Clinically relevant variation in FLT3-ITD quantitation as a result of PCR cycle number and ITD insertion size
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Publication Year 2023-02,Volume 55,Issue #1,Page 71-76
Journal Title
Pathology
Publication Type
Research article
Abstract
FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) quantitation is key to prognostication in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). One potential source of variability in the allelic ratio (AR) is the number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) cycles used. Using 30 archived samples of varying ITD lengths and AR, we compared two FLT3-ITD assays (Huang and RATIFY), evaluated the effect of PCR cycle number on each assay, and examined the potential clinical consequences. Huang and RATIFY assays at 35 and 27 PCR cycles, respectively, were highly concordant. A progressive decrease in AR (median 47%) was observed with the RATIFY assay when the PCR cycles were increased from 27 to 35 cycles, potentially impacting risk categorisation in 29% of patients. In contrast, minimal change in AR was observed with the Huang assay. Hence, both FLT3-ITD assays were almost identical using respective standard conditions, but the effect of PCR cycle number is assay-dependent, which may impact risk stratification in AML.
Publisher
Elsevier
Keywords
Humans; Polymerase Chain Reaction; *Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/diagnosis/genetics; fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3/genetics; Mutation; Prognosis; Aml; Flt3; Pcr; allelic ratio
Department(s)
Pathology
PubMed ID
36153154
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