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Identification and characterization of occult human-specific LINE-1 insertions using long-read sequencing technology.
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Nucleic acids research [Nucleic Acids Res] 2020 Feb 20; Vol. 48 (3), pp. 1146-1163. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Long Interspersed Element-1 (LINE-1) retrotransposition contributes to inter- and intra-individual genetic variation and occasionally can lead to human genetic disorders. Various strategies have been developed to identify human-specific LINE-1 (L1Hs) insertions from short-read whole genome sequencing (WGS) data; however, they have limitations in detecting insertions in complex repetitive genomic regions. Here, we developed a computational tool (PALMER) and used it to identify 203 non-reference L1Hs insertions in the NA12878 benchmark genome. Using PacBio long-read sequencing data, we identified L1Hs insertions that were absent in previous short-read studies (90/203). Approximately 81% (73/90) of the L1Hs insertions reside within endogenous LINE-1 sequences in the reference assembly and the analysis of unique breakpoint junction sequences revealed 63% (57/90) of these L1Hs insertions could be genotyped in 1000 Genomes Project sequences. Moreover, we observed that amplification biases encountered in single-cell WGS experiments led to a wide variation in L1Hs insertion detection rates between four individual NA12878 cells; under-amplification limited detection to 32% (65/203) of insertions, whereas over-amplification increased false positive calls. In sum, these data indicate that L1Hs insertions are often missed using standard short-read sequencing approaches and long-read sequencing approaches can significantly improve the detection of L1Hs insertions present in individual genomes.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1362-4962
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nucleic acids research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31853540
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz1173