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Clinical Applications of Whole-Blood PCR with Real-Time Instrumentation

Departments of¹ Clinical Immunology and Biochemical Genetics, and² Haematology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia.
³ School of Surgery and Pathology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.

^aAddress correspondence to this author at: Department of Clinical Immunology and Biochemical Genetics, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia 6000. Fax 61-08-92242920; e-mail Frank.Christiansen{at}health.wa.gov.au.

Background: As the genetic basis of many human diseases is being discovered, there is increasing need for the detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms/mutations in medical laboratories. We describe an innovative approach that combines PCR amplification directly on whole blood and real-time detection PCR technology (WB-RTD PCR).

Methods: We compared WB-RTD PCR with the method for extracted DNA-RTD PCR for the detection of mutations in the prothrombin (n = 94), factor V Leiden (n = 49), and hemochromatosis (n = 22) genes. Mutation detection on the Roche LightCycler was based on use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes and melting curve analysis. We also compared the WB-RTD PCR on the LightCycler and the ABI Prism^TM 7700 sequence detection system with minor groove– binding nonfluorescent quencher probes.

Results: We obtained complete concordance between both methods in assigning genotypes. We also demonstrated that the WB-RTD PCR method can be performed on real-time PCR instruments from Applied Biosystems and the LightCycler. Omission of the need for DNA extraction and gel electrophoresis allowed substantial labor and cost savings with this method.

Conclusion: This approach has applications for testing other medically relevant single-nucleotide polymorphisms.

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