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A capture methyl-seq protocol with improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness using pre-pooling and enzymatic conversion.

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Objective

The opportunities for sequencing-based methylome analysis of clinical samples are increasing. To reduce its cost and the amount of genomic DNA required for library preparation, we aimed to establish a capture methyl-seq protocol, which adopts pre-pooling of multiple libraries before hybridization capture and TET2/APOBEC-mediated conversion of unmethylated cytosine to thymine.

Results

We compared a publicly available dataset generated by the standard Agilent protocol of SureSelect XT Human Methyl-Seq Kit and our dataset obtained by our modified protocol, EMCap, that adopted sample pre-pooling and enzymatic conversion. We confirmed that the quality of DNA methylation data was comparable between the two datasets. As our protocol, EMCap, is more cost-effective and reduces the amount of input genomic DNA, it would serve as a better choice for clinical methylome sequencing.

SUBMITTER: Hasegawa K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10326935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A capture methyl-seq protocol with improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness using pre-pooling and enzymatic conversion.

Hasegawa Keita K Nakabayashi Kazuhiko K Ishiwata Keisuke K Kasuga Yoshifumi Y Hata Kenichiro K Tanaka Mamoru M

BMC research notes 20230706 1

<h4>Objective</h4>The opportunities for sequencing-based methylome analysis of clinical samples are increasing. To reduce its cost and the amount of genomic DNA required for library preparation, we aimed to establish a capture methyl-seq protocol, which adopts pre-pooling of multiple libraries before hybridization capture and TET2/APOBEC-mediated conversion of unmethylated cytosine to thymine.<h4>Results</h4>We compared a publicly available dataset generated by the standard Agilent protocol of S ...[more]

PMID: 37415255

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A capture methyl-seq protocol with improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness using pre-pooling and enzymatic conversion.

Objective

Results

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A capture methyl-seq protocol with improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness using pre-pooling and enzymatic conversion.

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