Characterisation of patients with Glanzmann thrombasthenia and identification of 17 novel mutations
Autor: | Niklas Deeg, Lars Fischer, Dimitiros A Tsakiris, Martina Bührlen, Michael Sigl-Kraetzig, Karin Kurnik, Kirstin Sandrock-Lang, Susan Halimeh, Martin Hund, Katharina Kraetzer, B. Brand, Sentot Santoso, Verena Wiegering, Johannes Oldenburg, Barbara Zieger, Anja Kahle, Eileen Busse |
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Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Zieger, B |
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Genetic Markers Male Heterozygote Adolescent Platelet Aggregation Platelet Function Tests Fibrinogen receptor 2720 Hematology DNA Mutational Analysis Integrin alpha2 610 Medicine & health Biology Platelet membrane glycoprotein Compound heterozygosity Frameshift mutation Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Exon 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Intronic Mutation Humans Missense mutation Genetic Predisposition to Disease Child Genetic Association Studies Genetics Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Homozygote Integrin beta3 Intron Infant Hematology Middle Aged Molecular biology Phenotype Child Preschool 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis 10032 Clinic for Oncology and Hematology Mutation Female Thrombasthenia |
Zdroj: | Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 113:782-791 |
ISSN: | 2567-689X 0340-6245 |
Popis: | SummaryGlanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is an autosomal recessive bleeding disorder characterised by quantitative and/or qualitative defects of the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa complex, also called integrin αIIbβ3. αIIbβ3 is well known as a platelet fibrinogen receptor and mediates platelet aggregation, firm adhesion, and spreading. This study describes the molecular genetic analyses of 19 patients with GT who were diagnosed on the basis of clinical parameters and platelet analyses. The patients’ bleeding signs include epistaxis, mucocutaneous bleeding, haematomas, petechiae, gastrointestinal bleeding, and menorrhagia. Homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in ITGA2B or ITGB3 were identified as causing GT by sequencing of genomic DNA. All exons including exon/intron boundaries of both genes were analysed. In a patient with an intronic mutation, splicing of mRNA was analysed using reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR of platelet-derived RNA. In short, 16 of 19 patients revealed 27 different mutations (ITGA2B: n=17, ITGB3: n=10). Seventeen of these mutations have not been published to date. Mutations in ITGA2B or ITGB3 were identified as causing GT in 16 patients. We detected a total of 27 mutations in ITGA2B and ITGB3 including 17 novel missense, nonsense, frameshift and splice site mutations. In addition, three patients revealed no molecular genetic anomalies in ITGA2B or ITGB3 that could explain the suspected diagnosis of GT. We assume that these patients may harbour defects in a regulatory element affecting the transcription of these genes, or other proteins may exist that are important for activating the αIIbβ3 complex that may be affected. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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