Research Article

A Multiplex Snapback Primer System for the Enrichment and Detection of JAK2 V617F and MPL W515L/K Mutations in Philadelphia-Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Table 1

Primers used for snapback primer assay, amplification refractory mutation system, TaqMan  probe qPCR, and Sanger sequencing.

PrimerSequence (5′-3′) and fluorescent label

SnapbackJAK2 V617F snapbackGG GAGTATGTgTCTGTGGAGACTGACACCTAGCTGTGATCCTG*
JAK2 V617F limitingTGAAGCAGCAAGTATGATGAG
MPL W515L/K snapbackAC CTGCTGAGGtggCAGTTTCCTGGGGTCACAGAGCGAACCAA*
MPL W515L/K limitingAGCCTGGATCTCCTTGGTGAC

ARMSJAK2 V617F outer forwardTCCTCAGAACGTTGATGGCAG
JAK2 V617F outer reverseATTGCTTTCCTTTTTCACAAGAT
JAK2 V617F specific wild-typeGCTTTGGTTTTAAATTATGGAGTATATG
JAK2 V617F specific mutantGTTTTACTTACTCTCGTCTCCACAAAA
MPL W515L/K outer forwardGCCTGGATCTCCTTGGTGAC
MPL W515L/K outer reverseGAGGTGACGTGCAGGAAGTG
MPL W515L/K specific wild-typeCTGTAGTGTGCAGGAAACTGTCA
MPL W515L specificGCCTGCTGCTGCTGAGATT
MPL W515K specificGCCTGCTGCTGCTGAGTAA

TaqManJAK2 forward primerAAGCTTTCTCACAAGCATTTGGTTT
JAK2 reverse primerAGAAAGGCATTAGAAAGCCTGTAGTT
JAK2 wild-type probeVIC-TCTCCACAGAcACATAC-BHQ1
JAK2 V617F probeFAM-TCCACAGAaACATAC-BHQ1
MPL forward primerTAGCCTGGATCTCCTTGGTG
MPL reverse primerACAGAGCGAACCAAGAATGC
MPL wild-type probeFAM-CTGCTGAGGtggCAGTTTC-BHQ1
MPL W515L probeFAM-CTGCTGAGGttgCAGTTTC-BHQ1
MPL W515K probeFAM-TGCTGCTGAGGaagCAGTTTCC-BHQ1

SequencingJAK2 V617F seq. forwardCAAAGCACATTGTATCCTCA
JAK2 V617F seq. reverseAGTCCTACAGTGTTTTCAGT
MPLW515L/K seq. forwardAGCCTGGATCTCCTTGGTGACCG
MPLW515L/K seq. reverseTCACAGAGCGAACCAAGAATGCC

For the snapback primer and TaqMan probe sequences, the italic uppercases stand for the 5′-mismatch of snapback probe; the snapback probe regions are underlined; the uppercases indicate the annealing primer; and the lowercases indicate mutation sites.