Methods for analyzing nucleic acids

• US 9,115,387 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Molecular Loop Biosciences, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Good Start Genetics, Inc. (Invitae Corporation)
• Inventors: Umbarger, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Woolwine, Samuel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang, Kaijiang
• Application Number:
  US14/313,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20140308667A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6813 Hybridisation assays
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6837 using probe arrays or probe chips C12Q1/6874 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6869 Methods for sequencing
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6874 involving nucleic acid arrays, e.g. sequencing by hybridisation
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2521/501 Ligase
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2525/185 incorporating bases where the precise position of the bases in the nucleic acid string is important
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2525/197 incorporating a spacer/coupling moiety
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2533/107 Probe or oligonucleotide ligation
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2535/122 Massive parallel sequencing
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2537/143 Multiplexing, i.e. use of multiple primers or probes in a single reaction, usually for simultaneously analyse of multiple analysis

Abstract

The invention generally relates to methods for analyzing nucleic acids. In certain aspects, methods of the invention involve obtaining a sample including a nucleic acid template. A plurality of molecular inversion probes are tiled across a portion of the template. The probes are designed such that immediately adjacent probes hybridize to opposite strands of the nucleic acid template and probes on the same strand hybridize to the template in an overlapping manner. A region between targeting arms of a plurality of the molecular inversion probes is filled-in with nucleotides, and the filled-in region of a plurality of the probes is analyzed to obtain sequence information about the nucleic acid template.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing a nucleic acid template, the method comprising:

obtaining a sample comprising a nucleic acid template;

fragmenting the nucleic acid template to produce a plurality of fragments;

tiling a plurality of molecular inversion probes across a portion of at least one of the fragments, wherein immediately adjacent probes hybridize to opposite strands of the at least one fragment and probes on the same strand hybridize to the at least one fragment in an overlapping manner;

filling-in a region between targeting arms of a plurality of the molecular inversion probes with nucleotides; and

analyzing the filled-in region of a plurality of the probes to obtain sequence information about the at least one fragment, thereby obtaining sequence information about the nucleic acid template.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein analyzing is by sequencing.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein prior to sequencing, the method further involves amplifying the filled-in region of the plurality of the probes.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein sequencing is sequencing-by-synthesis.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein sequencing-by-synthesis is single molecule sequencing-by-synthesis.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein sequencing information comprises a mutation in the nucleic acid sequence.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the mutation is selected from the group consisting of:

a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), an insertion, a deletion, an inversion, a translocation, a substitution, and a combination thereof.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the filling-in step uses a ligase.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the filling-in step uses a polymerase.

10. The method according to either claim 8 or 9, wherein a ligase is used to covalently link the filled-in region to one of the targeting arms.

11. The method according to claim 2, wherein prior to sequencing, a barcode is attached to the molecular inversion probe.

12. The method according to claim 2, wherein prior to sequencing, a sequencing adaptor is attached to the molecular inversion probe.

13. The method according to claim 2, wherein prior to sequencing, a barcode and a sequencing adaptor are attached to the molecular inversion probe.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein prior to sequencing, the molecular inversion probe is attached to a solid surface.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the surface is a surface of a flow cell.