Breakpoint analysis of balanced chromosome rearrangements by next-generation paired-end sequencing

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Title:	Breakpoint analysis of balanced chromosome rearrangements by next-generation paired-end sequencing
Creators Name:	Chen, W., Ullmann, R., Langnick, C., Menzel, C., Wotschofsky, Z., Hu, H., Doering, A., Hu, Y., Kang, H., Tzschach, A., Hoeltzenbein, M., Neitzel, H., Markus, S., Wiedersberg, E., Kistner, G., van Ravenswaaij-Arts, C.M., Kleefstra, T., Kalscheuer, V.M. and Ropers, H.H.
Abstract:	Characterisation of breakpoints in disease-associated balanced chromosome rearrangements (DBCRs), which disrupt or inactivate specific genes, has facilitated the molecular elucidation of a wide variety of genetic disorders. However, conventional methods for mapping chromosome breakpoints, such as in situ hybridisation with fluorescent dye-labelled bacterial artificial chromosome clones (BAC-FISH), are laborious, time consuming and often with insufficient resolution to unequivocally identify the disrupted gene. By combining DNA array hybridisation with chromosome sorting, the efficiency of breakpoint mapping has dramatically improved. However, this can only be applied when the physical properties of the derivative chromosomes allow them to be flow sorted. To characterise the breakpoints in all types of balanced chromosome rearrangements more efficiently and more accurately, we performed massively parallel sequencing using Illumina 1G analyser and ABI SOLiD systems to generate short sequencing reads from both ends of DNA fragments. We applied this method to four different DBCRs, including two reciprocal translocations and two inversions. By identifying read pairs spanning the breakpoints, we were able to map the breakpoints to a region of a few hundred base pairs that could be confirmed by subsequent PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing of the junction fragments. Our results show the feasibility of paired-end sequencing of systematic breakpoint mapping and gene finding in patients with disease-associated chromosome rearrangements.
Keywords:	Breakpoint Mapping, Next-Generation Sequencing Technology, Paired-End Sequencing
Source:	European Journal of Human Genetics
ISSN:	1018-4813
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Volume:	18
Number:	5
Page Range:	539-543
Date:	May 2010
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2009.211
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