A comparison of DNA copy number profiling platforms using a panel of melanoma cell lines
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ABSTRACT: The accurate mapping of recurring DNA copy number aberrations (CNAs), a hallmark feature of the cancer genome, has facilitated the discovery of tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes. Microarray-based assays designed to detect these chromosomal copy number alterations on a genome-wide and high-resolution scale have emerged as a cornerstone technology in the genomic era. The diversity of commercially-available platforms prompted a systematic comparison of five copy number profiling assays for their ability to detect 2-fold copy number gain and loss (4n or 1n, respectively) as well as focal high-amplitude CNAs. Here, using a collection of established human melanoma cell lines, we defined the reproducibility, absolute signals, signal:noise, false-positive and false-negative rates for each of the five assays against ground-truth defined by Spectral Karyotyping (SKY), in addition to comparing the concordance of CNAs detection by two high-resolution Agilent and Affymetrix microarray platforms. Our analyses concluded that the Agilent’s 60mer oligo-microarray with probe design optimized for genomic hybridization offers the highest sensitivity and specificity [area under Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curve >0.99] while Affymetrix’s SNP microarray appears to offer better detection of CNAs in gene-poor region. Availability of these comparison results should guide study design decisions and facilitate further computational development. Keywords: comparative genomic hybridization
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE7822 | GEO | 2007/11/02
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA100055
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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