Novel method of real-time PCR-based screening for common fetal trisomies

BMC Medical Genomics

Ji Hyae Lim¹  Hyun Mee Ryu²  Sohee Oh³  Joong Shin Park⁴  Chan-Wook Park⁴  Seung Mi Lee⁴  Jong Kwan Jun⁴  Byoung Jae Kim⁵  Sun Min Kim⁵  So Yeon Kim⁶  Ja Nam Koo⁷  Ig Hwan Oh⁷ 

[1] Center for Prenatal Biomarker Research, CHA Advanced Research Institute, Gyeonggi-do, Korea;Center for Prenatal Biomarker Research, CHA Advanced Research Institute, Gyeonggi-do, Korea;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, 59 Yatap-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea;Department of Biostatistics, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, 03080, Seoul, Korea;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, 03080, Seoul, Korea;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul Metropolitan Government Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, 03080, Seoul, Korea;Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea;Seoul Women’s Hospital, Incheon, Korea;

关键词: Fetal trisomy;    Prenatal diagnosis;    Non-invasive prenatal test;    Real-time polymerase chain reaction;    Peptide nucleic acid;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12920-021-01039-1

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) is based on next generation sequencing (NGS) and is used for screening for fetal trisomy. However, it is time-consuming and technically difficult. Recently, peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probe-based real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was developed. This study aimed to examine the performance of the RT-PCR-based NIPT for screening of common fetal trisomiesMethodsFrom stored maternal plasma, RT-PCR was performed using Patio™ NIPT Detection Kit. In melting curve analysis, the height of melting peaks of target chromosome and reference chromosome was calculated as a peak ratio. The adjusted peak ratio of 8 markers with correction factors in each target chromosome was summated and calculated to z-score. The cut-off value for each target chromosome was established for classification (low risk vs. high risk for trisomy) whose performance was obtained in the validation phase.Results330 plasma samples from pregnant women with normal fetus and 22 trisomy cell-line samples were used to establish the optimal cut-off values for z-score of each target chromosome. In the validation phase, 1023 samples from pregnant women including 22 cases with fetal trisomy and 1001 cases of normal control were used. The RT-PCR-based NIPT showed 95.45% sensitivity [95% confidence interval (CI) 77.16–99.88%], 98.60% specificity (95% CI 97.66–99.23%), and 98.53% accuracy (95% CI 97.59–99.18%) for the identification of trisomy 21, 18, or 13. Of 1023 samples, fifteen cases were mismatched for classification [one case as a false negative (false negative rate: 4.5%) and 14 cases as false positives (false positive rate: 1.4%)].ConclusionThe RT-PCR-based NIPT showed high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of common fetal trisomies and it could be a feasible alternative to NGS-based NIPT.

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