Application of MALDI-TOF-MS in gene testing for non-syndromic hearing loss
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2013.12.004
- VernacularTitle:飞行时间质谱检测技术在非综合征型耳聋基因检测中的应用
- Author:
Yun ZENG
1
;
Dan JIANG
;
Da-Fei FENG
;
Dong-Dong JIN
;
Xiao-Hui WU
;
Yan-Li DING
;
Jing ZOU
Author Information
1. 518083,深圳华大基因临床检验中心
- Keywords:
Hearing loss;
Mutation;
Spectrometry,mass,matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization;
Oligonucleotide array sequence analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
2013;48(12):985-990
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the feasibility of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry(MALDI-TOF-MS),according to the genetic test of non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL),and check using the direct sequencing.Methods Peripheral blood was collected from 454NSHL patients.DNA samples were extracted and 20 loci of the four common disease-causing genes were analysed by MALDI-TOF-MS,including GJB2 (35delG,167delT,176_191de116,235delC,299_300delAT),GJB3 (538C→T,547G→A),SLC26A4 (281C→T,589G→A,IVS7-2A→G,1174A→T,1226G→A,1229C→T,IVS15 +5G→A,1975G→C,2027T→A,2162C→T,2168A→G),and mitochondrial 12S rRNA (1494C→T,1555A→G).Direct sequencing was also used to analyse the aforementioned 20 loci in order to validate the accuracy of MALDI-TOF-MS.Results Among the 454 patients,166 cases (36.56%) of disease-causing mutations were detected,which included 69 cases (21.15%) of GJB2 gene mutation,four cases (0.88%) of GJB3 gene mutation,64 cases (14.10%) of SLC26A4 gene mutation,and three cases (0.66%) of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene mutation.Moreover,the results obtained from direct sequencing and MALDI-TOF-MS were consistent,and the results showed that the two methods were consistent.Conclusions The MALDI-TOF-MS detection method was designed based on the hearing lossrelated mutation hotspots seen in the Chinese population,and it has a high detection rate for NSHL related mutations.In comparison to the conventional detection methods,MALDI-TOF-MS has the following advantages:more detection sites,greater coverage,accurate,high throughput and low cost.Therefore,this method is capable of satisfying the needs of clinical detection for hearing impairment and it is suitable for large-scale implementation.