Abstract
Background:
The revolution in cancer genomics shows that the dominant mutations are CG->TA transitions. The sources of these mutations are probably two host cell cytidine deaminases APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B. The former in particular can access nuclear DNA and monotonously introduce phenomenal numbers of C->T mutations in the signature 5′TpC context. These can be copied as G->A transitions in the 5′GpA context.
Methods:
DNA hypermutated by an APOBEC3 enzyme can be recovered by a technique called 3DPCR, which stands for differential DNA denaturation PCR. This method exploits the fact that APOBEC3-edited DNA is richer in A+T compared with the reference. We explore explicitly 3DPCR error using cloned DNA.
Results:
Here we show that the technique has a higher error rate compared with standard PCR and can generate DNA strands containing both C->T and G->A mutations in a 5′GpCpR context. Sequences with similar traits have been recovered from human tumour DNA using 3DPCR.
Conclusions:
Differential DNA denaturation PCR cannot be used to identify fixed C->T transitions in cancer genomes. Presently, the overall mutation frequency is ∼104–105 base substitutions per cancer genome, or 0.003–0.03 kb−1. By contrast, the 3DPCR error rate is of the order of 4–20 kb−1 owing to constant selection for AT DNA and PCR-mediated recombination. Accordingly, sequences recovered by 3DPCR harbouring mixed C->T and G->A mutations associated with the 5′GpC represent artefacts.
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The advent of cancer genomics has shown that there are far more somatic mutations than hitherto imagined. Although large karyotypic changes have been known for decades, there are a myriad of small rearrangements, whereas the number of mutations can exceed 105 per genome (Greenman et al, 2007; Stephens et al, 2009, 2012; Pleasance et al, 2010). Apart from cancers involving mutagens that leave genetic signatures, such as aflatoxin or benzo[a]pyrene, overall there is an excess of CG->TA transitions in cancer genomes (Greenman et al, 2007). For some genomes there is a pronounced 5′ base context, notably TpC for C->T transitions (Nik-Zainal et al, 2012; Stephens et al, 2012; Alexandrov et al, 2013). Of course, the G->A transition is merely a C->T transition on the opposite strand, suggesting a single transition.
The human APOBEC3 (A3) family of seven genes encoding six functional cytidine deaminases (APOBEC3A, A3B, A3C, A3F, A3G and A3H) has come to the fore in recent years as host cell mutators of viral DNA (Jarmuz et al, 2002; Sheehy et al, 2002; Harris et al, 2003; Lecossier et al, 2003; Mangeat et al, 2003; Mariani et al, 2003). They are closely related to activation-induced deaminase (AID), which is responsible for immunoglobulin class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation or rearranged VDJ genes (Di Noia and Neuberger, 2007). Indeed, it is thought that the A3 locus emerged by gene duplication of AID (Conticello et al, 2005). Like AID, the substrate specificity of the A3 enzymes is the cytidine base in single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), the product being uridine, which base pairs as thymidine. As such, they effectively hypermutate DNA, the mutational load being so great that the viral genetic information is irretrievably lost. That several A3 genes are upregulated by type I and II interferons lent credence to their being novel restriction factors and part of a broad innate immune response to microbes (Bonvin et al, 2006; Koning et al, 2009; Refsland et al, 2010; Stenglein et al, 2010). These APOBEC3 mutator enzymes must be tightly controlled as at least four (A3A, A3B, A3C and A3H) can access the nucleus (Vartanian et al, 2008; Stenglein et al, 2010; Landry et al, 2011; Suspène et al, 2011a; Aynaud et al, 2012; Shinohara et al, 2012; Burns et al, 2013a, 2013b).
More recently, it has emerged that APOBEC3A (A3A) and probably APOBEC3B (A3B) can mutate nuclear DNA (nuDNA) (Suspène et al, 2011a; Aynaud et al, 2012; Shinohara et al, 2012; Burns et al, 2013a). A3A can edit both cytidine and 5-methylcytidine residues in ssDNA (Carpenter et al, 2012; Wijesinghe and Bhagwat, 2012; Suspène et al, 2013) and can generate DNA double-strand breaks (Landry et al, 2011; Mussil et al, 2013). Low levels of A3 mutation that do not overwhelm DNA mismatch repair are probably the source of the CG->TA mutations in cancer genomes. By contrast, hypermutation is proapoptotic and represents a novel pathway for DNA catabolism (Suspène et al, 2011a; Mussil et al, 2013). Hypermutated nuDNA with hundreds of mutations per kilobase can be found in both pathological and physiological settings (Suspène et al, 2011a). Invariably the mutations are influenced by the base 5′ with a TpC and CpC being the preferred targets (the edited cytidine residue being underlined) (Suspène et al, 2011a; Nik-Zainal et al, 2012; Alexandrov et al, 2013). Only A3G shows a strong penchant for CpC (Beale et al, 2004; Bishop et al, 2004; Suspène et al, 2004; Henry et al, 2009; Vartanian et al, 2010). By contrast, AID prefers a purine residue in the 5′ position, where GpC>ApC (Conticello et al, 2005; Vartanian et al, 2010). At low levels of nuDNA editing, compatible with DNA repair, these enzymes are probably the source of the C->T transitions seen in cancer genomes (Greenman et al, 2007; Stephens et al, 2009, 2012; Pleasance et al, 2010; Nik-Zainal et al, 2012). While the relative contribution of A3A and A3B to the editing of nuDNA needs to be ascertained, the A3B−/− genotype is particularly prevalent in SE Asia (Kidd et al, 2007). Interestingly, these individuals have a higher odds ratio of developing breast and liver cancer compared with controls (Komatsu et al, 2008; Zhang et al, 2012).
DNA that has been hypermutated by an APOBEC3 (A3) enzyme can be recovered by a technique called 3DPCR, which stands for differential DNA denaturation PCR (Suspène et al, 2005a). This method exploits the fact that A3-edited DNA is richer in A+T compared with the reference. Modulation of the PCR denaturation temperature allows selective amplification of AT-rich DNA, sometimes by up to 104-fold (Suspène et al, 2005b).
While 3DPCR was first used to detect hypermutated viral genomes (Suspène et al, 2005b; Vartanian et al, 2008, 2010; Suspène et al, 2011b), it is being increasingly used to recover low levels of A3-edited nuclear DNA. Two recent papers are noteworthy because they used 3DPCR to recover lightly edited DNA sequences manifesting ∼2–13 CG->TA transitions per kilobase of nuDNA (Shinohara et al, 2012; Burns et al, 2013a). They exploit the use of 4–5 °C temperature gradients across the 12-wells of the heating block, which is small in comparison with the ±0.4 °C temperature stability per well leaving considerable room for experimental variation. One study presented the sequences in sufficient detail – the sequences were not monotonously substituted by C->T or G->A (Shinohara et al, 2012); rather they contained both mutations on the same strand. Furthermore, a preferred 5′GpC editing context was frequently noted, which is more typical of AID rather than an A3 enzyme (Beale et al, 2004). Although ectopic upregulation of AID has indeed been reported (Endo et al, 2007; Matsumoto et al, 2007; Morisawa et al, 2008), we were concerned that such low-editing rates per kilobase might be close to the 3DPCR error threshold. The second study implicated A3B in nuDNA editing (Burns et al, 2013a), yet the signal was only 2–3-fold over 3DPCR background, which we found surprisingly low, particularly as A3B can extensively edit HBV DNA, the editing rates being of the order of >100 kb−1 (Suspène et al, 2005b; Vartanian et al, 2010).
Here we explore explicitly 3DPCR error using cloned DNA. It transpires that the 3DPCR error rate is of the order of 4–20 kb−1 and generates sequences encoding both C->T and G->A substitutions occurring preferentially in the GpC dinucleotide. Sequences with similar traits have been recovered from human DNA (Shinohara et al, 2012; Burns et al, 2013a).
Materials and methods
Blood was obtained from anonymous healthy donors and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated by Ficoll gradient (Eurobio AbCys, Courtaboeuf, France). Isolation of CD4+ T lymphocytes was performed by incubation with antibody-coated magnetic beads (Miltenyi Biotec, Bergish Glabach, Germany). Purity of CD4+ T lymphocytes was above 90% as checked by flow cytometry (FACSCalibur; Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA). CD4+ T lymphocytes were stimulated with 10 μg ml−1 PHA (Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA), 100 U ml−1 IL-2 (Sigma) and 500 U ml−1 IFN-α (PBL Biomedical Laboratories, Piscataway, NJ, USA) for 48 h. For the detection of hypermutation by 3DPCR, CD4+ T cells were transduced with lentivirus rV2.EF1.UGI, which encodes a codon optimised UNG inhibitor (UGI) under the control of the constitutive human EF1 promoter (Vectalys, Toulouse, France).
A molecular clone corresponding to 376 bp spanning exon 8 and intron 9 of the human TP53 gene was recovered from HeLa cells. For amplification of human TP53, input DNA was ∼1 ng. The first-round reaction parameters were 95 °C for 5 min, followed by 40 cycles (95 °C for 30 s, 60 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 2 min), and finally 10 min at 72 °C with the following primers: P53ext5 (5′-GAGCTGGACCTTAGGCTCCAGAAAGGACAA-3′) and P53ext3 (5′-GCTGGTGTTGTTGGGCAGTGCTAGGAA-3′). Second-round 3DPCR was performed with 1/50 of the first round as input using an Eppendorf Mastercycler ep Gradient S (Eppendorf AG, Hamburg, Germany) programmed to generate a 4 °C gradient in the denaturation temperature. The reaction parameters were 86–90 °C for 5 min, followed by 42 cycles (86–90 °C for 30 s, 58 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 2 min), and finally 10 min at 72 °C. The buffer conditions were 2.5 mM MgCl2, 16 mM (NH4)2SO4, 67 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.8), 0.01% Tween-20, 200 μ M each deoxynucleoside triphosphate, 100 μ M each primer (P53int5, 5′-TTCTCTTTTCCTATCCTGAGTAGTGGTAA-3′; P53int3, 5′-AAAGGTGATAAAAGTGAATCTGAGGCATAA-3′) and 1.5 U of Taq (EurobioTaq+; Eurobio AbCys) or Pfu (PfuUltra II Fusion HS DNA Polymerase; Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA) DNA polymerase.
Conditions of amplification of the β-catenin were 95 °C for 5 min, followed by 35 cycles (95 °C for 30 s, 60 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 10 min) and finally 20 min at 72 °C with the following primers: 5′βcatout (5′-AGCTGATTTGATGGAGTTGGACA-3′) and 3′βcatout (5′-CCAGCTACTTGTTCTTGAGTGAA-3′). Nested PCR was performed with 1/50 of the first round, conditions were 80–87 °C for 5 min, followed by 35 cycles (80–87 °C for 30 s, 60 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 10 min) and finally 20 min at 72 °C with the following primers: 5′βcatin (5′-ACATGGCCATGGAACCAGACAGA-3′) and 3′βcatin (5′-GTTCTTGAGTGAAGGACTGAGAA-3′).
For long-range PCR, the first-round reaction parameters were 95 °C for 5 min, followed by 40 cycles (95 °C for 30 s, 60 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 10 min), and finally 20 min at 72 °C. The reaction parameters for the second-round 3DPCR were 86–90 °C for 5 min, followed by 42 cycles (86–90 °C for 30 s, 58 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 10 min), and finally 20 min at 72 °C. The buffer conditions were 2.5 mM MgCl2, 1 × LA PCR Buffer ll (TaKaRa LA Taq; TaKaRa, Otsu, Japan), 400 μ M each deoxynucleoside triphosphate (TaKaRa LA Taq; TaKaRa), 100 μ M each primer and 1.5 U of Taq (EurobioTaq+; Eurobio AbCys).
Results and discussion
We tested the 3DPCR error rate using the first PCR amplification corresponding to 235 bp. For a 4 °C gradient across the block, the temperature of the last positive amplification varied by 0.9 °C from 89.6 °C for the outer rows A and H to 88.7 °C for the inner rows D and E (Figure 1A), showing that small thermal gradients are not strictly uniform across the block. Two 3DPCR-positive samples identified by asterisks were cloned and sequenced, and the majority (70–80%) of sequences carried both C->T and G->A transitions with up to 5 per clone, with an average of 7.5 kb−1 for sample D8 (88.7 °C) compared with the input sequence (Figure 1B and C), the most divergent being shown in Figure 1D. For A10 (89.6 °C) the overall mutation rate was similar (7.4 kb−1; Figure 1B). While transversions accounted for ∼8% of the total, there was an excess in favour of N->A,T. Such observations are to be expected for a technique that selectively amplifies AT-rich DNA and contrasts strongly with the mutation bias of Taq polymerase, which generates more A->G and T->C transitions than any others (Eckert and Kunkel, 1991).
Most sequences contained both C->T and G->A substitutions, although there were a few with just one type of transition (Figure 1D; the issue of PCR recombination (Meyerhans et al, 1990) is addressed below). Interestingly the 5′ dinucleotide context for these 3DPCR mutations is GpC for both types of transition (Figure 1E). There was a weaker 3′ context that tends to CpR, where R=G or A (Supplementary Figure 1A). As the 5′ and 3′ contexts are the same for both G->A and C->T transitions, this suggests that a single mutation is involved occurring in the motif 5′GpCpR.
Abasic DNA sites can result from slightly acidic conditions and can be copied by inserting an A. This is one of the reasons why long-range PCR buffers showing low pKa variation with temperature are used, unlike the standard Tris-HCl buffer (Eckert and Kunkel, 1993). Accordingly, we repeated the above experiment using long-range buffer, but using the same Taq enzyme as before. For a 4 °C variation there was spatial variation across the heating block, with 3DPCR positivity varying by an apparent 1.7 °C (Figure 2A). Qualitatively the sequences with both G->A and C->T transitions (Figure 2B) were identified while the same preference for 5′GpC was observed (Figure 2C and D) and a weaker 3′ bias for CpR (Supplementary Figure 1B). Interestingly, the overall mutation frequency was approximately two-fold higher (4–20 kb−1) than for the experiment using standard Taq buffer (Figure 2B vs Figure 1B). When Pfu polymerase was used instead of Taq comparable results (mixed sequences, a GpC context bias, mutation frequencies ∼13 kb−1) were obtained including the same GpC bias (Supplementary Figure S2).
Given these experimental baselines using cloned DNA, we turned to DNA from peritumoral cirrhotic tissue from patients with HBV- or HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We had previously shown that numerous A3 genes were upregulated in the liver (Vartanian et al, 2010). As the β-catenin gene, CTNNB1, harbors mutations in residues 32–45 in approximately 10–40% of HCCs (Miyoshi et al, 1998; Datta et al, 2008), we focused on a 155 bp segment that encodes this region. Three cirrhotic samples (nos. 310, 326 and 345) were analyzed along with tissue from one healthy liver (HL2). Sample nos. 310 and 345 harboured CTNNB1 mutations in the accompanying tumour, whereas no. 326 did not. Differential DNA denaturation PCR was performed using a 7 °C denaturation gradient (80–87 °C) and Taq polymerase. DNA from the last positive amplification was cloned and sequenced.
Once again sequences with both C->T and G->A substitutions dominated with up to four such substitutions per sequence, although there were a few sequences encoding just one type of transition (Figure 3A and B). The overall mutation frequency for sample no. 310 was ∼3 × that for sample nos. 326, 345 and HL2 and more than 13 x the plasmid control (Figure 3C). Once again the GpC context predominated (Figure 3D), which argues against the involvement of an A3 enzyme.
Is it possible to distinguish lightly A3-edited sequences from the 3DPCR background described above, and what would an unambiguous A3-edited β-catenin look like? As haematopoietic cells generally show high A3 expression levels compared with other tissues (http://www.biogps.org), we analysed DNA from purified CD4+ T cells from PBMCs that had been treated by PHA, IL-2 and interferon-α, which strongly upregulates the A3A gene (Aynaud et al, 2012). To increase detection of A3-edited nuDNA, the cells were transduced with a lentivirus encoding the uracil N-glycosylase inhibitor UGI to block catabolism of dU-containing DNA (Wang and Mosbaugh, 1988). Using a 7 °C gradient 3DPCR amplification of the same β-catenin gene segment revealed a signal differing by 1 °C with respect to the non-stimulated CD4+ T cells as a control (Figure 4A and C). Cloning and sequencing revealed monotonously C->T or G->A substituted sequences (Figure 4A–C) with editing focused on TpC (GpA) dinucleotides, all consistent with editing by A3A and/or A3B (Figure 4E and F).
The non-stimulated control proved interesting. The last positive 3DPCR amplification was at 83.7 °C in the centre of the block to minimise the effects of thermal heterogeneity (Figure 4A and B). A collection of sequences was found that could be broken down into two groups of AT-rich sequences (Figure 4C). The first group of 10 sequences corresponded to what we can call 3DPCR background sequences containing up to five substitutions per locus (32 kb−1) involving both C->T and G->A transitions, there being a bias for transitions in GpC dinucleotides (not shown). The second group of two sequences in Figure 4C were monotonously G->A substituted compared with the plus strand with five and six transitions, most of which were in TpC and CpC. Indeed, the dinucleotide context is very similar to that of the bona fide A3-edited β-catenin sequences recovered from IFN-α-stimulated CD4+ T cells (Figure 4A). Accordingly, it appears that 3DPCR is indeed capable of recovering lightly A3-edited sequences when present.
The constant presence of sequences bearing both C->T and G->A transitions was intriguing, no matter what the source of input DNA was – molecularly cloned, and tissue- or PBMC-derived DNA. We have previously shown that recombination during PCR can contribute to the complexity of amplified DNA (Meyerhans et al, 1990). It usually occurs towards the end of amplification when [DNA]>[Taq], the polymerase simply being unable to complete synthesis of the nascent strands before the next temperature shift to denaturation.
Long elongation times reduce recombination but do not eliminate the problem (Meyerhans et al, 1990). In the above experiments involving TP53 and CTNNB1 loci, 10 min elongation times were used. However, as 3DPCR amplification occurs very close to the denaturation temperature, some templates may not be fully denatured, which would block polymerase elongation, thus rendering amplification less efficient. Indeed, this is reflected by the fact that we regularly use 42 cycles when performing 3DPCR, when normally 30 cycles would be more than sufficient to amplify the TP53 target.
To address the question of PCR recombination, 1 ng of DNA of three different molecularly cloned CTNNB1 sequences were mixed at an equimolar ratio and 3DPCR performed using the same 7 °C gradient. The last positive amplification (84.7 °C) was cloned and sequenced. By comparison of the input and output sequences (Figure 4D), it is clear that PCR-mediated recombination can increase the sequence complexity. The most parsimonious explanation for hypermutated sequences bearing both C->T and G->A transitions is that thermostable polymerases make a spectrum of mutations. For C->T and G->A transitions, one is dominant and occurs either in the context GpCpR (C->T transition) or YpGpC for a G->A transition. Successive cycles of 3DPCR enrich DNA bearing CG->TA transitions, and to a lesser extent N->TA transversions are selectively amplified. The complexity of the sequences is increased by PCR recombination.
Differential DNA denaturation PCR was initially used to recover A3 edited viral genomes and plasmid DNA (Vartanian et al, 2008, 2010; Suspène et al, 2011a, 2011b). Subsequently, it proved crucial to demonstrating that mitochondrial and nuclear DNA could be hyperedited (Suspène et al, 2011a). Recently two studies have reported A3 editing of nuDNA following recovery by 3DPCR (Shinohara et al, 2012; Burns et al, 2013a). The overall mutation rates were within the 3DPCR error range reported here. For one study the difference in the 3DPCR temperature was never >1 °C compared to the control while the mutation frequencies were 6–9 kb−1, only 2 fold greater than the basal error rate (Shinohara et al, 2012). Sequences bearing mixed C->T and G->A substitutions were found while the preferred 5′ dinucleotide context for C->T substitutions was GpC, observations reminiscent of the data shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and suggests that they are non-physiological 3DPCR generated sequences.
If mixed DNA molecules resulted from A3 editing then the first edited strand would have to be replicated, followed by strand separation and APOBEC3 editing. The crucial difference compared to 3DPCR error would be the 5′ dinucleotide context associated with the C->T transitions. To date we have only seen sequences with large numbers of both C->T and G->A transitions in the context of hepatitis B virus editing by A3G (Suspène et al, 2005b). Here the numbers of C->T and G->A transitions was much greater than the 3–5 per clone reported here. Furthermore, as the dinucleotide context was 5′CpC for the C->T transitions on both strands, such sequences can be attributed to A3G editing and not 3DPCR (Suspène et al, 2005b).
Differential DNA denaturation PCR cannot be used to identify fixed C->T transitions in cancer genomes. Presently, the overall mutation frequency is ∼104–105 base substitutions per cancer genome, or 0.003–0.03 kb−1. These numbers are orders of magnitude lower than those for 3DPCR error, which are of the order of 4–20 mutations per kb; such numbers translate into 12–60 million mutations per diploid genome. As the reported mutation frequencies were of the same order as PCR error, along with mixed sequences associated with the GpC context, suggests that in all probability they result from 3DPCR.
Differential DNA denaturation PCR is very powerful at selectively amplifying A3 hyperedited DNA, but as shown above there is a grey zone where the editing frequency falls below 5–15 substitutions per kb−1. Having worked with it for many years (Suspène et al, 2005a, 2011a; Vartanian et al, 2008, 2010), we would suggest that cloning and sequencing is vital to a correct interpretation of the results. Prima face evidence of A3A and A3B editing of nuclear DNA requires that sequences should be monotonously substituted and coupled to a clear preference for TpC and CpC, the hallmark signature of these enzymes.
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Suspène, R., Caval, V., Henry, M. et al. Erroneous identification of APOBEC3-edited chromosomal DNA in cancer genomics. Br J Cancer 110, 2615–2622 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.176
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