Nanopore-based consensus sequencing enables accurate multimodal tumor cell-free DNA profiling

Li Ting Chen; Myrthe Jager; Dàmi Rebergen; Geertruid J. Brink; Tom van den Ende; Willem Vanderlinden; Pauline Kolbeck; Marc Pagès-Gallego; Ymke van der Pol; Nicolle Besselink; Norbert Moldovan; Nizar Hami; Wigard P. Kloosterman; Hanneke van Laarhoven; Florent Mouliere; Ronald Zweemer; Jan Lipfert; Sarah Derks; Alessio Marcozzi; Jeroen de Ridder

doi:10.1101/gr.279144.124

Nanopore-based consensus sequencing enables accurate multimodal tumor cell-free DNA profiling

Li Ting Chen
, Myrthe Jager
, Dàmi Rebergen
, Geertruid J. Brink
, Tom van den Ende
, Willem Vanderlinden
, Pauline Kolbeck
, Marc Pagès-Gallego
, Ymke van der Pol
, Nicolle Besselink
, Norbert Moldovan
, Nizar Hami
, Wigard P. Kloosterman
, Hanneke van Laarhoven
, Florent Mouliere
, Ronald Zweemer
, Jan Lipfert
, Sarah Derks
, Alessio Marcozzi^*
, Jeroen de Ridder^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Shallow genome-wide cell-free DNA sequencing holds great promise for noninvasive cancer monitoring by providing reliable copy number alteration (CNA) and fragmentomic profiles. Single-nucleotide variations (SNVs) are, however, much harder to identify with low sequencing depth due to sequencing errors. Here, we present Nanopore Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA)-enhanced Consensus Sequencing (NanoRCS), which leverages RCA and consensus calling based on genome-wide long-read nanopore sequencing to enable simultaneous multimodal tumor fraction (TF) estimation through SNVs, CNAs, and fragmentomics. The efficacy of NanoRCS is tested on 18 cancer patient samples and seven healthy controls, demonstrating its ability to reliably detect TFs as low as 0.24%. In vitro experiments confirm that SNV measurements are essential for detecting TFs below 3%. NanoRCS provides an opportunity for cost-effective and rapid sample processing, which aligns well with clinical needs, particularly in settings where quick and accurate cancer monitoring is essential for personalized treatment strategies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	886-899
Number of pages	14
Journal	Genome Research
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.279144.124
Publication status	Published - Apr 2025

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We thank Ivo Renkens of USEQ for the help and advice on ONT Nanopore sequencing, Roy Straver and Carlo Vermeulen for their scientific input on the project, and Martin Benoit and the Center for NanoScience at the LMU Munich for help with AFM imaging. We acknowledge the Utrecht Sequencing Facility (USEQ) for providing sequencing services and data. USEQ is subsidized by the University Medical Center Utrecht and The Netherlands X-omics Initiative (NWO project 184.034.019).

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University Medical Center Utrecht and The Netherlands	184.034.019
University Medical Center Utrecht and The Netherlands X-omics Initiative (NWO project)

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Chen, L. T., Jager, M., Rebergen, D., Brink, G. J., van den Ende, T., Vanderlinden, W., Kolbeck, P., Pagès-Gallego, M., van der Pol, Y., Besselink, N., Moldovan, N., Hami, N., Kloosterman, W. P., van Laarhoven, H., Mouliere, F., Zweemer, R., Lipfert, J., Derks, S., Marcozzi, A., & de Ridder, J. (2025). Nanopore-based consensus sequencing enables accurate multimodal tumor cell-free DNA profiling. Genome Research, 35(4), 886-899. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.279144.124

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