WO2001018252A2 - Methods for disease detection - Google Patents
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- genomic instability a disruption in genomic stability, such as a mutation, has been linked to the onset or progression of certain diseases. Accordingly, various aspects of genomic instability have been proposed as reliable markers for disease. For example, mutations in the BRCA genes have been proposed as markers for breast cancer, and mutations in the p53 cell cycle regulator gene have been associated with numerous cancers, especially coiorectal cancer. It has been suggested that specific mutations might be a basis for molecular screening assays for the early stages of certain types of cancer. See, e.g., Sidransky, et al., Science, 256: 102-105 (1992).
- genomic disease markers has been especially intense in the area of cancer detection. Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth which can be associated with one or more genetic mutations. Such mutations can cause the affected cells to avoid cell death. For example, a mutation in a tumor suppressor gene can cause cells to avoid apoptosis - a type of cell death thought to be under direct genetic control. During apoptosis, cells lose their membranes, the cytoplasm condenses, and nuclear chromatin is split into oligonucleotide fragments of characteristically short length. In fact, those characteristic DNA cleavage patterns have been proposed as an assay for apoptosis. Attempts have been made to identify and use nucleic acid markers that are indicative of cancer.
- the present invention provides that the integrity of nucleic acids in biological samples comprising shed cellular material is an indicator of the disease status of the patient from whom the sample was obtained.
- tissue or body fluid samples especially those described below, contain debris from cells that have been shed from surrounding organs or tissue. In healthy patients, such debris is the result of apoptosis as part of the normal cell cycle. Apoptosis reduces nucleic acid integrity, so that only small-fragment nucleic acids exist in exfoliated cellular debris in healthy individuals.
- cellular debris comprises high-integrity nucleic acids (i.e., nucleic acids that have not been degraded by apoptosis ).
- methods of the invention comprise using nucleic acid integrity as a measure of patient disease status. Integrity can be measured by any convenient means. Preferred means include the amount of nucleic acid in a sample, the length of nucleic acids in a sample, or the molecular weight of nucleic acids in a sample.
- the invention provides methods for detecting disease in a patient based upon the integrity of patient nucleic acids present in a specimen or sample obtained from the patient.
- a tissue or body fluid specimen containing sloughed cellular debris obtained from a patient having a disease contains an amount of intact nucleic acid that is greater than would be expected in such a specimen obtained from a healthy patient.
- a measure of intact nucleic acid in a patient sample is indicative of the overall disease status of the patient.
- “intact” refers to nucleic acids that are longer than those expected to be present as a result of apoptosis.
- patient as defined herein means humans or other animals.
- a healthy patient generally produces cellular debris through normal apoptotic degradation, resulting in relatively short nucleic acid fragments in samples derived from luminal tissue and fluids.
- Patients having a disease generally produce cells and cellular debris, a proportion of which has avoided normal cell cycle regulation, resulting in relatively long, intact nucleic acid fragments.
- the present invention takes advantage of this and other insights concerning the ways in which cells respond to diseases, especially diseases associated with genetic abnormalities (either induced or inherited).
- the disease status of a patient is determined by analysis of patient nucleic acids produced in specimens obtained from the patient. Most preferably, such specimens are those most likely to contain sloughed cellular debris.
- specimens include, but are not limited to, stool, blood serum or plasma, sputum, pus, colostrum, and others.
- specimens such as those identified above contain relatively intact nucleic acid fragments. The presence of such fragments is a general diagnostic screen for disease.
- methods of the invention comprise screening a patient for disease by analysis of the integrity of nucleic acids in a tissue or body fluid specimen obtained from the patient.
- Preferred specimens include those comprising shed cells or cellular debris.
- highly-preferred specimens are those not containing an abundance of intact (non-exfoliated) cells.
- Such preferred specimens comprise stool, sputum, urine, bile, pancreatic juice, and blood serum or plasma, all of which contain shed cells or cellular debris.
- Methods of the invention are especially useful as screens for cancer. Cancer is a disease thought to be associated with genomic instabilities, and specifically with the loss of control over the normal cell cycle.
- nucleic acid integrity is measured by the ability to amplify nucleic acids in a sample.
- a preferred method comprises conducting in a tissue or body fluid sample an amplification reaction using as a template a nucleic acid locus suspected to be in the sample.
- the amplification reaction is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or, in the case of RNA, that the amplification reaction is reverse transcriptase PCR. Primers are designed to amplify the locus or loci chosen for analysis.
- genomic locus is any genetic element, including but not limited to a coding region of a gene, a non-coding nucleic acid region, a regulatory element of a gene, an intron or RNA. It is not required that the target genomic loci be associated with any specific disease, as an increase in amplifiable nucleic acid is itself diagnostic.
- the presence of a single high molecular weight amplicon is a positive screen.
- a fragment of about 1.3 Kb or greater is measured as an indicator of high integrity nucleic acids in the patient sample.
- a profile of amplification products across a range of nucleic acid fragments of different lengths is produced.
- a series of amplification reactions is conducted at a single genomic locus, each reaction being designed to amplify a fragment of unique length. If detectable amplicon is produced in each reaction, or in a number of reactions greater than expected in a sample obtained from a healthy patient, the sample is determined to be positive. For example, attempts are made to amplify fragments of 200 bp, 400 bp, 800 bp, 1.3 Kb, 1.8 Kb, and 2.4 Kb at the same genomic locus.
- a profile of amplification products across a range of nucleic acid fragments of different lengths is produced by a series of amplification reactions conducted on a series of different genomic loci, each reaction being designed to amplify a fragment of unique length. If detectable amplicon is produced in each reaction, or in a number of reactions greater than expected in a sample obtained from a patient not having the disease being screened, the sample is determined to be positive. According to methods of the invention, normal samples do not produce significant amounts of detectable amplicon at any length significantly greater than the typical apoptotic fragment (about 175 bp).
- primers are spaced to amplify fragments of only one length at a given genomic locus, or whether a series of amplifications at the locus are conducted, differences are readily observable between normal and diseased samples.
- methods of the invention are useful to detect disease, preferably cancer or precancer, in biological samples comprising shed cells or cellular debris. For example, the presence in a patient stool sample of amounts of nucleic acid, preferably DNA, above a predetermined threshold for healthy patients is indicative that the patient has cancer.
- a predetermined threshold for healthy patients is indicative that the patient has cancer.
- the general disease screen is effective independent of the locus of the disease and the specimen taken for analysis.
- nucleic acids in stool is predictive of disease generally, it does not necessarily indicate that the disease is of gastrointestinal origin.
- follow-up screening based, for example, on mutational analysis, is adequate to identify the locus of disease.
- Numerous mutational analyses are known in the art and include, for example, U.S. Patent No. 5,670,325, incorporated by reference herein.
- screening of patient samples by detecting amounts of nucleic acid in the sample is combined with an assay for apoptotic cell activity.
- Such assays may be combined with detecting amounts of nucleic acid in a patient sample as a screen for disease status.
- a positive screen is one that produces both: (1) an amount of nucleic acid that is greater than the amount expected to be present in a normal sample (e.g., one not having the disease being screened), and (2) an amount of apoptotic cell activity that is less than that expected to be present in a normal sample.
- methods of the invention comprise analyzing a plurality of genomic loci to determine an amount of amplifiable nucleic acid present at each locus.
- methods of the invention comprise screening a biological sample for an abnormality in a nucleic acid by conducting an amplification reaction using as a template a nucleic acid suspected or expected to be in the sample; determining an amount of amplification product obtained; comparing the amount of amplicon obtained to a standard amount of amplification product; and identifying a sample as having an abnormality in a nucleic acid if the amount of amplification product differs from the standard amount.
- a standard amount of amplification product is determined by amplification of a locus, or portion thereof, being screened (e.g., an intact, wild-type nucleic acid) in a known normal sample (one obtained from an individual known not to have the disease being screened). Also in preferred embodiments, a standard amount is determined by reference to the art. In certain embodiments of the invention, the standard amount is essentially no detectable amplicon due to the lack of high-integrity nucleic acids in the sample. Accordingly, any detectable amplicon in a patient sample is indicative of a positive screen. That is the case especially when a large (e.g., 1.8 Kb or 2.4 Kb) fragment is being screened.
- the standard amount can be a molecular weight marker on, for example, an electrophoretic gel.
- the sample is prepared from a specimen selected from the group consisting of stool, sputum, blood, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, seminal fluid, saliva, breast nipple aspirate, and biopsy tissue.
- any tissue or body fluid specimen may be used according to methods of the invention.
- samples of luminal fluid because such samples are generally free of intact, healthy cells.
- samples include blood, urine, bile, pancreatic juice, stool, sputum, pus, and the like.
- the nucleic acid or nucleic acids being interrogated is (are) DNA.
- the nucleic acid being analyzed is selected from a coding region of a gene, or portion thereof, a noncoding nucleic acid region, or portion thereof, a regulatory element of a gene or a portion thereof, and an unidentified fragment of genomic DNA.
- the nucleic acid being interrogated is RNA.
- any genomic locus is amenable to screening according to the invention.
- the particular locus or loci chosen for analysis depends, in part, on the disease being screened, and the convenience of the investigator. It is not necessary that the locus or loci chosen for analysis be correlated with any specific disease because methods of the invention contemplate measuring either the total nucleic acid in a sample or amplifiable nucleic acid in a sample as an indicator of overall disease status or the presence and/or extent of apoptosis in the sample.
- disease-associated loci can be used.
- Preferred disease-associated loci include p53, ape, MSH-2, dec, scr, c-myc, B-catnenin, mlh-1 , pms-1 , pms-2, pol-delta, and bax.
- the amount of amplification product may be determined by any suitable or convenient means.
- the amount of amplification product is determined by gel electrophoresis. Labels, such as fluorescent or radioactive labels, may be used.
- the amounts of amplification product produced may be compared to standard amounts by any suitable or convenient means, including, but not limited to visual comparison, machine-driven optical comparison, densitometry, mass spectroscopy, hybrid capture, and other known means.
- the amplification reaction itself can be any means for amplifying nucleic acid, including, but not limited to PCR, RT-PCR, OLA, rolling circle, single base extension, and others known in the art.
- the amplification product can also be measured by signal amplification techniques, such as branch chain amplification (Chiron).
- Methods of the invention are useful with any platform for the identification, amplification, sequencing, or other manipulation of nucleic acids.
- methods of the invention can be applied to ligase chain reaction, strand displacement (Becton-Dickinson), and others.
- a series of amplification reactions is conducted on a single genomic locus.
- Each amplification reaction in the series is designed to amplify a fragment of a different length.
- the target fragment lengths are 200 bp, 400 bp, 800 bp, 1.3 Kb, 1.8 Kb, and 2.4 Kb.
- Primers for amplification are designed according to knowledge in the art in order to amplify template, if present, of the desired length at the desired locus.
- a positive screen is one that produces amplicon in at least one, and preferably at least two of the series of amplification reactions.
- a normal sample which has undergone or which is undergoing apoptosis typically contains little or no fragments of significant length.
- a series of amplification reactions targeting fragments from about 200 bp to about 2.4 Kb and longer reveals samples that contain nucleic acids that have avoided apoptosis as evidenced by the amplification of large fragments.
- Preferred methods of the invention also comprise conducting amplification reactions on a series of different genomic loci. Preferably, from about 2 to about 7 loci are used. However, the precise number of interrogated loci is determined by the individual investigator based upon the disease to be detected or based upon convenience.
- primers are designed to amplify nucleic acid (preferably DNA) at each of the chosen loci.
- a sample in which at least one locus, preferably at least two loci, and most preferably at least three loci produce detectable amplification product is considered a positive sample.
- the lengths of fragments to be amplified in this assay may be varied, but are preferably at least about 180 bp each in length. It is not necessary that the same length fragments be amplified at each of the chosen loci.
- Methods of the invention also comprise conducting a series of amplification reactions at a series of different genomic loci.
- Each amplification reaction in the series is designed to amplify a fragment of a different length.
- the precise number of interrogated loci is determined by the individual investigator based upon the disease to be detected or based upon convenience.
- the target fragment lengths are 200 bp, 400 bp, 800 bp, 1.3 Kb, 1.8 Kb, and 2.4 Kb.
- Primers for amplification are designed according to knowledge in the art in order to amplify template if present.
- a positive screen is one that produces amplicon in at least one, and preferably at least two of the series of amplification reactions and in which at least one locus, preferably at least two loci, and most preferably at least three loci produce detectable amplification product.
- a normal sample which has undergone or which is undergoing apoptosis typically contains little or no fragments of significant length.
- a series of amplification reactions targeting fragments from about 200 bp to about 2.4 Kb and longer reveals samples that contain nucleic acids that have avoided apoptosis as evidenced by the amplification of large fragments.
- Methods of the invention may also be used to assess the integrity of DNA in a biological sample.
- Such methods comprise conducting an amplification reaction using at least two loci suspected to be in the sample as templates; determining which loci produce detectable amplicon; and assessing the integrity of DNA in the sample as a function of the number of loci producing amplicon.
- the integrity of DNA in the sample is high when amplicon is produced in one or more of the amplification reactions.
- This method is especially useful for determining whether a heterogeneous sample has sufficient nucleic acid for measurement. Accordingly, such methods are used to screen or to "qualify" samples for further analysis (e.g., genetic, biochemical, cytological, or other analyses).
- Methods of the invention may also be used to assess fetal abnormalities by conducting amplification reactions on nucleic acids in maternal blood. Just as described above, the ability to amplify significant amounts of nucleic acid is an indicator of a genomic instability.
- a baseline for comparison of the extent of nucleic acid amplification can be amounts of nucleic acids from known normal samples. The amount of amplification obtained from fetal samples is placed on a continuum, and the investigator must analyze any given sample in terms of the amount of fetal nucleic acid produced in various disease states and in normal samples. Methods of the invention are useful as diagnostic screening methods. Often it is desirable to perform follow-up testing on a patient in order to confirm a suspected disease state.
- Such follow-up procedures are determined based upon the disease state being interrogated. For example, a colonoscopy may be suggested in a case in which a stool sample is positively screened according to methods of the invention. Such follow- up procedures are contemplated herein as part of the invention.
- Methods of the invention are useful as screens for a wide range of disease states.
- methods of the invention are useful to screen for other diseases, for example, as screens for lymphomas, or stomach, lung, liver, pancreas, prostate, kidney, testicular, bladder, uterus, or ovarian cancers or adenomas.
- methods of the invention are useful, for example, as screens for diseases such as inflammatory bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, and others in which a genomic instability is thought to play a role.
- Methods of the invention are especially useful as screens for any disease that impairs the proper function of the gastrointestinal system; most especially diseases of the colon.
- Methods of the invention are also useful to screen for apoptosis in a cellular sample.
- the profile of amplifiable DNA in a sample is correlated with proteins that have been associated with disease. For example up regulation of the apoptosis protein, survivin, is correlated with increased amounts of amplifiable DNA, as is the Ras oncogene, as well as other oncogenes and their gene products.
- Methods of the invention are also useful as assays for apoptosis.
- the presence of high-integrity fragments or large quantities of nucleic acids in a sample indicates that the sample was derived from cells that did not proceed through apoptosis.
- the absence of such fragments or quantities indicates that cells that contributed to the sample did undergo apoptosis.
- an apoptotic activity assay of the invention either alone or in combination with other assays for genomic instability, are useful as screens for disease.
- methods of the invention can be carried out by hybrid capture. For example, hybrid capture and subsequent analysis of the captured fragments can be used to determine the nucleic acid integrity of a sample.
- the invention also provides a profile of nucleic acid fragments indicative of disease.
- a preferred profile is obtained through methods described above.
- Preferred profiles comprise nucleic acids having between about 200 bp and about 2.4 Kb obtained in a patient sample comprising cellular debris according to methods described herein.
- a highly preferred profile contains at least one nucleic acid of at least 1.3 Kb.
- Figure 1 is a gel photograph showing results of amplification of K-ras (exon 1)
- the band intensity relates to the amount of 200 bp product or greater in the sample.
- Lanes 1-4 are results from patients with cancer or adenoma
- lane 5 is a positive control
- lanes 6-10 are from patients who did not have cancer or adenoma
- lanes 11-12 are negative controls
- lanes 13-18 are standards at the approximate molecular weight indicated in the figure. Amplifications were graded A through C, A being the most intense band, C being the least.
- Figures 2-4 are gel photographs showing results of amplification of ape (exon 15) DNA isolated from stool using forward and reverse primers spaced about 200 bp apart.
- the band intensity relates to the amount of 200 bp product or greater in the sample.
- Lanes 1-4 are results from patients with cancer or adenoma
- lane 5 is a positive control
- lanes 6-10 are from patients who did not have cancer or adenoma
- lanes 11-12 are negative controls
- lanes 13-18 are standards at the approximate molecular weight indicated in the figure.
- Amplifications were graded A through C, A being the most intense band, C being the least.
- Figure 5 is a gel photograph showing results of amplification of p53 (exon 5) DNA isolated from stool using forward and reverse primers spaced about 200 bp apart. The band intensity relates to the amount of 200 bp product or greater in the sample.
- Lanes 1-4 are results from patients with cancer or adenoma
- lane 5 is a positive control
- lanes 6-10 are from patients who did not have cancer or adenoma
- lanes 11-12 are negative controls
- lanes 13-18 are standards at the approximate molecular weight indicated in the figure. Amplifications were graded A through C, A being the most intense band, C being the least.
- Figure 6 is a gel photograph showing results of amplification of p53 (exon 7) DNA isolated from stool using forward and reverse primers spaced about 200 bp apart.
- the band intensity relates to the amount of 200 bp product or greater in the sample.
- Lanes 1-4 are results from patients with cancer or adenoma
- lane 5 is a positive control
- lanes 6-10 are from patients who did not have cancer or adenoma
- lanes 11-12 are negative controls
- lanes 13-18 are standards at the approximate molecular weight indicated in the figure.
- Amplifications were graded A through C, A being the most intense band, C being the least.
- Figure 7 is a gel photograph showing results of amplification of p53 (exon 8) DNA isolated from stool using forward and reverse primers spaced about 200 bp apart.
- the band intensity relates to the amount of 200 bp product or greater in the sample.
- Lanes 1-4 are results from patients with cancer or adenoma
- lane 5 is a positive control
- lanes 6-10 are from patients who did not have cancer or adenoma
- lanes 11-12 are negative controls
- lanes 13-18 are standards at the approximate molecular weight indicated in the figure.
- Amplifications were graded A through C, A being the most intense band, C being the least.
- Figure 9-10 are gel photographs of results of amplification of DNA from stool samples using forward and reverse primers spaced approximately 1.8 Kb apart. The band intensity shows the amount of 1.8 Kb or greater product.
- Lanes 1 , 8, and 9 are negative controls, lanes 2, 3, and 5 are results from patients with cancer or adenoma, lanes 4, 6, and 7 are results from patients who did not have cancer or adenoma, and lanes 10-14 are molecular weight standards.
- Figures 11 A and B are gel photographs of results of amplification of DNA in stool from a total of 30 patients and controls.
- the band intensity relates to the amount of amplifiable DNA in the sample.
- Lanes N are negative controls
- lanes 1 , 3, 11 , and 18 are results from patients which are indicative of the presence off cancer or adenoma
- lanes 2, 4, 5-10, 12-17, and 19-30 are results from patients which are indicative of the absence of cancer or adenoma.
- the remaining lanes are markers or standards.
- Figure 12 shows a schematic representation of the placement of the primers for amplification in a method of the present invention.
- a single forward primer, F-i is used in conjunction with a series of reverse primers, Ri to RQ, chosen to amplify progressively longer portions of the target.
- Figure 13 shows a schematic representation of the placement of the primers for amplification in a method of the present invention.
- a series of forward and reverse primer pairs, (Fi , Ri) to (F 3 , R 3 ), are chosen to amplify portions of the target spaced at intervals along the target.
- the invention provides methods for the analysis of biological samples.
- Methods of the invention provide diagnostically-relevant information based upon the integrity of nucleic acids in a biological sample.
- Normal biological samples (those not having indicia of the disease being screened), especially those comprising luminal tissue and/or fluid, typically comprise a majority of short-fragment, low-integrity nucleic acids (especially DNA) which are the result of degradation by apoptosis.
- DNA low-integrity nucleic acids
- Methods of the invention screen for such disruptions.
- preferred methods of the invention comprise determining an amount of amplifiable nucleic acid in a biological sample, and determining whether that amount is consistent with an amount expected in a normal sample.
- a biological sample especially heterogeneous samples, there may be no detectable amplification product. That is especially true when longer fragments are used as templates for amplification.
- methods of the invention comprise amplifying sequences of different length in a sample, if present, in order to generate a profile of amplification products indicative of disease or the propensity for disease.
- a sample is exposed to a set of PCR primers comprising a single forward primer, which may be a capture probe used to capture target fragments, and a plurality of downstream reverse primers which hybridize to portions of a contiguous sequence (if present) in the sample.
- Amplifications using these primers will result in a series of amplification products, each having a different length, if the contiguous target sequence is present in the sample.
- the length of the amplification products are determined by the spacings between the forward primer and each of the downstream reverse primers.
- Figure 12 is a schematic representation showing placement of the primers for amplification.
- the target sequence, or a portion of it, is present in the sample, amplification will result in a series of fragments the length of which is dictated by the spacing of the primers.
- a sample from a diseased patient will produce a profile of amplification products in the assay described above that differs from the profile obtained from a sample containing the smaller fragments expected to be produced as a result of normal apoptosis.
- the forward primer is designed to hybridize about 200 bp upstream of the first reverse primer, and about 2.3 Kb upstream of the last reverse primer.
- Other reverse primers are designed to hybridize at various locations between the first and last reverse primers.
- Preferred intervals between the forward primer and the various reverse primers are 200 bp (Fr R , 400 bp (F R 2 ), 800 bp (F1-R3), 1.3 Kb, (F R 4 ), 1.8 Kb (F R 5 ), and 2.3 Kb (F R 6 ).
- the number and spacing of reverse primers is chosen at the convenience of the skilled artisan.
- a hybrid capture probe is used to anchor a target sequence, preferably on a solid support (e.g., beads). A plurality of probes are then placed at various distances downstream of the capture probe.
- probes can be pairs of forward and reverse primers as discussed above, or they can be signal amplification probes, such as those used in Ligase Chain Reaction (LCR), and others used in the identification of sequences.
- LCR Ligase Chain Reaction
- the plurality of probes hybridize along the length of a target fragment if the target is present in the sample.
- LCR Ligase Chain Reaction
- a sample containing intact (high integrity) nucleic acids represents a positive screen according to the invention.
- sample is placed into wells (e.g., on a 96 well plate) containing support-bound capture probe.
- the capture probe immobilizes a target sequence, if present in the sample.
- Probes that hybridize to sequence downstream of the capture probe are placed into each well, such that each downstream probe is spaced a unique distance apart from the common capture probe, and each well contains only one type of downstream probe.
- Signal is then generated by, for example, amplification, or by standard ELISA procedure followed by amplification, or by LCR, or other methods mentioned above.
- the presence of signal in each well indicates the presence of sequence of at least the length between the capture probe and the downstream probe.
- each well receives multiple different downstream probes, which may be distinctly labeled, and the presence of label(s) is correlated with the length of sequence presence in the sample.
- a sample from a patient having, for example, cancer will produce amplicon between most or all of the primer pairs (depending, inter alia, on the length of the target fragments, on the spacing of the primers, and where on the target the primers are spaced).
- Such a profile represents a positive screen for disease or the propensity for disease.
- a sample from a patient who does not have indicia of disease results in little or no amplification product in the assay described above.
- In a negative screen there may be amplification of small (e.g., 200 bp) fragments but there should be no amplification of larger fragments (i.e., fragments resulting from amplification between the forward primer and spaced-apart reverse primers).
- the target fragment may optionally be an oncogene, a tumor suppressor, or any other marker associated with cancer.
- cancer-associated markers it is not necessary to use cancer-associated markers in methods of the invention, as such methods are based on the general recognition that samples indicative of disease contain a greater amount of intact nucleic acids and a greater amount of long fragment nucleic acids. Accordingly, any convenient target nucleic acid locus may be used in the methods of the invention.
- the amplification reactions described above may be conducted according to any suitable or convenient protocol and the fragment size of the resulting amplification products (if any) may be determined by any suitable or convenient means.
- methods of the invention comprise conducting a series of amplification reactions on a contiguous nucleic acid target fragment, each application reaction comprising one forward primer and one reverse primer, such that pairs of forward and reverse primers are spaced at intervals on a contiguous fragment suspected to be in the sample.
- An example of this arrangement is shown in Figure 13.
- the spacings between each forward and reverse primer pair are equivalent.
- the assay described above will result in a series of same-size fragments for most if not all of the primer pairs.
- Such an array of amplification products evidences a contiguous target sequence indicative of disease (see above).
- a sample from a disease-free patient should produce little or no amplification product, but in any case will not produce the contiguous array of amplification products expected from a sample containing a relatively intact diagnostic target sequence.
- each of the methods described above are based upon the principle that an intact nucleic acid, or a segment of an intact nucleic acid, in a sample is diagnostic.
- variations on the methods described above are contemplated. Such variations include the placement of primers, the number of primers used, the target sequence, the method for identifying sequences, and others.
- a forward primer may, for example, be used to amplify fragments between two reverse primers.
- Other variations in primer pair placement are within the skill in the art, as are details of the amplification reactions to be conducted.
- capture probes may be used in methods of the invention in order to isolate a chosen target sequence.
- the following examples provide further details of methods according to the invention.
- the following examples provide details of the use of the method if the present invention in colon cancer detection. Accordingly, while exemplified in the following manner, the invention is not so limited and the skilled artisan will appreciate its wide range of application upon consideration thereof.
- the following example relates to screening for colon cancer in voided stool samples. Based upon the principles upon which the invention is based (see above), the same analysis can be performed on other samples, such as those mentioned above, with the same results as shown herein.
- preferred methods of the invention comprise obtaining at least a cross-sectional or circumferential portion of a voided stool as taught in U.S. patent number 5,741 ,650, and co-pending, co-owned U.S. patent application serial number 09/059,718, both of which are incorporated by reference herein. While a cross-sectional or circumferential portion of stool is desirable, methods provided herein are conducted on random samples obtained from voided stool, which include smears or scrapings. Once obtained, the stool specimen is homogenized.
- a preferable buffer for homogenization is one that contains at least 16 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA).
- EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- a preferred buffer for stool homogenization comprises phosphate buffered saline, 20-100 mM NaCI or KCI, at least 150 mM EDTA, and optionally a detergent (such as SDS) and a proteinase (e.g., proteinase K).
- nucleic acid is preferably isolated from the stool sample. Isolation or extraction of nucleic acid is not required in all methods of the invention, as certain detection techniques can be adequately performed in homogenized stool without isolation of nucleic acids. In a preferred embodiment, however, homogenized stool is spun to create a supernatant containing nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and other cellular debris. The supernatant is treated with a detergent and proteinase to degrade protein, and the nucleic acid is phenol-chloroform extracted. The extracted nucleic acids are then precipitated with alcohol. Other techniques can be used to isolate nucleic acid from the sample. Such techniques include hybrid capture, and amplification directly from the homogenized stool. Nucleic acids can be purified and/or isolated to the extent required by the screening assay to be employed. Total DNA is isolated using techniques known in the art. Screening Assay Protocol
- human DNA fragments obtained above can be determined by numerous means.
- human DNA can be separated using gel electrophoresis.
- a 3% agarose gel is prepared using techniques known in the art. See Ausubel et. al., Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sones, 1195, pgs. 2- 23-2-24, incorporated by reference herein.
- the size of human DNA fragments is then determined by comparison to known standards. Fragments greater than about 200 bp provide a positive screen. While a diagnosis can be made on the basis of the screen alone, patients presenting a positive screen are preferably advised to seek follow-up testing to render a confirmed diagnosis.
- a preferred means for determining human DNA fragment length uses PCR. Methods for implementing PCR are well-known. In the present invention, human DNA fragments are amplified using human-specific primers. Amplicon of greater than about 200 bp produced by PCR represents a positive screen. Other amplification reactions and modifications of PCR, such as ligase chain reaction, reverse-phase PCR, Q-PCR, and others may be used to produce detectable levels of amplicon. Amplicon may be detected by coupling to a reporter (e.g.
- Stool samples were collected from 9 patients who presented with symptoms or a medical history that indicated that a colonoscopy should be performed. Each stool sample was frozen. Immediately after providing a stool sample, each patient was given a colonoscopy in order to determine the patient's disease status. Based upon the colonoscopy results, and subsequent histological analysis of biopsy samples taken during colonoscopy, individuals were placed into one of two groups: normal or abnormal. The abnormal group consisted of patients with cancer or with an adenoma of at least 1 cm in diameter. Based upon these results, 4 of the 9 patients were placed into the abnormal group.
- the samples were screened by hybrid capturing human DNA, and determining the amount of amplifiable DNA having at least 200 base pairs.
- Each frozen stool specimen weighing from 7-33 grams, was thawed and homogenized in 500 mM Tris, 16 mM EDTA, and 10 mM NaCI, pH 9.0 at a volume, to mass ratio of 3:1.
- Samples were then rehomogenized in the same buffer to a final volume-to-mass ratio of 20:1 , and spun in glass macro beads at 2356 xg. The supernatant was collected and treated with SDS and proteinase k.
- the DNA was then phenol-chloroform extracted and precipitated with alcohol.
- the precipitate was suspended in 10 mM Tris and 1 mM EDTA (1 x TE), pH 7.4. Finally, the DNA was treated with Rnase. Human DNA was isolated from the precipitate by sequence-specific hybrid capture. Biotynilated probes against portions of the p53, K-ras, and ape genes were used.
- the K-ras probe was 5'GTGGAGTATTTGATAGTGTATTAACCTTATGTGTGAC 3' (SEQ ID NO: 1). There were two ape probes: apc-1309 was
- the resulting amplified DNA was graded based upon the relative intensity of the stained gels.
- the results are shown in Figures 1-7.
- Each Figure represents the results for all 9 patients (including standards) for the seven different loci that were amplified.
- each sample from a patient with cancer or adenoma was detected as a band having significantly greater intensity than the bands associated with samples from patients who did not have cancer or precancer.
- All four cancer/adenoma patients identified using colonoscopy were correctly identified by determining the amount of amplifiable DNA 200 base pairs or greater in length.
- the results were the same regardless of which locus was amplified. Accordingly, the amount of 200 bp or greater DNA in a sample was predictive of patient disease status.
- samples from individuals having cancer or precancer produced large amounts of high-molecular weight (in this case 1.8 Kb and above) DNA; whereas samples from patients who did not have cancer or precancer produced no DNA in the range of about 1.8 Kb and higher.
- high-molecular weight DNA was indicative of the disease status of the patient.
- the BRCA2 probe was 5OTAAGTrTGAATCCATGCTTTGCTCTTCTTGATTATT3' (SEQ ID NO 9).
- the APC1 probe was 5OAGATAGCCCTGGACAAACCATGCCACCAAGCAGAAG3' (SEQ ID NO 10).
- the p53 probe hybridizing to a portion of exon 5, was 5TACTCCCCTGCCCTCAACAAGATGTTTTGCCAACTGG3' (SEQ ID NO:4).
- the APC2 probe was 5'GAAGTTCCTGGATTTTCTGTTGCTGGATGGTAGTTGC3' (SEQ ID NO 11).
- a 300 ⁇ l aliquot of sample was placed in 300 ⁇ l of 6 M guanidine isothiocyanate buffer with 10 ⁇ l of each capture probe, and incubated overnight at 25 C.
- Captured DNA was isolated using 100 ⁇ l capture beads incubated for one hour at room temperature. The DNA was eluted off the beads and PCR amplified under standard PCR conditions.
- amplification reactions were conducted using forward and reverse primers through the 5 loci for each sample. Forward and reverse primers were spaced to amplify fragments of 200 bp, 400 bp, 800 bp, 1.3 Kb, 1.8 Kb, and 2.4 Kb. Each of 30 PCR reactions was run for 36 cycles. Amplicon was run on a 3% Seakeam gel, and stained with ethidium bromide. The results are shown in Figures 11 A and 11 B. Each figure represents the results for 15 of the 30 patients.
- patients with cancer or adenoma have an increased yield of amplifiable DNA. That is especially true at the 1.8 Kb level and above.
- patients with cancer or adenoma not only produce more amplifiable DNA in their stool, but also produce larger DNA fragments than are produced in the stool of patients who do not have cancer.
- methods of the invention were correlated with clinical outcome in numerous patients who had a colorectal adenoma or colorectal cancer as diagnosed using colonoscopy, and 79 patients who were diagnosed as not having colorectal cancer or adenoma.
- a stool sample was obtained from each of these patients and prepared as described above. Fragments of the 5 different loci referred to above were amplified using primers spaced 200, 400, 800, 1300, 1800, and 2400 base pairs apart using the protocol described above in Example 3. Each amplification was scored such that successful amplification of a fragment received a score of 1 , and no amplification received a score of 0.
- methods of the invention were used to detect non-colonic cancers in 28 patients.
- a stool sample was obtained from each of the 28 patients.
- the sample was prepared as described above. Fragments of the 5 different loci referred to above were amplified using primers spaced 200, 400, 800, 1300, 1800, and 2400 base pairs apart using the protocol described above in Example 3. Each amplification was scored such that successful amplification of a fragment received a score of 1 , and no amplification received a score of 0. Since five loci were interrogated using 6 primer pairs each, the maximum obtainable score was 30 (successful amplification of all 6 fragments at all five loci). A score of 21 was used as a cutoff between diseased and non-diseased patients. The results are shown below. Table 4 Supercolonic Cancers
- methods of the invention successfully screened 18 out of 27 patients who actually had non-colonic cancer. Only one patient was misdagnosed as having cancer when he did not. Thus, the methods of the invention are useful for non- invasive diagnosis of a non-specified cancerous disease state in a patient.
- the threshold of 21 for a positive screen can be changed to accommodate desired sensitivities and specificities. For example, if 18 were the false negative results shown in Table 4 would be avoided.
- the skilled artisan knows how to set thresholds depending on the patient (e.g., a lower threshold for patients with symptoms than patients presenting with no symptoms), the disease being diagnosed, and the desired level of sensitivity and specificity. Regardless of the threshold, the principle of the invention remains that nucleic acid integrity is a viable marker for disease, and especially for cancer. ln addition, the propensity for disease may be measured using methods of the invention. For example, periodic molecular weight profiling in accordance with the methods of the invention may be used to monitor the disease state of a patient presenting no or minimal symptoms. Such longitudinal monitoring will determine whether a patient is progressing with increasing amounts of high integrity nucleic acids - indicating the desirability for follow-up examination. What is claimed is:
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