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#paper https://doi.org/10.1038/s41421-022-00457-4. Cell Discovery. 2022. Genetic deconvolution of fetal and maternal cell-free DNA in maternal plasma enables next-generation non-invasive prenatal screening. 这篇文章介绍了一种新的无创产前筛查(NIPS)方法,将NIPT检测范围拓展到了检测单基因遗传病。这种新的NIPT方法基于一种称为COATE-seq(coordinative allele-aware target enrichment sequencing)的测序方法,结合多维基因组分析(测序深度、等位基因频率、SNP连锁分析),克服了传统NIPS难以检测胎儿特异性遗传变异的问题。这个研究对1129例妊娠样本进行了测试,检测到54例胎儿染色体异常(如唐氏综合征T21)、8例微缺失/微重复综合征、8例单基因突变病例,且敏感性达到100%,特异性为99.3%。此外,该研究还揭示了60.3%的染色体非整倍体病例与异常减数分裂重组相关,为理解减数分裂不分离机制提供了重要见解。最终,该方法能够精确解析胎儿基因组,为未来NIPS的扩展和更全面的遗传疾病筛查奠定了基础。
Cell Discovery,
2022-10-13.
DOI: 10.1038/s41421-022-00457-4
Genetic deconvolution of fetal and maternal cell-free DNA in maternal plasma enables next-generation non-invasive prenatal screening
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Abstract:
AbstractCurrent non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) analyzes circulating fetal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in maternal peripheral blood for selected aneuploidies or microdeletion/duplication syndromes. Many genetic disorders are refractory to NIPS largely because the maternal genetic material constitutes most of the total cfDNA present in the maternal plasma, which hinders the detection of fetus-specific genetic variants. Here, we developed an innovative sequencing method, termed coordinative allele-aware target enrichment sequencing (COATE-seq), followed by multidimensional genomic analyses of sequencing read depth, allelic fraction, and linked single nucleotide polymorphisms, to accurately separate the fetal genome from the maternal background. Analytical confounders including multiple gestations, maternal copy number variations, and absence of heterozygosity were successfully recognized and precluded for fetal variant analyses. In addition, fetus-specific genomic characteristics, including the cfDNA fragment length, meiotic error origins, meiotic recombination, and recombination breakpoints were identified which reinforced the fetal variant assessment. In 1129 qualified pregnancies tested, 54 fetal aneuploidies, 8 microdeletions/microduplications, and 8 monogenic variants were detected with 100% sensitivity and 99.3% specificity. Using the comprehensive cfDNA genomic analysis tools developed, we found that 60.3% of aneuploidy samples had aberrant meiotic recombination providing important insights into the mechanism underlying meiotic nondisjunctions. Altogether, we show that the genetic deconvolution of the fetal and maternal cfDNA enables thorough and accurate delineation of fetal genome which paves the way for the next-generation prenatal screening of essentially all types of human genetic disorders.
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