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Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit

Designed for high efficiency cfDNA isolation 

For research use only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

Performance Data

The superb performance of Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit has been extensively validated.  Please review the examples of publications and performance data below.  For a full list of publications, please visit the Publications page.

Performance Assessment

Apostle MiniMax technology offers a best-in-class efficiency and purity compared with conventional technologies to capture and isolate the circulating cell-free genetic materials. It is trusted by many of the world's most prestigious leaders in life sciences.

Independently Published Performance Assessment Data


(Figure 4) - "Most notably, the Apostle particles outperformed all others, achieving almost 2-fold higher recovery yields than the particles supplied in the X kit. "


Figure 1. cfDNA extraction method affects allele frequency (AF%). EGFR L858R standards with AF% of 0.3%, 1.0%, and 3.0% were spiked into plasma and isolated using Product A (red) or Apostle MiniMax cfDNA isolation kit (blue and green). The eluates were analyzed by NGS (performed by the Institute B) following standard protocol and AF% calculated using their established workflow. cfDNA isolated by Apostle MiniMax cfDNA isolation kit shows higher concordance between detected AF% and expected AF%

This link directs to an external page, reviewing the performance and data of Apostle MiniMax by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. 2019

(Figure 1) "For each tube the Apostle MiniMax extracted higher total yield of DNA. "


This link directs to an external Application Note. This application note compares workflows and yield for the extraction of cfDNA using Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency cfDNA Isolation Kit, following the manual protocol, automating the extraction using the Biomek i7 Hybrid Workstation, and semi-automating the extraction using the KingFisher Duo Prime Sample Purification System.

This link directs to an external Application Note. This application note compares workflows and yield for the extraction of cfDNA using Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency cfDNA Isolation Kit, following the manual protocol, automating the extraction using the Biomek i7 Hybrid Workstation, and semi-automating the extraction using the KingFisher Duo Prime Sample Purification System.

This link directs to an external poster presented at ASHG 2019. This poster presents the data associated with correlation between mutations found In FFPE tumor tissue and paired cfDNA samples.

This link directs to an external poster presented at ASHG 2019. This poster presents the data associated with the comparison between mutation profiles of paired whole blood and cfDNA samples.

This link directs to an external poster presented at AACR 2019. This poster presents a comparison of matched FFPE and plasma samples to determine how many mutations are seen in both tissues.

This link directs to an external poster presented at AGBT 2019. This poster presents a novel cfDNA extraction kit and show its compatibility with extractions from 200 µl – 5 mL.


For a complete list of publications, visit here.

Example Data

cfDNA is a group of highly fragmented DNA molecules, with major peak at ~170bp, doublet peak at ~340bp, triplet peak at ~510bp, and so on. Therefore, cfDNA isolation kit capable of highly efficient cfDNA isolation spanning wide cfDNA size distribution is desired. Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency cfDNA Isolation Kit meets such need as demonstrated from its >95% recovery of DNA ladder. This is further validated through isolation of natural cfDNA from human plasma (Exhibit 1A) and urine samples (Exhibit 1B), where Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency cfDNA Isolation Kit offers superior cfDNA isolation efficiency over wide range, specifically covering the 170bp, 340bp, and 510bp cfDNA peaks, when compared with major alternative product.  Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit enables superior and consistent performance of DNA mutation detection, validated by qPCR (Exhibit 2).

Exhibit 7. Superior cfDNA isolation efficiency in human plasma and urine.

A) Cell-free plasma was separated from blood samples by centrifugation for 10 minutes at 2000g at 4oC, then centrifuged for 10 minutes at 16000g at 4oC. cfDNA was isolated from 4mL plasma with Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency cfDNA Isolation Kit (red curve) and major alternative product (blue curve). The isolated cfDNA was characterized by Bioanalyzer 2100. 

B) Cell-free urine was prepared by centrifugation for 10 minutes at 16000g at 4oC. cfDNA was isolated from 20mL urine with Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency cfDNA Isolation Kit (red curve) and major alternative product (blue curve). The isolated cfDNA was characterized by Bioanalyzer 2100. Apostle MiniMaxTM High Efficiency cfDNA Isolation Kit offers superior cfDNA isolation efficiency for both plasma and urine samples.

Exhibit 8. Superior performance of DNA mutation detection isolated with Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit

20 uL of DNA fragment containing the EGFR c.2573T>G L858R mutation (synthetic, ~170 bp), with concentration of 1 ng/uL, 0.1 ng/uL, 0.01 ng/uL, 0.001 ng/uL, was spiked into 1mL TE buffer (blue) or Serum (red) respectively. The mutated DNA fragment was isolated with Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit (Standard Edition), with a final elution volume of 20 uL. qPCR was performed using 1 uL of the isolated DNA, and compared with 1 uL of the corresponding original mutated DNA solution at 1 ng/uL, 0.1 ng/uL, 0.01 ng/uL, 0.001 ng/uL. 

A) Amplification plot showing highly overlapping curves for mutated DNA fragment isolated with Apostle MiniMaxTM High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit and original DNA solution at different concentrations. 

B) qPCR standard curve generated using original mutated DNA solution, in order to quantify the recovery of DNA isolated with Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit. DNA isolation recovery rate was calculated to be >90%. 

Note: Displayed DNA concentration series at 1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001 ng/ul are the concentrations of the original DNA dilution series before spiking into 1mL of serum. The corresponding DNA isolation working concentrations are 20 pg/ul, 2 pg/ul, 0.2 pg/ul, 0.02 pg/ul, respectively.

Applications

Apostle MiniMax technology has been applied in world-class research and development projects of novel liquid biopsy technologies.  

For a more detailed discussion, visit hereSome examples include:

Other Information

Apostle also partners with Beckman Coulter to offer the Apostle MiniMaxTM High Efficiency Isolation Kit. If you wish to order the kit through Beckman Coulter, please visit Beckman Coulter's website:

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https://www.beckman.com/reagents/genomic/dna-isolation/from-plasma

For more information about this partnership: https://www.beckman.com/news/liquid-biopsy-partnership-with-apostle

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Apostle MiniMaxTM High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit (Standard Edition) (1mL X 10 preps)A17622-10
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Nature Communications just published a clinical study, including 2125 cancer patients, 9 cancer types, using the Apostle Minimax cfDNA technology. This study demonstrates the ability of its model to detect early-stage cancers using cfDNA, including those of pancreatic origin, with high sensitivity that is comparable to that of late-stage detection. Congratulations to this clinical research team. To date, the Apostle Minimax cfDNA technology has been used in 2 articles published in Nature Medicine, 1 in Nature Communications, 1 in Science Translational Medicine, 1 in PNAS, and over 50 scientific articles in different journals.