title: Rapid detection of genomic imbalances using micro-arrays consisting of pooled BACs covering all human chromosome arms.
abstract: A strategy is presented to select, pool and spot human BAC clones on an array in such a way that each spot contains five well performing BAC clones, covering one chromosome arm. A mini-array of 240 spots was prepared representing all human chromosome arms in a 5-fold as well as some controls, and used for comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) of 10 cell lines with aneusomies frequently found in clinical cytogenetics and oncology. Spot-to-spot variation within five replicates was below 6% and all expected abnormalities were detected 100% correctly. Sensitivity was such that replacing one BAC clone in a given spot of five by a BAC clone from another chromosome, thus resulting in a change in ratio of 20%, was reproducibly detected. Incubation time of the mini-array was varied and the fluorescently labelled target DNA was diluted. Typically, aneusomies could be detected using 30 ng of non-amplified random primed labelled DNA amounts in a 4 h hybridization reaction. Potential application of these mini-arrays for genomic profiling of disseminated tumour cells or of blastomeres for preimplantation genetic diagnosis, using specially designed DNA amplification methods, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Wassenaarseweg 72, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knijnenburg
authors.forename: Marja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Burg
authors.forename: Philomeen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: Hans Kristian
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Ploos van Amstel
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanke
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szuhai
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D002460:Cell Line; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D002877:Chromosomes, Human; D005260:Female; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors