Methylation microarray-based detection of clinical copy-number aberrations in CLL benchmarked to standard FISH analysis

Dianna Hussmann, Anna Starnawska, Louise Kristensen, Iben Daugaard, Oriane Cédile, Vivi Quoc Nguyen, Tina E. Kjeldsen, Christine Søholm Hansen, Jonas Bybjerg-Grauholm, Thomas Kristensen, Thomas Stauffer Larsen, Michael Boe Møller, Charlotte Guldborg Nyvold, Lise Lotte Hansen, Tomasz K. Wojdacz*

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Abstract

Copy-number aberrations (CNAs) are assessed using FISH analysis in diagnostics of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but CNAs can also be extrapolated from Illumina BeadChips developed for genome-wide methylation microarray screening. Increasing numbers of microarray data-sets are available from diagnostic samples, making it useful to assess the potential in CNA diagnostics. We benchmarked the limitations of CNA testing from two Illumina BeadChips (EPIC and 450k) and using two common packages for analysis (conumee and ChAMP) to FISH-based assessment of 11q, 13q, and 17p deletions in 202 CLL samples. Overall, the two packages predicted CNAs with similar accuracy regardless of the microarray type, but lower than FISH-based assessment. We showed that the bioinformatics analysis needs to be adjusted to the specific CNA, as no general settings were identified. Altogether, we were able to predict CNAs using methylation microarray data, however, with limited accuracy, making FISH-based assessment of deletions the superior diagnostic choice.

Original languageEnglish
Article number110510
JournalGenomics
Volume114
Issue6
ISSN0888-7543
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

Keywords

  • 450k
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  • CNA assessment
  • Copy-number aberration
  • EPIC
  • Methylation microarray

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