J Cancer 2018; 9(20):3812-3823. doi:10.7150/jca.26816 This issue Cite

Research Paper

Multiplex Cell-Free DNA Reference Materials for Quality Control of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Tests of Colorectal Cancer Tolerance

Donglai Liu1, Xinyuan Zhang2, Haiwei Zhou1, Xiaojing Lin2, Dawei Shi1, Shu Shen1, Yabin Tian1, Bo Du2, Henghui Zhang2, Haibo Wang2, Youchun Wang1,✉, Chuntao Zhang1,✉

1. Division II of In Vitro Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases, Institute for In Vitro Diagnostics Control, National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, China
2. GeneCast Precision Medicine Technology Institute, Beijing, China

Citation:
Liu D, Zhang X, Zhou H, Lin X, Shi D, Shen S, Tian Y, Du B, Zhang H, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhang C. Multiplex Cell-Free DNA Reference Materials for Quality Control of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Tests of Colorectal Cancer Tolerance. J Cancer 2018; 9(20):3812-3823. doi:10.7150/jca.26816. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p3812.htm
Other styles

File import instruction

Abstract

Background: Liquid biopsies based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) assays are confronted with more opportunities and challenges. Widespread clinical implementation of NGS-based cancer in vitro diagnostic tests (IVDs) highlighted the urgency to establish reference materials (RMs) which could provide full control of the process from nucleic acid extraction to test report generation. Quality control based on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) RMs is especially important for liquid biopsies.

Methods: Here, we used genomic DNA from thirteen cell lines to establish four negative cfDNA RMs (N1-N4) and four multiplex cfDNA RMs (L1-L4) at serial allelic frequencies ranging from approximately 2% to 0.1%. All the cfDNA RMs were quantified and validated via both droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) and NGS. These RMs were distributed to eight domestic manufacturers to collaboratively evaluate the performance of several domestic NGS-based cancer IVDs covering four major NGS platforms (NextSeq, HiSeq, Ion Proton, and BGISEQ).

Results: Each multiplex RM has eleven colorectal cancer-related mutations, including six KRAS mutations (G12S, G12C, G12D, G12A, G12V, and G13D), three NRAS mutations (G12D, Q61R, and Q61K), one PIK3CA mutation (H1047R), and one BRAF mutation (V600E). Each mutation in the cfDNA RMs was quantified and validated via both ddPCR and NGS, showing the good relevance of mutant allelic frequency. These RMs were distributed to eight domestic manufacturers for collaborative evaluation. All eight manufacturers provided similar results by domestic NGS-based cancer IVDs, except for manufacturer #5. The coefficient of variation (CV) was increased with decreasing mutant allelic frequency, and poor repetition occurred when the allelic frequency was lower than 0.5%.

Conclusions: These results indicated that these cfDNA RMs would be pivotal for NGS-based cancer IVDs, especially for liquid biopsies of colorectal cancer-related mutations and would guide the further development of RMs covering more onco-related mutations.

Keywords: multiplex reference materials, cfDNA, next-generation sequencing, ddPCR, colorectal cancer


Citation styles

APA
Liu, D., Zhang, X., Zhou, H., Lin, X., Shi, D., Shen, S., Tian, Y., Du, B., Zhang, H., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, C. (2018). Multiplex Cell-Free DNA Reference Materials for Quality Control of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Tests of Colorectal Cancer Tolerance. Journal of Cancer, 9(20), 3812-3823. https://doi.org/10.7150/jca.26816.

ACS
Liu, D.; Zhang, X.; Zhou, H.; Lin, X.; Shi, D.; Shen, S.; Tian, Y.; Du, B.; Zhang, H.; Wang, H.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, C. Multiplex Cell-Free DNA Reference Materials for Quality Control of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Tests of Colorectal Cancer Tolerance. J. Cancer 2018, 9 (20), 3812-3823. DOI: 10.7150/jca.26816.

NLM
Liu D, Zhang X, Zhou H, Lin X, Shi D, Shen S, Tian Y, Du B, Zhang H, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhang C. Multiplex Cell-Free DNA Reference Materials for Quality Control of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Tests of Colorectal Cancer Tolerance. J Cancer 2018; 9(20):3812-3823. doi:10.7150/jca.26816. https://www.jcancer.org/v09p3812.htm

CSE
Liu D, Zhang X, Zhou H, Lin X, Shi D, Shen S, Tian Y, Du B, Zhang H, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhang C. 2018. Multiplex Cell-Free DNA Reference Materials for Quality Control of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based In Vitro Diagnostic Tests of Colorectal Cancer Tolerance. J Cancer. 9(20):3812-3823.

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
Popup Image