Sequential Assessment of Multiple Epigenetic Modifications of Cytosine in Whole Genomic DNA by Surface Plasmon Resonance

Anal Chem. 2019 Nov 5;91(21):13933-13939. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03423. Epub 2019 Oct 3.

Abstract

Since the discovery of the active DNA demethylation pathway in mammals, numerous efforts have been made to distinguish epigenetic cytosine variants, including 5-methylcytosine (5mC), 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-formylcytosine (5fC), and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC). However, the rapid discrimination of multiple cytosine variants in DNA remains challenging because the conventional assays require time-consuming DNA pretreatments, such as enzymatical digestion and chemical conversion. Here we demonstrated the high-throughput discrimination of four cytosine variants in DNA by using a sequential surface-plasmon-resonance (SPR)-based immunochemical assay. The target DNAs were biotinylated in one step with a bifunctional linker 1 and robustly immobilized on a streptavidin-coated sensor surface to hold them in place during an alkali washing designed to remove residual antibodies. By repeating the injection of antibodies and washing, we achieved a sequential assessment of cytosine variants in identical DNA and identified the yield of in vitro 5mC oxidation in genomic DNA by the ten-eleven translocation 1 (TET1) enzyme. These results demonstrated that our sequential SPR-based immunochemical assay was effective for evaluating multiple epigenetic modifications in a whole genome with a single row operation without time-consuming DNA pretreatments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biotinylation
  • Cytosine / metabolism*
  • DNA / genetics
  • DNA Demethylation
  • Epigenomics / methods*
  • Genome / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Immunochemistry / methods
  • Mammals
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / methods*

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Cytosine
  • DNA
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • TET1 protein, human