1. Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of beta-thalassemia and sickle-cell disease using pyrophosphorolysis-activated polymerization and melting curve analysis
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Cornelis L. Harteveld, Warsha A. Kanhai, Supawadee Yamsri, Marion Phylipsen, Egbert Bakker, Diahann T. S. L. Jansen, Supan Fucharoen, Emmely E. Treffers, Piero C. Giordano, and Elles M. J. Boon
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Gynecology ,0303 health sciences ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Beta thalassemia ,Chorionic villus sampling ,Prenatal diagnosis ,Single-nucleotide polymorphism ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Melting curve analysis ,3. Good health ,law.invention ,Andrology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cell-free fetal DNA ,law ,medicine ,Allele ,Genetics (clinical) ,Polymerase chain reaction ,030304 developmental biology - Abstract
Objective The aim of this study was to develop a pyrophosphorolysis-activated polymerization (PAP) assay for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) of β-thalassemia major and sickle-cell disease (SCD). PAP is able to detect mutations in free fetal DNA in a highly contaminating environment of maternal plasma DNA. Methods Pyrophosphorolysis-activated polymerization primers were designed for 12 informative SNPs, genotyped by melting curve analysis (MCA) in both parents. The PAP assay was tested in a series of 13 plasma DNA samples collected from pregnant women. A retrospective NIPD was performed in a couple at risk for SCD. Results All PAP reactions were optimized and able to detect 97% wildtype gDNA. In all 13 cases, the paternal allele was detected by PAP in maternal plasma at 10 to 18 weeks of gestation. For the couple at risk, PAP showed presence of the normal paternal SNP allele in maternal plasma, which was confirmed by results of the chorionic villus sampling analysis. Conclusions In contrast to other methods used for NIPD, the combined PAP and MCA analysis detecting the normal paternal allele is also applicable for couples at risk carrying the same mutation, provided that a previously born child is available for testing to determine the linkage to the paternal SNPs. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- 2012