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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Wee, Line | Vefring, Hege | Jonsson, Grete | Jugessur, Astanand; | Lie, Rolv Terje
Affiliations: Department of Medical Biochemistry, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway | Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway | Craniofacial Research, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia | Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Note: [] Corresponding author: Line Wee, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Stavanger University Hospital, P.O. Box 8100, N-4068 Stavanger, Norway. Tel.: +47 51 519528; Fax: + 47 51 519907; E-mail: weln@sus.no
Abstract: Preeclampsia is a serious disorder affecting nearly 3% of all in the Western world. It is associated with hypertension and proteinuria, and several lines of evidence suggest that the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) may be involved in the development of hypertension at different stages of a preeclamptic pregnancy. In this study, we developed rapid genotyping assays on the LightCycler® instrument to allow the detection of genetic variants in the renin gene (REN) that may predispose to preeclampsia. The method is based on real-time PCR and allele-specific hybridization probes, followed by fluorescent melting curve analysis to expose a change in melting temperature (T_{m}). Ninety-two mother-father-child triads (n=276) from preeclamptic pregnancies were genotyped for three haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (htSNPs) in REN. All three htSNPs (rs5705, rs1464816 and rs3795575) were successfully genotyped. Furthermore, two unexpected nucleotide substitutions (rs11571084 and rs61757041) were identified within the selected hybridization probe area of rs1464816 and rs3795575 due to aberrant melting peaks. In conclusion, genotyping on the LightCycler® instrument proved to be rapid and highly reproducible. The ability to uncover additional nucleotide substitutions is particularly important in that it allows the identification of potentially etiological variants that might otherwise be overlooked by other genotyping methods.
Keywords: Preeclampsia, renin, LightCycler, real-time PCR
DOI: 10.3233/DMA-2010-0754
Journal: Disease Markers, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 243-249, 2010
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