PMID- 29494651 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180622 LR - 20190221 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 3 DP - 2018 TI - A streamlined workflow for single-cells genome-wide copy-number profiling by low-pass sequencing of LM-PCR whole-genome amplification products. PG - e0193689 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0193689 [doi] LID - e0193689 AB - Chromosomal instability and associated chromosomal aberrations are hallmarks of cancer and play a critical role in disease progression and development of resistance to drugs. Single-cell genome analysis has gained interest in latest years as a source of biomarkers for targeted-therapy selection and drug resistance, and several methods have been developed to amplify the genomic DNA and to produce libraries suitable for Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS). However, most protocols require several enzymatic and cleanup steps, thus increasing the complexity and length of protocols, while robustness and speed are key factors for clinical applications. To tackle this issue, we developed a single-tube, single-step, streamlined protocol, exploiting ligation mediated PCR (LM-PCR) Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) method, for low-pass genome sequencing with the Ion Torrent platform and copy number alterations (CNAs) calling from single cells. The method was evaluated on single cells isolated from 6 aberrant cell lines of the NCI-H series. In addition, to demonstrate the feasibility of the workflow on clinical samples, we analyzed single circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and white blood cells (WBCs) isolated from the blood of patients affected by prostate cancer or lung adenocarcinoma. The results obtained show that the developed workflow generates data accurately representing whole genome absolute copy number profiles of single cell and allows alterations calling at resolutions down to 100 Kbp with as few as 200,000 reads. The presented data demonstrate the feasibility of the Ampli1 WGA-based low-pass workflow for detection of CNAs in single tumor cells which would be of particular interest for genome-driven targeted therapy selection and for monitoring of disease progression. FAU - Ferrarini, Alberto AU - Ferrarini A AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Forcato, Claudio AU - Forcato C AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Buson, Genny AU - Buson G AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Tononi, Paola AU - Tononi P AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Del Monaco, Valentina AU - Del Monaco V AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Terracciano, Mario AU - Terracciano M AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Bolognesi, Chiara AU - Bolognesi C AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Fontana, Francesca AU - Fontana F AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Medoro, Gianni AU - Medoro G AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Neves, Rui AU - Neves R AD - Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, Medical Faculty, University Hospital of the Heinrich- Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany. FAU - Mohlendick, Birte AU - Mohlendick B AD - Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, Medical Faculty, University Hospital of the Heinrich- Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany. FAU - Rihawi, Karim AU - Rihawi K AD - Unita Operativa di Oncologia Medica, Policlinico Sant'Orsola - Malpighi, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Ardizzoni, Andrea AU - Ardizzoni A AD - Unita Operativa di Oncologia Medica, Policlinico Sant'Orsola - Malpighi, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Sumanasuriya, Semini AU - Sumanasuriya S AD - The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. FAU - Flohr, Penny AU - Flohr P AD - The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. FAU - Lambros, Maryou AU - Lambros M AD - The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. FAU - de Bono, Johann AU - de Bono J AD - The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. FAU - Stoecklein, Nikolas H AU - Stoecklein NH AD - Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, Medical Faculty, University Hospital of the Heinrich- Heine-University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany. FAU - Manaresi, Nicolo AU - Manaresi N AD - Menarini Silicon Biosystems spa, Bologna, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180301 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/genetics MH - Adenocarcinoma of Lung MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - DNA Copy Number Variations MH - Female MH - High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing/instrumentation/*methods MH - Humans MH - Lung Neoplasms/genetics MH - Male MH - Neoplasms/*genetics MH - Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/pathology MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction/instrumentation MH - Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics MH - Single-Cell Analysis/instrumentation/*methods MH - Whole Genome Sequencing/instrumentation/*methods MH - Workflow PMC - PMC5832318 COIS- Competing Interests: AF, CF, GB, CB, VDM, PT, MT, FB, FF, GM, NM are employee of Menarini Silicon Biosystems S.p.A.. GB, PT, NM are co-inventors on the patent "Method and kit for the generation of dna libraries for massively parallel sequencing" (WO 2017178655 A1) on the method presented, assigned to Menarini Silicon Biosystems S.p.A. The method presented has been implemented as a kit called *Ampli*1 LowPass, commercially available from Menarini Silicon Biosystems S.p.A.. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDAT- 2018/03/02 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/23 06:00 PMCR- 2018/03/01 CRDT- 2018/03/02 06:00 PHST- 2017/11/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/02/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-17-41362 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0193689 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2018 Mar 1;13(3):e0193689. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193689. eCollection 2018.