Interlaboratory assessment of droplet digital PCR for quantification of BRAF V600E mutation using a novel DNA reference material

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Dong, Lianhua

作者： Dong, Lianhua;Wang, Xia;Niu, Chunyan;Yang, Jiayi;Fu, Boqiang;Gao, Yunhua;Wang, Jing;Wang, Shangjun;Du, Meihong;Li, Liang;Zhang, Ganlin

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关键词： Droplet digital PCR; Circulating tumor DNA; BRAF V600E mutation; Copy number concentration; Reference material; Traceability

期刊名称：TALANTA （ 影响因子：6.057； 五年影响因子：5.386 ）

ISSN： 0039-9140

年卷期： 2020 年 207 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) has attracted much attention in the detection of genetic signatures of cancer present at low levels in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in blood. A growing number of laboratory-developed liquid biopsy tests based on such technology have become commercially available for clinical settings. To obtain consistent and comparable results, an international standard is necessary for validation of the analytical performance. In this study, a novel and SI-traceable "ctDNA" reference material (RM) carrying BRAF V600E was prepared by gravimetrically mixing a 152 bp PCR amplicon and sonicated wild-type genomic DNA. The ddPCR performance was evaluated by analyzing serial "ctDNA" dilutions using a competitive MGB assay. The mutant frequency concordance (k) between ddPCR and the gravimetrical value was 1.03 in the range from 53.9% to 0.1%. The limit of blank (LoB), detection (LoD) and quantification (LoQ) of ddPCR assay were determined to be 0.01%, 0.02% and 0.1%, respectively. Results from the interlaboratory study, using challenging low levels of BRAF V600E ctDNA RMs, demonstrated that the participating laboratories had the appropriate technical competency to perform accurate ddPCR-based low level of ratio measurements. However, a systematic error caused by uncorrected droplet volume in Naica Crystal ddPCR platform was found by using the ctDNA RM. Between-laboratory consistency in copy number measurement was greatly improved when a correct droplet volume was applied for the ddPCR measurement by using the ctDNA RM. This confirms that the "ctDNA" RM is fit for the validation of ddPCR systems for ctDNA quantification. This would also support translation of tests for circulating tumor DNA by ddPCR into routine use.

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