide sequences of any origin, such as viral, bacterial, protist, fungal, plant, or animal origin. In certain embodiments, the nucleotide sequences of a plurality are human nucleotide sequences. The nucleotide sequences of a plurality may also comprise nucleotide sequences from human pathogens, e.g., a nucleic acid may comprise viral, bacterial, protist, or fungal nucleotide sequences, wherein the virus, bacterium, protist, or fungus is a human pathogen.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a composition comprising a nucleic acid as described herein and genomic DNA. In certain embodiments, the ratio of (a) the copy number of a nucleotide sequence corresponding to a gene in the nucleic acid relative to (b) the copy number of the gene in the genomic DNA is about 1:15,000 to about 500:1 in the composition, such as about 1:10,000 to about 500:1, about 1:5,000 to about 500:1, about 1:2,000 to about 500:1, about 1:1,000 to about 500:1, about 1:500 to about 500:1, 1:5,000 to about 100:1, about 1:2,000 to about 100:1, about 1:1,000 to about 100:1, about 1:500 to about 100:1, about 1:250 to about 100:1, about 1:200 to about 100:1, about 1:100 to about 100:1, about 1:50 to about 50:1, about 1:25 to about 25:1, about 1:20 to about 20:1, or about 1:10 to about 10:1 in the composition. In certain embodiments, the ratio of (a) the copy number of a nucleotide sequence corresponding to a gene in the nucleic acid relative to (b) the copy number of the gene in the genomic DNA is about 1:100 to about 2:1, about 1:50 to about 1:1, or about 1:30 to about 1:2. In certain embodiments, the ratio of (a) the copy number of a nucleotide sequence corresponding to a gene in the nucleic acid relative to (b) the copy number of the gene in the genomic DNA is about 1:25, about 1:20, about 1:15, about 1:10, or about 1:5.
In certain embodiments, the ratio of the copy number of the nucleic acid to the copy number of the genomic DNA in the composition is about 1:15,000 to about 500:1 in the composition, such as about 1:10,000 to about 500:1, about 1:5,000 to about 500:1, about 1:2,000 to about 500:1, about 1:1,000 to about 500:1, about 1:500 to about 500:1, 1:5,000 to about 100:1, about 1:2,000 to about 100:1, about 1:1,000 to about 100:1, about 1:500 to about 100:1, about 1:250 to about 100:1, about 1:200 to about 100:1, about 1:100 to about 100:1, about 1:50 to about 50:1, about 1:25 to about 25:1, about 1:20 to about 20:1, or about 1:10 to about 10:1 in the composition. In certain embodiments, the ratio of the copy number of the nucleic acid to the copy number of the genomic DNA in the composition is about 1:100 to about 2:1, about 1:50 to about 1:1, or about 1:30 to about 1:2. In certain embodiments, the ratio of the copy number of the nucleic acid to the copy number of the genomic DNA in the composition is about 1:25, about 1:20, about 1:15, about 1:10, or about 1:5.
A composition may comprise at least two nucleic acids as described herein, e.g., wherein at least two of the nucleic acids comprise different pluralities of nucleotide sequences. For example, a composition may comprise a plurality of nucleic acids as described herein, wherein 2 to 50, 2 to 40, 2 to 30, 2 to 20, 2 to 10, 2 to 9, 2 to 8, 2 to 7, 2 to 6, 2 to 5, or 2 to 4 nucleic acids of the plurality each comprise different pluralities of nucleotide sequences.
A nucleic acid may comprise nucleotide sequences from different genes. At least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotides sequences may be from different human genes. A nucleic acid may comprise nucleotide sequences from genes that occur on different genes. A plurality of nucleotides sequences may comprise nucleotide sequences from genes that occur on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 different human genes.
A nucleic acid may comprise nucleotide sequences from different chromosomes. At least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotides sequences may be from different human chromosomes. A nucleic acid may comprise nucleotide sequences from genes that occur on different chromosomes. A plurality of nucleotides sequences may comprise nucleotide sequences from genes that occur on 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 different human chromosomes.
The disease or condition may be, for example, a neoplasm, such as cancer. Neoplasms include lung cancer, lymphoid cancer, acute lymphoid leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, plasma cell myeloma, biliary tract cancer, bladder cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, thyroid cancer, stomach cancer, large intestine cancer, colon cancer, urinary tract cancer, central nervous system cancer, neuroblastoma, kidney cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, and soft tissue cancer. The disease or condition may be adenocarcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, breast carcinoma, cervical adenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, colon adenoma, neuroblastoma, AML, CML, CMML, JMML, ALL, Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, plasma cell myeloma, hepatocellular carcinoma, large cell lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, squamous cell lung carcinoma, lung neoplasia, ductal adenocarcinoma, endocrine tumor, prostate adenocarcinoma, basal cell skin carcinoma, squamous cell skin carcinoma, melanoma, malignant melanoma, angiosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, myxoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma-pleomorphic sarcoma, stomach adenocarcinoma, germinoma, seminoma, anaplastic carcinoma, follicular carcinoma, papillary carcinoma, or Hurthle cell carcinoma. A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be associated with a solid tumor. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be associated with a solid tumor.
In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of ABL1, ALK, BCR, CBFB, FGFR1, JAK2, KMT2A, MECOM, MKL1, NOTCH1, NUP214, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, PICALM, RARA, RUNX1, RUNX1T1, TAL1, and TCF3. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of ABL1, ALK, BCR, CBFB, FGFR1, JAK2, KMT2A, MECOM, MKL1, NOTCH1, NUP214, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, PICALM, RARA, RUNX1, RUNX1T1, TAL1, and TCF3.
In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of MTOR, MPL, NRAS, PARP1, AKT3, DNMT3A, MSH2, IDH1, VHL, MLH1, MYD88, CTNNB1, ATR, PIK3CA, FGFR3, PDGFRA, KIT, FBXW7, APC, GABRG2, NPM1, EGFR, MET, BRAF, EZH2, JAK2, GNAQ, RET, PTEN, ATM, KRAS, PTPN11, FLT3, RB1, PARP2, ARHGAP5, AKT1, RAD51, IDH2, TP53, NF1, SMAD4, AKT2, ERCC1, and GNAS. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of MTOR, MPL, NRAS, PARP1, AKT3, DNMT3A, MSH2, IDH1, VHL, MLH1, MYD88, CTNNB1, ATR, PIK3CA, FGFR3, PDGFRA, KIT, FBXW7, APC, GABRG2, NPM1, EGFR, MET, BRAF, EZH2, JAK2, GNAQ, RET, PTEN, ATM, KRAS, PTPN11, FLT3, RB1, PARP2, ARHGAP5, AKT1, RAD51, IDH2, TP53, NF1, SMAD4, AKT2, ERCC1, and GNAS.
In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of AKT1, ATM, BRAF, CDKN2A, CSF1R, EGFR, ERBB2 (“HER2”), ERBB4 (“HER4”), FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, GNA11, HRAS, JAK2, JAK3, KDR, KIT, KRAS, MET, NOTCH1, NRAS, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RET, and STK11. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of AKT1, ATM, BRAF, CDKN2A, CSF1R, EGFR, ERBB2 (“HER2”), ERBB4 (“HER4”), FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, GNA11, HRAS, JAK2, JAK3, KDR, KIT, KRAS, MET, NOTCH1, NRAS, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RET, and STK11.
In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of ABL1, AKT1, ALK, APC, AR, AR1D1A, ARAF, ATM, BCL2, BCR, BRAF, BRC42, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CCND1, CCND2, CCNE1, CDH1, CDK4, CDK6, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, CSF1R, CTNNB1, DDR2, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, ERBB4, ESR1, ETV1, ETV4, ETV6, EWSR1, EZH2, FANCA, FANCC, FANCD2, FANCE, FANCF, FANCG, FANCL, FBXW7, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FLT3, FOXL2, GATA3, GNA11, GNAQ, GNAS, HER/ERBB2, HNF1A, HPAS, HRAS, IDH1, IDH2, IHD2, JAK2, JAK3, KDR, KIT, KRAS, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MET, MLH1, MLL, MPL, MSH2, MSH6, MTOR, MYC, MYCN, NF1, NF2, NFE2L2, NOTCH1, NPM1, NRAS, NTRK1, PALB2, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, PIK3CA, PMS2, PTCH1, PTEN, PTPN11, RAFT, RARA, RB1, RET, RHEB, RHOA, RIT1, ROS1, SMAD4, SMARCB1, SMO, SRC, STK11, TERT, TMPRSS2, TP53, TSC1, TSC2, and VHL. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of ABL1, AKT1, ALK, APC, AR, AR1D1A, ARAF, ATM, BCL2, BCR, BRAF, BRC42, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, CCND1, CCND2, CCNE1, CDH1, CDK4, CDK6, CDKN2A, CDKN2B, CSF1R, CTNNB1, DDR2, EGFR, ERBB2, ERBB3, ERBB4, ESR1, ETV1, ETV4, ETV6, EWSR1, EZH2, FANCA, FANCC, FANCD2, FANCE, FANCF, FANCG, FANCL, FBXW7, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3, FLT3, FOXL2, GATA3, GNA11, GNAQ, GNAS, HER/ERBB2, HNF1A, HPAS, HRAS, IDH1, IDH2, IHD2, JAK2, JAK3, KDR, KIT, KRAS, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MET, MLH1, MLL, MPL, MSH2, MSH6, MTOR, MYC, MYCN, NF1, NF2, NFE2L2, NOTCH1, NPM1, NRAS, NTRK1, PALB2, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, PIK3CA, PMS2, PTCH1, PTEN, PTPN11, RAFT, RARA, RB1, RET, RHEB, RHOA, RIT1, ROS1, SMAD4, SMARCB1, SMO, SRC, STK11, TERT, TMPRSS2, TP53, TSC1, TSC2, and VHL.
In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BRAF, EGFR, ERBB2, and KRAS. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BRAF, EGFR, ERBB2, and KRAS.
Each subsequence may comprise a mutation that is associated with the disease or condition or a healthy genotype at a position wherein such mutations are known to occur.
In some embodiments, a nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BRAF, EGFR, ERBB2, and KRAS, and the subsequence comprises a mutation selected from the group consisting of mutation V600E to gene BRAF, mutation T790M to gene EGFR, mutation delL747-P753insS to gene EGFR, mutation A775_G776insYVMA to gene ERBB2, and mutation G12D to gene KRAS. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality comprises a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BRAF, EGFR, ERBB2, and KRAS, and each subsequence comprises a mutation selected from the group consisting of mutation V600E to gene BRAF, mutation T790M to gene EGFR, mutation delL747-P753insS to gene EGFR, mutation A775_G776insYVMA to gene ERBB2, and mutation G12D to gene KRAS.
A number of different germline and somatic mutations correlate with cancer, and a genotype of a nucleotide sequence may be selected from such mutations.
The COSMIC (Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer) database may be used to identify genes and genotypes (e.g., variants) that are associated with neoplasms, which may be used to select a nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences (http://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cosmic). A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from any gene in the COSMIC database, e.g., wherein the subsequence comprises a genotype (e.g., variant, such as a mutation) that is associated with cancer. In some embodiments, at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the genes in the COSMIC database. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from any gene in the COSMIC database.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a nucleotide sequence in the COSMIC database, e.g., wherein the subsequence comprises a genotype that is associated with cancer. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of the nucleotide sequences in the COSMIC database. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a nucleotide sequence in the COSMIC database.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from ABI1, ABL1, ABL2, ACSL3, ACUR1, AF15Q14, AF1Q, AF3P21, AF5Q31, AKAP9, AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, AL017, ALDH2, ALK, AMER1, APC, APEX1, AR, AR1D1A, ARAF, ARHGAP5, ARHGEF12, ARHH, ARID1A, ARID2, ARNT, ASPSCR1, ASXL1, ATF1, ATIC, ATM, ATP11B, ATP1A1, ATP2B3, ATR, ATRX, AXIN1, BAP1, BCL10, BCL11A, BCL11B, BCL2, BCL2L1, BCL3, BCL5, BCL6, BCL7A, BCL9, BCOR, BCR, BHD, BIRC2, BIRC3, BLM, BMPR1A, BRAF, BRC42, BRCA1, BRCA2, BRD3, BRD4, BRIP1, BTG1, BUB1B, C12ORF9, C15ORF21, C15ORF55, C16ORF75, C2ORF44, CACNA1D, CALR, CAMTA1, CANT1, CARD11, CARS, CASP8, CBFA2T1, CBFA2T3, CBFB, CBL, CBLB, CBLC, CCDC6, CCNB1IP1, CCND1, CCND2, CCND3, CCNE1, CD273, CD274, CD44, CD74, CD79A, CD79B, CDC73, CDH1, CDH11, CDK12, CDK4, CDK6, CDKN2A, CDKN2A(PL4), CDKN2B, CDKN2C, CDX2, CEBPA, CEP1, CEP89, CHCHD7, CHEK2, CHIC2, CHN1, CIC, CIITA, CLIP1, CLTC, CLTCL1, CMKOR1, CNOT3, COL1A1, COL2A1, COPEB, COX6C, CREB1, CREB3L1, CREB3L2, CREBBP, CRLF2, CRTC3, CSF1R, CSF3R, CSNK2A1, CTNNB1, CUX1, CPLD, D105170, DAXX, DCTN1, DDB2, DDIT3, DDR2, DDX10, DDX5, DDX6, DEK, DICERL, DNM2, DNMT3A, DUX4, EBFL, ECT2L, EGFR, EIF3E, EIF4A2, ELF4, ELK4, ELKS, ELL, ELN, EML4, EP300, EPS 15, ERBB2, ERBB2 (“HER2”), ERBB3, ERBB4 (“HER4”), ERC1, ERCC1, ERCC2, ERCC3, ERCC4, ERCC5, ERG, ESR1, ETV1, ETV4, ETV5, ETV6, EVIL EWSR1, EXT1, EXT2, EZH2, EZR, FACL6, FAM46C, FANCA, FANCC, FANCD2, FANCE, FANCF, FANCG, FANCL, FAS, FBXOI1, FBXW7, FCGR2B, FEV, FGFR1, FGFR10P, FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR4, FH, FHIT, FIP1L1, FLJ27352, FLT3, FLU, FNBP1, FOX03A, FOX04, FOXA1, FOXL2, FOXOIA, FOXP1, FSTL3, FUBP1, FUS, FVT1, GABRA6, GABRG2, GAS6, GAS7, GATA1, GATA2, GATA3, GMPS, GNA11, GNAQ, GNAS, GOLGA5, GOPC, GPC3, GPHN, GRAF, H3F3A, H3F3B, HCMOGT-1, HEAB, HERPUD1, HEY1, HIP1, HIST1H3B, HIST1H4L, HLA-A, HLF, HLXB9, HMGA1, HMGA2, HNF1A, HNRNPA2B1, HOOK3, HOXA11, HOXA13, HOXA9, HOXC11, HOXC13, HOXD11, HOXD13, HPAS, HRAS, HSPCA, HSPCB, IDH1, IDH2, IGF1R, IGH, IGK, IGL, IHD2, IKZF1, IL2, IL21R, IL6, IL6ST, IL7R, IRF4, IRTA1, ITK, JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, JAZF1, JUN, KCNJ5, KDM5A, KDM5C, KDM6A, KDR, KIAA1549, KIAA1598, KIF5B, KIT, KLF4, KLK2, KMT2A, KMT2D, KRAS, KTN1, LAF4, LASP1, LCK, LCP1, LCX, LHFP, LIFR, LM02, LMNA, LMOL, LPP, LRIG3, LSM14A, LYL1, MAF, MAFB, MALAT1, MALT1, MAML2, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MAP2K4, MAX, MCL1, MDM2, MDM4, MDS1, MDS2, MECOM, MECT1, MED 12, MEN1, MET, MITF, MKL1, MLF1, MLH1, MLL, MLL3, MLLT1, MLLT10, MLLT2, MLLT3, MLLT4, MLLT6, MLLT7, MN1, MPL, MSF, MSH2, MSH6, MSI2, MSN, MTCP1, MTOR, MUC1, MUTYH, MY018A, MY05A, MYB, MYC, MYC1, MYCL1, MYCN, MYD88, MYH11, MYH9, MYST4, NAB2, NACA, NBSL, NCOA1, NCOA2, NCOA4, NDRG1, NF1, NF2, NFATC2, NFE2L2, NFIB, NFKB2, NIN, NKX2-1, NKX2-1, NKX2-8, NONO, NOTCH1, NOTCH2, NPM1, NR4A3, NRAS, NRAS/CSDE1, NRG1, NSD1, NT5C2, NTRK1, NTRK3, NUMA1, NUP214, NUP98, NUTM2A, NUTM2B, OLIG2, OMD, P2RY8, PAFAH1B2, PALB2, PARP1, PARP2, PAX3, PAX5, PAX7, PAX8, PBRM1, PBX1, PCM1, PCSK7, PDCD1LG2, PDE4DIP, PDGFB, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, PERI, PHF6, PHOX2B, PICALM, PIK3CA, PIK3R1, PIM1, PLAG1, PLCG1, PML, PMS1, PMS2, PMX1, PNP, PNUTL1, POT1, POU2AF1, POU5F1, PPARG, PPFIBP1, PPP2R1A, PRCC, PRDM1, PRDM16, PRF1, PRKAR1A, PSIP1, PTCH1, PTEN, PTPN11, PTPRB, PTPRC, PTPRK, PWWP2A, RAB5EP, RAC1, RAD21, RAD51, RAD51L1, RAF1, RAFT, RALGDS, RANBP17, RAP1GDS1, RARA, RB1, RB1, RBM15, RECQL4, REL, RET, RHEB, RHOA, RIT1, RNF43, ROS1, RPL10, RPL22, RPL5, RPN1, RPS6KB1, RSP02, RSP03, RUNDC2A, RUNX1, RUNX1T1, RUNXBP2, SBDS, SDC4, SDH5, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, SET, SETBP1, SETD2, SF3B1, SFPQ, SFRS3, SH2B3, SH3GL1, SIL, SLC34A2, SLC45A3, SMAD4, SMARCA4, SMARCB1, SMARCE1, SMO, SOCS1, SOX2, SRC, SRGAP3, SRSF2, SS18, SS18L1, SSX1, SSX2, SSX4, STAG2, STAT3, STAT5B, STATE, STK11, STL, SUFU, SUZ12, SYK, TAF15, TAL1, TAL2, TALI, TBL1XR1, TCEA1, TCF1, TCF12, TCF3, TCF7L2, TCL1A, TCL6, TERT, TET2, TFE3, TFEB, TFG, TFPT, TFRC, THRAP3, TIAF1, TIF1, TLX1, TLX3, TMPRSS2, TNFAIP3, TNFRSF14, TNFRSF17, TOPI, TP53, TPM3, TPM4, TPR, TRA, TRAF7, TRB, TRD, TRIM27, TRIM33, TRIP11, TRRAP, TSC1, TSC2, TSHR, TTL, U2AF1, UBR5, USP6, VHL, VT11A, WAS, WHSC1, WHSC1L1, WIF1, WRN, WT1, WWTR1, XPA, XPC, XPO1, YWHAE, ZCCHC8, ZNF145, ZNF198, ZNF217, ZNF278, ZNF331, ZNF384, ZNF521, ZNF9, and ZRSR2, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any one of the foregoing. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of any of the foregoing genes and/or the respective regulatory regions thereof. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from any one of the foregoing genes and/or their respective regulatory regions. Each of the genes described in this paragraph correspond to a “gene name” listed in the COSMIC database (http://cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cosmic). The COSMIC database may therefore be used to identify synonyms of the gene name, the sequence of a gene, and variants (e.g., genotypes) that may be used to select a nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of MSH2 (mutS homolog 2), MSH6 (mutS homolog 6), MLH1 (mutL homolog 1), PMS2 (PMS1 homolog 2, mismatch repair system component), CDKN2A (cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A), BRCA2 (breast cancer 2), and BRCA1 (breast cancer 1), and/or the respective regulatory regions of any one of the foregoing. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the group consisting of MSH2, MSH6, MLH1, PMS2, CDKN2A, BRCA2, and BRCA1, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of MSH2, MSH6, MLH1, PMS2, CDKN2A, BRCA2, and BRCA1, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BMPR1A (bone morphogenetic protein receptor, type IA), BRCA1 (breast cancer 1), BRCA2 (breast cancer 2), CDH1 (cadherin-1), CDKN2A (cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A), EPCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule), MLH1 (mutL homolog 1), MSH2 (mutS homolog 2), MSH6 (mutS homolog 6), MUTYH (mutY DNA glycosylase), PALB2 (partner and localizer of BRCA2), PMS2 (PMS1 homolog 2, mismatch repair system component), PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog), SMAD4 (SMAD family member 4; mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4), STK11 (serine/threonine kinase 11), and TP53 (tumor protein p53), and/or the respective regulatory regions of any one of the foregoing. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the group consisting of BMPR1A, BRCA1, BRCA2, CDH1, CDKN2A, EPCAM, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, MUTYH, PALB2, PMS2, PTEN, SMAD4, STK11, and TP53, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BMPR1A, BRCA1, BRCA2, CDH1, CDKN2A, EPCAM, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, MUTYH, PALB2, PMS2, PTEN, SMAD4, STK11, and TP53, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, APC, ARHGAP5, ATM, ATR, BRAF, CTNNB1, DNMT3A, EGFR, ERBB2, ERCC1, EZH2, FBXW7, FGFR3, FLT3, GABRA6, GABRG2, GNAQ, GNAS, IDH1, IDH2, JAK2, KIT, KRAS, MET, MLH1, MPL, MSH2, MTOR, MYD88, NF1, NPM1, NRAS/CSDE1, PARP1, PARP2, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, PTPN11, RAD51, RB1, RET, SMAD4, TP53, and VHL, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any one of the foregoing. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the group consisting of AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, APC, ARHGAP5, ATM, ATR, BRAF, CTNNB1, DNMT3A, EGFR, ERBB2, ERCC1, EZH2, FBXW7, FGFR3, FLT3, GABRA6, GABRG2, GNAQ, GNAS, IDH1, IDH2, JAK2, KIT, KRAS, MET, MLH1, MPL, MSH2, MTOR, MYD88, NF1, NPM1, NRAS/CSDE1, PARP1, PARP2, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, PTPN11, RAD51, RB1, RET, SMAD4, TP53, and VHL, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of AKT1, AKT2, AKT3, APC, ARHGAP5, ATM, ATR, BRAF, CTNNB1, DNMT3A, EGFR, ERBB2, ERCC1, EZH2, FBXW7, FGFR3, FLT3, GABRA6, GABRG2, GNAQ, GNAS, IDH1, IDH2, JAK2, KIT, KRAS, MET, MLH1, MPL, MSH2, MTOR, MYD88, NF1, NPM1, NRAS/CSDE1, PARP1, PARP2, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, PTPN11, RAD51, RB1, RET, SMAD4, TP53, and VHL, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Mutations to the foregoing genes that are associated with cancer are listed in Table 1.
A nucleotide sequence may comprise a genotype selected from the group consisting of mutation c.145G>A to gene AKT1, mutation c.49G>A to gene AKT1, mutation c.268G>T to gene AKT2, mutation c.371A>T to gene AKT3, mutation c.4248delC to gene APC, mutation c.4348C>T to gene APC, mutation c.4666_4667insA to gene APC, mutation c.1864G>A to gene ARHGAP5, mutation c.1058_1059delGT to gene ATM, mutation c.5557G>A to gene ATM, mutation c.3790_3796delATAAAAG to gene ATR, mutation c.1799T>A to gene BRAF, mutation c.121A>G to gene CTNNB1, mutation c.2644C>T to gene DNMT3A, mutation c.2236_2250del15 to gene EGFR, mutation c.2310_2311insGGT to gene EGFR, mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR, mutation c.2573T>G to gene EGFR, mutation c.2324_2325ins12 to gene ERBB2, mutation c.287C>A to gene ERCC1, mutation c.1937A>T to gene EZH2, mutation c.1394G>A to gene FBXW7, mutation c.746C>G to gene FGFR3, mutation c.2503G>T to gene FLT3, mutation c.763G>C to gene GABRA6, mutation c.1355A>G to gene GABRG2, mutation c.626A>C to gene GNAQ, mutation c.601C>T to gene GNAS, mutation c.394C>T to gene IDH1, mutation c.515G>A to gene IDH2, mutation c.419G>A to gene IDH2, mutation c.1849G>T to gene JAK2, mutation c.2447A>T to gene KIT, mutation c.1679T>A to gene KIT, mutation c.35G>A to gene KRAS, mutation c.3757T>G to gene MET, mutation c.1151T>A to gene MLH1, mutation c.1544G>T to gene MPL, mutation c.2250delG to gene MSH2, mutation c.2359_2360delCT to gene MSH2, mutation c.2664A>T to gene MTOR, mutation c.794T>C to gene MYD88, mutation c.2987_2988insAC to gene NF1, mutation c.4084C>T to gene NF1, mutation c.7501delG to gene NF1, mutation c.863_864insTCTG to gene NPM1, mutation c.182A>G to gene NRAS, mutation c.2738delG to gene PARP1, mutation c.398A>C to gene PARP2, mutation c.1694_1695insA to gene PDGFRA, mutation c.2525A>T to gene PDGFRA, mutation c.1633G>A to gene PIK3CA, mutation c.3140A>G to gene PIK3CA, mutation c.3204_3205insA to gene PIK3CA, mutation c.388C>T to gene PTEN, mutation c.741_742insA to gene PTEN, mutation c.800delA to gene PTEN, mutation c.226G>A to gene PTPN11, mutation c.433C>T to gene RAD51, mutation c.958C>T to gene RB1, mutation c.2753T>C to gene RET, mutation c.1394_1395insT to gene SMAD4, mutation c.818G>A to gene TP53, mutation c.743G>A to gene TP53, mutation c.723delC to gene TP53, mutation c.524G>A to gene TP53, mutation c.263delC to gene TP53, and mutation c.426_429delTGAC to gene VHL. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences comprises a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations.
A nucleotide sequence may comprise a genotype selected from the group consisting of mutation c.942+3A>T to gene MSH2 (mutS homolog 2), mutation c.1662-12 1677del to gene MSH2, mutation c.2056_2060delinsCTTCTACCTCAAAAA (SEQ ID NO: 13) to gene MSH6 (mutS homolog 6), mutation c.2308_2312delGGTAAinsT to gene MSH6, mutation c.2641delGinsAAAA to gene MSH6, mutation c.3163_3164insG to gene MSH6, mutation c.232_243delinsATGTAAGG to gene MLH1 (mutL homolog 1), mutation c.1852_1854delAAG to gene MLH1, mutation c.2445+1G>C to gene PMS2 (PMS1 homolog 2, mismatch repair system component), mutation c.2243_2246delAGAA to gene PMS2, mutation c.2253T>C to gene PMS2, mutation c.861_864delACAG to gene PMS2, mutation c.9_32dup24 to gene CDKN2A (cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A), mutation c.8975_9100del126 to gene BRCA2 (breast cancer 2), mutation c.9203del126 to gene BRCA2, mutation c.1310_1313delAAGA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.1813dupA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.9342_9343insAluY to gene BRCA2, mutation c.5266_5267insC to gene BRCA1 (breast cancer 1), mutation c.5177_5180delGAAA to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3756_3759delGTCT to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3481_3491delGAAGATACTAG (SEQ ID NO: 14) to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3113A>G to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3084_3094delTAATAACATTA (SEQ ID NO: 15) to gene BRCA1, mutation c.2834_2836delinsC to gene BRCA1, and mutation c.68_69delAG to gene BRCA1. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences comprises a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations.
A nucleotide sequence may comprise a genotype selected from the group consisting of mutation c.675+1G>C to gene BMPR1A, mutation c.817C>T to gene BMPR1A, mutation c.1016dupA to gene BRCA1, mutation c.1175_1214delTGTTAGGTTCTGATGACTCACATGATGGGGAGTCTGAATC (SEQ ID NO: 23) to gene BRCA1, mutation c.1387_1390delinsGAAAG to gene BRCA1, mutation c.181T>G to gene BRCA1, mutation c.1953_1956delGAAA to gene BRCA1, mutation c.2834_2836delinsC to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3084_3094delTAATAACATTA (SEQ ID NO: 15) to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3113A>G to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3481_3491delGAAGATACTAG (SEQ ID NO: 14) to gene BRCA1, mutation c.3756_3759delGTCT to gene BRCA1, mutation c.406_407insA to gene BRCA1, mutation c.4964_4982delCTGGCCTGACCCCAGAAGA (SEQ ID NO: 19) to gene BRCA1, mutation c.5096G>A to gene BRCA1, mutation c.5177_5180delGAAA to gene BRCA1, mutation c.5177_5180delGAAA to gene BRCA1, mutation c.5266_5267insC to gene BRCA1, mutation c.68_69delAG to gene BRCA1, mutation c.815_824dupAGCCATGTGG (SEQ ID NO: 25) to gene BRCA1, mutation c.10095delCinsGAATTATATCT (SEQ ID NO: 29) to gene BRCA2, mutation c.1310_1313delAAGA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.1310_1313delAAGA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.156_157insAluYa5 to gene BRCA2, mutation c.1813dupA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.2588dupA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.2808_2811delACAA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.4037_4043delinsT to gene BRCA2, mutation c.5073dupA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.5350_5351delAA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.5946delT to gene BRCA2, mutation c.6275_6276delTT to gene BRCA2, mutation c.7762_7764delinsTT to gene BRCA2, mutation c.8537_8538delAG to gene BRCA2, mutation c.8902_8913delinsTCCC to gene BRCA2, mutation c.9203del126 to gene BRCA2, mutation c.9253dupA to gene BRCA2, mutation c.9342_9343insAluY to gene BRCA2, mutation c.1792C>T to gene CDH1, mutation c.9_32dup24 to gene CDKN2A, mutation c.429G>A to gene EPCAM, mutation c.523C>T to gene EPCAM, mutation c.556-14A>G to gene EPCAM, mutation c.1852_1854delAAG to gene MLH1, mutation c.1852_1854delAAG to gene MLH1, mutation c.232_243delinsATGTAAGG to gene MLH1, mutation c.382delG to gene MLH1, mutation c.704_723delATAAAACCCTAGCCTTCAAA (SEQ ID NO: 33) to gene MLH1, mutation c.1076G>C to gene MSH2, mutation c.1662-12_1677del to gene MSH2, mutation c.942+3A>T to gene MSH2, mutation c.942+3A>T to gene MSH2, mutation c.2056_2060delinsCTTCTACCTCAAAAA (SEQ ID NO: 13) to gene MSH6, mutation c.2308_2312delGGTAAinsT to gene MSH6, mutation c.2641delGinsAAAA to gene MSH6, mutation c.3163_3164insG to gene MSH6, mutation c.3261delC to gene MSH6, mutation c.3939_3957dupTCAAAAGGGACATAGAAAA (SEQ ID NO: 36) to gene MSH6, mutation c.741delA to gene MSH6, mutation c.1147delC to gene MUTYH, mutation c.1187G>A to gene MUTYH, mutation c.1435G>T to gene MUTYH, mutation c.536A>G to gene MUTYH, mutation c.933+3A>C to gene MUTYH, mutation c.2386G>T to gene PALB2, mutation c.3113G>A to gene PALB2, mutation c.1261C>T to gene PMS2, mutation c.137G>T to gene PMS2, mutation c.2117delA to gene PMS2, mutation c.2243_2246delAGAA to gene PMS2, c.2253T>C to gene PMS2, mutation c.2445+1G>C to gene PMS2, mutation c.861_864delACAG to gene PMS2, mutation c.861_864delACAG to gene PMS2, mutation c.511C>T to gene PTEN, mutation c.758_759insAT to gene PTEN, mutation c.987_996dupTAAAGACAAA (SEQ ID NO: 38) to gene PTEN, mutation c.1206_1207insT to gene SMAD4, mutation c.1353_1354insGCTACTGCACAAGCTGCAGCAGCTGCCC (SEQ ID NO: 40) to gene SMAD4, mutation c.1529delG to gene SMAD4, mutation c.842_843insC to gene STK11, mutation c.637C>T to gene TP53, and mutation c.916C>T to gene TP53. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences comprises a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BRAF, CTNNB1, EGFR, ERBB2, IDH1, KIT, KRAS, NRAS/CSDE1, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RET, and TP53, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any one of the foregoing. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the group consisting of BRAF, CTNNB1, EGFR, ERBB2, IDH1, KIT, KRAS, NRAS/CSDE1, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RET, and TP53, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of BRAF, CTNNB1, EGFR, ERBB2, IDH1, KIT, KRAS, NRAS/CSDE1, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RET, and TP53, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing.
A nucleotide sequence may comprise a genotype selected from the group consisting of mutation c.1799T>A to gene BRAF, mutation c.121A>G to gene CTNNB1, mutation c.2236_2250del15 to gene EGFR, mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR, mutation c.2573T>G to gene EGFR, mutation c.2324_2325ins12 to gene ERBB2, mutation c.394C>T to gene IDH1, mutation c.1679T>A to gene KIT, mutation c.35G>A to gene KRAS, mutation c.182A>G to gene NRAS/CSDE1, mutation c.2525A>T to gene PDGFRA, mutation c.1633G>A to gene PIK3CA, mutation c.3140A>G to gene PIK3CA, mutation c.800delA to gene PTEN, mutation c.2753T>C to gene RET, and mutation c.524G>A to gene TP53. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences comprises a genotype selected from the foregoing mutations. For example, a plurality of nucleotide sequences may consist of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 nucleotide sequences; each nucleotide sequence may be a subsequence of a human gene selected from BRAF, CTNNB1, EGFR, ERBB2, IDH1, KIT, KRAS, NRAS/CSDE1, PDGFRA, PIK3CA, PTEN, RET, and TP53; and each genotype of a nucleotide sequence may be selected from mutation c.1799T>A to gene BRAF, mutation c.121A>G to gene CTNNB1, mutation c.2236_2250del15 to gene EGFR, mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR, mutation c.2573T>G to gene EGFR, mutation c.2324_2325ins12 to gene ERBB2, mutation c.394C>T to gene IDH1, mutation c.1679T>A to gene KIT, mutation c.35G>A to gene KRAS, mutation c.182A>G to gene NRAS/CSDE1, mutation c.2525A>T to gene PDGFRA, mutation c.1633G>A to gene PIK3CA, mutation c.3140A>G to gene PIK3CA, mutation c.800delA to gene PTEN, mutation c.2753T>C to gene RET, and mutation c.524G>A to gene TP53, wherein each nucleotide sequence comprises a different genotype.
Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences comprises a different genotype. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may or may not comprise a subsequence of different genes. For example, a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a first nucleotide sequence that comprises the genotype mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR and a second nucleotide sequence that comprises the genotype mutation c.2573T>G to gene EGFR, and such a plurality would comprise two nucleotide sequences that comprise subsequences of the same gene EGFR. These genotypes are proximal in the EGFR gene—separated by 204 nucleotides—and the subsequences may overlap either partially, completely, or not at all. In comparison, a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a first nucleotide sequence that comprises the mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR and a second nucleotide sequence that comprises the same mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR only if at least one of the first or second nucleotide sequences also comprises a different genotype (e.g., c.2573T>G to gene EGFR) because each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences comprises a different genotype.
A nucleic acid may comprise the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1. A nucleic acid may consist of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1. A nucleic acid may have at least about 80%, about 85%, about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99% sequence homology with the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1. A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may have the nucleotide sequence spanning nucleotides 8545 to 9153 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.800delA to gene PTEN), nucleotides 7937 to 8544 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.1799T>A to gene BRAF), nucleotides 7327 to 7936 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.121A>G to gene CTNNB1), nucleotides 6712 to 7326 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2573T>G to gene EGFR), nucleotides 6115 to 6711 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2236_2250del15 to gene EGFR), nucleotides 5503 to 6114 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR), nucleotides 4879 to 5502 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2324_2325ins12 to gene ERBB2), nucleotides 4271 to 4878 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.35G>A to gene KRAS), nucleotides 3661 to 4270 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.182A>G to gene NRAS), nucleotides 3051 to 3660 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2525A>T to gene PDGFRA), nucleotides 2445 to 3050 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.1633G>A to gene PIK3CA), nucleotides 1839 to 2444 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.3140A>G to gene PIK3CA), nucleotides 1227 to 1838 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2753T>C to gene RET), nucleotides 1 to 610 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.524G>A to gene TP53), nucleotides 611 to 1226 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.1679T>A to gene KIT), or nucleotides 9154 to 9854 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.394C>T to gene IDH1). A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may have at least about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99% sequence homology with the nucleotide sequence spanning nucleotides 8545 to 9153 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.800delA to gene PTEN), nucleotides 7937 to 8544 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.1799T>A to gene BRAF), nucleotides 7327 to 7936 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.121A>G to gene CTNNB1), nucleotides 6712 to 7326 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2573T>G to gene EGFR), nucleotides 6115 to 6711 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2236_2250del15 to gene EGFR), nucleotides 5503 to 6114 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2369C>T to gene EGFR), nucleotides 4879 to 5502 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2324_2325ins12 to gene ERBB2), nucleotides 4271 to 4878 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.35G>A to gene KRAS), nucleotides 3661 to 4270 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.182A>G to gene NRAS), nucleotides 3051 to 3660 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2525A>T to gene PDGFRA), nucleotides 2445 to 3050 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.1633G>A to gene PIK3CA), nucleotides 1839 to 2444 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.3140A>G to gene PIK3CA), nucleotides 1227 to 1838 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.2753T>C to gene RET), nucleotides 1 to 610 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.524G>A to gene TP53), nucleotides 611 to 1226 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.1679T>A to gene KIT), or nucleotides 9154 to 9854 of SEQ ID NO:1 (mutation c.394C>T to gene IDH1). A nucleotide sequence of a plurality might not have 100% sequence homology with a nucleotide sequence spanning the above-referenced regions of SEQ ID NO:1, for example, if the nucleotide sequence of the plurality has a different length than the spanning nucleotide sequence or if the nucleotide sequence of the plurality has been modified to include restriction sites.
A nucleic acid may comprise the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3. A nucleic acid may consist of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3. A nucleic acid may have at least about 80%, about 85%, about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99% sequence homology with the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3.
In some aspects, a disease or condition may be a heart condition, such as cardiomyopathy. In some embodiments, the invention relates to a nucleic acid comprising a plurality of nucleotide sequences, wherein each nucleotide sequence of the plurality is associated with a heart condition, such as cardiomyopathy. Selected single nucleotide polymorphisms, variants, and mutations that are associated with cardiomyopathy are listed in Table 3.
A nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of cardiac myosin-binding protein C (MYBPC3); myosin, heavy chain 7, cardiac muscle, beta (MYH7); troponin I type 3 (TNNI3); cardiac troponin T (TNNT2); and tropomyosin alpha-1 chain (TPM1), and/or the respective regulatory regions of any one of the foregoing. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the group consisting of MYBPC3, MYH7, TNNI3, TNNT2, and TPM1, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of MYBPC3, MYH7, TNNI3, TNNT2, and TPM1, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing.
Each subsequence may comprise a mutation that is associated with the disease or condition (e.g., cardiomyopathy) or a healthy genotype at a position wherein such mutations are known to occur.
A nucleotide sequence may comprise a genotype selected from the group consisting of mutation 1504C>T to gene MYBPC3, mutation 2373_2374insG to gene MYBPC3, mutation 3628-41_3628-17del to gene MYBPC3, mutation 1988G>A to gene MYH7, mutation 1357C>T to gene MYH7, mutation 1750G>C to gene MYH7, mutation 532_534delAAG to gene TNNI3, mutation 575G>A to gene TNNI3, mutation 487_489delGAG to gene TNNT2, and mutation 574G>A to gene TPM1. At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise genotypes selected from mutation 1504C>T to gene MYBPC3, mutation 2373_2374insG to gene MYBPC3, mutation 3628-41_3628-17del to gene MYBPC3, mutation 1988G>A to gene MYH7, mutation 1357C>T to gene MYH7, mutation 1750G>C to gene MYH7, mutation 532_534delAAG to gene TNNI3, mutation 575G>A to gene TNNI3, mutation 487_489delGAG to gene TNNT2, and mutation 574G>A to gene TPM1. In some embodiments, each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences comprises a genotype selected from mutation 1504C>T to gene MYBPC3, mutation 2373_2374insG to gene MYBPC3, mutation 3628-41_3628-17del to gene MYBPC3, mutation 1988G>A to gene MYH7, mutation 1357C>T to gene MYH7, mutation 1750G>C to gene MYH7, mutation 532_534delAAG to gene TNNI3, mutation 575G>A to gene TNNI3, mutation 487_489delGAG to gene TNNT2, and mutation 574G>A to gene TPM1.
At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the group consisting of ABCC9, ACTC1, ACTN2, ANKRD1, BAG3, CASQ2, CAV3, CHRM2, CRYAB, CSRP3, DES, DMD, DOLK, DSC2, DSG2, DSP, DTNA, EMD, FHL2, GATAD1, GLA, ILK, JPH2, JUP, LAMA4, LAMP2, LDB3, LMNA, MURC, MYBPC3, MYH6, MYH7, MYL2, MYL3, MYLK2, MYOM1, MYOZ2, MYPN, NEBL, NEXN, PDLIM3, PKP2, PLN, PRDM16, PRKAG2, PTPN11, RAF1, RBM20, RYR2, SCN5A, SGCD, TAZ, TCAP, TMEM43, TNNC1, TNNI3, TNNT2, TPM1, TRDN, TTN, TTR, and VCL, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of ABCC9, ACTC1, ACTN2, ANKRD1, BAG3, CASQ2, CAV3, CHRM2, CRYAB, CSRP3, DES, DMD, DOLK, DSC2, DSG2, DSP, DTNA, EMD, FHL2, GATAD1, GLA, ILK, JPH2, JUP, LAMA4, LAMP2, LDB3, LMNA, MURC, MYBPC3, MYH6, MYH7, MYL2, MYL3, MYLK2, MYOM1, MYOZ2, MYPN, NEBL, NEXN, PDLIM3, PKP2, PLN, PRDM16, PRKAG2, PTPN11, RAF1, RBM20, RYR2, SCN5A, SGCD, TAZ, TCAP, TMEM43, TNNC1, TNNI3, TNNT2, TPM1, TRDN, TTN, TTR, and VCL and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing.
At least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, or 50 nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may be subsequences of genes selected from the group consisting of ABCC9, ACTC1, ACTN2, AKAP9, ANK2, ANKRD1, BAG3, BRAF, CACNA1C, CACNB2, CASQ2, CAV3, CRYAB, CSRP3, DES, DMD, DSC2, DSG2, DSP, DTNA, EMD, FKTN, GATAD1, GLA, GPD1L, HCN4, HRAS, ILK, JPH2, JUP, KCNE1, KCNE2, KCNE3, KCNH2, KCNJ2, KCNJ5, KCNJ8, KCNQ1, KRAS, LAMA4, LAMP2, LDB3, LMNA, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MTND1, MTND5, MTND6, MTTD, MTTG, MTTH, MTTI, MTTK, MTTL1, MTTL2, MTTM, MTTQ, MTTS1, MTTS2, MYBPC3, MYH7, MYL2, MYL3, MYLK2, MYOZ2, MYPN, NEBL, NEXN, NKX2.5, NRAS, PDLIM3, PKP2, PLN, PRKAG2, PTPN11, RAF1, RANGRF, RBM20, RYR2, SCN1B, SCN3B, SCN4B, SCN5A, SGCD, SNTA1, SOS1, TAZ, TCAP, TMEM43, TMPO, TNNC1, TNNI3, TNNT2, TPM1, TTN, TTR, and VCL, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences may comprise a subsequence of a gene selected from the group consisting of ABCC9, ACTC1, ACTN2, AKAP9, ANK2, ANKRD1, BAG3, BRAF, CACNA1C, CACNB2, CASQ2, CAV3, CRYAB, CSRP3, DES, DMD, DSC2, DSG2, DSP, DTNA, EMD, FKTN, GATAD1, GLA, GPD1L, HCN4, HRAS, ILK, JPH2, JUP, KCNE1, KCNE2, KCNE3, KCNH2, KCNJ2, KCNJ5, KCNJ8, KCNQ1, KRAS, LAMA4, LAMP2, LDB3, LMNA, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MTND1, MTND5, MTND6, MTTD, MTTG, MTTH, MTTI, MTTK, MTTL1, MTTL2, MTTM, MTTQ, MTTS1, MTTS2, MYBPC3, MYH7, MYL2, MYL3, MYLK2, MYOZ2, MYPN, NEBL, NEXN, NKX2.5, NRAS, PDLIM3, PKP2, PLN, PRKAG2, PTPN11, RAF1, RANGRF, RBM20, RYR2, SCN1B, SCN3B, SCN4B, SCN5A, SGCD, SNTA1, SOS1, TAZ, TCAP, TMEM43, TMPO, TNNC1, TNNI3, TNNT2, TPM1, TTN, TTR, and VCL, and/or the respective regulatory regions of any of the foregoing.
A nucleic acid may comprise the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4. A nucleic acid may consist of the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4. A nucleic acid may have at least about 95%, about 96%, about 97%, about 98%, or about 99% sequence homology with the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4.
A single, multiplexed nucleic acid, however, may fragment and/or degrade during manufacturing, storage, and/or processing. A multiplexed nucleic acid comprising multiple different nucleotide sequences presents many advantages for preparing reference materials. Fragmentation and/or degradation does not necessarily affect the performance of a reference material, however, because next generation sequencing strategies assemble relatively long nucleotide sequences from relatively short nucleic acids. Further, the fragmentation and/or degradation of a single, multiplexed nucleic acid may be desirable, for example, because shorter nucleic acids more closely replicate the mRNAs of a transcriptome after it has been extracted from a cell.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a composition comprising a plurality of nucleic acid fragments. Sequence assembly of the nucleotide sequences of the plurality of nucleic acid fragments may result in the complete nucleotide sequence of a full-length nucleic acid as described in sections I-III, supra. The term “sequence assembly” refers to the alignment and merging of the nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleic acid fragments into longer nucleotide sequences in order to reconstruct the original nucleotide sequence (see, e.g., El-Metwally, S. et al., PLoS Computational Biology 9(12): e1003345 (2013); Nagarajan, N. and M. Pop, Nature Reviews Genetics 14(3):157 (2013); Paszkiewicz, K. and D. J. Studholme, Briefings Bioinformatics 11(5):457 (2010)). Sequence assembly of the nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleic acid fragments may result in less than the complete nucleotide sequence of a full-length nucleic acid so long as each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences of the full-length nucleic acid (e.g., as described in sections I-III) is encoded by at least one nucleic acid fragment of the plurality of nucleic acids. For example, sequence assembly of the nucleotide sequences of the nucleic acid fragments of the plurality may result in assembled sequences that align with at least 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, or 99% of the nucleotide sequence of the full-length nucleic acid. Omitted nucleotide sequences may include, for example, unstable nucleotide sequences and/or specific nucleotide sequences that are intentionally depleted or otherwise selected against (e.g., during a hybridization or amplification step).
A plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be produced from a full-length nucleic acid as described in sections I-III, supra (e.g., the plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be produced from a number of copies of the same full-length nucleic acid). The plurality of nucleic acid fragments may consist of fragments or degradation products of a full-length nucleic acid as described in sections I-III, supra (e.g., the plurality of nucleic acid fragments may consist of fragments or degradation products from a number of copies of the same full-length nucleic acid).
Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences of a full-length nucleic acid as described in sections I-III, supra, may be encoded by at least one nucleic acid fragment of a plurality of nucleic acid fragments.
Different copies of the same nucleic acid may be fragmented/degraded in many different ways, and thus, a plurality of nucleic acid fragments may or may not comprise identical nucleic acid fragments. Further, portions of individual nucleic acids may be lost, for example, during a purification step, or degraded to a length that lacks sequenceable content. Nevertheless, next generation sequencing can reassemble the nucleotide sequence of the original, unfragmented, full-length nucleic acid from the plurality of nucleic acid fragments so long as the plurality of nucleic acid fragments contains sufficient redundancy. For example, the plurality of nucleic acid fragments may comprise about 2× to about 1,000,000× coverage of the nucleotide sequence of an original, unfragmented, full-length nucleic acid, such as about 10× to about 100,000×, about 20× to about 50,000×, about 100× to about 10,000×, or about 100× to about 1000× coverage. Thus, the nucleotide sequence of the original, unfragmented, full-length nucleic acid may be identified by sequencing the plurality of nucleic acid fragments by next generation sequencing.
The plurality of nucleic acid fragments may comprise about 2× to about 1,000,000× coverage of each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences of an original, unfragmented, full-length nucleic acid, such as about 10× to about 100,000×, about 20× to about 50,000×, about 100× to about 10,000×, or about 100× to about 1000× coverage. Thus, each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences of the original, unfragmented, full-length nucleic acid may be identified by sequencing the plurality of nucleic acid fragments by next generation sequencing.
A composition comprising a plurality of nucleic acid fragments may further comprise substantially all of the genome of a cell. The ratio of the nucleotide sequence of the original, unfragmented, full-length nucleic acid (e.g., the nucleic acid from which the plurality of nucleic acid fragments originated) to a single copy of the genome of the cell may be about 1:10 to about 1000:1, such as about 1:5 to about 500:1, about 1:3 to about 300:1, about 1:2 to about 200:1, or about 1:1 to about 100:1 in the composition. The ratio of each copy of a nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences of the original, unfragmented, full-length nucleic acid (e.g., the nucleic acid from which the plurality of nucleic acid fragments originated) to a single copy of the genome of the cell may be about 1:10 to about 1000:1, such as about 1:5 to about 500:1, about 1:3 to about 300:1, about 1:2 to about 200:1, or about 1:1 to about 100:1 in the composition.
A composition comprising a plurality of nucleic acid fragments may further comprise a cell. The cell may be the cell of the genome, supra, i.e., the composition may comprise substantially all of a genome of a cell because the composition comprises a cell. The cell may be a human cell. The cell may be a fibroblast or a lymphocyte, such as an immortalized B lymphocyte. The cell may be GM24385. The cell may be any of the cells described herein, infra.
In some embodiments, the composition may comprise a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells may comprise the cell, supra, e.g., wherein the genome of the composition is the genome of the cell. Each cell of a plurality of cells may comprise substantially the same genome. “Substantially the same genome” refers to genomes from the same individual (e.g., person), from the same parent cell, or from the same cell line, which may contain slight differences, such as epigenetic differences, spontaneous mutations, and mutations arising from processing, such as transfection and cell-fixation (e.g., which may affect the integrity of cellular DNA).
The plurality of nucleic acid fragments of a composition may be intracellular nucleic acid fragments, e.g., the plurality of nucleic acid fragments may exist intracellularly, for example, in the cytoplasm and/or nucleus of a cell. The plurality of cells may comprise the plurality of nucleic acid fragments of the composition. The plurality of nucleic acid fragments may have been introduced into cells of the composition (e.g., a plurality of cells) by transfection. “Transfection” refers to the introduction of exogenous material into a cell, and the term includes the introduction of exogenous nucleic acids by transformation, transfection, infection (e.g., with a recombinant virus), and electroporation, as well as other known methods. A full-length nucleic acid as described in sections I-III, supra, may be introduced into cells of the composition by transfection, and the full-length nucleic acid may be fragmented and/or degraded into the plurality of nucleic acid fragments during transfection or after transfection, thereby generating the plurality of nucleic acid fragments.
In some embodiments, each cell of the plurality of cells is fixed. Methods for fixing cells are described herein, infra, and include formalin-fixation. In some embodiments, the cells of the composition are embedded in paraffin.
In some embodiments, the composition does not comprise cells. For example, the composition may simply comprise a plurality of nucleic acid fragments generated from a full-length nucleic acid described in sections I-III, supra. The composition may comprise nucleic acids extracted from cells described in the preceding paragraphs, e.g., the plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be extracted from a plurality of cells as described in the preceding paragraphs, e.g., along with the genomes of the plurality of cells. Thus, the plurality of nucleic acid fragments may have been extracted from a cell or from a plurality of cells.
The composition may further comprise urea (e.g., 100 mM to 8 M urea), guanidine (e.g., 100 mM to 6 M guanidine), a DNAse inhibitor, a metal chelator (e.g., ethylenediaminetetraacetate), a protease (e.g., proteinase K), an RNAse, ethanol (e.g., 10-99% ethanol), isopropanol (e.g., 10-99% isopropanol), and/or a DNA polymerase (e.g., Taq polymerase). Methods of extracting and purifying DNA from cells using the foregoing reagents are well known. The plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be associated with a solid support, such as beads (e.g., magnetic beads), to assist in purification.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a cell comprising a nucleic acid as described herein. In some embodiments, the invention relates to a plurality of cells comprising a nucleic acid as described herein. A nucleic acid of the invention may be integrated into the genome of a cell, or it may be present on a plasmid or as a linear nucleic acid, such as a linear plasmid. A nucleic acid may be present in a cell but not integrated into the genome of the cell.
A cell may comprise at least two nucleic acids as described herein, e.g., wherein at least two of the nucleic acids comprise different pluralities of nucleotide sequences. For example, a cell may comprise a plurality of nucleic acid fragments as described herein, wherein 2 to 50, 2 to 40, 2 to 30, 2 to 20, 2 to 10, 2 to 9, 2 to 8, 2 to 7, 2 to 6, 2 to 5, or 2 to 4 nucleic acid fragments of the plurality each comprise different pluralities of nucleotide sequences.
A cell may comprise more than one copy of the same nucleic acid. For example, a cell may comprise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, or 200 copies of the same nucleic acid. A cell may comprise at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, or 200 copies of the same nucleic acid. A cell may comprise 1 to 1000, 2 to 1000, 5 to 1000, 10 to 1000, 20 to 1000, 50 to 1000, 100 to 1000, 150 to 1000, 200 to 1000, 250 to 1000, 1 to 500, 2 to 500, 5 to 500, 10 to 500, 20 to 1000, 50 to 500, 100 to 500, 150 to 500, or 200 to 500, 250 to 500, 1 to 400, 2 to 400, 5 to 400, 10 to 400, 20 to 400, 50 to 400, 100 to 400, 150 to 400, 200 to 400, or 250 to 400 copies of the same nucleic acid.
A nucleic acid may become fragmented or otherwise degrade before, during, or after transfection of the nucleic acid into a cell. Accordingly, in some embodiments, a cell may comprise a plurality of nucleic acid fragments (e.g., that are either fragments of a single, full-length nucleic acid as described herein, supra, or fragments of multiple copies of a single, full-length nucleic acid as described herein, supra). The plurality of nucleic acid fragments may be admixed with the nucleic acids of the cell, e.g., cytosolic and/or nuclear nucleic acids. The cell may comprise multiple copies of each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences, such as 1 to 1000, 2 to 1000, 5 to 1000, 10 to 1000, 20 to 1000, 50 to 1000, 100 to 1000, 150 to 1000, 200 to 1000, 250 to 1000, 1 to 500, 2 to 500, 5 to 500, 10 to 500, 20 to 1000, 50 to 500, 100 to 500, 150 to 500, or 200 to 500, 250 to 500, 1 to 400, 2 to 400, 5 to 400, 10 to 400, 20 to 400, 50 to 400, 100 to 400, 150 to 400, 200 to 400, or 250 to 400 copies of each nucleotide sequence. A cell may comprise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, or 200 copies of each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences as described herein, supra. A cell may comprise at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 150, or 200 copies of each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences as described herein, supra. Each nucleotide sequence of a plurality of nucleotide sequences that originates from the same full-length nucleic acid may be present in a plurality of nucleic acid fragments at approximately the same copy number. Some nucleotide sequences are more or less stable than other nucleotide sequences, however, and thus, a cell may contain different nucleotide sequences of a plurality of nucleotide sequences at different copy numbers. A copy of a nucleotide sequence may occur, for example, on a single nucleic acid fragment of the plurality of nucleic acid fragments.
A cell may be a human cell. A cell may be a fibroblast or lymphocyte. A cell may be the cell of a cell line. A cell may be an adherent cell or a suspension cell.
A cell may be selected from the group consisting of 721, 293T, 721, A172, A253, A2780, A2780ADR, A2780cis, A431, A-549, BCP-1 cells, BEAS-2B, BR 293, BxPC3, Cal-27, CML T1, COR-L23, COR-L23/5010, COR-L23/CPR, COR-L23/R23, COV-434, DU145, DuCaP, EM2, EM3, FM3, H1299, H69, HCA2, HEK-293, HeLa, HL-60, HMEpC, HT-29, HUVEC, Jurkat, JY cells, K562 cells, KBM-7 cells, KCL22, KG1, Ku812, KYO1, LNCap, Ma-Mel, MCF-10A, MCF-7, MDA-MB-157, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-361, MG63, MONO-MAC 6, MOR/0.2R, MRC5, NCI-H69/CPR, NCI-H69/LX10, NCI-H69/LX20, NCI-H69/LX4, Peer, Raji, Saos-2 cells, SiHa, SKBR3, SKOV-3, T2, T-47D, T84, U373, U87, U937, VCaP, WM39, WT-49, and YAR cells.
A cell may be any cell available from the ATCC (e.g., http://www.atcc.org). In certain embodiments, the cell is a mammalian cell, such as a human cell (e.g., available from the ATCC). The cell may be a cell from any of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Human Genetic Cell Repository cell lines available from the Coriell Institute for Medical Research (https://catalog.coriell.org/1/NIGMS), such as a cell line from the “Apparently Healthy” collection. The cell may be may be a fibroblast, lymphoblast, or lymphocyte. The cell may be transformed, e.g., with Epstein-Barr virus. The cell may be an immortalized cell. For example, the cell may be an immortalized lymphocyte, such as an immortalized B lymphocyte. The cell may be an Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphocyte, such as an Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B lymphocyte. The cell may be GM12878 (see Zook, J. M. et al., Nature Biotechnology 32:246 (2014)). The cell may be GM12878, GM24149, GM24143, GM24385, GM24631, GM24694, or GM24695 (see Zook, J. M. et al., Scientific Data 3:160025 (2016)). In certain embodiments, the cell is GM24385.
A cell may be a bacterial, yeast, insect, mouse, rat, hamster, dog, or monkey cell, e.g., for cloning or validating a construct. For example, the cell may be E. coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, e.g., for cloning a nucleic acid of the invention.
In some aspects, the invention relates to composition comprising a first plurality of cells and a second plurality of cells (referred to as a “composition comprising cells”). The first plurality of cells may comprise either a full-length nucleic acid as described herein, supra, or a plurality of nucleic acid fragments, e.g., wherein sequence assembly of the nucleotide sequences of the plurality of nucleic acid fragments results in nucleotide sequences(s) that taken together comprise a plurality of nucleotide sequences as described herein, supra. The second plurality of cells may consist of cells that do not comprise either a full-length nucleic acid or plurality of nucleic acid fragments as described herein. The first plurality of cells and second plurality of cells may be the same type of cells, e.g., the cells of the first and second pluralities may be human cells, such as immortalized lymphocytes, such as GM24385 cells. The cells of the first plurality and the second plurality may be admixed in the composition. The ratio of the number of cells of the first plurality to the number of cells of the second plurality may be about 1:1 to about 1:10,000, such as about 1:2 to about 1:2000, or about 1:10 to about 1:1000 in the composition. The ratio may depend in part on either the average copy number of the nucleic acid in the first plurality of cells or the average copy number of the nucleotide sequences of the plurality of nucleotide sequences in the first plurality of cells. The ratio of the number of cells of the first plurality of cells to the number of cells of the second plurality of cells may be adjusted, for example, such that the composition comprises about 0.01 copies of the nucleic acid (or about 0.01 copies of each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences) to about 100 copies of the nucleic acid (or about 100 copies of each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences) per cell of the composition. The ratio may be adjusted such that the composition comprises about 0.1 to about 50 copies, about 0.5 to about 20 copies, or about 1 to about 10 copies of the nucleic acid per cell of the composition (or about 0.1 to about 50 copies, about 0.5 to about 20 copies, or about 1 to about 10 copies of each nucleotide sequence of the plurality of nucleotide sequences per cell of the composition).
A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be fixed.
In certain embodiments, a cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells is fixed with formalin. A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be fixed with glutaraldehyde, ethanol, methanol, acetone, methyl benzoate, xylene, acetic acid, picrate, HOPE fixative, osmium tetroxide, and/or uranyl acetate.
A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be dehydrated, e.g., using ethanol or an organic solvent.
A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be embedded in paraffin. For example, a cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin. A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be embedded in paraffin and sectioned. A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be mounted on a slide.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a paraffin section comprising a plurality of cells or composition comprising cells. The paraffin section may comprise 1 to about 1,000,000 cells, such as about 10 to about 100,000 cells, about 50 to about 50,000 cells, about 100 to about 10,000 cells, about 500 to about 5,000 cells, about 200 to about 2000 cells, about 100 to about 1000 cells, or about 50 to about 1000 cells. The paraffin section may be about 1 μm to about 50 μm thick, such as about 2 μm to about 25 μm thick, or about 5 μm to about 20 μm thick. The paraffin section may be about 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20 μm thick. The paraffin section may be about 1 mm to about 100 mm in length, width, or diameter, such as about 5 mm to about 50 mm, or about 10 mm to about 40 mm. For example, a paraffin section may be about 5 mm to about 50 mm in length, about 5 mm to about 50 mm in width, and about 5 μm to about 20 μm thick. A paraffin section may be about 5 mm to about 50 mm in diameter and about 5 μm to about 20 μm thick.
A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be present in a cell pellet. A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be suspended in blood plasma, such as a mammalian blood plasma. In certain embodiments, a cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells may be suspended in human blood plasma or a solution designed to replicate human blood plasma.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a method for making a biological reference material, comprising transfecting a plurality of cells with a nucleic acid described herein, a plurality thereof, or a plurality of nucleic acid fragments as described herein.
A method may comprise fixing a plurality of cells or composition comprising cells. For example, the method may comprise fixing a plurality of cells or composition comprising cells with formalin. A method may comprise fixing a plurality of cells or composition comprising cells with glutaraldehyde, ethanol, methanol, acetone, methyl benzoate, xylene, acetic acid, picrate, HOPE fixative, osmium tetroxide, and/or uranyl acetate.
A method may comprise embedding a plurality of cells or composition comprising cells in paraffin. A method may comprise sectioning paraffin-embedded cells. A method may comprise mounting a plurality of cells on a slide, e.g., paraffin-embedded cells or cells that are not embedded in paraffin.
A method may comprise mounting a plurality of cells or composition comprising cells on a slide.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a biological reference material comprising a cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells, as described herein.
A biological reference material may further comprise paraffin, e.g., wherein the cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells are fixed, and the cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells are embedded in the paraffin. The biological reference material may be a section of cells embedded in paraffin, e.g., wherein the section is about 1 μm to about 50 μm thick, such as about 5 μm to about 20 μm thick.
A biological reference material may further comprise untransfected cells, e.g., wherein the untransfected cells do not comprise the nucleic acid. In certain embodiments, the untransfected cells are the same species as the cells of the plurality, e.g., the untransfected cells may be from the same source (e.g., cell line) as the cells of the plurality. The ratio of cells of the plurality of cells to untransfected cells may be about 4:1 to about 1:10,000, such as about 1:1 to about 1:5,000, about 1:1 to about 1:1000, about 1:10 to about 1:1000, or about 1:50 to about 1:500. The ratio of cells of the plurality of cells to untransfected cells may be about 45:55, about 50:50, about 55:45, about 1:1, about 1:2, about 1:3, about 1:4, about 1:5, about 1:6, about 1:7, about 1:8, about 1:9, about 1:10, about 1:20, about 1:25, about 1:50, about 1:100, about 1:200, about 1:250, about 1:500, or about 1:1000.
In some embodiments, the ratio of the copy number of the nucleic acid to the copy number of cell genomes in the biological reference material is about 10:1 to about 1:10,000, such as about 5:1 to about 1:1000, about 2:1 to about 1:100, about 1:1 to about 1:50, or about 1:2 to about 1:20. In general, each genome contains two copies of a gene (e.g., for genes occurring on diploid chromosomes, such as autosomes). The copy number of a nucleic acid to the copy number of a gene in the cell genome in the biological reference material may be about 10:1 to about 1:10,000, such as about 5:1 to about 1:1000, about 1:1 to about 1:100, about 1:2 to about 1:50, or about 1:4 to about 1:40. Thus, the ratio of a genotype of a nucleic acid to the copy number of a gene in the cell genome that is associated with the genotype (e.g., the wild type allele) in the biological reference material may be about 10:1 to about 1:10,000, such as about 5:1 to about 1:1000, about 1:1 to about 1:100, about 1:2 to about 1:50, or about 1:4 to about 1:40.
A biological reference material may further comprise a liquid, such as saline, phosphate-buffered saline, or blood plasma, such as a mammalian blood plasma. A cell, plurality of cells, or composition comprising cells of a biological reference material may be suspended in plasma, such as human blood plasma or a solution designed to replicate human blood plasma.
A biological reference material may be a cell pellet, e.g., made by centrifuging a plurality of cells or composition comprising cells as described herein.
In some aspects, the invention relates to a composition comprising a purified nucleic acid, wherein the purified nucleic acid is isolated from a biological reference material as described herein. The composition may comprise a buffer, such as tris buffer (i.e., tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane or a salt thereof). The composition may comprise a chelating agent, such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, or a salt thereof. The composition may comprise trace amounts of formaldehyde and/or paraffin, although the composition may be free of formaldehyde and paraffin.
A nucleic acid (DNA) was designed comprising 16 nucleotide sequences, wherein each nucleotide sequence comprises one of the 16 genotypes listed in Table 4. Each of these genotypes is associated with a neoplastic solid tumor. Each of the nucleotide sequences is a subsequence of a human gene that contains the genotype. Each nucleotide sequence is about 600 nucleotides long. Each genotype occurs near the middle of a subsequence, i.e., each genotype occurs about 300 nucleotides from both the 5′ end and the 3′ end of a nucleotide sequence.
The sequence of the nucleic acid is set forth in SEQ ID NO:1. Nucleotides 8545 to 9153 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene PTEN and correspond to the genotype mutation c.800delA in gene PTEN. Nucleotides 7937 to 8544 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene BRAF and correspond to the genotype mutation c.1799T>A in gene BRAF. Nucleotides 7327 to 7936 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene CTNNB1 and correspond to the genotype mutation c.121A>G in gene CTNNB1. Nucleotides 6712 to 7326 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene EGFR and correspond to the genotype mutation c.2573T>G in gene EGFR. Nucleotides 6115 to 6711 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene EGFR and correspond to the genotype mutation c.2236_2250del15 in gene EGFR. Nucleotides 5503 to 6114 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene EGFR and correspond to the genotype mutation c.2369C>T in gene EGFR. Nucleotides 4879 to 5502 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene ERBB2 and correspond to the genotype mutation c.2324_2325ins12 in gene ERBB2. Nucleotides 4271 to 4878 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene KRAS and correspond to the genotype mutation c.35G>A in gene KRAS. Nucleotides 3661 to 4270 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene NRAS and correspond to the genotype mutation c.182A>G in gene NRAS. Nucleotides 3051 to 3660 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene PDGFRA and correspond to the genotype mutation c.2525A>T in gene PDGFRA. Nucleotides 2445 to 3050 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene PIK3CA and correspond to the genotype mutation c.1633G>A in gene PIK3CA. Nucleotides 1839 to 2444 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene PIK3CA and correspond to the genotype mutation c.3140A>G in gene PIK3CA. Nucleotides 1227 to 1838 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene RET and correspond to the genotype mutation c.2753T>C in gene RET. Nucleotides 1 to 610 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene TP53and correspond to the genotype mutation c.524G>A in gene TP53. Nucleotides 611 to 1226 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene KIT and correspond to the genotype mutation c.1679T>A in gene KIT. Nucleotides 9154 to 9854 of SEQ ID NO:1 are a subsequence of human gene IDH1 and correspond to the genotype mutation c.394C>T in gene IDH1.
The nucleic acid was used to transfect GM24385 cells, which is a well-characterized human cell line. The copy number of the nucleic acid in the transfected GM24382 cells was measured, and the transfected cells were diluted with non-transfected GM24382 cells to arrive at compositions comprising an allele frequency of about 15%, about 7%, or about 4%. The allele frequency is defined as the frequency of a genotype on the nucleic acid to the frequency of the wild type allele in the genomes of the GM24382 cells in the composition. Thus, the allele frequency of an EGFR genotype is the same as the frequency of a TP53 genotype in the composition, even though the nucleic acid comprises three EGFR nucleotide sequences and one TP53 nucleotide sequence.
Three compositions of cells comprising allele frequencies of either about 15%, about 7%, or about 4% were fixed with formalin, embedded in paraffin, and sectioned into a 10 μm curl (
A number of different inheritable genetic polymorphisms correlate with an increased incidence of cancer, including the mutations listed in Table 5.
Two plasmids were designed for use in manufacturing reference materials that may serve as controls. A first plasmid comprises mutation c.942+3A>T to gene MSH2 (mutS homolog 2); mutations c.2056_2060delinsCTTCTACCTCAAAAA (SEQ ID NO: 13), c.2308_2312delGGTAAinsT, c.2641delGinsAAAA, and c.3163_3164insG to gene MSH6 (mutS homolog 6), which each occur in the same nucleotide sequence; mutation c.1852_1854delAAG to gene MLH1 (mutL homolog 1); mutations c.2445+1G>C, c.2243_2246delAGAA to gene PMS2 (PMS1 homolog 2, mismatch repair system component), and c.861_864delACAG to gene PMS2, which each occur in different nucleotide sequences; and mutation c.9_32dup24 to gene CDKN2A (cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A) (
Slightly different plasmids were designed for use in manufacturing reference materials that may serve as controls. A first plasmid comprises mutation c.942+3A>T to gene MSH2 (mutS homolog 2); mutation c.1662-12 1677del to gene MSH2; mutations c.2056_2060delinsCTTCTACCTCAAAAA (SEQ ID NO: 13), c.2308_2312delGGTAAinsT, c.2641delGinsAAAA, and c.3163_3164insG to gene MSH6 (mutS homolog 6), which each occur in the same nucleotide sequence; mutation c.232_243delinsATGTAAGG to gene MLH1 (mutL homolog 1), mutation c.1852_1854delAAG to gene MLH1; and mutations c.2445+1G>C, c.2243_2246delAGAA to gene PMS2 (PMS1 homolog 2, mismatch repair system component); and c.861_864delACAG to gene PMS2 (
A multiplex nucleic acid was designed for detecting ten mutations associated with cardiomyopathy (Table 6;
For a pilot experiment, the constructs were not incorporated into cells, but instead the DNA was assayed to determine if the synthetic, multiplex design was compatible with the NGS testing methods.
Plasmids were linearized and quantified by droplet digital PCR, both for the single plasmid containing 10 gene targets as well as the 10 plasmids, each containing a single gene target. The 10 individual plasmids were pooled together in an equimolar plasmid pool. Genomic DNA from the GM24385 reference cell line was extracted using the Qiagen Puregene manual method and quantitated using multiple droplet digital PCR assays. The linearized plasmid (or plasmid pool) was mixed together with genomic DNA at three allelic frequencies: 45%, 50% and 55%. Since the plasmid contained mutant sequences and the genomic DNA contained wild type sequences, the resulting mix should have allele frequency similar to a target dilution. (50% is heterozygote allele frequency.) Table 7 summarizes the lot numbers that were prepared.
Two TaqMan-based real time PCR assays were used to assess the nucleic acid mixtures on a BioRad QX-200 droplet digital PCR system. The assay targets as well as primer and probe sequences are shown in Table 8. Droplet digital PCR was performed in triplicate. Results for lot 102315, which contains the single plasmid with 10 targets, are shown in
The multiplexed plasmid (10 variants in one plasmid) performed similarly to the pool of individual plasmids for both ddPCR (data not shown) and for next generation sequencing (
All of the US patents and US and PCT patent application publications cited herein are hereby incorporated by reference.
Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, many equivalents to the specific embodiments of the invention described herein. Such equivalents are intended to be encompassed by the following claims.
This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/261,514, filed Dec. 1, 2015; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/323,659, filed Apr. 16, 2016; each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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| PCT/US2016/048668 | 8/25/2016 | WO | 00 |
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