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CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 59, 期 7, 页码 1045-1051出版社
AMER ASSOC CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.198945
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- New York State Department of Health
BACKGROUND: Dried blood spot (DBS) samples have been widely used in newborn screening (NBS) for the early identification of disease to facilitate the presymptomatic treatment of congenital diseases in newborns. As molecular genetics knowledge and technology progresses, there is an increased demand on NBS programs for molecular testing and a need to establish reliable, low-cost methods to perform those analyses. Here we report a flexible, cost-efficient, high-throughput DNA extraction method from DBS adaptable to small- and large-scale screening settings. METHODS: Genomic DNA (g. DNA) was extracted from single 3-mm diameter DBS by the sequential use of red cell lysis, detergent-alkaline, and acid-neutralizing buffers routinely used in whole blood and plant tissue DNA extractions. We performed PCR amplification of several genomic regions using standard PCR conditions and detection methods (agarose gel, melting-curve analysis, TaqMan-based assays). Amplicons were confirmed by BigDye (R) Terminator cycle sequencing and compared with reference sequences. RESULTS: High-quality g. DNA was extracted from hundreds of DBS, as proven by mutation detection of several human genes on multiple platforms. Manual and automated extraction protocols were validated. Quantification of g.DNA by Oligreen (R) fluorescent nucleic acid stain demonstrated a normal population distribution closely corresponding with white blood cell counts detected in newborn populations. CONCLUSIONS: High-quality, amplifiable g. DNA is extractable from DBSs. Our method is adaptable, reliable, and scalable to low- and high-throughput NBS at low cost ($0.10/sample). This method is routinely used for molecular testing in the New York State NBS program. (C) 2013 American Association for Clinical Chemistry
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