Comparison of flow-FISH and MM-qPCR telomere length assessment techniques for the screening of telomeropathies

Assessment of telomere length (TL) in peripheral blood leukocytes is part of the diagnostic algorithm applied to patients with acquired bone marrow failure syndromes (BMFSs) and dyskeratosis congenita (DKC). Monochrome multiplex-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (MM-qPCR) and fluorescence in si...

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Autores: Ferreira, M. S. V., Kirschner, M., Halfmeyer, I., Estrada Barreras, Natalia, Xicoy, Blanca|||0000-0002-0295-1307, Isfort, S., Vieri, M., Zamora, Lurdes|||0000-0003-1713-7110, Abels, A., Bouillon, A. S., Begemann, M., Schemionek, M., Maurer, A., Koschmieder, Steffen|||0000-0002-1011-8171, Wilop, S., Panse, J., Brümmendorf, Tim H|||0000-0002-9677-3723, Beier, Fabian|||0000-0002-3718-8217
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:236101
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/236101
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1111/nyas.14248
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MM-qPCR
Dyskeratosis congenita
Flow-FISH
Telomere length
Telomeropathy
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Sumario:Assessment of telomere length (TL) in peripheral blood leukocytes is part of the diagnostic algorithm applied to patients with acquired bone marrow failure syndromes (BMFSs) and dyskeratosis congenita (DKC). Monochrome multiplex-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (MM-qPCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (flow-FISH) are methodologies available for TL screening. Dependent on TL expressed in relation to percentiles of healthy controls, further genetic testing for inherited mutations in telomere maintenance genes is recommended. However, the correct threshold to trigger this genetic workup is still under debate. Here, we prospectively compared MM-qPCR and flow-FISH regarding their capacity for accurate identification of DKC patients. All patients (n = 105) underwent genetic testing by next-generation sequencing and in 16 patients, mutations in DKC-relevant genes were identified. Whole leukocyte TL of patients measured by MM-qPCR was found to be moderately correlated with lymphocyte TL measured by flow-FISH (r² = 0.34; P < 0.0001). The sensitivity of both methods was high, but the specificity of MM-qPCR (29%) was significantly lower compared with flow-FISH (58%). These results suggest that MM-qPCR of peripheral blood cells is inferior to flow-FISH for clinical routine screening for suspected DKC in adult patients with BMFS due to lower specificity and a higher rate of false-positive results.

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