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Transcription Profiling of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Samples and fresh frozen samples by Affymetrix Microarrays as a qualitative assessment

ABSTRACT: Background: To date, few studies have systematically characterized microarray gene expression signal performance with degraded RNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens in comparison to intact RNA from unfixed fresh-frozen (FF) specimens. Methodology: RNA was extracted and isolated from paired tumor and normal samples from both FFPE and FF kidney, lung and colon tissue specimens. Microarray signal dynamics on both the raw probe and probeset level were evaluated. A contrast metric was developed to directly compare microarray signal derived from RNA extracted from matched FFPE and FF specimens. Gene-level summaries were then compared to determine the degree of overlap in expression profiles. Results: RNA extracted from FFPE material was more degraded and fragmented than FF, resulting in reduced dynamic range of expression signal. It was found that probe performance is not affected uniformly and declines sharply toward 5￢ﾀﾙ end of genes. The most significant differences in FFPE vs. FF signal were consistent across three tissue types and enriched with ribosomal genes. Significance: Our results show that archived FFPE samples can be used to profile for expression signatures and assess differential expression similar to unfixed tissue sources. This study provides guidelines for application of these methods in the discovery, validation, and clinical application of microarray expression profiling with FFPE material. 53 samples: 16 FF colon, 7 FFPE colon, 6 FF lung, 8 FFPE lung, 8 FF kidney, and 8 FFPE kidney specimens. Samples are paired tumor and normal tissue. 1-4 biological replicates.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Elai Davicioni

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-19249 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Quantitative expression profiling in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples by affymetrix microarrays.

Abdueva Diana D Wing Michele M Schaub Betty B Triche Timothy T Davicioni Elai E

The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD 20100603 4

To date, few studies have systematically characterized microarray gene expression signal performance with degraded RNA from fixed (FFPE) in comparison with intact RNA from unfixed fresh-frozen (FF) specimens. RNA was extracted and isolated from paired tumor and normal samples from both FFPE and FF kidney, lung, and colon tissue specimens and microarray signal dynamics on both the raw probe and probeset level were evaluated. A contrast metric was developed to directly compare microarray signal de ...[more]

PMID: 20522636

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Project description:This study was performed to evaluated RNA extraction and gene expression analysis of FFPE specimen stored for more than 20 years. Using long time stored FFPE material; large retrospective studies correlating molecular features with therapeutic response and clinical outcome, can be performed. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to evaluate RNA extraction methods and to compare gene expression profiles of FFPE and fresh frozen (FF) tissue. Extracted RNA was subsequently subjected to microarray analysis and compared to qPCR data. The Ambion RecoverAll kit appears to be particularly suited for RNA extraction of long time stored FFPE tissues. Gene expression analysis using Affymetrix platform displayed a high degree of correlation for endogenous control genes comparing FF and FFPE tissues. We conclude that high quality gene expression signatures can be recognized using Affymetrix gene expression platform on FFPE tissue stored for more than 20 years. However, a general interpretation must be done with caution as different FFPE procedures have varying effects on RNA quality. Three RNA extraction methods from Roche (Basel, Switzerland), Ambion (Austin, TX, USA) and Qiagen (Hilden, Germany), designed for FFPE material was used. The methods were compared using qPCR. For the qPCR analysis, two different concentrations of input cDNA were used (20ng and 100ng) and 32 human endogenous control genes were examined. RNA from the Ambion FFPE kit was further analyzed by using microarray. Amplification of RNA prior to microarray analysis was performed using Nugen technologies (San Carlos, CA, USA). Nugen has developed amplification kits both for FFPE and FF materials: WT- ovation FFPE RNA amplification System V2 (Nugen FFPE), Ovation FF RNA Amplification System V2 (Nugen V2 FF) and Ovation FF Pico RNA Amplification System (Nugen PICO FF). The Nugen FFPE kit, designed for FFPE material was only used for FFPE tissue. The Nugen Pico FF kit, designed to target small amounts of FF RNA (>500 pg) and the Nugen V2 FF kit designed to target total FF RNA, were only used for FF tissue. Affymetrix standard amplification protocol (Affy FF) designed for FF RNA was also included as the standard method for amplification.

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Transcription Profiling of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Samples and fresh frozen samples by Affymetrix Microarrays as a qualitative assessment

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Quantitative expression profiling in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples by affymetrix microarrays.

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