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HLA-G positive trophoblastic cells in transcervical samples and their isolation and analysis by laser microdissection and QF-PCR.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To assess the frequency of cytotrophoblastic cells in endocervical samples collected by lavage at early stages of gestation using a specific anti-HLA-G McAb (G233). From a set of four selected samples, cells identified by immunostaining were collected by laser microdissection and then tested by quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) for the presence of paternally derived DNA markers, in order to establish their fetal origin. METHODS:Syncytial fragments and cytotrophoblastic cells from 23 transcervical samples were identified by immunostaining with McAb G233 reacting against HLA-G antigen and with antibodies against cytokeratin. Slides from the same samples were also tested by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), while selected samples were analysed by QF-PCR. Slides from four samples retrieved from mothers with male fetuses were immunolabelled and then cytotrophoblastic cells, syncytial fragments and maternal epithelial cells were collected by laser microdissection and tested by QF-PCR. RESULTS:All endocervical samples retrieved from mothers with male fetuses were found to contain some cells with chromosome Y-specific signals when tested by FISH. Using McAb anti- HLA-G, cytotrophoblastic cellular elements were detected in about 50% of the samples. From four samples, cellular elements identified by immunostaining as cytotrophoblast or syncytial fragments were collected by laser microdissection and shown to be of fetal origin when tested by QF-PCR for the presence of fetal DNA markers. CONCLUSIONS:These results confirm that, during an early phase of gestation, fetal cells are released in the lower uterine cavity and that they can be isolated and analysed for prenatal diagnosis of single gene defects and aneuploidies.

journal_name

Prenat Diagn

journal_title

Prenatal diagnosis

authors

Bulmer JN,Cioni R,Bussani C,Cirigliano V,Sole F,Costa C,Garcia P,Adinolfi M

doi

10.1002/pd.511

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-01-01 00:00:00

pages

34-9

issue

eissn

0197-3851

issn

1097-0223

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HLA-G positive trophoblastic cells in transcervical samples and their isolation and analysis by laser microdissection and QF-PCR.