BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare coagulation disorder whose molecular basis is still poorly characterized. Most mutations have been identified in the fibrinogen Aalpha- and gamma-chain genes, whereas only two missense mutations have been reported in the Bbeta-chain gene. The aim of this work was to widen knowledge about the mutational spectrum of this disease by analyzing the molecular bases of congenital afibrinogenemia in three unrelated Iranian patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: All patients showed unmeasurable levels of clottable fibrinogen in plasma. Mutational screening was performed by sequencing the whole coding region, including exon-intron boundaries and part of the promoter region of the three fibrinogen genes. RESULTS: Sequencing in one patient revealed the presence of a novel nonsense mutation (3282C-->T) in exon 2 of the fibrinogen Bbeta-chain gene, causing a severe truncation of the corresponding polypeptide (R17X). In the remaining probands, two already known small deletions (4209delA and 4220delT), both located in exon 5 of the fibrinogen Aalpha-chain gene, were identified, and their effect at the protein level explored by computer-assisted analysis. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS: The identification of the first truncating mutation in the fibrinogen Bbeta-chain gene confirms the involvement of all three fibrinogen genes in the pathogenesis of congenital afibrinogenemia and widens the mutational spectrum of the disease. This knowledge is clinically essential in order to carry out prenatal diagnosis in families at risk.

Analysis of Iranian patients allowed the identification of the first truncating mutation in the fibrinogen Bbeta-chain gene causing afibrinogenemia / R. Asselta, S. Spena, S. Duga, F. Peyvandi, M. Malcovati, P.M. Mannucci, M.L. Tenchini. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - 87:8(2002 Aug), pp. 855-859.

Analysis of Iranian patients allowed the identification of the first truncating mutation in the fibrinogen Bbeta-chain gene causing afibrinogenemia

R. Asselta
Primo
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S. Spena
Secondo
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S. Duga;F. Peyvandi;M. Malcovati;P.M. Mannucci
Penultimo
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M.L. Tenchini
Ultimo
2002

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare coagulation disorder whose molecular basis is still poorly characterized. Most mutations have been identified in the fibrinogen Aalpha- and gamma-chain genes, whereas only two missense mutations have been reported in the Bbeta-chain gene. The aim of this work was to widen knowledge about the mutational spectrum of this disease by analyzing the molecular bases of congenital afibrinogenemia in three unrelated Iranian patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: All patients showed unmeasurable levels of clottable fibrinogen in plasma. Mutational screening was performed by sequencing the whole coding region, including exon-intron boundaries and part of the promoter region of the three fibrinogen genes. RESULTS: Sequencing in one patient revealed the presence of a novel nonsense mutation (3282C-->T) in exon 2 of the fibrinogen Bbeta-chain gene, causing a severe truncation of the corresponding polypeptide (R17X). In the remaining probands, two already known small deletions (4209delA and 4220delT), both located in exon 5 of the fibrinogen Aalpha-chain gene, were identified, and their effect at the protein level explored by computer-assisted analysis. INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS: The identification of the first truncating mutation in the fibrinogen Bbeta-chain gene confirms the involvement of all three fibrinogen genes in the pathogenesis of congenital afibrinogenemia and widens the mutational spectrum of the disease. This knowledge is clinically essential in order to carry out prenatal diagnosis in families at risk.
Afibrinogenemia; Bβ-chain gene; Fibrinogen; Gene analysis; Nonsense mutation
Settore BIO/13 - Biologia Applicata
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
Settore BIO/11 - Biologia Molecolare
ago-2002
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