IP Library Granted Patent US 9,624,538
Granted Patent B2
US 9,624,538 · App. 12/120,541 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Nanogrid rolling circle DNA sequencing

Inventors: George M. Church (Brookline, MA); Gregory J. Porreca (Ocean City, NJ); Jay Shendure (Chagrin Fall, OH); Abraham Meir Rosenbaum (Brookline, MA)
Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
C12Q1/6874
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,624,538
App. No.
12/120,541
Filed
May 14, 2008
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1637
USPC
435/6
Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for sequencing a polynucleotide immobilized on an array having a plurality of specific regions each having a defined diameter size, including synthesizing a concatemer of a polynucleotide by rolling circle amplification, wherein the concatemer has a cross-sectional diameter greater than the diameter of a specific region, immobilizing the concatemer to the specific region to make an immobilized concatemer, and sequencing the immobilized concatemer.

Claims (26)

1. A method of sequencing a polynucleotide immobilized on an array comprising:

synthesizing a concatemer of a polynucleotide by rolling circle amplification;

immobilizing the concatemer to the array, wherein the array comprises a substrate having a plurality of specific functionalized regions attached to the substrate in a pattern forming an ordered array, wherein each specific functionalized region comprises an inner spot functionalized with a first group which serves to capture the concatemer and an outer spot functionalized with a second group which serves as an attachment point for an amplification primer, wherein the concatermer is immobilized to the inner spot, and wherein the concatemer has a cross-sectional diameter greater than the diameter of the inner spot; and

sequencing the immobilized concatemer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the concatemer has a cross-sectional diameter of at least 200 nanometers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the concatemer has a cross-sectional diameter of at least 300 nanometers.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the polynucleotide is DNA.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one concatemer is immobilized at the plurality of specific functionalized regions.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the array has at least 100 specific functionalized regions.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein one concatemer is immobilized at each of the plurality of specific functionalized regions.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein at least 90 of the specific functionalized regions each contains one immobilized concatemer.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the array has at least 1000 specific functionalized regions.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the array has at least 10,000 specific functionalized regions.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein sequencing the immobilized concatemer is performed by fluorescent in situ sequencing.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the array is a nanoarray.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein optical magnification is used to sequence the immobilized concatemer.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein immobilization is performed by hybridization.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein immobilization is performed by an interaction selected from the group consisting of biotin-avidin capture, biotin-streptavidin capture, NHS-ester capture, thioether linkage, static charge interactions and van der Waals forces.

16. A method of sequencing a polynucleotide immobilized on an comprising:

synthesizing a concatemer of a polynucleotide by rolling circle amplification

immobilizing the concatemer to the array, wherein the array comprises a substrate having a plurality of specific functionalized regions attached to the substrate in a pattern forming an ordered array, wherein each specific functionalized region comprises an inner spot functionalized with a first group which serves to capture the concatemer and an outer spot functionalized with a second group which serves as an attachment point for an amplification primer, wherein the concatermer is immobilized to the inner spot, and wherein the concatemer has a cross-sectional diameter greater than the diameter of the inner spot;

clonally amplifying the immobilized concatemer to make a clonally amplified concatemer; and

sequencing the clonally amplified concatemer.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein clonally amplifying is performed by a method selected from the group consisting of rolling circle amplification, multiple displacement amplification, thermophilic helicase-dependent amplification and bridge PCR.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein rolling circle amplification is selected from the group consisting of hyperbranched rolling circle amplification, padlock probe rolling circle amplification and linear rolling circle amplification.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein immobilization is performed by biotin-avidin capture or NHS-ester capture.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jul 16, 2010
From: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 024694/0337 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Mar 11, 2009
From: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 022375/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2008
From: CHURCH, GEORGE M.; PORRECA, GREGORY J.; SHENDURE, JAY A.; ROSENBAUM, ABRAHAM M.
To: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
Reel/Frame 021855/0480 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2006044209 · Nov 14, 2006
Provisional Application 60736923 · Nov 14, 2005
Related Publication 20090018024A1 · Jan 15, 2009