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JMD 2005, Vol. 7, No. 1
Copyright © 2005 American Society for Investigative Pathology & Association for Molecular Pathology

Complete Gene Scanning by Temperature Gradient Capillary Electrophoresis Using the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene as a Model

Lan-Szu Chou*, Friederike Gedge* and Elaine Lyon*{dagger}

From the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, * Associated Regional University Pathologists Laboratories, Salt Lake City; and the Department of Pathology, {dagger} University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

Many inherited diseases involve large genes with many different mutations. Identifying a wide spectrum of mutations requires an efficient gene-scanning method. By differentiating thermodynamic stability and mobility of heteroduplexes from heterozygous samples, temperature gradient capillary electrophoresis (TGCE) was used to scan the entire coding region of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene. An initial panel (29 different mutations) showed 100% agreement between TGCE scanning and previously genotyped results for heterozygous samples. Different peak patterns were observed for single base substitutions and base insertions/deletions. Subsequently, 12 deidentified clinical samples genotyped as wild type for 32 mutations were scanned for the entire 27 exons. Results were 100% concordance with the bidirectional sequence analysis. Ten samples had nucleotide variations including a reported base insertion in intron 14b (2789 + 2insA) resulting in a possible mRNA splicing defect, and an unreported missense mutation in exon 20 (3991 G/A) with unknown clinical significance. This methodology does not require labeled primers or probes for detection and separation through a temperature gradient eliminates laborious temperature optimization required for other technologies. TGCE automation and high-throughput capability can be implemented in a clinical environment for mutation scanning with high sensitivity, thus reducing sequencing cost and effort.




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