title: Analysis of real-time SYBR-polymerase chain reaction cycle threshold for diagnosis of the alpha-thalassemia-1 Southeast Asian type deletion: application to carrier screening and prenatal diagnosis of Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
abstract: Without gel electrophoresis and specific probes, the two tubes real-time SYBR-polymerase chain reaction (SYBR-PCR) was setup by using different primer sets: P1/P2 for the detection of wild type alpha-globin gene alleles and P1/P3 for detection of the allele bearing the Southeast Asian (SEA) type (--SEA) deletion. Analyses of the cycle threshold (CT) values obtained by each primer set together with a delta-cycle threshold (DeltaCT) and CT ratio, showed that lower CT values generated by primer sets P1/P2 and P1/P3 were observed in normal and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis subjects, respectively. In heterozygous subjects the CT values generated by both sets of primers were similar to each other. There was no overlapping of DeltaCT and CT ratio between normal, heterozygous and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis subjects. Therefore, the two tubes real-time SYBR-PCR could represent a rapid, cost effective, high-throughput assay for screening of carriers and prenatal diagnosis of alpha-thalassemia-1 (alpha-thal-1) with the SEA type (--SEA) deletion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang-Mai University, Chiang-Mai, Thailand.
authors.forename: Sakorn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pornprasert
authors.forename: Kanyakan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sukunthamala
authors.forename: Jittraporn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sacome
authors.forename: Arunee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phusua
authors.forename: Rattika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saetung
authors.forename: Torpong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanguansermsri
authors.forename: Pranee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leechanachai
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017085:alpha-Thalassemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; C030448:hemoglobin Bart's