Preimplantation Genetic Testing Flashcards
name genetic diseases - healthy legacy
- Physical disability
- Mental disability
- Neonatal and childhood
death - Chronic disease and
early demise - Recurrent pregnancy
loss - Late onset disease
describe Avoiding transmission of genetic disease - reproductive options for those with serious recurrent genetic risk
if find out have disease/carrier = can do adoption, no children, donor gametes (art) or become pregnant and undergo prenatal diagnosis - terminate or not if affected
name 2 methods of prenatal diagnosis
testing on established pregnancy= chorionic villi sampling or amniocentesis
describe chorionic villus sampling
transcervical, more common
arounf 10-12 weeks
more invasive = slightly higher risk
could also test mom blood around 10 weeks
describe amniocentesis
more direct = tests on fetus
always little bit of risk
15-18 weeks, much later
5% fetus loss
what is preimplantation genetic testing
If none of options of prenatal testing available
A test performed to analyze the DNA from oocytes (polar bodies) or embryos (cleavage stage or blastocyst) for HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) -typing or for determining genetic abnormalities (test before going into mom, not 100% accurate tho)
what is pgd and pgs
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and screening (PGS)
These terms have now been replaced by “preimplantation genetic testing” (PGT)
consensus def of pgt
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT)- A test performed to analyze the DNA from oocytes (polar bodies) or embryos (cleavage stage or blastocyst) for HLA-typing or for determining genetic abnormalitie
name types of pgt
pgt-a = for aneuploidies
pgt-m = for monogenic/single gene defects
pgt-sr = for chromosomal structural rearrangements
name types of genetic risk
Recurrent: As a result of inherited disorders
Sporadic: Random, often age related
what is required to preform pgt
ivf, need excess = multiple eggs and embryos
also diagnosis done in vitro
name and describe the 3 stages of pgt
Patient evaluation and management = done by fertility doctor and nurse in clinic
Gamete or embryo manipulation= embryologist/scientist in lab
Genetic analysis (diagnosis)= Single gene defects, Chromosome analysis- done by geneticist in specialized lab
Sometimes in one place or 3 diff places = need doctor + ivf lab and send samples to geneticist
name types of ways of doing pgt
polar body biopsy
cleavage stage biopsy
blastocyst biopsy
describe Early Human Embryo Development - gen
polar bodies, day 1 = one cell
day 2 = 2-4 cell, cleavage stage
then day 3 = around 8 cell, cleavage biopsy
day 4 = morula
day 5-6= blastocyst biopsy
describe polar body biopsy
aspirate polar bodies and then do diagnosis = see if chromosome related or single gene related
describe polar body biopsy = for normal segregation in m1
pb 1 and 2 have one chrom in it
describe polar body biopsy = for nondisjunction in m1
pb can have no chroms = disomic gamete
pb can have 2 chroms = nullsomic gamete
describe polar body biopsy = for prevision of one univalent in m1
pb has 1 chromatid, gamete = 23+1
or pb has 1 chromatid + 1 chrom = 22+1/2 gamete
describe polar body biopsy = for prevision of both univalent in m1
22 + 1/2 + 1/2
pb has 2 chromatids and sod does egg
principle of PB-based PGT for single-gene disorders- ex = cftr mutation
ctfr=autosomal recessive, gene defect
if first pb normal homozygous = egg retained mutation
if first pb homozygous mutant = egg retained normal
but if crossing over = depends on how far gene of interest is, farther from chrom = more crossing over, higher % MUST GET RESULTS FROM 2ND pb
if first pb normal + cf then if 2nd pb normal = know oocyte retained cf, if 2nd pb cf = oocyte retained normal
MUST SEEEEE
ADVANTAGES - polar body biopsy
*Patients with religious or moral objections to embryo biopsy = not comfy with embryo biopsy, so use pb therefore embryo wont be affected
*Time for Fresh embryo transfer = 5-6 days to do all tests and can still transfer as blastocyst
DISADVANTAGES - polar body biopsy
*High diagnostic failure rate = especially in 1st polar body bc in arrested state for long
*Excludes paternal genome = polar bodies are only mat genome
*Most expensive= 2 blastocysts but 10 octets = expensive and time consuming
*time consuming approach
describe embryo biopsy for pgt - day 3
make small hole on zona and aspirate out one blastomere
ADVANTAGES - day 3 cleavage stage biopsy
*High worldwide experience = first biopsy procedure applied, many embryologists know it, first successful baby born
*Time for fresh embryo transfer= still have 2-3 days to diagnose
*Cells are not differentiated= bc at cleavage pluripotent = should not affect bc has not decided to be te or icm
DISADVANTAGES - day 3 cleavage stage biopsy
*Reduction in embryo viability= remove 1/8th of blastomere = reduction of vol
*All day-3 embryos will not reach blastocyst stage –extra work= if do 10, only a few could actually reach Blastomere stage, so waste of time (like if fails to amplify)
*Higher diagnostic failure compared to blastocyst stage (if miss = done)
describe blastocyst biopsy
do not touch icm cells
only te cells (extra embryonic tissue)
sex election for x linked chrom abnormality or pcr for single gene defects
ADVANTAGES - blastocyst biopsy
*Larger number of cells can be removed providing more robust analysis (5-10 cells = more dna, more robust)
*Smaller proportion of embryonic mass removed (only 5-10cells from 60-100)
*Not removing cells that are destined to contribute to fetus (only remove te cells)
DISADVANTAGES - blastocyst biopsy
*Shorter time for diagnosis (bc need to freeze on day 6, so not as much time)
*Not all embryos will reach the blastocyst stage
*In most cases embryos will be required to freeze (another invasive process, could reduce viability, also more time)
*Labour intensive as not all embryos will reach the blastocyst stage on the same day (day 5-6) (could be any day of week = must come into lab and see = rough)
principle of pgt = overview
egg retrieval
on day 3 after ivf
day 3 = biopsy of blastomere
or day 5/6 = te cells
single blastomere undergoes genetic analysis and diagnosis of embryos
fresh or frozen cycle = transfer of unaffected embryo
few weeks later = pregnancy tests
Genetic risk: Disease dependent - single gene defects
Autosomal Recessive: 1in 4 Autosomal dominant: 1in 2
X-linked recessive (female obligate carrier): 1 in 2 male, females are either normal or carriers
describe pgt-m
blastocyst, cleavage or pb biopsy
pcr with reg or f primers and thne do f labeled dna fragment analysis or dna analysis on gel
describe single cell nest pcr - pgt-m
amplify with pcr since small amount of dna
1 = primers far away from target
then reamplify with diff set primers = smaller sequence
get rid of unspecific bands = get cleaner gene product
then run on polyacrylamide gel or agarose gel or florescent based pcr and abi system for fragment analysis
describe karyotyping pcr - pgt-m
A universal method for genome wide analysis of genetic disease
SNP genotyping performed with 300k bead chip (Human CytoSNP-12, Illumina: Data analysed by dedicated karyomapping software using Bluefuse Multi, version 4, Illumina
HAPLOTYPING = run and amplify and use diff algorithms, mat and pat dna, dna library
name Two types of mutation detection for PGT-M
Diseases caused by Specific deletion/insertion/point mutation etc
Triplet repeat diseases e.g. DM1, HD, fragile X etc