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Development of a real-time PCR detection method for a FCGR2A polymorphism in the LightCycler and application in the heparin-induced thrombocytopenia syndrome
Authors
C. Kroupis Theodorou, M. Kounavi, M. Oliveira, S.C. Iliopoulou, E. Mavri-Vavayanni, M. Melissari, E.N. Degiannis, D.
Publication date
1 January 2009
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Abstract
Objective: The FcγRIIa receptor is responsible for the activation of platelets by antibodies in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). The c.497G > A polymorphism in the corresponding FCG2RA gene (H131R) has been implicated in the HIT syndrome and we aimed at its rapid and reliable determination. Design and methods: We designed a novel asymmetric real-time PCR method in the LightCycler that uses two hybridization probes and is followed by melting curve analysis. Seventy-one post-cardiac-surgery HIT Greek patients well ascertained by clinical data, immunological and functional tests (PAT, CD62P-selectin and microparticle flow cytometric detection) were studied, along with a clinically relevant group of 49 thrombocytopenic control patients and 119 healthy subjects. Results: The developed method has excellent analytical characteristics (linear and efficient amplification, precision), has wide ΔTm between the two alleles H and R (11.53 °C), and is in 100% concordance with validated controls and another commonly used screening method. The RR percentage increased from 10% in the control populations to 24% in the HIT patient group. Conclusion: The described method is technically simple, robust, fast, and accurate. A statistically significant difference was found in the comparison between the groups of HIT patients and healthy subjects [RR vs. RH+ HH, χ2 test, p = 0.01, OR (95% C.I.) 2.81 (1.21-4.68)]. The RR frequency in the Greek population was found to be the lowest among Caucasians. © 2009 The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
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