Xiaoting Shen1,2, Dongjia Chen1,2, Chenhui Ding1,2, Yan Xu1,2, Yu Fu3, Bing Cai1,2, Yali Wang1,2, Jing Wang1,2, Rong Li1,2, Jing Guo1,2, Jiafu Pan1,2, Han Zhang1,2, Yanhong Zeng1,2, Canquan Zhou4,5. 1. Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, 58 Zhongshan Er Lu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. 3. The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, Hainan, China. 4. Reproductive Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. zhoucanquan@mail.sysu.edu.cn. 5. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, 58 Zhongshan Er Lu, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. zhoucanquan@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the application value of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies (PGT-A). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective case-control study on a cohort of frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles following preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M) between 2014 and 2017. Cycles that produced live births or early miscarriages were divided into live birth group (n = 76) or miscarriage group (n = 19), respectively. The NGS-based aneuploidy screening was performed on the multiple displacement amplification (MDA) products of the embryonic trophectoderm biopsy samples that were cryopreserved following PGT-M. RESULTS: In the live birth group, 75% (57/76) embryos were euploid and 14.5% (11/76) were aneuploid. The remaining 10.5% (8/76) embryos were NGS-classified mosaic with the high- (≥ 50%) and low-level (< 50%) mosaicism rates at 7.9% (6/76) and 2.6% (2/76), respectively. In the miscarriage group, only 23.5% (4/17) embryos were aneuploid, while 58.8% (10/17) were euploid and 17.6% (3/17) were NGS-classified mosaic with the high- and low-level mosaicism rates at 11.8% (2/17) and 5.9% (1/17), respectively. For live birth and miscarriage groups, the transferable rate was 82.9% (63/76) and 70.6% (12/17), respectively, whereas the untransferable rate was 17.1% (13/76) and 29.4% (5/17), respectively. CONCLUSION: The application of NGS-based PGT-A remains questionable, as it may cause at least one in six embryos with reproductive potential to be discarded and prevent miscarriage in less than one in three embryos in single-gene disease carriers.
PURPOSE: To determine the application value of next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies (PGT-A). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective case-control study on a cohort of frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles following preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M) between 2014 and 2017. Cycles that produced live births or early miscarriages were divided into live birth group (n = 76) or miscarriage group (n = 19), respectively. The NGS-based aneuploidy screening was performed on the multiple displacement amplification (MDA) products of the embryonic trophectoderm biopsy samples that were cryopreserved following PGT-M. RESULTS: In the live birth group, 75% (57/76) embryos were euploid and 14.5% (11/76) were aneuploid. The remaining 10.5% (8/76) embryos were NGS-classified mosaic with the high- (≥ 50%) and low-level (< 50%) mosaicism rates at 7.9% (6/76) and 2.6% (2/76), respectively. In the miscarriage group, only 23.5% (4/17) embryos were aneuploid, while 58.8% (10/17) were euploid and 17.6% (3/17) were NGS-classified mosaic with the high- and low-level mosaicism rates at 11.8% (2/17) and 5.9% (1/17), respectively. For live birth and miscarriage groups, the transferable rate was 82.9% (63/76) and 70.6% (12/17), respectively, whereas the untransferable rate was 17.1% (13/76) and 29.4% (5/17), respectively. CONCLUSION: The application of NGS-based PGT-A remains questionable, as it may cause at least one in six embryos with reproductive potential to be discarded and prevent miscarriage in less than one in three embryos in single-gene disease carriers.
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