Methods and materials for assessing nucleic acids

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12553082-B2
Application number	US-202117174838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2021
Priority date	Feb 14, 2020
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

Provided herein are systems, kits, compositions and methods for sequencing library preparation and sequencing workflow (e.g., for the identification of mutations). In certain embodiments, provides herein systems and methods to identically barcode both strands of templates, and PCR-based enrichment of each strand that does not require hybridization capture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
a) amplifying a plurality of adapter-ligated double-stranded cell-free DNA fragments (ALDScfDFs) with first and second universal primers, wherein each of said ALDScfDFs comprise: a target Watson strand hybridized to a target Crick strand, a universal 3′ adapter attached to a 3′ end of said target Watson and Crick strands, and a universal 5′ adapter attached to a 5′ end of said target Watson and Crick strands, wherein said universal 3′ adapters each comprise a universal 3′ adapter sequence, wherein attachment of said universal adapters provides a double stranded unique identifier (dsUID) sequence on each end of each of said ALDScfDFs, wherein one strand of each dsUID is generated in situ after said universal 3′ adapters are attached to the strands and prior to said amplifying, wherein said first universal primer is complementary to said universal 3′ adapter and said second universal primer is complementary to the complement of said universal 5′ adapter, wherein said amplifying in step a) generates a duplex sequencing library sample comprising: i) a plurality of dsUID-labelled double-stranded templates (dsUID-dsTs); b) amplifying a first aliquot from said duplex sequencing library sample with a first set of Watson target-selective primer pairs comprising: (i) a first Watson target-selective primer comprising a sequence complementary to the universal 3′ adapter, and (ii) a second Watson target-selective primer comprising a first Watson target-selective sequence, thereby: i) generating dsUID labelled double-stranded target Watson amplification products (dsUID-dsTWAPs) and ii) not generating dsUID labelled double-stranded target Crick amplification products (dsUID-dsTCAPs) in said first aliquot; c) amplifying said dsUID-dsTWAPs with a second set of Watson target-selective primers comprising: (i) a third Watson target-selective primer comprising: A) a sequence complementary to said universal 3′ adapter, and B) a Watson sample index barcode, and (ii) a fourth Watson target-selective primer comprising, in 5′ to 3′ direction: A) an R1 sequencing primer binding site, and B) a second Watson target-selective sequence that is nested with respect to said first Watson target-selective sequence, thereby creating a first sample comprising a plurality of dsUID-labelled double-stranded target Watson library members (dsUID-dsTWLMs); d) amplifying a second aliquot from said duplex sequencing library sample with a first set of Crick target-selective primer pairs comprising: (i) a first Crick target-selective primer comprising a sequence complementary to the complement of said universal 5′ adapter, and (ii) a second Crick target-selective primer comprising a first Crick target-selective sequence that comprises the same target-selective sequence as said first Watson target-selective sequence, thereby: i) generating dsUID-dsTCAPs and ii) not generating said dsUID-dsTWAPs in said second aliquot; e) amplifying said dsUID-dsTCAPs with a second set of Crick target-selective primers comprising: (i) a third Crick target-selective primer comprising: A) a sequence complementary to the complement of said universal 5′ adapter, and B) a Crick sample index barcode, and (ii) a fourth Crick target-selective primer comprising, in 5′ to 3′ direction: A) an R2 sequencing primer binding site, and B) a second Crick target-selective sequence that is nested with respect to said first Crick target-selective sequence and comprises the same target-selective sequence as said second Watson target-selective sequence, thereby creating a second sample comprising a plurality of dsUID-double-stranded target Crick library members (dsUID-dsTCLMs); f) pooling said first sample and said second sample to generate a combined sample comprising dsUID-dsTWLMs and dsUID-dsTCLMs; g) sequencing said dsUID-dsTWLMs and dsUID-dsTCLMs from said combined sample employing R1 and R2 sequencing primers to generate:
i) a plurality of UID-labeled Watson strand reads that comprise: A) an R1 read sequence, B) a target Watson strand read, and C) a Watson sample index barcode read, and
ii) a plurality of UID-labeled Crick strand reads that comprise: A) an R2 read sequence, B) a target Crick strand read, and C) a Crick sample index barcode read; and
h) processing said plurality of UID-labeled Watson strand reads and said UID-labeled Crick strand reads with a computer system to identify the presence of a mutation in one of said ALDScfDFs, and identifying a mutation as present when present in said target Watson strand read and a corresponding mutation is present in said target Crick strand read.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said attachment of said universal adapters comprises:
a) attaching partially double-stranded 3′ adapters (3′PDSAs) to 3′ ends of both Watson and Crick strands of a population of double-stranded cfDNA fragments in an analyte DNA sample, whereby a plurality of Watson and Crick strands are uniquely identified; wherein a first strand of 3′ PDSAs comprises, in 5′-3′ direction, (i) a first segment, (ii) a distinct single stranded UID (ssUID) sequence from a pool of ssUID sequences, (iii) an annealing site for the universal 5′ adapter, and (iv) the universal 3′ adapter sequence, and wherein the second strand of 3′ PDSAs comprises, in 5′ to 3′ direction, (i) a segment complementary to the first segment, and (ii) a 3′ blocking group, b) annealing the universal 5′ adapters to said annealing site, wherein the universal 5′ adapters comprise, in 5′ to 3′ direction, (i) a universal 5′ adapter sequence that is not complementary to the universal 3′ adapter sequence, and (ii) a sequence complementary to the annealing site for the universal 5′ adapter; c) extending the universal 5′ adapters across said ssUID sequence and said first segment, thereby generating the complement of said ssUID sequence and complement of said first segment, and d) covalently linking 3′ end of said complement of said first segment to 5′ ends of the Watson and Crick strands of the double-stranded cfDNA fragments, thereby attaching the universal 5′ adapter to said 5′ ends of said Watson and Crick strands.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said amplifying in step a) employs no more than 50 cycles of PCR.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said processing with said computer system comprises: i) assigning said UID-labeled Watson and Crick strand reads into UID families, wherein each member of a UID family comprises the same UID sequence.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein said processing with said computer system further comprises: ii) assigning said UID-labeled Watson and Crick strand reads of each UID family into a Watson subfamily and Crick subfamily based on: i) the spatial relationship of the UID sequence to the R1 and R2 read sequence, and/or ii) the presence of said Watson sample index barcode read or said Crick sample index barcode read.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein said processing with said computer system further comprises: iii) identifying a first target Watson read as accurately representing a first target Watson strand of one of said ALDScfDFs when at least 50% of members of the Watson subfamily contain the same nucleic acid sequence, and iv) identifying a first target Crick strand read as accurately representing a first target Crick strand of said one of said ALDScfDFs when at least 50% of members of the Crick subfamily contain the same nucleic acid sequence.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein said processing with said computer system further comprises: v) performing at least one of the following:
A) identifying the presence of a first Watson mutation in said first target Watson strand read when said first target Watson strand read differs from a reference sequence that lacks said first

Assignees

• Univ Johns Hopkins

Inventors

• Papadopoulos Nickolas
• Kinzler Kenneth W
• Vogelstein Bert
• Cohen Joshua David

Classifications

• C12Q2563/185

  Nucleic acid dedicated to use as a hidden marker/bar code, e.g. inclusion of nucleic acids to mark art objects or animals · CPC title

• C12Q1/6876

  Nucleic acid products used in the analysis of nucleic acids, e.g. primers or probes · CPC title

• C12Q2563/179

  the label being a nucleic acid · CPC title

• C12Q2535/122

  Massive parallel sequencing · CPC title

• C12Q2531/113

  PCR · CPC title