Whole-exome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis of fetuses with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract
- 6 April 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
- Vol. 32 (10), 1665-1675
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfx031
Abstract
In the absence of cytogenetic abnormality, fetuses with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) with/without other structural anomalies show a higher likelihood of monogenic causes; however, defining the underlying pathology can be challenging. Here, we investigate the value of whole-exome sequencing (WES) in fetuses with CAKUT but normal findings upon karyotyping and chromosome microarray analysis. WES was performed on DNA from the cord blood of 30 fetuses with unexplained CAKUT with/without other structural anomalies. In the first 23 cases, sequencing was initially performed on fetal DNA only; for the remaining seven cases, the trio of fetus, mother and father was sequenced simultaneously. Of the 30 cases, pathogenic variants were identified in 4 (13%) (UMOD, NEK8, HNF1B and BBS2) and incidental variants in 2 (7%) (HSPD1 and GRIN2B). Furthermore, two of the above four cases had other anomalies in addition to CAKUT. Thus, the detection rate was only 2/22 (9.1%) for isolated CAKUT and 2/8 (25%) for CAKUT with other abnormalities. Applying WES to the prenatal diagnostic approach in CAKUT fetuses with or without other anomalies allows for an accurate and early etiology-based diagnosis and improved clinical management. To expedite interpretation of the results, trio sequencing should be employed; however, interpretation may nevertheless be compromised by incomplete coverage of all relevant genes.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81671474 and 81501267)
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