Spinal muscular atrophy carrier screening by multiplex polymerase chain reaction using dried blood spot on filter paper. 2005

R Majumdar, and Z Rehana, and M Al Jumah, and N Fetaini
Neurogenetics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia. majumdar.ramanath@mayo.edu

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common, often fetal, autosomal recessively inherited disease leading to progressive muscle wasting and paralysis as a result of degeneration of anterior horn cells of the spinal cord. The SMA-determining gene, called the survival of motor neuron gene (SMN), is present on 5q13 in two nearly identical copies, telomeric SMN (SMN1) and centromeric SMN (SMN2). It has been established that SMA is caused by mutations in SMN1 whereas homozygous deletion of SMN2 has apparently no pathological consequences. The aim of this study is to develop an easy and inexpensive method for the isolation of high-quality template DNA from blood samples for SMA carrier screening by multiplex polymerase chain reaction. We have developed a protocol that optimizes detection of the SMN1 copy number in the human genome, producing a specific and sensitive assay using DNA extracted from a dried blood spot on IsoCode paper.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009134 Muscular Atrophy, Spinal A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in weakness and muscular atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. Diseases in this category include Werdnig-Hoffmann disease and later onset SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD, most of which are hereditary. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1089) Bulbospinal Neuronopathy,Oculopharyngeal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Progressive Muscular Atrophy,Scapuloperoneal Form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Adult-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Amyotrophy, Neurogenic Scapuloperoneal, New England Type,Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Hereditary Motor Neuronopathy,Muscular Atrophy, Adult Spinal,Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Progressive Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Progressive Proximal Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Proximal Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Scapuloperoneal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Spinal Amyotrophy,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Distal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Oculopharyngeal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal Form,Adult Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Amyotrophies, Spinal,Amyotrophy, Spinal,Atrophies, Progressive Muscular,Atrophy, Myelopathic Muscular,Atrophy, Progressive Muscular,Atrophy, Spinal Muscular,Bulbospinal Neuronopathies,Hereditary Motor Neuronopathies,Motor Neuronopathies, Hereditary,Motor Neuronopathy, Hereditary,Muscular Atrophies, Progressive,Muscular Atrophy, Myelopathic,Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Neuronopathies, Bulbospinal,Neuronopathies, Hereditary Motor,Neuronopathy, Bulbospinal,Neuronopathy, Hereditary Motor,Progressive Muscular Atrophies,Spinal Amyotrophies
D009419 Nerve Tissue Proteins Proteins, Nerve Tissue,Tissue Proteins, Nerve
D010209 Paper Thin sheets made from wood pulp and other fibrous substances, used for writing, drawing, printing, image duplication or wrapping. Papers
D002895 Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 One of the two pairs of human chromosomes in the group B class (CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 4-5). Chromosome 5
D005820 Genetic Testing Detection of a MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KARYOTYPE; or specific ALLELES associated with genetic traits, heritable diseases, or predisposition to a disease, or that may lead to the disease in descendants. It includes prenatal genetic testing. Genetic Predisposition Testing,Genetic Screening,Predictive Genetic Testing,Predictive Testing, Genetic,Testing, Genetic Predisposition,Genetic Predictive Testing,Genetic Screenings,Genetic Testing, Predictive,Predisposition Testing, Genetic,Screening, Genetic,Screenings, Genetic,Testing, Genetic,Testing, Genetic Predictive,Testing, Predictive Genetic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016133 Polymerase Chain Reaction In vitro method for producing large amounts of specific DNA or RNA fragments of defined length and sequence from small amounts of short oligonucleotide flanking sequences (primers). The essential steps include thermal denaturation of the double-stranded target molecules, annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences, and extension of the annealed primers by enzymatic synthesis with DNA polymerase. The reaction is efficient, specific, and extremely sensitive. Uses for the reaction include disease diagnosis, detection of difficult-to-isolate pathogens, mutation analysis, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, and analyzing evolutionary relationships. Anchored PCR,Inverse PCR,Nested PCR,PCR,Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction,Inverse Polymerase Chain Reaction,Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction,PCR, Anchored,PCR, Inverse,PCR, Nested,Polymerase Chain Reactions,Reaction, Polymerase Chain,Reactions, Polymerase Chain
D016601 RNA-Binding Proteins Proteins that bind to RNA molecules. Included here are RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS and other proteins whose function is to bind specifically to RNA. Double-Stranded RNA-Binding Protein,Double-Stranded RNA-Binding Proteins,ds RNA-Binding Protein,RNA-Binding Protein,ds RNA-Binding Proteins,Double Stranded RNA Binding Protein,Double Stranded RNA Binding Proteins,Protein, Double-Stranded RNA-Binding,Protein, ds RNA-Binding,RNA Binding Protein,RNA Binding Proteins,RNA-Binding Protein, Double-Stranded,RNA-Binding Protein, ds,RNA-Binding Proteins, Double-Stranded,ds RNA Binding Protein
D017362 Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein A protein that has been shown to function as a calcium-regulated transcription factor as well as a substrate for depolarization-activated CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES. This protein functions to integrate both calcium and cAMP signals. CREB Protein,DNA-Binding Protein, Cyclic AMP-Responsive,Cyclic AMP-Responsive DNA-Binding Protein,cAMP Response Element-Binding Protein,Cyclic AMP Responsive DNA Binding Protein,DNA Binding Protein, Cyclic AMP Responsive,cAMP Response Element Binding Protein
D055532 SMN Complex Proteins A complex of proteins that assemble the SNRNP CORE PROTEINS into a core structure that surrounds a highly conserved RNA sequence found in SMALL NUCLEAR RNA. They are found localized in the GEMINI OF COILED BODIES and in the CYTOPLASM. The SMN complex is named after the Survival of Motor Neuron Complex Protein 1, which is a critical component of the complex. Component of Gems 4 Protein,FAM51A1 Protein,Gem-Associated Proteins,Gemin Proteins,Gemin-2 Protein,Gemin-4 Protein,Gemin-5 Protein,Gemin-6 Protein,Gemin-7 Protein,Gemin-8 Protein,Gemin2 Protein,Gemin4 Protein,Gemin5 Protein,Gemin6 Protein,Gemin7 Protein,Gemin8 Protein,SMN Complex,Survival of Motor Neuron Complex,Survival of Motor Neuron Complex Proteins,Survival of Motor Neuron Protein-Interacting Protein 1,Gem Associated Proteins,Gemin 2 Protein,Gemin 4 Protein,Gemin 5 Protein,Gemin 6 Protein,Gemin 7 Protein,Gemin 8 Protein,Protein, Gemin-7,Protein, Gemin7,Survival of Motor Neuron Protein Interacting Protein 1

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