| Autor: |
Jiang F; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China., Huang S; Department of Laboratory Medicine, He Xian Memorial Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China., Liu T; Department of Biomedical Sciences West VA School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV, USA., Wang J; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China., Zhou J; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China., Zuo L; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China., Li J; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China., Li R; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China., Liao C; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China., Li D; Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center affiliated with Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. |
| Abstrakt: |
α-thalassemia major (α-TM) often causes Hb Bart's (c4) hydrops fetalis and severe obstetric complications in the mother. Step-wise screening for couples at risk of having offspring(s) affected by α-TM is the efficient prevention method but some rare genotypes of thalassemia cannot be detected. A 32-year-old male with low HbA2 (2.4%) and mild anemia was performed real-time PCR-based multicolor melting curve analysis (MMCA) because his wife was - SEA deletion carrier. The result of multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) suggested the existence of - SEA deletion in the proband. A novel deletion of the α-globin gene cluster was found using self-designed MLPA probes combined with longer PCR, which was further accurately described to be 16.8Kb (hg38, Chr16:1,65,236-1,82,113) deletion by the third-generation sequencing. A fragment ranging from 1,53,226 to 1,54,538(GRch38/hg38) was identified which suggested the existence of the homologous recombination event. The third-generation sequencing is accurate and efficient in obtaining accurate information for complex structural variations. |
