Multiplex Targeted Amplification Using Flap Nuclease

• US 20170067099A1
• Filed: 11/16/2016
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc. (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Affymetrix, Inc. (Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporated)
• Inventors: Zheng, Jianbiao, Weng, Li, Faham, Malek
• Application Number:
  US15/353,196
• Publication Number:
  US 20170067099A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6844 Nucleic acid amplification reactions
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6853 using modified primers or templates
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/686 Polymerase chain reaction [PCR]
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2531/125 Rolling circle

Abstract

Methods for multiplex amplification of a plurality of targets of distinct sequence from a complex mixture are disclosed. In one aspect targets are circularized using a single circularization probe that is complementary to two regions in the target that flank a region to be amplified. The targets may hybridize to the circularization probe so that 5′ or 3′ flaps are generated and methods for removing flaps and circularizing the resulting product are disclosed. In another aspect targets are hybridized to dU probes so that 5′ and 3′ flaps are generated. The flaps are cleaved using 5′ or 3′ flap endonucleases or 3′ to 5′ exonucleases. The target sequences are then ligated to common primers, the dU probes digested and the ligated targets amplified.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A method for amplifying a plurality of target sequences from a complex mixture of nucleic acid comprising:

(a) fragmenting the nucleic acid to obtain a fragmented nucleic acid sample;

(b) adding a plurality of circularization probes to the fragmented nucleic acid sample to form a mixture, wherein there is a circularization probe for each target sequence in the plurality and wherein each circularization probe comprises;

(i) a 5′

target region that is perfectly complementary to a first region in a complementary target sequence,

(ii) a 3′

target region that is perfectly complementary to a second region in the complementary target sequence and

(iii) a central region immediately 3′

of the 5′

target region and immediately 5′

of the 3′

target region that is perfectly complementary to a third region in the complementary target sequence and also perfectly complementary to a fourth region in the complementary target sequence wherein said third region is immediately 3′

of the second region and said fourth region is immediately 5′

of said first region and wherein said third and fourth regions are distinct regions but share a common sequence of at least 2 contiguous bases;

(c) generating circularized target sequences by contacting the circularization probes with an exonuclease, a flap endonuclease and a ligase;

(g) optionally amplifying at least some of the circularized target sequences; and

(f) sequencing at least some of the circularized target sequences or their amplification products.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein the common sequence shared by the third region and the fourth region is between 2 and 8 bases in length.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein the amplifying is primed by the circularization probes.

25. The method of claim 22 wherein the exonuclease is a 3′

to 5′

exonuclease.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the exonuclease is selected from the group consisting of exonuclease I, exonuclease VII, exonuclease III and T7 exonuclease.

27. The method of claim 22 wherein the 5′

flap nuclease is Taq DNA polymerase I or FEN1 nuclease.

28. The method of claim 22 wherein said amplifying includes performing rolling circle amplification, wherein a Phi29 DNA polymerase is used and the primer is selected from random primers, target specific primers and primers that include the junction created by circularization.

29. The method of claim 28 wherein said plurality of target sequences comprises at least 1000 different genomic sequences.