Jurca Răzvan Lucian, Pralea Ioana-Ecaterina, Iacobescu Maria, Rus Iulia, Iuga Cristina-Adela, Stamatian Florin
Mother and Child Department, Obstetrics and Gynecology I, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Personalized Medicine and Rare Diseases Department, MEDFUTURE-Institute for Biomedical Research, "Iuliu Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Louis Pasteur Street 6, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Life (Basel). 2025 Apr 24;15(5):695. doi: 10.3390/life15050695.
Down Syndrome or Trisomy 21 (T21) is a complex genetic disease characterized by the presence of an extra chromosome 21, which leads to multiple clinical features and manifestations that severely affect the patient's quality of life. Various methods of prenatal screening have been developed over time, allowing informed decision-making. However, a common drawback of the current methods for detecting T21 is their invasive nature. Over the past years, mass-spectrometry-based omics technologies have become a key tool for discovering biomarkers for the prenatal screening of T21, particularly focusing on proteins, peptide sequences, or metabolites in samples, like amniotic fluid, umbilical cord blood, and others. Recently, there has been a noticeable shift towards using less invasive biological sample types (e.g., maternal serum, plasma, and urine) reflecting a growing interest in non-invasive methods for prenatal screening. These advances aim to improve the sensitivity and accuracy for T21 detection while reducing the risks associated with more invasive procedures. The first section of this paper offers an in-depth review of studies utilizing mass-spectrometry-based omics for the prenatal screening of T21. This part provides an overview of the methodologies employed and their key findings. Instead, the subsequent section offers a comprehensive examination of the differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) and metabolites (DEMs) reported in the literature in T21 prenatal screening. Additionally, pathway analysis is carried out to explore the biological pathways that these molecules are involved in and how they relate to the clinical features of the syndrome. These findings aim to guide future research in the field and foster the development of more advanced, less invasive prenatal screening techniques for T21.
唐氏综合征或21三体综合征(T21)是一种复杂的遗传疾病,其特征是存在一条额外的21号染色体,这会导致多种临床特征和表现,严重影响患者的生活质量。随着时间的推移,已经开发出各种产前筛查方法,以便做出明智的决策。然而,目前检测T21的方法的一个共同缺点是它们具有侵入性。在过去几年中,基于质谱的组学技术已成为发现T21产前筛查生物标志物的关键工具,尤其侧重于羊水、脐带血等样本中的蛋白质、肽序列或代谢物。最近,人们明显转向使用侵入性较小的生物样本类型(如母体血清、血浆和尿液),这反映出对非侵入性产前筛查方法的兴趣日益浓厚。这些进展旨在提高T21检测的灵敏度和准确性,同时降低与侵入性更强的程序相关的风险。本文的第一部分深入综述了利用基于质谱的组学进行T21产前筛查的研究。这部分内容概述了所采用的方法及其主要发现。相反,后续部分全面审查了文献中报道的T21产前筛查中差异表达的蛋白质(DEP)和代谢物(DEM)。此外,还进行了通路分析,以探索这些分子所涉及的生物通路以及它们与该综合征临床特征的关系。这些发现旨在指导该领域未来的研究,并促进开发更先进、侵入性更小的T21产前筛查技术。