title: Genetic typing of human platelet antigen 1 (HPA-1) by oligonucleotide ligation assay in a specific and reliable semi-automated system.
abstract: Genotyping of platelet alloantigens with the possibility of using any type of cellular material as a source of DNA has become a preferred procedure, particularly in thrombocytopenic patients when platelet counts are too low for phenotyping. Recently human platelet antigen 1 (HPA-1) has been identified as an inherited risk factor for coronary thrombosis. The different detection methods currently used have disadvantages for large-scale DNA diagnosis, including the need for electrophoresis (allele-specific restriction enzyme analysis, amplification with sequence-specific primers) or the potential risk of reduced specificity (allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization). In this report we describe the adaptation of an automated oligonucleotide ligation assay to genotype HPA-1 in polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified DNA samples. HPA-1a and HPA-1b phenotypes corresponded to the results of the different genotyping assays. The genotypes determined with the ELISA-based PCR-oligonucleotide ligation assay were in 100% concordance with the results obtained by conventional allele-specific restriction enzyme site analysis and PCR amplification with sequence-specific primers. The automated oligonucleotide ligation assay provides a rapid, reliable, nonisotopic method to genotype human platelet antigens that can rapidly be applied to large population screening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haemostasis and Transfusion Medicine, Heinrich Heine University Medical Centre, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Zotz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maruhn-Debowski
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Scharf
mesh_terms: D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet / Q000235:genetics*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet; D009841:Oligonucleotides