Non-invasive prenatal screening & diagnosis of ?-thalassaemia in an affected foetus
Artigo
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-223551
ABSTRACT
Background & objectives:
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) of maternally inherited alleles of ?-thalassaemia (MIB) remains to be a challenge. Furthermore, current techniques are not available for use as routine tests. NIPT for ?-thalassaemia disease was developed by using a specific droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) assay to analyze the cell-free foetal DNA (cffDNA) derived from maternal plasma.Methods:
Pregnant women and their spouses who are at risk of bearing an offspring with ?-thalassaemia disease from common MIB mutations (CD 41/42-TCTT, CD17A>T, IVS1-1G>T and CD26G>A) were enrolled. The ddPCR assay sets were constructed for each of the four mutations. All cell-free DNA samples were first screened for the paternally inherited ?-thalassaemia (PIB) mutation. The PIB-negative samples were considered as non-disease and were not further analyzed. For PIB-positive samples, DNA fragments of 50-300 base pairs in size were isolated and purified, and further analyzed for MIB mutation. The allelic ratio between the mutant and the wild-type was used to determine the presence of MIB in cffDNA. All cases underwent a prenatal diagnosis by amniocentesis for a definite diagnosis.Results:
Forty two couples at risk were enrolled. Twenty two samples were positive for PIBs. Among these 22 samples, there were 10 cases with allelic ratio >1.0 (MIB positive). All foetuses with over-represented mutant alleles were further diagnosed with ?-thalassaemia disease; eight with compound heterozygous and two with homozygous mutations. The 20 PIB-negative and 12 MIB-negative foetuses were non-affected. Interpretation &conclusions:
The results of this study suggest that NIPT utilizing the ddPCR assay can be effectively used for the screening and diagnosis of foetal ?-thalassaemia in at risk pregnancies.
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IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Ano de publicação:
2023
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