Genome-wide copy number profiling of single cells in S-phase reveals DNA-replication domains.
Nucleic Acids Res, 2013/4/01;41(6):e66.
Van der Aa N[1], Cheng J, Mateiu L, Zamani Esteki M, Kumar P, Dimitriadou E, Vanneste E, Moreau Y, Vermeesch JR, Voet T
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PMID: 23295674DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1352
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Abstract
Single-cell genomics is revolutionizing basic genome research and clinical genetic diagnosis. However, none of the current research or clinical methods for single-cell analysis distinguishes between the analysis of a cell in G1-, S- or G2/M-phase of the cell cycle. Here, we demonstrate by means of array comparative genomic hybridization that charting the DNA copy number landscape of a cell in S-phase requires conceptually different approaches to that of a cell in G1- or G2/M-phase. Remarkably, despite single-cell whole-genome amplification artifacts, the log2 intensity ratios of single S-phase cells oscillate according to early and late replication domains, which in turn leads to the detection of significantly more DNA imbalances when compared with a cell in G1- or G2/M-phase. Although these DNA imbalances may, on the one hand, be falsely interpreted as genuine structural aberrations in the S-phase cell's copy number profile and hence lead to misdiagnosis, on the other hand, the ability to detect replication domains genome wide in one cell has important applications in DNA-replication research. Genome-wide cell-type-specific early and late replicating domains have been identified by analyses of DNA from populations of cells, but cell-to-cell differences in DNA replication may be important in genome stability, disease aetiology and various other cellular processes.
MeSH terms
Artifacts; Base Composition; Cell Line, Transformed; Comparative Genomic Hybridization; DNA; DNA Copy Number Variations; DNA Replication; DNA Replication Timing; Genetic Loci; Genomics; Humans; S Phase; Single-Cell Analysis
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