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Glue Grant Human Transcriptome Array. PNAS 2011 108 (9) 3707-3712; published ahead of print February 11, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1019753108. Goals of the study.
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PNAS 2011 108 (9) 3707-3712; published ahead of print February 11, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1019753108
Goals of the study • Evaluate the performance of Human Transcriptome array in terms of coverage, reproducibility, detection power, throughput, and cost effectiveness • Compare RNA-seq vs microarrays I
10 probes/PSR • 119 probes/gene • 4 probes/exon-exon junction
Reproducibility:Microarray vs ~46 million mapped reads “The observed lower reproducibility is most obvious with low-abundance exons in which a difference of one or two reads between repeats can induce a large variance in the estimation.” Pearson correlation Microarray yields high quality data cost effectively
Microarrays have lower variance over a larger range • “Both sample preparation and sequencing step contribute to the observed variance”
Lower abundant transcripts are better detected by arrays • Low abundant transcripts have important clinical implication • Immune mediators • IFNs • IL • Chemokines Low Transcript abundance High Xu W. PNAS 2011 108 (9) 3707-3712;
Required reads to cover detected probesets on the HTA Covered by less than 20 reads.
Microarray covers the majority of junctions ID by RNA-seq with high confidence
Defining the Transcriptome • Designing an array requires a deconstruction of vast amounts of bioinformatic information followed by a reassembly into canonical gene representations • Sources of input • Ensembl (38) • Refseq (hNCBI36) • ExonWalk (hNCBI36_walk) • UCSC Known gene (hg18)
Example: Leptin Receptor Well Annotated Transcript Variation and Transcript Redundancy
Alternative Splicing and Transcript Diversity Example of a gene with 4 known transcript isoforms.
Evidence for Alternative Splicing Event • 4 pieces of evidence for alternative splicing event • Different level of expression for the exon • Different level of expression for 2 adjacent junction probe sets • Different level of expression for 1 “exon skipping” probe set A C A B C
Assay and Array Requirements • Modified WT 2.0 Assay • Input 50ng Total RNA • Assay produces double stranded labeled product • Standard cartridge • Hyb Oven • Fluidics • GCS3000 Scanner
Modified Whole Transcript Assay(Double Stranded) cRNA from Ambion WT Expression Kit 2nd Cycle, 1st strand synthesis using SSII 2nd Cycle, 2nd strand synthesis using RNaseH and Klenow 3’→5’ exonuclease Divide into 3 RXNs Frag and Label using Affymetrix Terminal Labeling kit Recombine into 1 and concentrate HWS