J Genet Med.
2013 Jun;10(1):33-37. 10.5734/JGM.2013.10.1.33.
Southern Analysis after Long-range PCR: Clinical Application in Korean Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy 1
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hwyoo@amc.seoul.kr
- 2Medical Genetics Center, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2055576
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5734/JGM.2013.10.1.33
Abstract
- PURPOSE
Myotonic dystrophy 1 (DM1, OMIM 160900) is an autosomal-dominant muscular disorder caused by an expansion of CTG repeats in the 3' UTR of the DMPK gene. Variable expansions of CTG repeats preclude the accurate determination of repeat size. We tried to show the clinical and analytical validity of the application of Southern blotting after long-range PCR was demonstrated in Korean DM1 patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The Southern blotting of long-range PCR was applied to 1,231 cases with clinical suspicion of DM1, between 2000 and 2011. PCR was performed using genomic DNA with forward 5'-CAGTTCACAACCGCTCCGAGC-3' and reverse 5'-CGTGGAGGATGGAACACGGAC-3' primers. Subsequently, the PCR fragments were subjected to gel electrophoresis, capillary transfer to a nylon membrane, hybridization with a labeled (CAG)10 probe. The correlation between clinical manifestations and the CTG repeat expansions were analyzed.
RESULTS
Among a total of 1,231 tested cases, 642 individuals were diagnosed with DM1 and the range of the detected expansion was 50 to 2,500 repeats; fourteen cases with mild DM1 (75+/-14 repeats), 602 cases with classical DM1 (314+/-143 repeats), and 26 cases with congenital DM1 (1,219+/-402 repeats). The positive and negative predictive values were 100%. The age at test requested and the CTG repeat numbers were inversely correlated (R=-0.444, P<0.01).
CONCLUSION
This study indicates that Southern blotting after long-range PCR is a reliable diagnostic method DM1.
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