Method Article
DSBCapture: in situ single-nucleotide resolution DNA double-strand break mapping
https://doi.org/10.1038/protex.2016.52
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DSBCapture is a double-strand DNA break (DSB) mapping methodology that maps DSBs in situ to single-nucleotide resolution. DSBs are captured through the ligation of a modified Illumina adapter to broken DNA ends inside isolated, fixed nuclei. Break sites are subsequently decoded to single-nucleotide resolution by Illumina sequencing.
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double-strand DNA break
double-strand DNA break mapping
next generation sequencing
molecular biology
DNA damage
G-quadruplex
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DSBCapture is a substantially improved DSB mapping methodology derived from BLESS1 that maps DSBs in situ to single-nucleotide resolution. The procedure involves the ligation of a modified Illumina adapter to DSBs in fixed nuclei. The subsequent lysis of the nuclei and the fragmentation of the DNA generates a second free end, to which a second modified Illumina adapter is ligated. PCR amplification of the ligated DNA fragments generates a library that can be directly sequenced on the Illumina platform. DSBs are decoded to single-nucleotide resolution in single-end sequencing, where the first base sequenced identifies the site of in situ DSB formation. The DSBCapture workflow is depicted in Fig.1. DSBCapture can be universally applied for the study of DSBs; these can for example be endogenous, drug-induced or nuclease cleavage sites. The complete experimental procedure takes approximately 8 days. We suggest using 20 million cells per sample: 10 million for the full procedure and 10 million for a control performed without T4 DNA ligase in the first ligation reaction.
See figure in Figures section.• Cells
• Cell culture medium
• Fetal Bovine Serum
• Formaldehyde (Pierce, cat. no. 28908)
• 2 M Glycine
• PBS (- CaCl2 / - MgCl2)
• Lysis buffer:
10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8
10 mM NaCl
1 mM EDTA
1 mM EGTA
0.2 % NP40 substitute (Sigma, 74385)
freshly added: cOmplete Roche protease inhibitors (Roche, REF: 11873580001)
freshly added: 1 mM DTT
• Nucleus Break buffer:
10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8
150 mM NaCl
1 mM EDTA
1 mM EGTA
0.3 % SDS
freshly added: 1 mM DTT
• 1 × NEBuffer 2 (pH 7.9 at 25 °C):
10 mM Tris-HCl
50 mM NaCl
10 mM MgCl2
freshly added: 1 mM DTT
• 1 × W&B buffer:
5 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5
1 mM EDTA
1 M NaCl
• Proteinase K (Ambion, cat. no. AM2546)
• PMSF (Sigma, cat. no. 93482)
• Quick Blunting Kit (NEB, cat. no. E1201L)
• Blunting Buffer (NEB, cat. no. E1201L)
• BSA (NEB, cat. no. B9000S)
• Klenow Fragment 3’-5’ exo- (NEB, cat. no. M0212L)
• dATP (Promega, cat. no. U120D)
• T4 Ligase Reaction Buffer (NEB, cat. no. B0202S)
• T4 DNA Ligase (NEB, cat. no. M0202M)
• Lambda Exonuclease (NEB, cat. no. M0262L)
• Lambda Exonuclease Reaction Buffer (NEB, cat. no. M0262L)
• Nuclease free water (e.g. Ambion cat. no. AM9937)
• Dynabeads MyOne Strepdavidin C1 (Invitrogen, cat. no. 65001)
• Modified P5 Illumina adapter (for sequence see end of protocol)
• Modified P7 Illumina adapter (for sequence see end of protocol)
• PCR F and PCR R primers (for sequence see end of protocol)
• NEBNext PCR High Fidelity 2X PCR Master Mix (NEB, cat. no. M0541L)
• MinElute PCR Purification Kit (Qiagen, cat. no. 28004) or MinElute Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen, cat. no. 28604) depending on method of DNA extraction (pippin versus manual, respectively)
• KAPA Library Quantification Kit (Kapa Biosystems, cat. no. kk4824)
• Propoan-2-ol (molecular biology grade)
• Ethanol (molecular biology grade)
• GlycoBlue (Invitrogen, cat. no. AM9515)
• 1 M Potassium acetate
• 3 M Sodium acetate pH 5.2 (for pH adjustment during PCR clean up using Qiagen kit; e.g. Thermo Fisher Scientific, cat. no. R1181)
• Triton X-100
• Trypan blue
• Manual Pipettes
• Pipette tips
• Tissue culture facilities and equipment
• Light microscope
• Cell counting equipment
• Haemocytometer or Ibidi slides (Ibidi, cat. no. 80621)
• Sonicator e.g. Biorupter
• Rotator
• 4 °C room or incubator
• 37 °C incubator
• Thermocycler
• Vortex
• Centrifuge with refrigeration capability (e.g. Eppendorf 5810R)
• Microcentrifuge with refrigeration capability (e.g. Eppendorf 5415R)
• Water bath
• Heat block
• ThermoMixer e.g. Eppendorf comfort
• Gel electrophoresis equipment
• Magnetic rack (1.5 or 2 mL)
• Bioanalyser (Agilent) or TapeStation (Agilent) or similar (with high sensitivity reagents)
• DNA quantification equipment (e.g. Qubit fluorimeter, Thermo Fisher Scientific)
• Quantitative PCR machine (if performing library quantification)
• Falcon tubes
• 2 mL Eppendorf tubes
• Eppendorf LoBind tubes (1.5 or 2 mL, depending on type of magnetic rack used)
• Sonication tubes (Diagenode, cat. no. C30010010)
• PCR tubes
• 0.2 μM filter (e.g. Millipore, cat. no. SLGP033RS) and syringe
• Access to an Illumina sequencer
• Optional: BluePippin (Sage Science)
Day 1: Cell fixation
Note: centrifugation steps were performed in a bench top centrifuge e.g. Eppendorf 5810R. Once cells have been harvested, work with cells in Falcon tubes.
Grow cells to 70 % confluency Note: We suggest using 20 million cells per sample: 10 million for the full procedure and 10 million for a control performed without T4 DNA ligase in the first ligation reaction.
Wash cells with PBS (-/-)
Detach cells using trypsin (e.g. HeLa/U2OS) or accutase (e.g. NHEKs)
Add an equal amount of complete growth medium to the detached cells
Transfer cells to a Falcon tube and centrifuge at 1300 rpm for 5 min at room temperature to pellet the cells
Remove the supernatant, re-suspend cells in complete medium and count
Make a single cell suspension (by pipetting up and down 10 times) of 1 million cells/1.5 mL in DMEM 10 % FBS (maximum of 25 million cells / 50 mL Falcon tube)
To the single cell suspension add formaldehyde to a final concentration of 2 %
Rotate (7 rpm) at room temperate for 30 min
Add 2 M glycine to achieve a final concentration of 125 mM
Rotate (7 rpm) for a further 5 min at room temperature
Chill samples on ice for 10 min From this point forward work on ice for the rest of the day unless stated otherwise.
Centrifuge cells at 1200 rpm for 5 min at 4 °C with the break switched off
Remove the supernatant, tap tube against hand to loosen the pellet and add ice cold PBS (same volume as was removed) Note: we suggest loosening pellet by tapping, rather than re-suspending using pipettes, to avoid loss of material.
Invert tube 5 times
Centrifuge the cells at 1200 rpm for 5 min at 4 °C with the break switched off
Remove the supernatant, tap tube against hand to loosen the pellet and add ice cold PBS (same volume as was removed)
Store fixed cells in PBS at 4 °C over night or alternatively proceed immediately to day 2
Day 2: Isolation of nuclei
Note: centrifugation steps were performed in a bench top centrifuge e.g Eppendorf 5810R. Work with cells in Falcon tubes. Work on ice unless stated otherwise.
Centrifuge cells at 1200 rpm for 5 min at 4 °C with the break switched off
Remove supernatant, tap tube against hand to loosen the pellet
Add chilled Lysis buffer (see reagents; 200 μL/106 cells)
Invert tube gently until the pellet is re-suspended
Incubate for 90 min at 4 °C rotating at 7 rpm
Centrifuge cells at 1200 rpm for 5 min at 4 °C with the break switched off
Remove supernatant and tap tube against hand to loosen the pellet (image cells, see Fig.2b for representative images of cells at this point)
Add room temperature Nucleus Break buffer (see reagents; 200 μl/106 cells)
Invert tube gently until the pellet is re-suspended
Incubate at 37 °C for 45 min whilst gently rotating
Centrifuge cells at 1200 rpm for 5 minutes at room temperature with the break switched off. Note: room temperature is required to avoid the precipitation of SDS.
Remove the supernatant. Pellet may be loose, remove as much supernatant as possible without disturbing the pellet
Add chilled 1 × NEBuffer 2 (see reagents) + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) so that the final volume in the tube is equivalent to 10 million cells/mL
Re-suspend by pipetting up and down and transfer nuclei to 2 ml Eppendorf tubes (10 million nuclei/tube i.e. 1 mL/tube) Note: familiarise yourself with steps 33-35 before proceeding.
Place samples on ice and add Proteinase K (20 mg/ml) to a final concentration of 100 μg/ml
Vortex samples briefly at minimum power and then incubate for 8 minutes at 37 °C in a water bath
Work quickly: Place samples on ice and immediately add an equal volume of NEBuffer 2 + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) + 1:50 PMSF (freshly added; filter buffer through 0.2 μm filter before adding)
Invert tubes to mix Note: now that cells are in 2 ml Eppendorf tubes centrifuge samples in a bench top microcentrifuge (e.g. Eppendorf 5415R).
Critical steps applying to all centrifugation steps until the nuclei are lysed: the pellet may not be visible in the tube by eye. Centrifuge with the hinge of the Eppendorf tube facing outwards so that the pellet will accumulate against the wall of the tube at the side with the hinge. Knowing the position of the pellet carefully remove as much of the supernatant as possible (approximately 50 μL can be left behind). If the pellet is accidentally removed it may be visible in the pipette tip. Do not discard the supernatant, but transfer it to another Eppendorf tube. Check the supernatant for nuclei (see below) – if the supernatant contains nuclei, centrifuge the supernatant again with a spin speed 1000 g greater than the indicated spin speed. Remove the supernatant and add the recovered nuclei back to the original tube (this is most easily done by adding the wash buffer or reaction buffer for the subsequent step to the pelleted nuclei and then transferring the nuclei/buffer solution back the original tube. Also make sure that the supernatant from this repeated centrifugation step is free from nuclei. Different cell types behave differently during the centrifugation steps and thus require slightly different spin-speeds. It is important not to loose material during the wash steps so we recommend checking the supernatant for nuclei after each centrifugation step and to re-centrifuge if necessary. Checking for nuclei: mix 10 μL of supernatant with 10 μL trypan blue and visualise nuclei using a light microscope. We use Ibidi slides to aid this process.
Centrifuge the nuclei at 1200 g for 10 min at 4 °C and remove the supernatant
Add chilled 1 × NEBuffer 2 + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) (100 μL /106 cells). Close tube and invert rapidly to re-suspend the pellet
Centrifuge the nuclei at 1200 g for 10 min at 4 °C and remove the supernatant
Add chilled 1 × NEBuffer 2 + 0.1% Triton X-100 (freshly added) (100 μL/106 cells). Close tube and invert rapidly to re-suspend the pellet Image nuclei: see Fig.2c for representative images of nuclei at this point.
Store nuclei at 4 °C overnight or alternatively proceed immediately to day 3
Day 3: In situ adapter ligation (modified P5 Illumina adapter)
Work on ice unless specified otherwise.
Note: anneal the modified P5 Illumina adapter with its complement before use (see methods in manuscript).
10 μl 1 mM dNTPs
4 μl Blunting Enzyme Mix
0.5 μl 10 mM dATP
3 μl Klenow Fragment exo-
10 μl 10 μM modified P5 Illumina adapter
0.6 μl T4 DNA Ligase (2,000,000 units/mL)
Day 4: Excess adapter removal and DNA extraction
Work at room temperature unless specified otherwise.
Wash nuclei twice in 1 × W&B buffer + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) (100 μl/106 nuclei)
Centrifuge nuclei at 3500 g for 10 min at 25 °C between each wash and remove the supernatant. After the addition of wash buffer close the tube and invert rapidly to re-suspend the pellet. Note: when checking supernatant for nuclei, first dilute the supernatant in water, otherwise aggregates form upon the addition of trypan blue).
Add 1 × Lambda Exonuclease reaction buffer (50 μl/106 nuclei), close the tube and invert rapidly to re-suspend the pellet
Centrifuge nuclei at 3500 g for 10 min at 25 °C
Remove the supernatant
Make volume up to 50 μl/10 million cells using 1 × Lambda Exonuclease reaction buffer
Add 50 units of Lambda Exonuclease
Mix gently by pipetting up and down 10 times
Incubate at 37 °C for 30 min From here on in work at 4 °C unless specified otherwise.
Add chilled 1 × NEBuffer 2 + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) (100 μl/106 nuclei), close the tube and invert rapidly to re-suspend the pellet
Centrifuge at 4500 g for 10 min at 4 °C
Remove the supernatant
Add chilled 1 × NEBuffer 2 + 0.5 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) (100 μl/106 nuclei), close the tube and invert rapidly to re-suspend the pellet Note: set aside 5 μl.
Add 20 mg/ml Proteinase K to a final concentration of 200 μg/ml
Incubate for 30 min at 55 °C, shaking at 800 rpm
Incubate for 30 min at 65 °C, shaking at 800 rpm Note: whilst the nuclei are digesting image the nuclei using the 5 μl that were set aside (see Fig.2d for representative images of nuclei at this point).
Centrifuge the sample at maximum speed for 1 min
Place the samples on ice and divide each tube into 2 (500 μl per tube)
Add 214 μl 1 M potassium acetate per tube
Vortex for 5 sec
Add 2 μl GlycoBlue per tube
Vortex for 5 sec
Add 500 μl ice cold propan-2-ol per tube
Vortex at max speed until the aqueous and organic phases have mixed
Chill samples on ice for 20 min, store at -80 °C overnight Note: samples are stable at this point and can be stored for longer periods at -80 °C.
Day 5: DNA fragmentation
Work on ice unless stated otherwise.
Centrifuge samples for 30 min at max speed, 4 °C
Remove the supernatant
Add 500 μl ice cold 70 % ethanol per tube
Vortex for 5 sec
Centrifuge for 5 min at max speed, 4 °C
Remove the supernatant
Add 500 μl ice cold 70 % ethanol per tube
Vortex for 5 sec
Centrifuge for 5 min at max speed, 4 °C
Remove any remaining ethanol
Air dry pellets
Dissolve each pellet in 90 μl of nuclease-free water
Incubate samples at 55 °C, shaking at 800 rpm for 1 h
Centrifuge for 1 min at maximum speed, pool two tubes of one kind together (180 μl total) Note: material may be extremely gloopy, this is normal and expected.
Transfer material to a sonication tube and sonicate: we use the Biorupter plus on HIGH setting with parameters: 30 seconds ON; 30 seconds OFF for a total of approx. 25 cycles, with the water bath chilled to 4 °C Note: aim for an average fragment length of 200-500 bp. After 15 cycles, image 1 μl DNA on an agarose gel to determine the average fragment length and assess whether further cycles of sonication are necessary.
Once the desired fragment length has been obtained transfer DNA to LoBind Eppendorf tube Note: work with DNA in LoBind Eppendorf tubes wherever possible.
Quantify DNA (e.g. Qubit fluorimeter)
Store samples at -20 °C or alternatively proceed directly to day 6
Day 6: Second adapter ligation (modified P7 Illumina adapter)
Work at room temperature unless specified otherwise.
Note: anneal the modified P7 Illumina adapter with its complement before use (see methods in manuscript).
Use 5 μl Dynabeads MyOne Strepdavidin C1 per 50 μg of DNA Note: 10 million cells should yield over 50 μg of DNA but if less DNA is available use as much as possible; we have also performed experiments using 20 μg and observed a similar number of peaks (see: Supplementary Fig. 4c in the manuscript).
Wash beads twice with 1 mL 1 × W&B buffer + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added)
Add an equal volume of 2 × W&B buffer + 0.2% Triton X-100 (freshly added) to the DNA to create a 1 × final concentration
Add the DNA to the beads (50 μg of DNA to 5 μl beads/tube, make volume up to 0.6 mL using 1 × W&B buffer + 0.1% Triton X-100 (freshly added)) and rotate at 7 rpm for 45 min at 4 °C
Place tubes onto magnetic rack to capture the beads and remove the supernatant
Wash beads 3 × in 1 mL 1 × W&B buffer + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) Critical step: when washing the beads, replace buffer immediately after removing it. Do not let the beads dry.
Re-suspend the beads in 42 μl 1 × Blunting Buffer, add:
0.8 μl 10 × Blunting Buffer
0.25 μl BSA (20 mg/mL)
5 μl 1 mM dNTPs
2 μl Blunting Enzyme Mix
Incubate for 45 min at 25 °C, shaking at 800 rpm every 5 min for 10 sec
Wash beads 3 × in 1 ml 1 × W&B buffer + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) Critical step: when washing the beads, replace buffer immediately after removing it. Do not let the beads dry.
Re-suspend sample in 23 μl 1 × NEBuffer 2 without Triton X-100, add:
0.5 μl 5 mM dATP
1.5 μl Klenow Fragment exo-
Incubate at 37 °C for 45 min, every 10 min shake for 10 sec at 800 rpm
Wash beads 3 × in 1 ml 1 × W&B buffer + 0.1 % Triton X-100 (freshly added) Critical step: when washing the beads, replace buffer immediately after removing it. Do not let the beads dry.
Re-suspend sample in 39.4 μl 1 × T4 Ligase Reaction Buffer, add:
10 μl 10 μM modified P7 Illumina adapter
0.6 μl T4 DNA Ligase (2,000,000 units/mL)
Day 7: Library amplification
Wash beads 3 × in 1 ml W&B buffer + 0.1 % Triton X-100 at room temperature Critical step: when washing the beads, replace buffer immediately after removing it. Do not let the beads dry.
Re-suspend beads in 25 μl nuclease free water
Place samples on ice From this point forward work on ice for the rest of the day unless stated otherwise.
Perform PCR: each 25 μl sample will make up 5 reactions Note: Multiple PCR R (reverse) primers are available (see end of protocol). Each has a different barcode sequence to enable multiplexing of samples on the Illumina platform during sequencing. If multiple samples will be sequenced together in one sequencing reaction ensure that each sample is amplified with a different PCR R primer. Ensure to record the AD number of the primer used to amplify each sample. The AD numbers reflect Illumina TruSeq adapter sequences and thus DSBCapture libraries can be sequenced like Illumina TruSeq libraries (i.e. single index, 6 bp).
PCR reagents per reaction:
1.25 μl 20 μM F primer
1.25 μl 20 μM R primer
5 μl Beads
17.5 μl nuclease free water
25 μl NEBNext High-Fidelity 2 × Master Mix
Note: after the addition of all reagents pipette sample up down, do not centrifuge as this will cause the beads to pellet.
Cycling parameters (total of 15 cycles):
98 °C for 30 sec
98 °C for 10 sec
65 °C for 30 sec
72 °C for 30 sec Loop back to 2. 14 times, for a total of 15 cycles
72 °C for 5 min
Centrifuge to pellet the beads and recover PCR product (supernatant). Store the PCR product at -80 °C or alternatively proceed directly to day 8. Beads can now be discarded.
Day 8: Size selection, quantification and sequencing
Either pass the PCR sample through a Qiagen MinElute PCR clean up column (100 μl PCR product / column) and then load sample into BluePippin gel extraction system (1.5 % agarose cassette) and extract 250-1200 bp OR omit PCR clean up step and directly load PCR product into 2 % hand cast agarose gel; manually extract band at 250-1200 bp and then clean up the DNA using Qiagen MinElute gel extraction kit. Note: if performing manual gel extraction: the DNA concentration can sometimes be low and therefore the DNA may not always be visible, in such cases cut the gel using the reference ladder as a guide and continue. The DNA will be visible on the subsequent Bioanalyser profile.
Run sample on Bioanalyser or TapeStation (high sensitivity chip) to determine the library size. All negative controls should not contain any DNA. See anticipated results (Fig.3)
Quantify DNA using the KAPA Library Quantification Kit
Proceed to sequencing and store excess DNA at -20 °C
Oligonucleotide sequences
Modifications: P = phosphorylated, ==*== = phosphorothioate linkage, Btn = biotin
Oligonucleotides are shown in the 5’-3’ orientation
Oligonucleotides have HPLC purity
• Modified P5 Illumina adapter:
BtnAATGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCT
• Control modified P5 Illumina adapter:
AATGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTTCCCTACACGACGCTCTTCCGATCT
• Modified P5 Illumina adapter complement / Control modified P5 Illumina adapter complement:
PGATCGGAAGAGCGTCGTGTAGGGAAAGAGTGTAGATCTCGGTGGTCGCCGTATCATT
• Modified P7 Illumina adapter:
PGATCGGAAGAGCACACGTCTGAACTCCAGTCAC
• Modified P7 Illumina adapter complement:
GTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGTGCTCTTCCGATC*T
• PCR Forward primer:
AATGATACGGCGACCACCGAGATCTACACTCTTTCCCTACACGA
Reverse primers contain Illumina barcodes (AD); the number refers to the sequence of the barcode.
Note: PCR amplify each sample with a different reverse primer to enable multiplexing of samples during sequencing. If only one sample is made choose any PCR R Primer. If two samples are to be sequenced together choose either the combination of AD06 and AD12 or AD05 and AD19. If 3 or more samples are to be sequenced together choose AD06 and AD12 plus any others or AD05 and AD19 plus any others (see: TruSeq Library Prep Pooling Guide2 for more information on multiplexing).
• PCR R reverse primer AD01: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATCGTGATGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
• PCR R reverse primer AD02: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATACATCGGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
• PCR R reverse primer AD03: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATGCCTAAGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
• PCR R reverse primer AD04: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATTGGTCAGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
• PCR R reverse primer AD05: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATCACTGTGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
• PCR R reverse primer AD06: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATATTGGCGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
• PCR R reverse primer AD12: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATTACAAGGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
• PCR R reverse primer AD19: CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGATCGTTTCACGTGACTGGAGTTCAGACGTGT
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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