Structural Multiplex cfDNA Reference Standard
The Structural Multiplex cfDNA Reference Standard provides biologically relevant quality control material, which can be used to assess the performance of NGS ctDNA assays that detect complex structural variants.
Structural variants including gene translocations, fusions, copy number variants (CNV) and large INDELs are commonly found in tumours, and can serve as clinical biomarkers to identify cancer, to monitor cancer treatment effectiveness and disease progression. CNVs such as amplification of MET in combination with mutations in EGFR (T790M) can lead to Gefitinib resistance in lung cancer 1, 2. PCR-based assays3, 4 and NGS4 that better detect structural variants are constantly emerging. However, the detection of structural variants presents several challenges and bioinformatics pipelines are continuously evolving to improve confidence in structural variant detection.
The Structural Multiplex cfDNA Reference Standard covers a wide range of mutations in a defined genomic context. This standard consists of DNA derived from human cell lines that is fragmented to an average size of 160 bp to closely resemble cfDNA extracted from human plasma. This product is designed to challenge your molecular and bioinformatic work flow by providing validated copy number variants/amplifications, translocations, and large insertions/deletions. Additionally, you may examine the genomic context of variants within regions of specific GC-content (high vs. low). The Structural Multiplex cfDNA Reference Standard includes 9 variants validated by ddPCR, with most of them centred at 5% allelic frequency.
Highlight features of the Structural Multiplex include RET and ROS1 fusion variants, MYC-N and MET focal amplifications and a BRCA2 variant.
The Structural Multiplex is also available in high molecular weight gDNA (HD753) and FFPE (HD789) format.
References:
- Engelman JA, Zejnullahu K, Mitsudomi T, Song Y, Hyland C, Park JO, et al. MET amplification leads to gefitinib resistance in lung cancer by activating ERBB3 signaling. Science 2007,316:1039–43
- Bean J, Brennan C, Shih JY, Riely G, Viale A, Wang L, et al. MET amplification occurs with or without T790M mutations in EGFR mutant lung tumors with acquired resistance o gefitinib or erlotinib. Proc Natl Acad Sci.2007,104(52):20932–7
- Olsson, E.; Winter, C. et al. Serial monitoring of circulating tumor DNA in patients with primary breast cancer for detection of occult metastatic disease. EMBO Molec. Med. 2015, 7(12), 1034–47.
- Reinert, T.; Schøler, L.V. et al. Analysis of circulating tumour DNA to monitor disease burden following colorectal cancer surgery. Gut 2015, 0:1–10.
With this product you are able to:
- Evaluate the effect of genomic context on variant detection in ctDNA samples
- Analyze the robustness of your bioinformatics pipeline
- Optimize and validate new ctDNA workflows for structural variant detection
- Compare performance of fragmented to high molecular weight reference standards
Technical Data
Format
cfDNA
Genes Covered
AKT1, BRCA2, EGFR, FBXW7, FLT3, GNA11, KRAS, MET, MYC, NOTCH1, PIK3CA, RET, ROS1
Cosmics
1,500+
Allelic Frequencies
4.8-5.6% and 4.5 & 9.5 x amplification for the CNV
Buffer
Tris-EDTA (10mM Tris-HCl, 1mM EDTA), pH 8.0
Product Information
Fragment Size
160 bp
Unit Size
350 ng per vial
Concentration
20 ng/µl
Verified Mutations
Variant Type |
Chromosome Number |
Gene |
Variant |
Expected Allelic Frequency, % |
SNV High GC |
chr.19 |
GNA11 |
Q209L |
5.6 |
SNV High GC |
chr.14 |
AKT1 |
E17K |
5.0 |
SNV Low GC |
chr.3 |
PIK3CA |
E545K |
5.6 |
Long Insertion |
chr.7 |
EGFR |
V769_D770insASV |
5.6 |
Long Deletion |
chr.7 |
EGFR |
∆E746 - A750 |
5.3 |
Fusion |
chr.4:chr.6 |
ROS1 |
SLC34A2/ROS1 fusion |
5.6 |
Fusion |
chr.10 |
RET |
CCDC6/RET fusion |
5.0 |
CNV |
chr.7 |
MET |
amplification |
4.5 copies |
CNV |
chr.2 |
MYC-N |
amplification |
9.5 copies |
Presence confirmed in parental cell line
Variant Type |
Chromosome Number |
Gene |
Variant |
Expected Allelic Frequency, % |
SNV Low GC |
chr.12 |
KRAS |
G13D |
5.6 |
SNV High GC |
chr.9 |
NOTCH1 |
P668S |
5.0 |
Short Deletion |
chr.7 |
MET |
V237fs |
2.5 |
Short Deletion |
chr.13 |
FLT3 |
S985fs |
5.6 |
Short Deletion |
chr.13 |
BRCA2 |
A1689fs |
5.6 |
Short Deletion |
chr.4 |
FBXW7 |
G667fs |
5.6 |
SNV |
chr.7 |
EGFR |
G719S |
5.3 |
SNV |
chr.7 |
BRAF |
V600E |
18.2 |
SNV |
chr.3 |
PIK3CA |
H1047R |
16.7 |
General Information
Storage
4°C
Expiry
See all product shelf life information
Quality Control
Fragmentation Size
D1000 DNA ScreenTape assay
Allelic Frequency
Droplet Digital™ PCR
Quantification
Qubit dsDNA BR Assay (post-fragmentation)
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