Benchmarking ultra-high molecular weight DNA preservation methods for long-read and long-range sequencing.
HMW DNA extraction
genome assembly
long-read sequencing
tissue preservation
Journal
GigaScience
ISSN: 2047-217X
Titre abrégé: Gigascience
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596872
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 08 2022
10 08 2022
Historique:
received:
06
09
2021
revised:
26
01
2022
accepted:
16
06
2022
entrez:
10
8
2022
pubmed:
11
8
2022
medline:
13
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Studies in vertebrate genomics require sampling from a broad range of tissue types, taxa, and localities. Recent advancements in long-read and long-range genome sequencing have made it possible to produce high-quality chromosome-level genome assemblies for almost any organism. However, adequate tissue preservation for the requisite ultra-high molecular weight DNA (uHMW DNA) remains a major challenge. Here we present a comparative study of preservation methods for field and laboratory tissue sampling, across vertebrate classes and different tissue types. We find that storage temperature was the strongest predictor of uHMW fragment lengths. While immediate flash-freezing remains the sample preservation gold standard, samples preserved in 95% EtOH or 20-25% DMSO-EDTA showed little fragment length degradation when stored at 4°C for 6 hours. Samples in 95% EtOH or 20-25% DMSO-EDTA kept at 4°C for 1 week after dissection still yielded adequate amounts of uHMW DNA for most applications. Tissue type was a significant predictor of total DNA yield but not fragment length. Preservation solution had a smaller but significant influence on both fragment length and DNA yield. We provide sample preservation guidelines that ensure sufficient DNA integrity and amount required for use with long-read and long-range sequencing technologies across vertebrates. Our best practices generated the uHMW DNA needed for the high-quality reference genomes for phase 1 of the Vertebrate Genomes Project, whose ultimate mission is to generate chromosome-level reference genome assemblies of all ∼70,000 extant vertebrate species.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Studies in vertebrate genomics require sampling from a broad range of tissue types, taxa, and localities. Recent advancements in long-read and long-range genome sequencing have made it possible to produce high-quality chromosome-level genome assemblies for almost any organism. However, adequate tissue preservation for the requisite ultra-high molecular weight DNA (uHMW DNA) remains a major challenge. Here we present a comparative study of preservation methods for field and laboratory tissue sampling, across vertebrate classes and different tissue types.
RESULTS
We find that storage temperature was the strongest predictor of uHMW fragment lengths. While immediate flash-freezing remains the sample preservation gold standard, samples preserved in 95% EtOH or 20-25% DMSO-EDTA showed little fragment length degradation when stored at 4°C for 6 hours. Samples in 95% EtOH or 20-25% DMSO-EDTA kept at 4°C for 1 week after dissection still yielded adequate amounts of uHMW DNA for most applications. Tissue type was a significant predictor of total DNA yield but not fragment length. Preservation solution had a smaller but significant influence on both fragment length and DNA yield.
CONCLUSION
We provide sample preservation guidelines that ensure sufficient DNA integrity and amount required for use with long-read and long-range sequencing technologies across vertebrates. Our best practices generated the uHMW DNA needed for the high-quality reference genomes for phase 1 of the Vertebrate Genomes Project, whose ultimate mission is to generate chromosome-level reference genome assemblies of all ∼70,000 extant vertebrate species.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35946988
pii: 6659719
doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giac068
pmc: PMC9364683
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
DNA
9007-49-2
Edetic Acid
9G34HU7RV0
Dimethyl Sulfoxide
YOW8V9698H
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : WT207492
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 104640/Z/14/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Wellcome Trust
ID : 092096/Z/10/Z
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press GigaScience.
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