Fan H Christina, Blumenfeld Yair J, El-Sayed Yasser Y, Chueh Jane, Quake Stephen R
Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford, CA, USA.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 May;200(5):543.e1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.03.002.
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enables rapid, allele independent molecular detection of fetal aneuploidy.
Twenty-four amniocentesis and 16 chorionic villus samples were used for microfluidic digital PCR analysis. Three thousand and sixty PCR reactions were performed for each of the target chromosomes (X, Y, 13, 18, and 21), and the number of single molecule amplifications was compared to a reference. The difference between target and reference chromosome counts was used to determine the ploidy of each of the target chromosomes.
Digital PCR accurately identified all cases of fetal trisomy (3 cases of trisomy 21, 3 cases of trisomy 18, and 2 cases of triosmy 13) in the 40 specimens analyzed. The remaining specimens were determined to have normal ploidy for the chromosomes tested.
Microfluidic digital PCR allows detection of fetal chromosomal aneuploidy utilizing uncultured amniocytes and chorionic villus tissue in less than 6 hours.
本研究的目的是证明数字聚合酶链反应(PCR)能够实现对胎儿非整倍体的快速、不依赖等位基因的分子检测。
24份羊水样本和16份绒毛膜绒毛样本用于微流控数字PCR分析。对每个目标染色体(X、Y、13、18和21)进行3060次PCR反应,并将单分子扩增的数量与参考值进行比较。目标染色体计数与参考染色体计数之间的差异用于确定每个目标染色体的倍性。
在分析的40个样本中,数字PCR准确识别出所有胎儿三体病例(3例21三体、3例18三体和2例13三体)。其余样本被确定在所检测的染色体上具有正常倍性。
微流控数字PCR能够利用未培养的羊水细胞和绒毛膜绒毛组织在不到6小时内检测胎儿染色体非整倍体。