PCR Conditions for HFE C282Y: Lack of Effect of 5569G/A Polymorphism with 55 °C Annealing

Abstract
The HFE gene mutation designated C282Y (g.5474G→A; GenBank accession no. Z92910) is usually detected by the primers described by Feder et al. (1) in a PCR to amplify genomic DNA followed by restriction enzyme cleavage based on the production of either a SnaB1 (2) or a Rsa1 (3) cut site. A polymorphism (5569G/A) located five nucleotides within the 3′ end of the binding site for the antisense primer has been reported to lead to false-positive results for C282Y homozygosity (4). The false-positive result occurs in analysis of a C282Y heterozygote compound with the 5569G/A polymorphism because of selective amplification of the C282Y-containing allele. A new antisense primer (5′-TACCTCCTCAGGCACTCCTC-3′) that did not bind the 5569G/A site was designed (4).