IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 49 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog4901020
Open Access Original Research
High concordance between next-generation sequencing and single-nucleotide polymorphism array in preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy
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1 Center of Reproductive Medicine, Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, 510623 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
*Correspondence: sunling6299@163.com (Ling Sun)
These authors contributed equally.
Academic Editor: Giovanni Monni
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2022, 49(1), 20; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog4901020
Submitted: 5 July 2021 | Revised: 5 September 2021 | Accepted: 10 September 2021 | Published: 14 January 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: This study aimed to compare the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array in preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) in the same blastocyst. Methods: We performed a retrospective study on 67 embryos (from 23 couples), where PGT-A was carried out. A trophectoderm (TE) biopsy was performed on the blastocyst, and the 24-chromosomal ploidy status was analyzed. Initially, 28 blastocysts with unknown ploidy were analyzed using both NGS and SNP array. Thereafter, 39 blastocysts with euploidy detected via NGS were re-analyzed using SNP array. Results: In the first stage, the concordance rate was 92.9% (26/28). Among the 28 blastocysts, 16 were abnormal, and 12 were euploid when analyzed using NGS. Among the 16 abnormal blastocysts, two showed mosaicisms when analyzed using NGS but were found to be euploid using the SNP array. In the second stage, the concordance rate was 100% (39/39) when analyzing the normal blastocysts. After single blastocyst transfer in 29 frozen embryo transfer cycles, the clinical pregnancy rate was 75.9% (22/29), the ongoing pregnancy rate was 69.0% (20/29), and the live birth rate was 69.0% (20/29). Nineteen couples (20 babies) had healthy babies. Their prenatal diagnosis results and karyotype analysis after delivery were concordant with the PGT results. Two cycles miscarried, and the abortion villus exhibited euploidy. Conclusions: There was a high concordance rate between NGS and SNP array. TE biopsy combined with NGS for PGT was an efficient strategy to identify the suitability of embryos for transfer.

Keywords
Chromosomal abnormalities
Next-generation sequencing
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy
Preimplantation genetic testing for chromosomal structural rearrangement
Single-nucleotide polymorphism array
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