| Autor: |
Simsek S; Department of Immunologic Haematology, Central Laboratory of The Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam., Admiraal LG, Modderman PW, van der Schoot CE, von dem Borne AE |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Thrombosis and haemostasis [Thromb Haemost] 1994 Sep; Vol. 72 (3), pp. 444-9. |
| Abstrakt: |
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome (BSS) is a hereditary bleeding disorder which is caused by the absence or the dysfunction of the platelet glycoprotein Ib/IX/V (GP Ib/IX/V) complex, the major receptor for von Willebrand factor (vWf). BSS is characterized by the presence of giant platelets that show a reduced binding of vWf. Although BSS is a well-characterized disease, and many cases have been described in the literature, the molecular genetic basis of this disorder has been studied in only a few patients. We have studied the genetic basis of the defect in a BSS patient. Flow cytometric analysis of the platelet membrane glycoproteins revealed a significant decrease or absence of GP Ib alpha on the platelet surface, and low levels of GP V and GP IX. In subsequent immunoprecipitation experiments, we confirmed the presence of GP V (although in significantly decreased amounts) on the platelet surface. These results indicated a defect in the GP Ib alpha chain. Genomic DNA coding for GP Ib alpha was amplified, using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Subsequent direct sequence analysis demonstrated a homozygous deletion of T317 resulting in a frameshift deletion and predicting a substitution of Arg for Leu76. This deletion causes a shift in the reading frame, predicting a premature stop codon after 19 altered amino-acids, leading to a severily truncated molecule. The molecular genetic defect found in this patient differed from the mutations observed in three other BSS patients described in the literature. This points to a marked hetereogeneity of this disease.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS) |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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