PMID: 9163589May 1, 1997Paper

PIG-A gene mutations in four Taiwanese patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria following aplastic anaemia

British Journal of Haematology
L I LinJ K Lin

Abstract

Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) is an acquired haemolytic disorder caused by deficient biosynthesis of the glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor in haemopoietic stem cells. PIG-A, an X-linked gene that participates in the first step of GPI-anchor synthesis, is responsible for PNH. Various abnormalities of the PIG-A gene have been demonstrated in all patients with PNH so far examined. In this study we characterized the somatic mutations in PIG-A gene in four Taiwanese patients with PNH. We identified five novel mutations in the PIG-A gene, three single nucleotide substitution mutations (-342, C-->G, codon 335, GGT-->AGT and codon 405, GCT-->GTT) and two frameshift mutations (codon 22, GGA-->G-A and codon 356, TGT-->TGTT) in the PIG-A gene. The -342 mutation was judged to be a polymorphism. Furthermore, three patients had previous clinicopathologic evidence which suggested aplastic anaemia (AA), before the development of PNH. One of these was found to have thrombocytopenia during follow-up. We suggest that the somatic PIG-A gene mutations highlight a subgroup of AA having a pathogenetic link with PNH.

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Apr 12, 2000·British Journal of Haematology·P Hillmen, S J Richards
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Aug 13, 2004·American Journal of Hematology·Carla BoschettiAlberto Zanella

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