CA2505895C - Expression profiling based on histocultures - Google Patents
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Abstract
Methods of obtaining faithful expression libraries from tissue samples comprise extraction of RNA from intact tissue cultured in three-dimensional sponge-gel based histocultures.
Description
EXPRESSION PROFILING BASED ON HISTOCULTURES
[0001]
Technical Field [0002] The invention relates to preparation of samples, especially tumor samples, as sources of niRNA for expression analysis.
Background Art [0003] There is an extensive history of the use of histocultured tumor samples for use in prognosis of tumor development and as a tool for predicting responsiveness to drugs.
These histochemical techniques, which are the basis of histoculture drug response assay (HDRATm), have an extensive literature. A bibliography describing the use of three-dimensional histocultures, as applied in this manner, is attached to the present application as an appendix. The general features of this technique are described, for example, in a recent paper by Singh, B., et al., Head and Neck (2002) 24:437-442. As described in this paper, briefly, biopsied tissue is washed and cut into 1 to 2 rinn3 fragments and placed onto 0.5 cm2 pieces of collagen sponge-gel (Gel FoamTM, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.) in equal quantities. The sponge-gel cultures are then placed into DMEM/Ham's F12 medium with 10% fetal calf serum and gentamicin (501ag/m1). The cultures are then incubated for 24 hours at 37 C and 5% CO2. Modifications of this technique are also permissible, provided the three-dimensional nature of the sample is preserved.
[0001]
Technical Field [0002] The invention relates to preparation of samples, especially tumor samples, as sources of niRNA for expression analysis.
Background Art [0003] There is an extensive history of the use of histocultured tumor samples for use in prognosis of tumor development and as a tool for predicting responsiveness to drugs.
These histochemical techniques, which are the basis of histoculture drug response assay (HDRATm), have an extensive literature. A bibliography describing the use of three-dimensional histocultures, as applied in this manner, is attached to the present application as an appendix. The general features of this technique are described, for example, in a recent paper by Singh, B., et al., Head and Neck (2002) 24:437-442. As described in this paper, briefly, biopsied tissue is washed and cut into 1 to 2 rinn3 fragments and placed onto 0.5 cm2 pieces of collagen sponge-gel (Gel FoamTM, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.) in equal quantities. The sponge-gel cultures are then placed into DMEM/Ham's F12 medium with 10% fetal calf serum and gentamicin (501ag/m1). The cultures are then incubated for 24 hours at 37 C and 5% CO2. Modifications of this technique are also permissible, provided the three-dimensional nature of the sample is preserved.
[0004] It has now been found that in addition to their usefulness as prognostic and drug-screening tools, such cultures are also useful as sources for messenger RNA as a substrate for expression profiling. This is significant in view of the problems associated with providing- reliable expression libraries, in particular when derived from patient samples where extraction of high-quality, non-degraded RNA is difficult in view of the necrotic areas present in tumors and in view of the need to transport tumor tissue from a treatment or diagnosis center to a laboratory capable of performing the profiling analysis.
By maintaining non-necrotic portions of the tumor in a three-dimensional histoculture, the expression profile of the tumor in situ is effectively preserved.
Disclosure of the Invention [0005] The invention provides a method to prepare an mRNA library characteristic of expression for use in profiling tissue, especially tumor tissue, in order to characterize the nature of the tissue. In the case of tumor analysis, this profile is helpful in designing treatment, especially in comparison with historical samples with similar expression patterns whose responsiveness to certain protocols is known. Other uses of characteristic expression profiles as related to particular tissue sources will be apparent to the skilled artisan.
By maintaining non-necrotic portions of the tumor in a three-dimensional histoculture, the expression profile of the tumor in situ is effectively preserved.
Disclosure of the Invention [0005] The invention provides a method to prepare an mRNA library characteristic of expression for use in profiling tissue, especially tumor tissue, in order to characterize the nature of the tissue. In the case of tumor analysis, this profile is helpful in designing treatment, especially in comparison with historical samples with similar expression patterns whose responsiveness to certain protocols is known. Other uses of characteristic expression profiles as related to particular tissue sources will be apparent to the skilled artisan.
[0006] Thus, in one aspect, the invention is related to a method to prepare RNA
characteristic of a tissue expression which method comprises, after culturing an intact tissue sample in sponge-gel three-dimensional culture, extracting RNA from said culture.
characteristic of a tissue expression which method comprises, after culturing an intact tissue sample in sponge-gel three-dimensional culture, extracting RNA from said culture.
[0007] The messenger RNA extracted can then be analyzed using any art recognized technique, such as Northern blot. Preferably, however, the extracted niRNA is used as a template to prepare a cDNA library which can then be analyzed using recognized array techniques, such as those based on GeneChips. In other aspects, the invention is directed to mRNA, cDNA and cRNA libraries prepared by the method of the invention and to methods to utilize these libraries for prognosis and treatment selection.
10007A1 Various embodiments of this invention provide a method to prepare an expression profile of a tissue which method comprises the step of extracting messenger RNA from an intact sample of said tissue cultured in a three-dimensional collagen sponge-gel culture, and subjecting said RNA to analysis to obtain expression data so as to obtain said expression profile. The extracted RNA may be converted into cDNA prior to the analysis. Such cDNA may be converted to labelled cRNA prior to the analysis.
The analysis may be a microan-ay analysis. The tissue may be a tumor tissue. Also provided are expression profiles prepared by such a method.
Modes of Carrying Out the Invention [0008] The present invention solves the problem of adequately preserving tissue samples, especially tumor tissue samples, for expression profiling. Presently, biopsied samples are subject to RNA degradation and alteration in expression patterns in the interval between the biopsy and the extraction of RNA for analysis. By maintaining the tissue intact in three-dimensional histoculture, the accuracy of the expression profile is preserved and the degradation of RNA is minimized.
10007A1 Various embodiments of this invention provide a method to prepare an expression profile of a tissue which method comprises the step of extracting messenger RNA from an intact sample of said tissue cultured in a three-dimensional collagen sponge-gel culture, and subjecting said RNA to analysis to obtain expression data so as to obtain said expression profile. The extracted RNA may be converted into cDNA prior to the analysis. Such cDNA may be converted to labelled cRNA prior to the analysis.
The analysis may be a microan-ay analysis. The tissue may be a tumor tissue. Also provided are expression profiles prepared by such a method.
Modes of Carrying Out the Invention [0008] The present invention solves the problem of adequately preserving tissue samples, especially tumor tissue samples, for expression profiling. Presently, biopsied samples are subject to RNA degradation and alteration in expression patterns in the interval between the biopsy and the extraction of RNA for analysis. By maintaining the tissue intact in three-dimensional histoculture, the accuracy of the expression profile is preserved and the degradation of RNA is minimized.
[0009] In the method of the invention, the tissue is biopsied using conventional techniques, and then divided into intact portions of the approximate dimension of 1 mm3.
Some variation in sample size is, of course, permitted and, for example, pieces in the range of 0.25 mm3 - 5 mm3, 0.5-3 mm3, preferably 1-2 mm3 are used. The intact tissue piece is ?a =
then placed into a three-dimensional histoculture, typically by combining the intact sample with a collagen sponge-gel, such as those described in Singh, B., et al., (supra) and multiple additional papers, reviewed, e.g., by Hoffman, R.M., et al., Intl J
Oncol. (1992) 1:467-474; Hoffman, R.M., in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (2001) Nature Publishing Group, London., and generally known in the art in the practice of HDRATM. The collagen-type sponge-gel useful in the invention methods are used as a support for the tissue and thus the dimension of the sponge-gel is substantially greater than the dimension of the fragment; typically, the surface area of the sponge-gel is roughly twice the diameter of the intact tissue sample. The three-dimensional culture is then maintained in suitable medium, such as the media described in the attached publications. The culture is maintained for as long as necessary to preserve the sample for RNA extraction.
Some variation in sample size is, of course, permitted and, for example, pieces in the range of 0.25 mm3 - 5 mm3, 0.5-3 mm3, preferably 1-2 mm3 are used. The intact tissue piece is ?a =
then placed into a three-dimensional histoculture, typically by combining the intact sample with a collagen sponge-gel, such as those described in Singh, B., et al., (supra) and multiple additional papers, reviewed, e.g., by Hoffman, R.M., et al., Intl J
Oncol. (1992) 1:467-474; Hoffman, R.M., in Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (2001) Nature Publishing Group, London., and generally known in the art in the practice of HDRATM. The collagen-type sponge-gel useful in the invention methods are used as a support for the tissue and thus the dimension of the sponge-gel is substantially greater than the dimension of the fragment; typically, the surface area of the sponge-gel is roughly twice the diameter of the intact tissue sample. The three-dimensional culture is then maintained in suitable medium, such as the media described in the attached publications. The culture is maintained for as long as necessary to preserve the sample for RNA extraction.
[0010] RNA extraction is carried out using techniques standard in the art.
[0011] The tissue sample that is the source of the expression library is typically tumor tissue. Thus, the invention method is particularly useful in assessing expression profiles for tumors of the breast, lung, colon, liver, stomach, pancreas, prostate, head and neck, ovary, and brain. This list is non-exhaustive, as any solid tumor or, indeed, any tissue may be used as the source of the library.
[0012] The extracted RNA is then analyzed according to the needs of the investigator.
Northern blot techniques may be used, but additional information can be obtained using commercially available expression arrays, for example, expression arrays now available from Affymetrix. Approximately 15 ptg of labeled cDNA is required. Typically, the extracted RNA is converted into cDNA by reverse transcription, most generally by priming with an oligo-dT primer coupled to the T7 RNA polymerase promoter. The resulting single-stranded cDNA is converted to double-stranded DNA which thus produces a template suitable for T7 polymerase-driven in vitro transcription (IVT).
Labeled nucleotides are incorporated during the in vivo transcription to permit later detection of the resulting cRNA. The resulting transcription product, cRNA, is then used to provide the profile as detected by DNA arrays supplied on chips.
Northern blot techniques may be used, but additional information can be obtained using commercially available expression arrays, for example, expression arrays now available from Affymetrix. Approximately 15 ptg of labeled cDNA is required. Typically, the extracted RNA is converted into cDNA by reverse transcription, most generally by priming with an oligo-dT primer coupled to the T7 RNA polymerase promoter. The resulting single-stranded cDNA is converted to double-stranded DNA which thus produces a template suitable for T7 polymerase-driven in vitro transcription (IVT).
Labeled nucleotides are incorporated during the in vivo transcription to permit later detection of the resulting cRNA. The resulting transcription product, cRNA, is then used to provide the profile as detected by DNA arrays supplied on chips.
[0013] In the latter determination, the labeled cRNA is fragmented by heating in Mg++
containing buffer and combined in a hybridization cocktail containing salmon sperm DNA, BSA and spiked control RNA's. Approximately 250111 of cocktail is applied to GeneChipsTM and hybridized for 16 hours at 50 C as described in the Affymetrix Gene Chip Expression Analysis Technical Manual (2001). As there described, after hybridization, the chips are taken through high and low stringency washes followed by staining with phycoerythrin-labeled streptavidin (molecular probes) antibody amplification with biotinylated anti-streptavidin antibody (Vector Labs) and an additional staining with phycoerythrin labeled streptavidin. After further washing, the arrays are digitized in an Affeymetrix scanner and the images evaluated using Microarray Suite 5TM
software.
containing buffer and combined in a hybridization cocktail containing salmon sperm DNA, BSA and spiked control RNA's. Approximately 250111 of cocktail is applied to GeneChipsTM and hybridized for 16 hours at 50 C as described in the Affymetrix Gene Chip Expression Analysis Technical Manual (2001). As there described, after hybridization, the chips are taken through high and low stringency washes followed by staining with phycoerythrin-labeled streptavidin (molecular probes) antibody amplification with biotinylated anti-streptavidin antibody (Vector Labs) and an additional staining with phycoerythrin labeled streptavidin. After further washing, the arrays are digitized in an Affeymetrix scanner and the images evaluated using Microarray Suite 5TM
software.
[0014] The foregoing description is merely exemplary of the variety of techniques that could be used to analyze the RNA extracted from the culture according to the method of the invention.
[0015] The data obtained from the determination of the components of the library can be used effectively to predict outcomes for subjects from whom tumor tissue is removed and analyzed according to the invention method, and can also be used to design protocols for treatment, as well as to predict chemosensitivity.
Claims (5)
1. A method to prepare an expression profile of a tissue which method comprises the step of extracting messenger RNA from an intact sample of said tissue cultured in a three-dimensional collagen sponge-gel culture, and subjecting said RNA to analysis to obtain expression data so as to obtain said expression profile.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracted RNA is converted into cDNA
prior to said analysis.
prior to said analysis.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the cDNA is converted to labeled cRNA
prior to said analysis.
prior to said analysis.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said analysis is microarray analysis.
5. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said tissue is tumor tissue.
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