Laboratory intercomparison of gene expression assays
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Laboratory intercomparison of gene expression assays. / Badie, C; Kabacik, S; Balagurunathan, Y; Bernard, N; Brengues, M; Faggioni, G; Greither, R; Lista, F; Peinnequin, A; Poyot, T; Herodin, F; Missel, A; Terbrueggen, B; Zenhausern, F; Rothkamm, K; Meineke, V; Braselmann, H; Beinke, C; Abend, M.
in: RADIAT RES, Jahrgang 180, Nr. 2, 08.2013, S. 138-48.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Laboratory intercomparison of gene expression assays
AU - Badie, C
AU - Kabacik, S
AU - Balagurunathan, Y
AU - Bernard, N
AU - Brengues, M
AU - Faggioni, G
AU - Greither, R
AU - Lista, F
AU - Peinnequin, A
AU - Poyot, T
AU - Herodin, F
AU - Missel, A
AU - Terbrueggen, B
AU - Zenhausern, F
AU - Rothkamm, K
AU - Meineke, V
AU - Braselmann, H
AU - Beinke, C
AU - Abend, M
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - The possibility of a large-scale acute radiation exposure necessitates the development of new methods that could provide rapid individual dose estimates with high sample throughput. The focus of the study was an intercomparison of laboratories' dose-assessment performances using gene expression assays. Lithium-heparinized whole blood from one healthy donor was irradiated (240 kVp, 1 Gy/min) immediately after venipuncture at approximately 37°C using single X-ray doses. Blood samples to establish calibration curves (0.25-4 Gy) as well as 10 blinded test samples (0.1-6.4 Gy) were incubated for 24 h at 37°C supplemented with an equal volume of medium and 10% fetal calf serum. For quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), samples were lysed, stored at -20°C and shipped on ice. For the Chemical Ligation Dependent Probe Amplification methodology (CLPA), aliquots were incubated in 2 ml CLPA reaction buffer (DxTerity), mixed and shipped at room temperature. Assays were run in each laboratory according to locally established protocols. The mean absolute difference (MAD) of estimated doses relative to the true doses (in Gy) was calculated. We also merged doses into binary categories reflecting aspects of clinical/diagnostic relevance and examined accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. The earliest reported time on dose estimates was <8 h. The standard deviation of technical replicate measurements in 75% of all measurements was below 11%. MAD values of 0.3-0.5 Gy and 0.8-1.3 Gy divided the laboratories contributions into two groups. These fourfold differences in accuracy could be primarily explained by unexpected variances of the housekeeping gene (P = 0.0008) and performance differences in processing of calibration and blinded test samples by half of the contributing laboratories. Reported gene expression dose estimates aggregated into binary categories in general showed an accuracies and sensitivities of 93-100% and 76-100% for the groups, with low MAD and high MAD, respectively. In conclusion, gene expression-based dose estimates were reported quickly, and for laboratories with MAD between 0.3-0.5 Gy binary dose categories of clinical significance could be discriminated with an accuracy and sensitivity comparable to established cytogenetic assays.
AB - The possibility of a large-scale acute radiation exposure necessitates the development of new methods that could provide rapid individual dose estimates with high sample throughput. The focus of the study was an intercomparison of laboratories' dose-assessment performances using gene expression assays. Lithium-heparinized whole blood from one healthy donor was irradiated (240 kVp, 1 Gy/min) immediately after venipuncture at approximately 37°C using single X-ray doses. Blood samples to establish calibration curves (0.25-4 Gy) as well as 10 blinded test samples (0.1-6.4 Gy) were incubated for 24 h at 37°C supplemented with an equal volume of medium and 10% fetal calf serum. For quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), samples were lysed, stored at -20°C and shipped on ice. For the Chemical Ligation Dependent Probe Amplification methodology (CLPA), aliquots were incubated in 2 ml CLPA reaction buffer (DxTerity), mixed and shipped at room temperature. Assays were run in each laboratory according to locally established protocols. The mean absolute difference (MAD) of estimated doses relative to the true doses (in Gy) was calculated. We also merged doses into binary categories reflecting aspects of clinical/diagnostic relevance and examined accuracy, sensitivity and specificity. The earliest reported time on dose estimates was <8 h. The standard deviation of technical replicate measurements in 75% of all measurements was below 11%. MAD values of 0.3-0.5 Gy and 0.8-1.3 Gy divided the laboratories contributions into two groups. These fourfold differences in accuracy could be primarily explained by unexpected variances of the housekeeping gene (P = 0.0008) and performance differences in processing of calibration and blinded test samples by half of the contributing laboratories. Reported gene expression dose estimates aggregated into binary categories in general showed an accuracies and sensitivities of 93-100% and 76-100% for the groups, with low MAD and high MAD, respectively. In conclusion, gene expression-based dose estimates were reported quickly, and for laboratories with MAD between 0.3-0.5 Gy binary dose categories of clinical significance could be discriminated with an accuracy and sensitivity comparable to established cytogenetic assays.
KW - Adult
KW - Biological Assay/methods
KW - Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
KW - Electrophoresis, Capillary/methods
KW - Gene Expression/radiation effects
KW - Humans
KW - Laboratory Proficiency Testing
KW - Leukocytes/radiation effects
KW - Male
KW - Microspheres
KW - Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques/methods
KW - Radiation Injuries/diagnosis
KW - Radioactive Hazard Release
KW - Radiometry/methods
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Single-Blind Method
KW - Time Factors
KW - Triage
U2 - 10.1667/RR3236.1
DO - 10.1667/RR3236.1
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 23886340
VL - 180
SP - 138
EP - 148
IS - 2
ER -