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Article

Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Test for Compound Heterozygous Beta Thalassemia Using an Amplification Refractory Mutation System Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique

by
Narutchala Suwannakhon
1,*,
Tanapat Pangeson
2,
Teerapat Seeratanachot
2,
Khwanruedee Mahingsa
3,
Arunee Pingyod
3,
Wanwipa Bumrungpakdee
3 and
Torpong Sanguansermsri
3
1
Discipline of Biology, School of Science, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand
2
Discipline of Biochemistry, School of Medical Science, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand
3
Thalassemia Unit, University of Phayao, Phayao 56000, Thailand
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Hematol. Rep. 2019, 11(3), 8124; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2019.8124
Submission received: 27 March 2019 / Revised: 16 June 2019 / Accepted: 5 July 2019 / Published: 18 September 2019

Abstract

We propose using a modified amplification refractory mutation system real-time polymerase chain reaction (ARMS RTPCR) technique to exclude the invasive prenatal diagnosis for a non-paternally inherited beta thalassemia mutation in couples atrisk for having a baby with CHBT. The ARMS RT-PCR method was performed for 36 at-risk couples by using isolated fetal cell-free DNA from maternal plasma. The modified ARMS RT-PCR primers targeted one of the following paternally inherited beta thalassemia mutation: −28 A→G, CD17 A→T, CD 26 G→A, IVS1-1 G→T and CD 41–42 -CTTT. The method could be successfully employed for NIPST starting with the 7th week of gestation. The results showed that 19 pregnant women were negative for PIBTM (53%). After an on-track and on-time of one year, including postnatal thalassemia blood tests, none of the babies showed symptoms or signs of beta thalassemia disease. We concluded that the modified ARMS RT-PCR method was an accurate, cost-effective and feasible method for use as a NIPST for at-risk couples with the potential of having a baby with CHBT.
Keywords: NIPST; ARMS RT-PCR; maternal cell-free fetal DNA; paternally inherited beta thalassemia mutation NIPST; ARMS RT-PCR; maternal cell-free fetal DNA; paternally inherited beta thalassemia mutation

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Suwannakhon, N.; Pangeson, T.; Seeratanachot, T.; Mahingsa, K.; Pingyod, A.; Bumrungpakdee, W.; Sanguansermsri, T. Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Test for Compound Heterozygous Beta Thalassemia Using an Amplification Refractory Mutation System Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique. Hematol. Rep. 2019, 11, 8124. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2019.8124

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Suwannakhon N, Pangeson T, Seeratanachot T, Mahingsa K, Pingyod A, Bumrungpakdee W, Sanguansermsri T. Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Test for Compound Heterozygous Beta Thalassemia Using an Amplification Refractory Mutation System Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique. Hematology Reports. 2019; 11(3):8124. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2019.8124

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Suwannakhon, Narutchala, Tanapat Pangeson, Teerapat Seeratanachot, Khwanruedee Mahingsa, Arunee Pingyod, Wanwipa Bumrungpakdee, and Torpong Sanguansermsri. 2019. "Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Test for Compound Heterozygous Beta Thalassemia Using an Amplification Refractory Mutation System Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique" Hematology Reports 11, no. 3: 8124. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2019.8124

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