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Accurate, simple, and inexpensive assays to diagnose F8 gene inversion mutations in hemophilia A patients and carriers.


ABSTRACT: The most frequent mutations resulting in hemophilia A are an intron 22 or intron 1 gene inversion, which together cause ?50% of severe hemophilia A cases. We report a simple and accurate RNA-based assay to detect these mutations in patients and heterozygous carriers. The assays do not require specialized equipment or expensive reagents; therefore, they may provide useful and economic protocols that could be standardized for central laboratory testing. RNA is purified from a blood sample, and reverse transcription nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-NPCR) reactions amplify DNA fragments with the F8 sequence spanning the exon 22 to 23 splice site (intron 22 inversion test) or the exon 1 to 2 splice site (intron 1 inversion test). These sequences will be amplified only from F8 RNA without an intron 22 or intron 1 inversion mutation, respectively. Additional RT-NPCR reactions are then carried out to amplify the inverted sequences extending from F8 exon 19 to the first in-frame stop codon within intron 22 or a chimeric transcript containing F8 exon 1 and the VBP1 gene. These latter 2 products are produced only by individuals with an intron 22 or intron 1 inversion mutation, respectively. The intron 22 inversion mutations may be further classified (eg, as type 1 or type 2, reflecting the specific homologous recombination sites) by the standard DNA-based "inverse-shifting" PCR assay if desired. Efficient Bcl I and T4 DNA ligase enzymes that cleave and ligate DNA in minutes were used, which is a substantial improvement over previous protocols that required overnight incubations. These protocols can accurately detect F8 inversion mutations via same-day testing of patient samples.

SUBMITTER: Dutta D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737171 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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