Journal
MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 307-312Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/7.3.307
Keywords
allele dropout; CFTR; fluorescent PCR; polymorphic microsatellite marker preimplantation genetic diagnosis
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This study is part of a strategy aimed at using fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on informative genetic microsatellite markers as a diagnostic tool in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of severe monogenic disease. Two couples, both of whom had previously had children who were compound heterozygote for severe cystic fibrosis mutations, were offered PGD using fluorescent PCR of the highly polymorphic cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) intragenic microsatellite marker IVS17bTA, Cleavage-stage embryo biopsy followed by PCR resulted in transfer of one unaffected carrier embryo for each couple. This approach eliminates the need for single cell multiplex PCR strategies to detect CF compound heterozygotes. It also provides a control of chromosome 7 ploidy in the blastomeres and a selection against allele dropout by positive detection of each CFTR copy of all genotypes in preimplantation embryos from genetically informative families.
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