BACs-on-Beads™ (BoBs™) assay for the genetic evaluation of prenatal samples and products of conception. 2015

Francesca Romana Grati, and François Vialard, and Susan Gross
Research and Development, Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology, TOMA Advanced Biomedical Assays, S.p.A., Via Francesco Ferrer 25/27, 21052, Busto Arsizio, VA, Italy, fgrati@tomalab.com.

BACs-on-Beads™ (BoBs™) is a new emerging technology, a modification of comparative genomic hybridization that can be used to detect DNA copy number gains and losses. Here, we describe the application of two different types of BoBs™ assays: (1) Prenatal BoBs (CE-IVD) to detect the most frequent syndromes associated with chromosome microdeletions, as well as the trisomy 13, 18 and 21, and (2) KaryoLite BoBs (RUO) which can detect aneuploidy in all chromosomes by quantifying proximal and terminal regions of each chromosomal arm. The interpretation of the results by BoBsoft™ software is also described. Although BoBs™ may not have the breadth and scope to replace chromosomal microarrays (array comparative genomic hybridization and single nucleotide polymorphism array) in the prenatal setting, particularly when a fetal anomaly has been detected, it is a well suited alternative for FISH or QF-PCR because BoBs™ is comparable, if not superior in terms of cost, turnaround time (TAT) and throughput and accuracy. BoBs™ also has the ability to detect significant fetal mosaicism (≥30% with Prenatal BoBs and ≥50% with KaryoLite BoBs). However, perhaps the greatest strength of this new technology is the fact that unlike FISH or QF-PCR, it has the ability to detect common microdeletion syndromes or additional aneuploidies, both of which may be easily missed despite excellent prenatal sonography. Thus, when BoBs™ is applied in the correct clinical setting and run and analyzed in appropriate laboratories this technique can improve and augment best practices with a personalization of prenatal care.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009030 Mosaicism The occurrence in an individual of two or more cell populations of different chromosomal constitutions, derived from a single ZYGOTE, as opposed to CHIMERISM in which the different cell populations are derived from more than one zygote.
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011296 Prenatal Diagnosis Determination of the nature of a pathological condition or disease in the postimplantation EMBRYO; FETUS; or pregnant female before birth. Diagnosis, Prenatal,Fetal Diagnosis,Fetal Imaging,Fetal Screening,Intrauterine Diagnosis,Antenatal Diagnosis,Antenatal Screening,Diagnosis, Antenatal,Diagnosis, Intrauterine,Prenatal Screening,Antenatal Diagnoses,Antenatal Screenings,Diagnosis, Fetal,Fetal Diagnoses,Fetal Imagings,Fetal Screenings,Imaging, Fetal,Intrauterine Diagnoses,Prenatal Diagnoses,Prenatal Screenings,Screening, Antenatal,Screening, Fetal,Screening, Prenatal
D002872 Chromosome Deletion Actual loss of portion of a chromosome. Monosomy, Partial,Partial Monosomy,Deletion, Chromosome,Deletions, Chromosome,Monosomies, Partial,Partial Monosomies
D002882 Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13 A specific pair of GROUP D CHROMOSOMES of the human chromosome classification. Chromosome 13
D002887 Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 A specific pair of GROUP E CHROMOSOMES of the human chromosome classification. Chromosome 18
D002891 Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21 A specific pair of GROUP G CHROMOSOMES of the human chromosome classification. Chromosome 21
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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