Journal
GENOMICS
Volume 85, Issue 6, Pages 790-793Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2005.02.015
Keywords
array CGH; normal cell contamination; microdissection; SMRT array; tiling path array; matrix CGH; tissue heterogeneity
Funding
- NIDCR NIH HHS [R01 DE 015965, R01 DE 13124] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent advances in array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) technology are revolutionizing our understanding of tumor genomes. Marker-based arrays enable rapid Survey at megabase intervals, while tiling path arrays examine the entire genome in unprecedented detail. Tumor biopsies are typically small and contain infiltrating stromal cells, requiring tedious microdissection. Tissue heterogeneity is a major barrier to high-throughput profiling of tumor genomes and is also in important consideration for the introduction of array CGH to clinical settings. We propose that increasing array resolution will enhance detection sensitivity in mixed tissue,, and as a result significantly reduce microdissection requirements. In this study, we first simulated normal cell contamination to determine the heterogeneity tolerance of array CGH and then validated this detection sensitivity model on cancer Specimens using the newly developed submegabase resolution tiling-set (SMRT) array, which spans the human genome with 32,433 overlapping BAC clones, 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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