Karyotype analysis with amniotic fluid in 12365 pregnant women with indications for genetic amniocentesis and strategies of prenatal diagnosis

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Xiao ◽  
Y. L. Yang ◽  
C. Y. Zhang ◽  
E. J. Liao ◽  
H. R. Zhao ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wang Chaohong ◽  
Tang Junxiang ◽  
Sun Yuxiu ◽  
Pang Yu ◽  
Tong Keting ◽  
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Abstract Objective:To examine the risk of chromosomal abnormalities when the thickness of the nuchal translucency( NT ) is 2.5-2.9mm, to evaluate the cutoff value of NT for prenatal diagnosis, to explore the value of combined application of chromosome karyotype and microarray analysis, and to explore the relationship between NT ≥ 5.0mm and fetal prognosis. Methods:A total of 366 pregnant women who underwent prenatal diagnosis in Anhui Province Maternity and Child Health Hospital from January 2018 to August 2020 were collected, of which 241 cases had NT ≥ 2.5mm, 125 cases were elderly (35-38 years old) with NT < 2.5mm. We made grouping statistics on chromosome abnormalities,and compared the detection of chromosome abnormalities by karyotype and microarray analysis. At the same time, we followed up the fetuses with NT ≥ 5.0mm and analyzed their prognosis. Results: (1)Among the 366 cases with NT thickening,the detection rates of chromosome abnormalities by karyotype analysis and microarray analysis(CMA) were 13.39% (49/366) and 13.93% (51/366), respectively, and there was no significant difference (P>0.05), including 25 cases of trisomy 21, 5 cases of trisomy 18, 5 cases of Turner synthesis and 16 cases of other chromosome abnormalities. (2)We compared the effect of different NT value on the detection rate of pathogenic chromosomes, and found that the difference between NT ≥2.5mm and NT < 2.5mm was statistically significant(P<0.05). The detection rates of pathogenic chromosomal abnormalities in NT < 2.5mm group,2.5-2.9mm group, 3.0-3.4mm group,3.5-4.4mm group,4.5-5.4mm group and NT ≥ 5.5mm group were 0.8%(1/ 125), 11.63%(10/ 86), 17.81%(13/ 73), 20%(10/ 49), 47.62%(10/ 21) and 63.64%(7/ 11) respectively. (3)Our study found that different prenatal diagnostic indicators for abnormal chromosome detection rate difference was statistically significant(P<0.05). The detection rates of NT thickening alone and NT thickening combined with other abnormalities were 13.17%(22/ 167) and 35.14%(26/ 74) respectively(P<0.05). (4)Among 18 pregnant women with NT ≥ 5.0 mm, 9 fetuses were chromosomal abnormalities, and 9 fetuses survived healthily. Conclusions:When the NT value is 2.5-2.9mm, the incidence of fetal chromosome abnormality is significantly higher than that in the normal group. It is suggested that invasive prenatal diagnosis should be performed for pregnant women with NT ≥ 2.5mm. Chromosome karyotype analysis and CMA can complement each other, which is conducive to prenatal genetic counseling. The fetuses with NT thickening usually have good pregnancy outcomes when excluding fetal chromosome and prenatal ultrasound does not indicate any abnormalities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-134
Author(s):  
F. Behjati ◽  
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E. Bagherizadeh ◽  
A. Abdi ◽  
E. Ghadami ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Wang ◽  
Huamei Huang ◽  
Lihua Wu ◽  
Yanlin Huang ◽  
Xianzheng Li ◽  
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Abstract Objective To determine the best method for chromosome detection of mosaicism by comparing the results of karyotype and SNP-array in amniotic fluid,chorionic villi and cord blood. Methods A total of 14,805 pregnant women underwent invasive prenatal diagnosis.SNP-array and karyotype analysis were used to detect chromosomal abnormalities. Results A total of 169 cases of mosaicism were detected in this study.Mosaicism was found in both karyotype and SNP-array in 99(0.66%,99/14,805) cases of prenatal samples. In the remaining 70 cases of mosaicism, the results of karyotype and SNP-array were discrepant with ten cases(1.04%,10/959),forty-five cases (0.5%,45/9034) and fifteen cases(0.31%,15/4812) dectected from CV,AF and CB respectively. The mosaic positive rate of karyotype analysis only was 1.11%(164/14,805), which was significantly higher than that of SNP-array (0.7%,104/14,805), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). The mosaic positive rate of combination with SNP-array and karyotype was 1.14%(169/14,805), which was higher than that of SNP-array(0.7%). Conclusions This study demonstrated that the combination of SNP-array and karyotype analysis may be the best strategy for the prenatal diagnosis of mosaicism aneuploidy.These two techniques have their own advantages and disadvantages, which can complement each other in clinical application.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinran Lu ◽  
Chaohong Wang ◽  
Yuxiu Sun ◽  
Junxiang Tang ◽  
Keting Tong ◽  
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Abstract Objective: To investigate the positive predictive value (PPV) and clinical features of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as a screening method in detecting sex chromosome aneuploidy (SCA) within a high-risk population at the Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Anhui Province.Methods: From June 2015 to June 2019, 45773 women with singleton pregnancies volunteered to take an NIPT. Cell-free fetal DNA was extracted for high-throughput sequencing and amniocentesis karyotype analysis was performed in pregnant women. Results: 314 high-risk pregnant women underwent NIPT and 143 chose invasive prenatal diagnosis. Karyotype analysis was performed in amniotic fluid cells, wherein 7 cases of 45,X (PPV: 12.50%), 16 cases of 47,XXX (PPV: 55.17%), 25 cases of 47,XXY (PPV: 71.43%), and 10 cases of 47,XYY(PPV: 76.92%) were confirmed. The PPV of NIPT for SCA was 40.56%. The rate of SCA detected in women aged 40 years and older was 0.39%, which was significantly different from that detected in women aged <30, 30–34, and 35–39 years (P < 0.05). The detection rates of 47,XXX and 47,XXY were significantly correlated with maternal age (P < 0.05), but those of 45,X and 47,XYY showed no significant correlation with maternal age.Conclusion: NIPT can be applied for the detection of SCA, but the detection accuracy is low. Genetic counseling and further prenatal diagnosis should be provided.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Suliburska ◽  
Jakub Pankiewicz ◽  
Adam Sajnóg ◽  
Magdalena Paczkowska ◽  
Beata Nowakowska ◽  
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Abstract This study aimed to check the association of essential and toxic elements in amniotic fluid (AF) with chromosomal abnormalities. A total of 156 pregnant Polish white Caucasian women between the age of 20 and 43 years participated in the study. AF samples were collected during routine diagnostic and treatment procedures in pregnant women. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used to determine the levels of various elements in AF. Genomic hybridization and cytogenic karyotype analysis were used. The results of the karyotype analysis indicated chromosomal abnormalities in 19 fetuses (over 12% of the total population) and it was mainly trisomy 21 (N=11), trisomy 18 (N=2), triploidy (N=2) and other chromosomal aberrations. It was found that a low concentration of manganese in AF was associated with chromosomal abnormalities in the foetus. High levels of iron and advanced age of the mother increased the risk of aneuploidy in the fetus. Principal component analysis (PCA) and Spearman correlation showed a strong correlation between essential and toxic elements in AF, especially in groups with chromosomal abnormalities. The results of this exploratory study indicate that the levels of essential and toxic elements in AF are associated with chromosomal abnormalities in the human fetus.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Kang ◽  
Lingxi Wang ◽  
Xingyu Li ◽  
Chonglan Gao ◽  
Yamei Xie ◽  
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Abstract Background: Although screening for fetal aneuploidy with the use of cell-free DNA obtained from maternal plasma is highly effective, biomarkers screening is in extensive use in economically underdeveloped areas and poor population. This study aims to explore the application value of chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and karyotype analysis in prenatal diagnosis for pregnant women with abnormal Down’s syndrome (DS) screening results.Methods: The study recruited 813 pregnant women with abnormal DS screening results from Chengdu Women’s and Children’s Central Hospital. They underwent amniocentesis to obtain fetal amniotic fluid for CMA and G-band karyotype analysis. An Affymetrix CytoScan 750 K Array chip was used for CMA analysis according to the manufacturer’s instructions.Results: In total, CMA identified 21/813 abnormal results, which was more efficient than karyotype analysis(10/813, P<0.001.) CMA is equivalent to traditional karyotype analysis for the prenatal diagnosis of aneuploidies. However, CMA identified 1.60% more copy number variants(CNVs) than karyotype analysis. These pathogenic/likely pathogenic(P/LP) CNVs ranged from 159Kb deletion to 3616Kb deletion. 53.8% of them were recurrent pathogenic CNVs associated with risk of neurodevelopmental disorders. CMA identified 7 variants of uncertain significance (VUS) results, including 6 microduplication and 1 microdeletion, with the size ranged from 840kb-1484kb. Karyotype analysis identified 2 mosaic sex chromosome aneuploidy, 2 balanced translocation and 1 mosaic balanced translocation, which could not be identified by CMA. Conclusions: Performing both CMA and karyotype analysis simultaneously is more beneficial to pregnant women with abnormal DS screening results.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengmeng Li ◽  
Fengxia Yao ◽  
Na Hao ◽  
Weimin Zhang ◽  
Jing Zhou ◽  
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Abstract Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has showed a wide spectrum of mutations in the dystrophin gene including exon deletions, duplications and small mutations. This retrospective study was to supply information of the DMD mutational spectrum in 303 Chinese families and further offer 5-year clinical experience of DMD genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis.Methods: In this retrospective study, 305 pregnancies in 303 pregnant women who has a birth history of DMD patients underwent prenatal diagnosis using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) followed by Sanger sequencing between 2014 and 2018. Karyotype analysis was performed to exclude fetal abnormal karyotype.Results: The detection rate of DMD gene mutation in 303 probands was 97.7% with 7 families having a negative genetic diagnosis. The mutational spectrum comprised of large arrangements in 288/303 (95.0%) and small mutations in 8/303 (2.6%). 204 pregnant women did carrier testing among whom, 108 mothers had the same mutation as family proband. Of the 305 pregnancies underwent prenatal diagnosis, 55 of 173 male fetuses were affected. We also performed karyotype analysis and found 3 abnormal karyotypes of trisomy 21. We even found a fetus with DMD gene mutation and trisomy 21 in a same fetus by further analysis.Conclusions: The distribution and mutation profile of 303 probands and 305 fetuses were demonstrated. Given the large samples provided in this study, the information is essential for genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis in DMD families in China.


2017 ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
N.P. Veropotvelyan ◽  

The study presents data of different authors, as well as its own data on the frequency of multiple trisomies among the early reproductive losses in the I trimester of pregnancy and live fetuses in pregnant women at high risk of chromosomal abnormalities (CA) in I and II trimesters of gestation. The objective: determining the frequency of occurrence of double (DT) and multiple trisomies (MT) among the early reproductive losses in the I trimester of pregnancy and live fetuses in pregnant women at high risk of occurrence of HA in I and II trimesters of gestation; establishment of the most common combinations of diesel fuel and the timing of their deaths compared with single regular trisomy; comparative assessment materinskogo age with single, double and multiple trisomies. Patients and methods. During the period from 1997 to 2016, the first (primary) group of products in 1808 the concept of missed abortion (ST) of I trimester was formed from women who live in Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Kherson, Mykolaiv regions. The average term of the ST was 8±3 weeks. The average age of women was 29±2 years. The second group (control) consisted of 1572 sample product concepts received during medical abortion in women (mostly residents of Krivoy Rog) in the period of 5-11 weeks of pregnancy, the average age was 32 years. The third group was made prenatally karyotyped fruits (n = 9689) pregnant women with high risk of HA of the above regions of Ukraine, directed the Centre to invasive prenatal diagnosis for individual indications: maternal age, changes in the fetus by ultrasound (characteristic malformations and echo markers HA) and high risk of HA on the results of the combined prenatal screening I and II trimesters. From 11 th to 14 th week of pregnancy, chorionic villus sampling was performed (n=1329), with the 16th week – platsentotsentez (n=2240), 18 th and 24 th week – amniocentesis (n=6120). Results. A comparative evaluation of maternal age and the prevalence anembriony among multiple trisomies. Analyzed 13,069 karyotyped embryonic and fetal I-II trimester of which have found 40 cases of multiple trisomies – 31 cases in the group in 1808 missed abortion (2.84% of total HA), 3 cases including 1 572 induced medabortov and 7 cases during 9689 prenatal research (0.51% of HA). Determined to share the double trisomies preembrionalny, fetal, early, middle and late periods of fetal development. Conclusion. There were no significant differences either in terms of destruction of single and multiple trisomies or in maternal age or in fractions anembrionalnyh pregnancies in these groups. Key words: multiple trisomies, double trisomy, missed abortion, prenatal diagnosis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunsheng Ge ◽  
Jia Li ◽  
Jianlong Zhuang ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Yanru Huang ◽  
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Abstract Background Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has been wildly used to screen for common aneuplodies. In recent years, the test has been expanded to detect rare autosomal aneuploidies (RATs) and copy number variations (CNVs). This study was performed to investigate the performance of expanded noninvasive prenatal testing (expanded NIPT) in screening for common trisomies, sex chromosomal aneuploidies (SCAs), rare autosomal aneuploidies (RATs), and copy number variations (CNVs) and parental willingness for invasive prenatal diagnosis in a Chinese prenatal diagnosis center. Methods A total of 24,702 pregnant women were retrospectively analyzed at the Women and Children’s Hospital from January 2013 to April 2019, among which expanded NIPT had been successfully conducted in 24,702 pregnant women. The high-risk expanded NIPT results were validated by karyotype analysis and chromosomal microarray analysis. All the tested pregnant women were followed up for pregnancy outcomes. Results Of the 24,702 cases, successful follow-up was conducted in 98.77% (401/446) of cases with common trisomies and SCAs, 91.95% (80/87) of RAT and CNV cases, and 76.25% (18,429/24,169) of cases with low-risk screening results. The sensitivity of expanded NIPT was 100% (95% confidence interval[CI], 97.38–100%), 96.67%(95%CI, 82.78–99.92%), and 100%(95%CI, 66.37–100.00%), and the specificity was 99.92%(95%CI, 99.87–99.96%), 99.96%(95%CI, 99.91–99.98%), and 99.88% (95%CI, 99.82–99.93%) for the detection of trisomies 21, 18, and 13, respectively. Expanded NIPT detected 45,X, 47,XXX, 47,XXY, XYY syndrome, RATs, and CNVs with positive predictive values of 25.49%, 75%, 94.12%, 76.19%, 6.45%, and 50%, respectively. The women carrying fetuses with Trisomy 21/Trisomy 18/Trisomy 13 underwent invasive prenatal diagnosis and terminated their pregnancies at higher rates than those at high risk for SCAs, RATs, and CNVs. Conclusions Our study demonstrates that the expanded NIPT detects fetal trisomies 21, 18, and 13 with high sensitivity and specificity. The accuracy of detecting SCAs, RATs, and CNVs is still relatively poor and needs to be improved. With a high-risk expanded NIPT result, the women at high risk for common trisomies are more likely to undergo invasive prenatal diagnosis procedures and terminate their pregnancies than those with unusual chromosome abnormalities.


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