An assessment of Motorola CodeLink™ microarray performance for gene expression profiling applications

AUTOR(ES)

Ramakrishnan, Ramesh

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

DNA microarrays enable users to obtain information on differences in transcript abundance on a massively parallel scale. Recently, however, data analyses have revealed potential pitfalls related to image acquisition, variability and misclassifications in replicate measurements, cross-hybridization and sensitivity limitations. We have generated a series of analytical tools to address the manufacturing, detection and data analysis components of a microarray experiment. Together, we have used these tools to optimize performance in an expression profiling study. We demonstrate three significant advantages of the Motorola CodeLink™ platform: sensitivity of one copy per cell, coefficients of variation of 10% in the hybridization signals across slides and across target preparations, and specificity in distinguishing highly homologous sequences. Slides where oligonucleotide probes are spotted in 6-fold redundancy were used to demonstrate the effect of replication on data quality. Lastly, the differential expression ratios obtained with the CodeLink™ expression platform were validated against those obtained with quantitative reverse transcription–PCR assays for 54 genes.

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