Simulated confined placental mosaicism proportion (SCPMP) based on cell-free fetal DNA fraction enrichment can reduce false-positive results in non-invasive prenatal testing

Authors：Zhou, Junhua; Ouyang, Guojun; Wu, Long; Zhang, Min; Weng, Rongtao; Lin, Shuman; Wang, Yuanli; Li, Kun; Yang, Xu; Wu, Yingsong; Liang, Zhikun; Li, Fenxia^*; Qu, Shoufang^*; Yang, Xuexi

Source：Prenatal Diagnosis, 2022, 42(8): 1008-1014.

DOI：10.1002/pd.6150

• FETOPLACENTAL MOSAICISM
• SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS
• MATERNAL PLASMA
• ANEUPLOIDY
• DIAGNOSIS

Objective To decrease the false-positive rate of NIPT using cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) fraction enrichment and the simulated confined placental mosaicism proportion (SCPMP) threshold application via cffDNA quantification. Method Using a cffDNA enrichment method, 303 plasma samples with positive NIPT results (Z-score > 3.0; 200 true-positive and 103 false-positive cases) were re-sequenced. A method to calculate the SCPMP based on the quantified cffDNA fraction was developed; the SCPMP threshold between true- and false-positive NIPT results was determined and used for re-analyses. Results With enrichment, the fetal fraction of the 303 samples was 26.9 +/- 8.4%, compared to 11.0 +/- 3.2% without enrichment. The optimized threshold method with double determination using the Z-value-defined SCPMP can reduce the false-positive rates for trisomies 21, 18, and 13 by 87%, 80%, and 88.9%, respectively. Conclusion Our optimized method can decrease the false-positive rate of NIPT results.

• Institution
  南方医科大学