DNA nanomapping using CRISPR-Cas9 as a programmable nanoparticle

Nat Commun. 2017 Nov 21;8(1):1665. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01891-9.

Abstract

Progress in whole-genome sequencing using short-read (e.g., <150 bp), next-generation sequencing technologies has reinvigorated interest in high-resolution physical mapping to fill technical gaps that are not well addressed by sequencing. Here, we report two technical advances in DNA nanotechnology and single-molecule genomics: (1) we describe a labeling technique (CRISPR-Cas9 nanoparticles) for high-speed AFM-based physical mapping of DNA and (2) the first successful demonstration of using DVD optics to image DNA molecules with high-speed AFM. As a proof of principle, we used this new "nanomapping" method to detect and map precisely BCL2-IGH translocations present in lymph node biopsies of follicular lymphoma patents. This HS-AFM "nanomapping" technique can be complementary to both sequencing and other physical mapping approaches.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • CRISPR-Cas Systems*
  • Chromosome Mapping / methods*
  • DNA / genetics*
  • Genomics / methods*
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / genetics
  • Lymphoma, Follicular / genetics
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force / methods
  • Nanoparticles*
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / genetics
  • Translocation, Genetic

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • DNA