A novel hotspot specific isothermal amplification method for detection of the
common PIK3CA p.H1047R breast cancer mutation
common PIK3CA p.H1047R breast cancer mutation
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Author(s)
Kalofonou, Melpomeni
Malpartida-Cardenas, Kenny
Alexandrou, George
Rodriguez-Manzano, Jesus
Yu, Ling-Shan
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Breast cancer (BC) is a common cancer in women worldwide. Despite advances in treatment, up to 30% of women eventually relapse and die of metastatic breast cancer. Liquid biopsy analysis of circulating cell-free DNA fragments in the patients’ blood can monitor clonality and evolving mutations as a surrogate for tumour biopsy. Next generation sequencing platforms and digital droplet PCR can be used to profile circulating tumour DNA from liquid biopsies; however, they are expensive and time consuming for clinical use. Here, we report a novel strategy with proof-of-concept data that supports the usage of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) to detect PIK3CA c.3140 A > G (H1047R), a prevalent BC missense mutation that is attributed to BC tumour growth. Allele-specific primers were designed and optimized to detect the p.H1047R variant following the USS-sbLAMP method. The assay was developed with synthetic DNA templates and validated with DNA from two breast cancer cell-lines and two patient tumour tissue samples through a qPCR instrument and finally piloted on an ISFET enabled microchip. This work sets a foundation for BC mutational profiling on a Lab-on-Chip device, to help the early detection of patient relapse and to monitor efficacy of systemic therapies for personalised cancer patient management.
Date Issued
2020-03-12
Date Acceptance
2020-02-13
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2020, 10
ISSN
2045-2322
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Journal / Book Title
Scientific Reports
Volume
10
Copyright Statement
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Sponsor
Cancer Research UK
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
CELL-FREE DNA
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
4553
Date Publish Online
2020-03-12