Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, CHA University, Seoul, South Korea.
Genetics Laboratory, Fertility Center of CHA Gangnam Medical Center, CHA University, Seoul, South Korea.
Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 May;60(3):570-573. doi: 10.1016/j.tjog.2021.03.035.
Dystrophinopathy is an X-linked recessive muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the DMD gene. Herein we describe the prenatal detection of DMD gene mutations in a patient with no family history, by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) after noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS).
A 41-year-old woman underwent NIPS owing to an advanced maternal age. A copy number variation was detected in the maternal X chromosome, and uninformative results were obtained for the fetal sex chromosomes. Following amniocentesis, a duplication was identified in exons 1-29 of the dystrophin gene by MLPA. After interviewing her family members it was confirmed that the patient is a de novo carrier of DMD duplications, and her daughter is a carrier of the same mutation.
his is the first case report to describe the prenatal diagnosis of duplications in the DMD gene by MLPA following NIPS in a patient with no family history.
肌营养不良蛋白病是一种 X 连锁隐性遗传性肌肉疾病,由 DMD 基因突变引起。本研究通过多重连接依赖性探针扩增(MLPA)对无家族史的患者进行非侵入性产前筛查(NIPS)后,对 DMD 基因突变进行了产前检测。
一名 41 岁的女性因高龄接受了 NIPS。在母体 X 染色体上检测到拷贝数变异,而胎儿性染色体的结果无信息。在羊膜穿刺术之后,通过 MLPA 发现肌营养不良蛋白基因外显子 1-29 发生了重复。对其家庭成员进行询问后证实,该患者为 DMD 重复突变的新生突变携带者,其女儿为同一突变的携带者。
这是首例无家族史患者通过 NIPS 后 MLPA 对 DMD 基因突变进行产前诊断的病例报告。