DNA Microarray

SUBMITTED TO: Prof. Prince Sharma

SUBMITTED BY: Shivam Gupta
 Introduction
• DNA Microarray analysis is one of the fastest-growing new
technologies in the field of genetic research.
• Using DNA Microarray, researcher can pinpoint cells in the
differences in gene expression between two different cell types
in a single experiment.
• A Microarray is made up of thousands of spots. Each spots
contains multiple copies of a unique DNA sequence which
corresponds to a single gene.
• The precise location and sequence of each spot is recorded in a
computer database.
• DNA microarray technology is a recently developed technology
used in
- Cancer research
- Pharmacological treatment of diseases such as oral lesions.
 HISTORY
• Southern Blotting was developed in the year 1975.
• This technology evolved from southern blotting, In 1979, this
approach was adapted to create ordered arrays by Gergen et.
al. (Gergen et. Al, 1979)
• The concept of DNA microarrays was proposed in the mid
1980s by Augenlicht & his colleagues.
• Steve Fodor developed scanner for reading the output.
• “Quantitative monitoring of Gene Expression Pattern with a
complementary DNA microarray” reported by Patrick Brown,
Mark Schena and Colleague in Science 1995.
• Complete genome of all Saccharomyces cerevisiae ORFs on a
microarray published in 1997 by Lashkari et al.
 Microarray or DNA chip
• DNA microarray - gene chip, DNA chip or biochip is a
collection of microscopic DNA spots covalently attached to the
solid surface that can be
- Glass slides
- Silicon chips
 Types Of Microarray

• Spotted arrays on glass,

• In-situ synthesized arrays.
• Self assembled arrays
 Spotted DNA Microarray
• Spotted DNA Microarray are produced by printing DNA
samples on treated microscopic slides.
• It is made by transferring or spotting DNA clones or PCR
products individually onto a solid support (made up of
nylon filter or polylysine of glass slide) where they are
immobilized.
• When one DNA spotting is done, the pin is washed &
loaded with fresh DNA to start the second cycle.
 ADVANTAGES : DISADVANTAGES:
• Low cost • highly variable spot
• Flexible deposition
• usually have to make your
• Compare two samples by
own
labeling with two different
flurophores and analyzing
on the same array ( Cy5 red
and Cy3 green)
 In-situ Synthesized array
• In 1991 Fodor et.al. published a method for light directed,
spatially addressable chemical synthesis which combined
photolabile protecting groups( prevent DNA deposition) with
photolithography to perform chemical synthesis on a solid
substrate.
• In 1994, Fodor et.al. at the recently formed company of
Affymetrix demonstrated the ability to use this technology to
generate DNA arrays consisting of 256 different octa -
nucleotides.
• By 1995-1996, Affymetrix arrays were being used to detect
mutations in the reverse transcriptase and protease genes of
the highly polymorphic HIV-1 genome and to measure
variation in the human mitochondrial genome.
 Oligonucleotides Arrays
• In Oligonucleotides microarrays, the probes are short
sequences designed to match parts of the sequence of known
or predicted open reading frames.
• Sequences may be longer (60-mer probes such as the Agilent
Technologies) or shorter (25-mer probes produced by
Affymetrix) depending on the desired purpose, longer probes
are more specific to individuals targets genes, shorter probes
may be spotted in higher density.
• The hybridization patterns & signal intensities can be
interpreted in terms of gene identity and relative expression
levels by Affymetrix GeneChip Operating Software.
 ADVANTAGES :
• Speed, specificity and
reproducibility
• more uniform DNA features
• Dynamic range may be
slightly better
• Can buy off the shelf
DISADVANTAGES:
• Expensive
• Limited flexibility.
• Short sequences used on an
array have decreased
sensitivity.
 Self assembled arrays
• An alternative approach to the construction of arrays was
created by the group of David Walt at Tuff University.
• Their methods involved synthesizing DNA on small
polystryrene beads and depositing those beads on the end of
fibre optic array in which the ends of the fibre were etched to
provide a well that is slightly larger than one bead.
 Companies Manufacturing Microarray
• Affymetrix
• Agilent Technologies
• Asper Biotechnology
• Arrayit corporation
• BioRobotics
• Illumina
• PerkinElmer
• StatArray
• Genisphere
 REQUIREMENT
• There are certain requirements for designing a DNA
microarray system:
 DNA chip
 Target sample ( fluorescently labelled)
 Enzymes
 Fluorescent dyes
 Probes
 Scanner
 PRINCIPLE
• The Main Principle behind microarray is HYBRIDISATION
between two DNA strands.
• Complementary nucleic acid sequences get pair via Hydrogen
Bonds.
• After washing off non-specific bonding sequences, only
strongly paired strands will remains Hybridized.
• Fluorescently labeled target sequences that binds to a probe
sequence generate a signal.
• The signal depends on.
1. The hybridization Conditions, ex. temperature
2. Washing after Hybridization
 PROCEDURE
• Collecting Sample - Take healthy tissue
sample and Tumor tissue sample by
using scalpel and the sample is then
put in two different eppendorfs.
• Extracting RNA from Tissue Sample -
Extract RNA from both tissue samples
by dissolving them into mixture of
solvents like Guanidinium
isothiocyanate.
• Mix the tissue samples on the Vortex
where tissue is dissolved and RNA is
released.
• Then put eppendorfs in
microcentrifuge so that RNA is
separated from cell components .
• Take the upper phase liquid and put
into new clean eppendorfs.
• The sample contains several types of
RNA in it: rRNA, tRNA, and mRNA.
• Wash our RNA sample over columns filled with
small beads that will only binds to RNA strands
that have a poly-A tail. The other molecules will
wash away.
• Columns now contains strands of mRNA
attached to the poly-T beads by their poly-A
tails.
• Then use mRNA binding buffer to separate the
mRNA from the beads and take the solution in
new eppendorfs. Buffer disrupts the pH &
hybrid bonds.
Create labelled cDNA - make DNA
copy of mRNA . To make cDNA:
• Add labeling mix to the mRNA.
(Labeling mix contains oligo -T
primers, reverse transcriptase,
fluorescently dyed nucleotides)
• Add cy3- fluoresces green to
healthy cells & cy5-fluoresces
red to the cancerous cells.
• Reverse transcriptase has assembled the labeled nucleotides
into cDNA molecules, and the mRNA molecules has been
degraded.
• Hybridization - Apply both the samples on our microarray chip
through micropipette.
• Most of the cDNA molecules hybridize to their complementary
DNA strands on the microarray. The remaining DNA fragments
are washed away.
• Now wash off the extra cDNAs that didn’t bind to the slide,
by placing microarray slide into washing Solution
• Scanning microarray - Now place the microarray plate into
the Scanner.
• Scanner has a laser, a camera, a computer
 Laser causes hybrid bonds to fluoresce.
 Camera record the images produced when the laser scan the chip.
 Computer allows us to immediately view our results & it also stores
our data.
RED Spot – indicates that that gene was strongly expressed in cancer
GREEN Spot – indicates that that gene was strongly repressed in cancer
cells
YELLOW Spot – that gene was neither strongly expressed nor strongly
repressed in cancer cells.
BLACK Spot - none of the patient’s cDNA has bonded to the DNA
 Advantages
• Allows the study of multiple genes at once.
• Different parts of DNA can be used to study gene expression
• Not limited to human genetic material; Can be used for all
species.
• One experiment instead of many.
• Can display thousands of different genes
• Fast and easy to obtain result
• Relatively low cost
 Disadvantages
• A DNA array can only detect sequences that the array was
designed to detect.
• The DNA chip do not have very long shelf life.
• The results take a lot of time to analyze as the amount of data
collected from each array will be huge.
• The results may be too complex to interpret and are not
always quantitative.
• High variance for low expressed genes
 Applications
DNA Microarray are used in many areas as given below:
• Diagnostic and Genetic engineering
• Alternative Splicing Detection
• Discovery of Drugs
• Functional Genomics
• Gene Expression Profiling
• DNA Sequencing
• Toxicological Research
• Proteomics
 REFERENCES
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4011503/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNsThMNjKhM
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467903/
• https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Roche-NimbleGen-
oligonucleotide-microarray-Maskless-array-synthesizer-
technology-is_fig4_26888549
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_microarray
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-
and-molecular-biology/oligonucleotide-microarrays
• https://www.highveld.com/molecular-biology/
oligonucleotide-microarrays.html
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