Publication: Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis for hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis
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2005-06-01
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09255710
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Mahidol University
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International Journal of Hematology. Vol.81, No.5 (2005), 396-399
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Pranee Winichagoon, Saisiri Sithongdee, Sujin Kanokpongsakdi, Pornpen Tantisirin, Luigi F. Bernini, Suthat Fucharoen Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis for hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis. International Journal of Hematology. Vol.81, No.5 (2005), 396-399. doi:10.1532/IJH97.A20501 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/16964
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Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis for hemoglobin Bart's hydrops fetalis
Abstract
Hemoglobin (Hb) Bart's hydrops fetalis, the most severe thalassemic disease, occurs from homozygosity of α-thalassemia 1. Deletion of all 4 α-globin genes (-/-) in this condition results in the absence of α-globin chains, and the physiologic dysfunction of Hb Bart's (γ4) leads to lethality, either in utero or soon after birth. The best strategy for prevention and control of the disease is prenatal diagnosis in the mothers at risk. However, conventional prenatal diagnosis involves invasive procedures that may result in infection or abortion. In this study, a simple technique was developed to identify the presence or absence of α-globin chains in fetal nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) enriched from maternal blood. Mononuclear cells including fetal NRBCs were isolated from maternal blood at 10 to 26 weeks of pregnancy by density-gradient centrifugation. Immunomagnetic separation with anti-CD71 antibody was employed to enrich fetal NRBCs, whose numbers increase with increasing gestational age. For the unaffected fetus, fetal NRBCs were detected by immunofluorescence microscopy after staining with rabbit antihuman α-globin antibody. In contrast, fetal red blood cells homozygous for α-thalassemia 1, which were identified from their size and morphology, did not stain for α-globin antibody. In this study, 3 affected fetuses were detected from 10 pregnancies at risk of Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis, and the results were confirmed by DNA analysis. In the remaining cases, all fetal NRBCs were positive for immunofluorescence staining. DNA analysis revealed that 2 cases were normal, 1 was heterozygous for α-thalassemia 2, and the other 4 cases were heterozygous for α-thalassemia 1. ©2005 The Japanese Society of Hematology.