[Tri-primer-florescence PCR-Sanger sequencing method for screening of full and pre-mutations of FMR1 gene]
1Medical Division, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang, Shaanxi 712082, China. dy62@163.com; zhangjf@fmmu.edu.cn.
Objective:
To screen for CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene among patients with fragile X syndrome and carriers of pre-mutations.
Methods:
Potential full and pre-mutations of the FMR1 gene were detected with a Tri-primer-florescence PCR-Sanger sequencing method. The results were validated with positive and negative controls.
Results:
All positive and negative controls were confirmed. A male patient was found to have > 200 CGG repeats (full mutation). For a pregnant women who was heterozygous for 35/115 CGG repeats, > 200 CGG repeats were also found with amniotic fluid sample from her fetus who was a male. The result was confirmed by following selective abortion with informed consent.
Conclusion:
Tri-primer-florescence PCR-Sanger sequencing is a simple, effective and reliable method for routine screening of patients/carriers with full/pre-mutations of the FMR1 gene in the population.
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