PMID- 36571590 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230117 LR - 20230117 IS - 1618-2650 (Electronic) IS - 1618-2642 (Linking) VI - 415 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Feb TI - Establishment and evaluation of digital PCR methods for HER2 copy number variation in breast cancer. PG - 725-733 LID - 10.1007/s00216-022-04466-w [doi] AB - Accurate measurement of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) copy number variation (CNV) is very important for guiding the tumor target therapy in breast cancer. Digital PCR (dPCR) is a sensitive and an absolute quantitative method, which can be used to detect HER2 CNV. Three HER2 exon-specific digital PCR assays along with three new reference genes assays (homo sapiens ribonuclease P RNA component H1 (RPPH1), glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI), and chromosome 1 open reading frame 43 (C1ORF43), on different chromosomes) were established and validated by using standard reference material, 8 different cell lines and 110 clinical Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples. DPCR can achieve precise quantification of HER2 CNV by calculating the ratio of HER2/reference gene. The positive and negative coincidence rates were 98% (53/54) and 95% (53/56), respectively, compared with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) diagnostic result 110 of FFPE samples. The common reference gene CEP17 used for FISH diagnostic was not suitable as single reference gene for HER2 CNV measurements by dPCR. The best practice of HER2 CNV determination by dPCR is to conduct the three duplex assays of H1 (HER2 exon 4) with the proposed three new reference genes, with a positive cut-off value of H1/RPPH1 >/= 2.0 or H1/averaged reference gene >/= 2.0. The proposed dPCR method in our study can accurately provide absolute copy number of HER2 and reference gene on an alternative chromosome, thus avoiding false negative caused by polysomy of chromosome 17. The improved molecular typing and diagnosis of breast cancer will better guide clinical medication. CI - (c) 2022. Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Wang, Xia AU - Wang X AD - Center for Advanced Measurement Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, China. FAU - Xing, Dechun AU - Xing D AD - Center for Advanced Measurement Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Zheng AU - Liu Z AD - Center for Advanced Measurement Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhang, Yujing AU - Zhang Y AD - Center for Advanced Measurement Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, China. FAU - Cheng, Bo AU - Cheng B AD - Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, China. FAU - Sun, Suozhu AU - Sun S AD - Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, China. FAU - Wang, Qingtao AU - Wang Q AD - Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, the Third Clinical Medical College of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Dong, Lianhua AU - Dong L AD - Center for Advanced Measurement Science, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, China. donglh@nim.ac.cn. LA - eng GR - AKYZD2202/National Institute of Metrology, P.R. China/ GR - 2017YFF0204605/National Science & Technology Pillar Program/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221226 PL - Germany TA - Anal Bioanal Chem JT - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry JID - 101134327 RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Female MH - *Breast Neoplasms/pathology MH - DNA Copy Number Variations MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics/metabolism MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods MH - Genes, erbB-2 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Breast cancer OT - Copy number variation (CNV) OT - Digital PCR (dPCR) OT - HER2 OT - Reference gene EDAT- 2022/12/27 06:00 MHDA- 2023/01/18 06:00 CRDT- 2022/12/26 11:12 PHST- 2022/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/11/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/26 11:12 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00216-022-04466-w [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00216-022-04466-w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Bioanal Chem. 2023 Feb;415(4):725-733. doi: 10.1007/s00216-022-04466-w. Epub 2022 Dec 26.