Medium-sized deletion in the BRCA1 gene: limitations of Sanger sequencing and MLPA analyses

AUTOR(ES)

Herman, Sandra, Varga, Dominic, Deissler, Heidrun L., Kreienberg, Rolf, Deissler, Helmut

FONTE

Genetics and Molecular Biology

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

06/01/2012

RESUMO

We describe a family with a history of breast and ovarian cancer in which MLPA analysis of the BRCA1 gene pointed to a deletion including a part of exon 11. Further characterization confirmed a loss of 374 bp in a region completely covered by conventional sequencing which had not revealed the deletion. Because this alteration was only detected serendipitously with an MLPA probe, we calculated the probabilities of detecting medium-sized deletions in large exons by methods including initial PCR amplification. This showed that a considerable fraction of medium-sized deletions are undetectable by currently used standard methods of mutation analyses. We conclude that long, widely overlapping amplicons should be used to minimize the risk of missing medium-sized deletions. Alternatively, large exons could be completely covered by narrow-spaced MLPA probes.

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