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• the present invention relates generally to the use of flow cytometry and immobilized mismatch binding proteins for the detection of DNA polymorphisms, including nucleotide polymorphisms, insertions, and deletions.
• This invention was made with government support under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-36 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to The Regents of The University of California. The government has certain rights in the invention.
• the single-strand conformation polymorphism method relies on detecting sequence-related differences in the secondary structure of single-stranded DNA as detected by nondenaturing gel electrophoresis.
• Denaturing gradient-gel electrophoresis detects polymorphisms by the different mobilities of homoduplex versus mismatch- containing heteroduplex double-stranded DNA.
• the sensitivity of heteroduplex DNA to cleavage by chemicals (hydroxylamine/osmium tetroxide) or enzymes (T4 endonuclease VII or the E.coli Must/H/L complex) can be detected by gel electrophoresis.
• Endonuclease VII which cleaves mismatch containing DNA in the presence of Mg ++ , is immobilized on microtiter plates and used to bind heteroduplex DNA in the absence of Mg ++ . See, e.g., "Enzymatic Mutation Detection: Procedure For Screening And Mapping Of Mutations By Immobilization Endonuclease VII," by S. Golz et al., Nucleic Acids Res.
• Endonuclease VII has the advantage of recognizing all possible mismatches, including C/C mismatches, as well as bulges or loops caused by insertions or deletions. See, also "Detection of 81 Of 81 Known Mouse ⁇ -Globin Promoter Mutations With T4 Endonuclease Vll-The EMC Method," by R. Youil et al., Genomics 32, 431 (1996).
• Flow cytometry provides multiparameter detection with excellent sensitivity in a homogenous assay format. Multicolor fluorescence detection can be exploited for the simultaneous detection of dozens, or potentially hundreds, of analytes in a single sample. These features enable washless, small volume, multiplexed analyses for high-throughput applications.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a high-throughput, washless, small volume method for detecting SNPs using flow cytometry.
• the method for the detection of DNA polymorphisms hereof may comprise in combination: immobilizing a mismatch-binding protein on microspheres; preparing fluorescently labeled copies of the DNA to be interrogated; and flowing the microspheres through a flow cytometer, wherein the binding of the fluorescent DNA to the microspheres is measured.
• the mismatch binding protein is the bacterial mismatch binding protein MutS or a homologue thereof.
• Benefits and advantages of the present invention include a high- throughput, small volume, washless method for detecting SNPs in DNA. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
• the accompanying drawings which are incorporated in and form a part of the specification, illustrate the embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
• FIGURE 1a is a schematic representation of molecules of MutS, which bind to SNP locations in DNA, immobilized on a microsphere in the presence of DNA strands having SNPs and strands of normal DNA
• FIG. 1 b is a schematic representation of binding to the microsphere of the DNA strands which have SNPs as a result of the mismatch-binding protein immobilized thereon, normal DNA strands remaining in solution, whereby DNA having SNPs can be detected using flow cytometry.
• FIGURE 2 is a graph of the fluorescence, as measured by flow cytometry, of immobilized mismatch-binding protein-coated microspheres as a function of the concentration of mismatch-containing DNA (open circles) or non-mismatch- containing DNA (black circles) after 30 min. of co-incubation.
• the present invention includes the use of immobilized mismatch- binding protein-coated microspheres to bind fluorescently labeled, mismatch- containing DNA for detection by flow cytometry.
• the genomic DNA of interest is amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using fluorescently labeled nucleotide triphosphates.
• PCR polymerase chain reaction
• the resulting fluorescent DNA is melted and allowed to reanneal. If the genomic sample contains a polymorphic site, the reannealed DNA will contain base mismatches.
• Microspheres bearing immobilized mismatch-binding protein are added to the DNA samples and the mismatch- containing DNA allowed to bind to the mismatch-binding proteins.
• the sample is then analyzed by flow cytometry to detect the fluorescent DNA bound to the microspheres.
• DNA may be incubated with soluble mismatch- binding protein, followed by immobilization of the DNA-mismatch-binding protein complex onto microspheres for analysis using flow cytometry.
• flow cytometry techniques By adapting the assay to flow cytometry techniques, existing SNP detection methods using immobilized mismatch-binding protein have been improved.
• the present flow- cytometric method for mutation scanning has several important features. It is a single step, no wash assay, capable of rapid and sensitive analysis and, as such, will allow amplified regions to be rapidly scanned for the presence of polymorphisms to prioritize samples for complete sequencing or to detect mutations in known regions of the genome.
• FIG. 1a is a schematic representation of molecules of MutS, which bind to SNP locations in DNA, immobilized on a microsphere in the presence of DNA strands having SNPs and strands of normal DNA
• FIG. 1 b is a schematic representation of the binding to the microsphere of the DNA strands which have SNPs as a result of the mismatch-binding protein immobilized thereon.
• the normal DNA strands remain in solution. DNA having SNPs can then be detected using flow cytometry.
• Mismatch-binding proteins include the bacterial mismatch-binding protein MutS, homologues thereof, the T4 bacteriophage enzyme endonuclease VII, one of its functional homologues, or any other protein that recognizes DNA base pair mismatches and which can be immobilized on microspheres by physical adsorption or by the use of an affinity tag which binds to an affinity partner immobilized on the microspheres.
• Useful affinity tags and binding partners are listed in the TABLE. TABLE. Affinity Tags and Binding Partners
• microspheres are composed of polystyrene, cellulose, agarose, or other suitable material, and bear one of the affinity tag binding partners listed in the TABLE.
• Fluorescently labeled DNA is prepared by amplification using the polymerase chain reaction with fluorescently labeled primers or fluorescently labeled nucleotide triphosphates, or by post-amplification staining with a fluorescent DNA binding dye.
• the DNA can be labeled using biotinylated nucleotide triphosphates in a polymerase chain reaction amplification process, followed by binding with fluorescently labeled avidin, after the DNA has been fixed onto microspheres by the mismatch-binding protein coating thereon.
• Microspheres bearing immobilized mismatch-binding protein are prepared by adsorbing one nanomole of mismatch-binding protein on one hundred million microspheres, each ten micrometers in diameter. The incubation occurs efficiently in a total volume of one milliliter of Tris buffer (50 mM Tris, 100 mM NaCl, pH 8.0) chilled for 12 hours using ice, followed by washing which includes two cycles of centrifugation and resuspension.
• the DNA samples to be tested are amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using a high fidelity thermostable DNA polymerase, such as Pfu, to optimize amplification fidelity.
• PCR polymerase chain reaction
• Fluorescein-labeled dUTP is included in the amplification reaction such that the amplified DNA contains the fluorescent label.
• the amplified DNA is then melted and allowed to reanneal.
• Microspheres bearing immobilized mismatch-binding protein are added (one hundred thousand to a total volume of twenty microliters), and mismatch-containing double-stranded DNA is allowed to bind to the microspheres.
• the samples are then diluted with buffer to a final volume of five hundred microliters and the microsphere-associated fluorescence is measured in a conventional flow cytometer.
• Figure 2 is a graph of the fluorescence, as measured by flow cytometry, of immobilized mismatch-binding protein-coated microspheres as a function of the concentration of mismatch-containing DNA (open circles) or non-mismatch-containing DNA (black circles) after 30 min. of co- incubation. As can be seen from Fig. 2, at DNA concentrations greater than 100 nM, the specific binding of the mismatch-containing DNA is clearly distinguishable from the background of normal DNA.

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