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Series GSE6140

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Status

Public on Oct 28, 2006

Title

Cross platform microarray analysis for robust identification of differentially expressed genes

Organism

Homo sapiens

Experiment type

Expression profiling by array

Summary

Microarrays have been widely used for the analysis of gene expression and several commercial platforms are available. The combined use of multiple platforms can overcome the inherent biases of each approach, and may represent an alternative that is complementary to RT-PCR for identification of the more robust changes in gene expression profiles.
In this paper, we combined statistical and functional analysis for the cross platform validation of two oligonucleotide-based technologies, Affymetrix (AFFX) and Applied Biosystems (ABI), and for the identification of differentially expressed genes.

In this study, we analysed differentially expressed genes after treatment of an ovarian carcinoma cell line with a cell cycle inhibitor. Treated versus control RNA was analysed for expression of 16425 genes represented on both platforms.
We assessed reproducibility between replicates for each platform using CAT plots, and we found it high for both, with better scores for AFFX. We then applied integrative correlation analysis to assess reproducibility of gene expression patterns across studies, bypassing the need for normalizing expression measurements across platforms. We identified 930 genes as differentially expressed on AFFX and 908 on ABI, with ~80% common to both platforms. Despite the different absolute values, the range of intensities of the differentially expressed genes detected by each platform was similar. ABI showed a slightly higher dynamic range in FC values, which might be associated with its detection system. 62/66 genes identified as differentially expressed by Microarray were confirmed by RT-PCR.

In this study we present a cross-platform validation of two oligonucleotide-based technologies, AFFX and ABI. We found good reproducibility between replicates, and showed that both platforms can be used to select differentially expressed genes with substantial agreement. Pathway analysis of the affected functions identified themes well in agreement with those expected for a cell cycle inhibitor, suggesting that this procedure is appropriate to facilitate the identification of biologically relevant signatures associated with compound treatment. The high rate of confirmation found for both common and platform-specific genes suggests that the combination of platforms may overcome biases related to probe design and technical features, thereby accelerating the identification of trustworthy differentially expressed genes.

accepted for publication on BMC Bioinformatics
Keywords: platform comparison

Overall design

Three biological replicates were performed for treatment and control. Biological replicates were pooled to obtain a unique sample for treatment or control, which was then divided to generate three aliquots for each condition (technical replicates) per platform.

Contributor(s)

Bosotti R, Locatelli G, Sandra H, Scacheri E, Sartori L, Mercurio C, Calogero R, Isacchi A

Citation(s)

17430572

Submission date

Oct 26, 2006

Last update date

Mar 25, 2019

Contact name

Roberta Bosotti

E-mail(s)

roberta.bosotti@nervianoms.com