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Transcription profiling of Drosphila samples to explain differences in saturation levels for affymetrix genechip arrays

ABSTRACT: The experimental spike-in studies of microarray hybridization conducted by Affymetrix demonstrate a nonlinear response of fluorescence intensity signal to target concentration. It was shown that the Langmuir adsorption isotherm recapitulates a general trend of signal response to concentration. However, this model fails to explain some key properties of the observed signal. In particular, according to the simple Langmuir isotherm, all probes should saturate at the same intensity level. However, this effect was not observed in the publicly available Affymetrix spike-in datasets. In our experimental study, we attempt to account for the unexplained variation in the observed probe intensities using customized fluidics scripts. We explore experimentally the effect of the stringent wash, target concentration, and hybridization time on the final microarray signal. Experiment Overall Design: The washing effect is assessed by scanning chips both prior to and after the stringent wash (Wash Condition). Selective labeling of both specific and non-specific targets allows the visualization and investigation of the washing effect for both specific and non-specific signal components. By varying the length of the hybridization cycle, the issue of attaining probe-target binding equilibrium can be addressed (Hybridization Time). To explore saturation potential, we performed hybridization experiments in which four clones are spiked-in and hybridized to two chips at a concentration of 1nM and 10nM respectively, each in the absence of complex background (Labeling Condition).

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Diana Abdueva

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-7110 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Explaining differences in saturation levels for Affymetrix GeneChip arrays.

Skvortsov Dmitriy D Abdueva Diana D Curtis Christina C Schaub Betty B Tavaré Simon S

Nucleic acids research 20070612 12

The experimental spike-in studies of microarray hybridization conducted by Affymetrix demonstrate a nonlinear response of fluorescence intensity signal to target concentration. Several theoretical models have been put forward to explain these data. It was shown that the Langmuir adsorption isotherm recapitulates a general trend of signal response to concentration. However, this model fails to explain some key properties of the observed signal. In particular, according to the simple Langmuir isot ...[more]

PMID: 17567617

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Transcription profiling of Drosphila samples to explain differences in saturation levels for affymetrix genechip arrays

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Explaining differences in saturation levels for Affymetrix GeneChip arrays.

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