Cíl studie: Zhodnocení kaskádového vyšetření metodami kvantitativní fluorescenční PCR (QF-PCR – quantitative fluorescence PCR) a SNP array (single nucleotide polymorphism array) při identifikaci chromozomálních abnormalit u potracených plodů. Soubor a metodika: V průběhu let 2018–2020 bylo v laboratořích Gennetu zpracováno 1 094 vzorků potracených plodů. Standardní schéma kaskádového vyšetření zahrnovalo screening základních aneuploidií metodou QF-PCR setem Omnibor (STR markery 13, 18, 21, X a Y), setem SAB-nadstavba I (STR markery 2, 7, 15, 16, 22), setem SAB-nadstavba II (od listopadu 2019, STR markery 4, 6, 14) a následně vyšetření metodou SNP array (Illumina). U všech vzorků bylo provedeno ověření/vyloučení maternální kontaminace. Výsledky: Po vyloučení maternální kontaminace (32 % vzorků) bylo metodou QF-PCR vyšetřeno 742 vzorků, 469 (63,2 %) z nich mělo negativní nález a 273 (36,8 %) patologický nález. Vzorky 469 plodů s negativním QF-PCR nálezem byly následně vyšetřeny metodou SNP array. Normální ženský/mužský profil byl potvrzen u 402 plodů (85,7 %), chromozomální aneuploidie a velké chromozomální aberace (delece/duplikace > 10 Mb) u 51 vzorků (10,9 %). U 16 (3,4 %) vyšetřených plodů byla nalezena mikrodelece nebo mikroduplikace, ve dvou případech se jednalo o patogenní mikrodelece a ve 14 o variantu nejasného významu bez přímé souvislosti s abortem. Byl potvrzen statisticky významný vyšší záchyt chromozomálních aberací u plodů žen s věkem > 35 let. Mezi skupinami vyšetřených abortů u gravidit po spontánní koncepci a po in vitro fertilizaci nebyl prokázán statisticky významný rozdíl. Závěr: Kaskádovým vyšetřením metodami QF-PCR a SNP array byla objasněna genetická příčina u 43 % všech vyšetřených abortů. Záchyt chromozomálních abnormalit u časných abortů v I. trimestru byl 50,4 %.
Objective: The evaluation of quantitative fluorescence PCR (QF-PCR) and single nucleotide polymorphism array (SNP array) analysis for the identification of chromosomal abnormalities in products of conception (POC). Materials and methods: A total of 1,094 POC samples were processed at Gennet in the years 2018–2020. Chromosomal aneuploidies were tested by QF-PCR using a Omnibor set (STR markers 13, 18, 21, X a Y), SAB-I set (STR markers 2, 7, 15, 16, 22), SAB-II set (from November 2019, STR markers 4, 6, 14) followed by SNP array analysis (Illumina) on samples with a negative QF-PCR result. All POC samples were tested for maternal contamination. Results: After exclusion of maternal contamination (32% samples) the total number of 742 POC samples were tested by QF-PCR. Chromosomal aneuploidies were found in 273 POC samples (36.8%). Then, 469 QF-PCR negative POC samples were tested by SNP array analysis. Normal female/male profile was confirmed in 402 samples (85.7%) and chromosomal aneuploidies and chromosomal aberrations (deletion/duplication > 10 Mb) in 51 samples (10.9%). Microdeletion/microduplication was found in 16 POC samples (3.4%), two were classified as pathogenic variants and 14 as variants of unknown significance. In a group of women > 35 years of age, statistically significant increase of the chromosomal abnormalities was confirmed. No statistically significant difference between the in vitro fertilization group and the group of spontaneous conception was found. Conclusion: The application of the molecular work-up based on the stepwise use of QF-PCR and SNP array clarifies the cause of the abortion in 43% POC samples. The overall detection rate in the I. trimester was 50.4%.
Background: Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and intellectual disabilities (ID) are heterogeneous and complex developmental diseases with significant genetic backgrounds and overlaps of genetic susceptibility loci. Copy number variants (CNVs) are known to be frequent causes of these impairments. However, the clinical heterogeneity of both disorders causes the diagnostic efficacy of CNV analysis to be modest. This could be resolved by stratifying patients according to their clinical features. Aim: First, we sought to assess the significance of particular clinical features for the detection of pathogenic CNVs in separate groups of ID and ASD patients and determine whether and how these groups differ from each other in the significance of these variables. Second, we aimed to create a statistical model showing how particular clinical features affect the probability of pathogenic CNV findings. Method: We tested a cohort of 204 patients with ID (N = 90) and ASD (N = 114) for the presence of pathogenic CNVs. We stratified both groups according to their clinical features. Fisher's exact test was used to determine the significance of these variables for pathogenic CNV findings. Logistic regression was used to create a statistical model of pathogenic CNV findings. Results: The frequency of pathogenic CNV was significantly higher in the ID group than in the ASD group: 18 (19.78%) versus 8 (7%) (p < 0.004). Microcephaly showed a significant association with pathogenic findings in ID patients (p < 0.01) according to Fisher's exact test, whereas epilepsy showed a significant association with pathogenic findings in ASD patients (p < 0.01). The probability of pathogenic CNV findings when epilepsy occurred in ASD patients was more than two times higher than if epilepsy co-occurred with ID (29.6%/14.0%). Facial dysmorphism was a significant variable for detecting pathogenic CNVs in both groups (ID p = 0.05, ASD p = 0.01). However, dysmorphism increased the probability of pathogenic CNV detection in the ID group nearly twofold compared to the ASD group (44.4%/23.7%). The presence of macrocephaly in the ASD group showed a 25% probability of pathogenic CNV findings by logistic regression, but this was insignificant according to Fisher's exact test. The probability of detecting pathogenic CNVs decreases up to 1% in the absence of dysmorphism, macrocephaly, and epilepsy in the ASD group. Conclusion: Dysmorphism, microcephaly, and epilepsy increase the probability of pathogenic CNV findings in ID and ASD patients. The significance of each feature as a predictor for pathogenic CNV detection differs depending on whether the patient has only ASD or ID. The probability of pathogenic CNV findings without dysmorphism, macrocephaly, or epilepsy in ASD patients is low. Therefore the efficacy of CNV analysis is limited in these patients.
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Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex heterogeneous developmental disease with a significant genetic background that is frequently caused by rare copy number variants (CNVs). Microarray-based whole-genome approaches for CNV detection are widely accepted. However, the clinical significance of most CNV is poorly understood, so results obtained using such methods are sometimes ambiguous. We therefore evaluated a targeted approach based on multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) using selected probemixes to detect clinically relevant variants for diagnostic testing of ASD patients. We compare the reliability and efficiency of this test to those of chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and other tests available to our laboratory. In addition, we identify new candidate genes for ASD identified in a cohort of ASD-diagnosed patients. Method: We describe the use of MLPA, CMA, and karyotyping to detect CNV in 92 ASD patients and evaluate their clinical significance. Result: Pathogenic and likely pathogenic mutations were identified by CMA in eight (8.07% of the studied cohort) and 12 (13.04%) ASD patients, respectively, and in eight (8.07%) and four (4.35%) patients, respectively, by MLPA. The detected mutations include the 22q13.3 deletion, which was attributed to ring chromosome 22 formation based on karyotyping. CMA revealed a total of 91 rare CNV in 55 patients: eight pathogenic, 15 designated variants of unknown significance (VOUS)-likely pathogenic, 10 VOUS-uncertain, and 58 VOUS-likely benign or benign. MLPA revealed 18 CNV in 18 individuals: eight pathogenic, four designated as VOUS-likely pathogenic, and six designated as VOUS-likely benign/benign. Rare CNVs were detected in 17 (58.62%) out of 29 females and 38 (60.32%) out of 63 males in the cohort. Two genes, DOCK8 and PARK2, were found to be overlapped by CNV designated pathogenic, VOUS-likely pathogenic, or VOUS-uncertain in multiple patients. Moreover, the studied ASD cohort exhibited significant (p < 0.05) enrichment of duplications encompassing DOCK8. Conclusion: Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification and CMA yielded concordant results for 12 patients bearing CNV designated pathogenic or VOUS-likely pathogenic. Unambiguous diagnoses were achieved for eight patients (corresponding to 8.7% of the total studied population) by both MLPA and CMA, for one (1.09%) patient by karyotyping, and for one (1.09%) patient by FRAXA testing. MLPA and CMA thus achieved identical reliability with respect to clinically relevant findings. As such, MLPA could be useful as a fast and inexpensive test in patients with syndromic autism. The detection rate of potentially pathogenic variants (VOUS-likely pathogenic) achieved by CMA was higher than that for MLPA (13.04% vs. 4.35%). However, there was no corresponding difference in the rate of unambiguous diagnoses of ASD patients. In addition, the results obtained suggest that DOCK8 may play a role in the etiology of ASD.
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We observed bilateral cataracts on second trimester ultrasound, in two consecutive pregnancies, with no other structural defects detected. The parents were unrelated and had no family history for the disease. The first pregnancy was terminated in week 22. Copy number variation analysis revealed, in both the aborted fetus and the mother, a 495 kb duplication at 22q11.23 encompassing CRYBB3 and CRYBB2, and not present in variation databases. In the second pregnancy, lens hyperechogenicity was detected by ultrasound at week 13 and 4 days. The identical duplication at 22q11.23 was found in the fetus and considered as possibly pathogenic. At weeks 22 and 30, smaller orbit measurements were elucidated on ultrasound, raising concerns as to the underlying molecular genetic cause, necessitating further investigation. Whole-exome sequencing, using DNA of the first fetus, was performed shortly after the birth of a male child, and two truncating RAB3GAP1 mutations were detected: c.538G>T; p. (Glu180*) and c.943C>T; p. (Arg315*). Neither mutation has been previously reported to be disease-causing; however, evaluation in the context of previously published literature indicated their deleterious nature, implying a clinical diagnosis of Warburg micro syndrome or Martsolf syndrome. Sanger sequencing confirmed segregation of the two mutations within the family, consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance. The child born from the second pregnancy showed features typical of Warburg micro syndrome, with the exception of microcephaly, at age 31 months. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- atrofie optického nervu diagnóza genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- beta-krystaliny - řetězec B genetika MeSH
- exony genetika MeSH
- hypogonadismus diagnóza genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- katarakta vrozené diagnóza genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mentální retardace diagnóza genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- mikrocefalie diagnóza genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- mnohočetné abnormality diagnóza genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- mutace MeSH
- novorozenec MeSH
- potracený plod patofyziologie MeSH
- rab3 proteiny vázající GTP genetika MeSH
- rodokmen MeSH
- rohovka abnormality patofyziologie MeSH
- sekvenční analýza DNA MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- ultrasonografie prenatální MeSH
- variabilita počtu kopií segmentů DNA genetika MeSH
- Check Tag
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- novorozenec MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Cíl studie: Analýza klinického přínosu array vyšetření choriové biopsie (CVS) a návrh efektivnějšího postupu genetického vyšetření v I. trimestru. Typ studie: Retrospektivní studie. Název a sídlo pracoviště: Gennet, Centrum lékařské genetiky a reprodukční medicíny, Praha. Materiál a metodika: V rámci prenatální diagnostiky v I. trimestru bylo u 913 vzorků CVS provedeno QF-PCR (screening aneuploidií chromozomů 13,18, 21, X, Y) a stanovení karyotypu. Paralelně s těmito metodami bylo u 179 vzorků s normálním výsledkem z obou metod provedeno vyšetření SNP-array (Illumina HumanCytoSNP12 v2.1). Výsledky: Metodou QF-PCR bylo zachyceno 229 chromozomálních aneuploidií z 911 úspěšně provedených vyšetření (25 %). Konvenčními cytogenetickými metodami byly zachyceny nebalancované chromozomální aberace u 239 z 897 úspěšně vyšetřených plodů (27 %), v 95 % šlo o potvrzení výsledku QF-PCR (227/239), 10 nebalancovaných chromozomálních aberací nezahrnovalo chromozomy sledované metodou QF-PCR. Metodou array bylo u plodů s normálním výsledkem z obou výše uvedených metod odhaleno dalších 13 klinicky relevantních chromozomálních aberací (7,5 %). Závěr: Na základě analýzy našich dat a publikovaných studií jsme v laboratořích Gennetu navrhli nový algoritmus pro vyšetření choriových klků v I. trimestru. Hlavní změnou je nahrazení karyotypu metodou array u všech plodů, kde je normální výsledek z QF-PCR. Výsledkem bude efektivnější záchyt patologických klinicky relevantních chromozomálních aberací u vyšetřovaných plodů.
Objective: Array technology in chorionic villus sampling (CVS) – analysis of clinical benefit and a proposal of a more effective 1st trimester genetic testing policy. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Gennet, Center of Medical Genetics and Reproductive Medicine, Prague. Material and methods: Total of 913 CVS were performed at Gennet between 2010–2014. All 913 samples were tested by QF-PCR rapid test for aneuploidy of chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y and karyotyping following standard long term culture. Microarray analysis (Illumina HumanCytoSNP12 v2.1) was performed on 179 samples with normal result from both – QF-PCR and karyotyping. Results: At 229 samples the common chromosomal aneuploidy was detected using rapid QF-PCR (25% from 911 successful rapid tests). Conventional karyotyping revealed 239 unbalanced chromosome aberrations (27% from 897 successful cultivations). 227/239 (95%) positive karyotypes confirmed QF-PCR finding of common aneuploidies. 10 unbalanced chromosome aberrations were not covered by rapid QF-PCR test. Microarray analysis of samples with normal result from both– QF-PCR and karyotyping– revealed 13 clinically relevant chromosome aberrations (7.5%). Conclusion: New policy for chorionic villi testing at Gennet was established. Based on evaluation of the results of karyotyping, array and QF-PCR and analysis of published data we decided to replace karyotyping by microarray analysis in all cases of foetuses with normal results from QF-PCR. More effective detection of pathological and clinically relevant chromosome aberrations in examined foetuses is expected.
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- QF-PCR, kvantitativní fluorescenční PCR,
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- algoritmy MeSH
- aneuploidie MeSH
- chromozomální poruchy * diagnóza genetika MeSH
- cytogenetické vyšetření metody statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- jednonukleotidový polymorfismus MeSH
- karyotypizace MeSH
- kultivované buňky MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- odběr choriových klků * MeSH
- polymerázová řetězová reakce MeSH
- prenatální diagnóza MeSH
- první trimestr těhotenství MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- sekvenční analýza hybridizací s uspořádaným souborem oligonukleotidů * MeSH
- srovnávací genomová hybridizace MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- ultrasonografie prenatální MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- srovnávací studie MeSH
Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is a rare form of autosomal recessive, congenital muscular dystrophy that is associated with brain and eye anomalies. Several genes encoding proteins involved in abnormal α-dystroglycan glycosylation have been implicated in the aetiology of WWS, most recently the ISPD gene. Typical WWS brain anomalies, such as cobblestone lissencephaly, hydrocephalus and cerebellar malformations, can be prenatally detected through routine ultrasound examinations. Here, we report two karyotypically normal foetuses with multiple brain anomalies that corresponded to WWS symptoms. Using a SNP-array examination on the amniotic fluid DNA, a homozygous microdeletion was identified at 7p21.2p21.1 within the ISPD gene. Published data and our findings led us to the conclusion that a homozygous segmental intragenic deletion of the ISPD gene causes the most severe phenotype of Walker-Warburg syndrome. Our results also clearly supports the use of chromosomal microarray analysis as a first-line diagnostic test in patients with a foetus with one or more major structural abnormalities identified on ultrasonographic examination.
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- delece genu * MeSH
- exprese genu MeSH
- homozygot MeSH
- karyotyp MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lidské chromozomy, pár 7 MeSH
- mozek metabolismus patologie MeSH
- nukleotidyltransferasy nedostatek genetika MeSH
- plod MeSH
- potrat eugenický MeSH
- rodina MeSH
- sekvenční analýza hybridizací s uspořádaným souborem oligonukleotidů MeSH
- syndrom Walker-Walburgové diagnóza genetika patologie ultrasonografie MeSH
- ultrasonografie prenatální MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
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- cytogenetické vyšetření MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lidské chromozomy, pár 16 * genetika MeSH
- mozaicismus * MeSH
- potrat eugenický MeSH
- prenatální diagnóza MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- trizomie * diagnóza MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- těhotenství MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- abstrakt z konference MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
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- abstrakt z konference MeSH
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- abstrakt z konference MeSH
Jacobsen syndrome (JBS) is a rare chromosomal disorder caused by terminal deletion of the long arm of chromosome 11. We report on four prenatally diagnosed patients with JBS with variable prenatal and postnatal phenotypes and 11q deletions of varying sizes. Precise characterization of the deleted region in three patients was performed by SNP arrays. The severity of both the prenatal and postnatal phenotypes did not correlate with the size of the haploinsufficient region. Despite the large difference in the deletion size (nearly 6 Mb), both of the live-born patients had similar phenotypes corresponding to JBS. However, one of the most prominent features of JBS, thrombocytopenia, was only present in the live-born boy. The girl, who had a significantly longer deletion spanning all four genes suspected of being causative of JBS-related thrombocytopenia (FLI1, ETS1, NFRKB, and JAM3), did not manifest a platelet phenotype. Therefore, our findings do not support the traditional view of deletion size correlation in JBS or the causative role of FLI1, ETS1, NFRKB, and JAM3 deletion per se for the development of disease-related thrombocytopenia.
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- chromozomální delece * MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- fenotyp MeSH
- genetické asociační studie MeSH
- Jacobsenův syndrom genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- jednonukleotidový polymorfismus genetika MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lidské chromozomy, pár 11 genetika MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- protoonkogenní protein c-fli-1 genetika MeSH
- trombocytopenie genetika MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
