Journal
BMC GENOMICS
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1767-y
Keywords
Gene expression; Next-generation RNA Sequencing; Predictive value of tests; Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction; Sensitivity and specificity
Funding
- Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research (iPSYCH), Denmark
- Baker IDI heart and diabetes Institute, Victoria, Australia
- Lundbeck Foundation [R155-2014-1724] Funding Source: researchfish
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Background: Massively parallel cDNA sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments are gradually superseding microarrays in quantitative gene expression profiling. However, many biologists are uncertain about the choice of differentially expressed gene (DEG) analysis methods and the validity of cost-saving sample pooling strategies for their RNA-seq experiments. Hence, we performed experimental validation of DEGs identified by Cuffdiff2, edgeR, DESeq2 and Two-stage Poisson Model (TSPM) in a RNA-seq experiment involving mice amygdalae micro-punches, using high-throughput qPCR on independent biological replicate samples. Moreover, we sequenced RNA-pools and compared their results with sequencing corresponding individual RNA samples. Results: False-positivity rate of Cuffdiff2 and false-negativity rates of DESeq2 and TSPM were high. Among the four investigated DEG analysis methods, sensitivity and specificity of edgeR was relatively high. We documented the pooling bias and that the DEGs identified in pooled samples suffered low positive predictive values. Conclusions: Our results highlighted the need for combined use of more sensitive DEG analysis methods and high-throughput validation of identified DEGs in future RNA-seq experiments. They indicated limited utility of sample pooling strategies for RNA-seq in similar setups and supported increasing the number of biological replicate samples.
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