Each chip has at least 1. To use the Ion Torrent sequencer, prepare genomic DNA like you would for any other sequencer fragment DNA, ligate to adapters and clonally amplify your adapter-ligated libraries onto beads. DNA polymerase and primers are bound to templates and pipetted into the loading port.
Beads are inserted into the individual sensor wells by spinning the chip in a centrifuge. During sequencing, the four bases A, T, G, and C are introduced one at a time during the run.
A nucleotide complementary to the base on the template is incorporated into the growing genome strand by DNA polymerase. Then, signal processing software measures incorporation and filters out low-accuracy readings. Westly, E. Technology Review. Rothberg, J. Using this trick, there are four different alternatives for assembly at each position of the template: The nucleotide is incorporated after 0 flows if the nucleotide is a repeat of the nucleotide before or the nucleotide is incorporated after one to three flows if the nucleotide is not a repeat of the nucleotide before.
Figure 1 A illustrates the ongoing strand synthesis during four consecutive flows and each of the four alternatives. A Schematic diagram of semiconductor sequencing.
For construction of a stochastic model, we consider the situation where a nucleotide at a fixed position of the template the next one right to the cursor position is sequenced. There are four different possibilities: the nucleotide is a repeat of the nucleotide that was sequenced before well 1 , the nucleotide is sequenced during the next flow well 2 , the nucleotide is sequenced during the next but one flow well 3 or the nucleotide is sequenced during the third flow well 4.
B Cumulative distribution function of the number of required flows in a random sequence model. Thus, we obtained exact expressions for expected value and variance of the number of required flows. The cumulative distribution function was evaluated and visualized using the statistical language R R Core Team, and the R package ggplot2 Wickham, An algorithm for simulation of the nucleotide flows and sequence assembly was implemented in R and is available as package ionflows from the CRAN repository Bockmayr and Budczies, A BED file with the genomic positions of the amplicons is taken as input and a list with the number of required flows for each of the amplicons is delivered as output.
The number of flows is calculated separately for sequencing in forward direction and sequencing in backward direction. As an example, the number of required flows was calculated for six amplicon panels for targeted sequencing in cancer research. A stochastic model was developed to calculate the number of flows required for semiconductor sequencing of random sequences Fig.
In a typical experimental setup, e. Alternatively, it is possible to split the flows in three-thirds flows per chip. Applying our random sequence model to this situation, we obtain the following results: using the split into two halves, Using the split into three-thirds, Formalin fixation and subsequent paraffin embedding represent the standard method for tissue fixation and storage in the diagnostic pathology workflow. Large collections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded FFPE tissues available at pathology laboratories are an invaluable resource for clinical research.
However, DNA extracted from FFPE tissues is fragmented and chemically modified, which renders its use challenging for molecular studies Budczies et al. In such situations, the split of the flows into three-thirds represents a convenient opportunity as we demonstrate in the above example of the Ion Torrent technology.
Additionally, we implemented a simulation algorithm to calculate the number of required flows to sequence a concrete panel of genomic DNA sequences. Using this code, we analyzed six cancer panels for targeted sequencing that are publicly available Table 1. For each of the panels, simulations were done to exactly calculate the number of required flows for each of the amplicons Supplementary Material S1—S6. Thus, for all of these panels, the flows can be split into three-thirds, significantly saving operating time and costs.
Accordingly, there were a few 6 and 8 amplicons that required more than flows for complete sequencing. The number of required flows for six amplicon panels for targeted sequencing in cancer research.
For each of the amplicons in a panel, the target sequence was retrieved and the flows were simulated for both, sequencing in forward direction and sequencing in backward direction. Values for amplicon length and for numbers of flows should be read as follows: mean value minimum value — maximum value. The number of amplicons that require more than flows for complete coverage are shown in the last column.
In targeted sequencing, multiplexing helps to enhance sample throughput. Multiplexing can be done by adding barcodes to the target sequences that uniquely label the samples.
For the Ion Torrent platform, bp barcodes are available that can be used to label up to 16 or up to 96 samples. As the barcodes are sequenced together with the target sequences, extra flows are needed for barcode sequencing.
For 10 bp barcodes, maximal 30 flows are needed for barcode sequencing. Thus, more than flows are available for sequencing of the targets when a split of flows into three-thirds is used. The available flows can be either used for two chips standard protocol or for three chips modified protocol. Our simulations show that flows suffice to sequence all amplicons for each of the first four panels in Table 1.
Thus, the modified protocol instead of the standard protocol can be used in these cases. For the last two panels, the standard protocol needs to be used to ensure that all amplicons can be completely sequenced. The benefit of the modified protocol compared the standard protocol is to decrease both costs and instrument times: One third of the costs for sequencing kits can be saved and sequencer throughput can be enhanced from two chips per day to three chips per day.
In Section 2, we derived a formula to calculate the sequencing depth from the number of amplicons and the number of samples. However, in practice, different amplicons in a panel are covered to a varying extend. Often, there are several amplicons that perform considerably worse than the average. In summary, we presented an approach to determine the number of nucleotide flows that are required in semiconductor sequencing.
In a model of random sequences, exact expressions were presented for the cumulative distribution function of the number of flows, the average number of flows and the corresponding variance. Furthermore, we implemented an algorithm to calculate the number of required flows for each of the items in a concrete list of genomic DNA sequences. In targeted sequencing, our methods allow to calculate the number of required flows for an amplicon panel and thus to optimize time requirements and costs.
Bentley D. Nature , , 53 — Google Scholar. Bockmayr M. Budczies J. R package version 1. Unlike other sequencers on the market, Illumina instruments delivered enough sequencing depth to find novel viruses.
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