PMID: 8943885Dec 1, 1996Paper

An IVS1-116 (A-->G) acceptor splice site mutation in the alpha 2 globin gene causing alpha + thalassaemia in two Dutch families

British Journal of Haematology
C L HarteveldL F Bernini

Abstract

We report the characterization of an alpha +(-)thalassaemia determinant due to a transition A-->G of the acceptor splice consensus site sequence (IVS1-116) of the first intron of the alpha 2-globin gene. The mutation, found in two apparently unrelated Dutch Caucasian families, was detected by DGGE analysis followed by direct sequencing. Haplotype analysis suggests a common origin of the mutation in both families. The disruption of the acceptor splice site consensus sequence interferes with the correct splicing and leads to the retention of the first intron in the abnormally spliced mRNA. The alpha +(-)thalassaemia phenotype observed in the carriers is caused by the absence of functional mRNA which cannot be replaced by the abnormally spliced mRNA. The low amounts of abnormal mRNA found in reticulocytes is, most probably, due to the post-transcriptional instability which follows the presence of a termination codon in the retained intronic sequence. This situation is often associated with a decreased mRNA stability as observed for several nonsense mutations of the beta-globin gene.

Citations

Sep 21, 2000·British Journal of Haematology·C L HarteveldP C Giordano
Mar 17, 2005·Hemoglobin·Majid YavarianPiero C Giordano
Sep 4, 2015·Hemoglobin·Samaneh FarashiHossein Najmabadi
Feb 6, 2017·European Journal of Haematology·Oded GiladHannah Tamary
Apr 18, 2009·Hemoglobin·Ahmad TamaddoniHossein Najmabadi
Jun 29, 2000·Baillière's Clinical Haematology·L F Bernini, C L Harteveld

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