High-Resolution Epifluorescence and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Chemical Imaging Comparisons of Single DNA Microarray Spots
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- 作者：Archana N. Rao ; Nicolas Vandencasteele ; Lara J. Gamble ; David W. Grainger
- 刊名：Analytical Chemistry
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：December 18, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：84
- 期：24
- 页码：10628-10636
- 全文大小：449K
- 年卷期：v.84,no.24(December 18, 2012)
- ISSN：1520-6882
文摘
DNA microarray assay performance is commonly compromised by spot鈥搒pot probe and signal variations as well as heterogeneity within printed microspots. Accurate metrics for captured DNA target signal rely upon uniform spot distribution of both probe and target DNA to yield reliable hybridized signal. While often presumed, this is neither easily achieved nor often proven experimentally. High-resolution imaging techniques were used to determine spot heterogeneity in identical DNA array microspots comprising varied ratios of unlabeled and dye-labeled DNA probes contact-printed onto commercial arraying surfaces. Epifluorescence imaging data for individual array microspots were correlated with time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) chemical state imaging of the same spots. Epifluorescence imaging intensity distinguished varying DNA density distributed both within a given spot and from spot to spot. TOF-SIMS chemical analysis confirmed these heterogeneous printed DNA distributions by tracking bound Cy3 dye, DNA base, and phosphate specific ion fragments often correlating to fluorescence patterns within identical spots. TOF-SIMS ion fragments originating from probe DNA and Cy3 dye are enriched in microspot centers, correlating with high fluorescence intensity regions. Both TOF-SIMS and epifluorescence support Marangoni flow effects on spot drying, with high-density DNA鈥揅y3 located in spot centers and nonhomogeneous DNA distribution within printed spots. Microspot image dimensional analysis results for DNA droplet spreading show differing DNA densities across printed spots. The study directly supports different DNA probe chemical and spatial microenvironments within spots that yield spot鈥搒pot signal variations known to affect DNA target hybridization efficiencies and kinetics. These variations critically affect probe鈥搕arget duplex formation and DNA array signal generation.