Microarray-Based Analysis of Methylation Status of CpGs in Placental DNA and Maternal Blood DNA--Potential New Epigenetic Biomarkers for Cell Free Fetal DNA-Based Diagnosis.

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Title: Microarray-Based Analysis of Methylation Status of CpGs in Placental DNA and Maternal Blood DNA--Potential New Epigenetic Biomarkers for Cell Free Fetal DNA-Based Diagnosis.
Authors: Lotte Hatt, Mads M Aagaard, Jesper Graakjaer, Cathrine Bach, Steffen Sommer, Inge E Agerholm, Steen Kølvraa, Anders Bojesen
Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 7, p e0128918 (2015)
Publisher Information: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015.
Publication Year: 2015
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: Epigenetic markers for cell free fetal DNA in the maternal blood circulation are highly interesting in the field of non-invasive prenatal testing since such markers will offer a possibility to quantify the amount of fetal DNA derived from different chromosomes in a maternal blood sample. The aim of the present study was to define new fetal specific epigenetic markers present in placental DNA that can be utilized in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. We have conducted a high-resolution methylation specific beadchip microarray study assessing more than 450.000 CpG sites. We have analyzed the DNA methylation profiles of 10 maternal blood samples and compared them to 12 1st trimesters chorionic samples from normal placentas, identifying a number of CpG sites that are differentially methylated in maternal blood cells compared to chorionic tissue. To strengthen the utility of these differentially methylated CpG sites to be used with methyl-sensitive restriction enzymes (MSRE) in PCR-based NIPD, we furthermore refined the list of selected sites, containing a restriction sites for one of 16 different methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes. We present a list of markers on chromosomes 13, 18 and 21 with a potential for aneuploidy testing as well as a list of markers for regions harboring sub-microscopic deletion- or duplication syndromes.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4521692?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128918
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/faa1741ddebd40e0b83acd641b05cba8
Accession Number: edsdoj.faa1741ddebd40e0b83acd641b05cba8
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0128918
Published in:PLoS ONE
Language:English