Quantitative polmerase chain reaction for the rapid prenatal diagnosis of homozygous α‐thalassaemia (Hb Barts hydrops fetalis)
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in British Journal of Haematology
- Vol. 115 (2) , 341-346
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.03112.x
Abstract
A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) method based on the TaqMan technology has been devised for the prenatal diagnosis of homozygous α̊-thalassaemia (south-east Asian type deletion). Primers and TaqMan probes were designed to specifically amplify an α̊-thal chromosomal fragment or a normal α-chromosomal fragment. Variations in input target DNA in individual sample wells were normalized by the simultaneous amplification of a β-actin gene fragment and results expressed as a ratio to that of β-actin. There was no overlap of the data between the homozygous α̊-thal, α̊-thal and normal subjects. Up to 5% maternal DNA (α̊-thal) contamination did not affect the specificity of the result. In 31 prenatal diagnoses, the result using Q-PCR compared favourably with the gold standard of Southern hybridization of α-genes.link_to_OA_fulltexKeywords
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