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Horri-Naceur A, Timson DJ. In Silico Analysis of the Effects of Point Mutations on α-Globin: Implications for α-Thalassemia. Hemoglobin 2020; 44:89-103. [PMID: 32420790 DOI: 10.1080/03630269.2020.1739067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hemoglobinopathies are inherited diseases that impair the structure and function of the oxygen-carrying pigment hemoglobin (Hb). Adult Hb consists of two α and two β subunits. α-Thalassemia (α-thal) affects the genes that code for the α-globin chains, HBA1 and HBA2. Mutations can result in asymptomatic, mild or severe outcomes depending on several factors, such as mutation type, number of mutations and the location at which they occur. PredictSNP was used to estimate whether every possible single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) would have a neutral or deleterious effect on the protein. These results were then used to create a plot of predicted tolerance to change for each residue in the protein. Tolerance to change was negatively correlated with the residue's sequence conservation score. The PredictSNP data were compared to clinical reports of 110 selected variants in the literature. There were 29 disagreements between the two data types. Some of these could be resolved by considering the role of the affected residue in binding other molecules. The three-dimensional structures of some of these variant proteins were modeled. These models helped explain variants which affect heme binding. We predict that where a point mutation alters a residue that is intolerant to change, is well conserved and or involved in interactions, it is likely to be associated with disease. Overall, the data from this study could be used alongside biochemical and clinical data to assess novel α-globin variants.
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- Agathe Horri-Naceur
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
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Kattamis A, Delaporta P, Fylaktou I, Vrettou C, Kyriakopoulou D, Stamoulakatou A, Papassotiriou I, Kanavakis E, Traeger-Synodinos J. Hb Souli, a 6 bp in-frame deletion on the HBA2 gene (HBA2: c.[41-46delCCTGGG]) leads to α-thalassemia intermedia, when in trans to a single α-globin gene deletion. Hemoglobin 2014; 39:55-7. [PMID: 25476779 DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2014.981827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We report the case of a 5-year-old child with clinical and hematological findings consistent with the diagnosis of α-thalassemia intermedia (α-TI). Molecular analysis disclosed the common 3.7 kb deletion in the α-globin gene cluster in trans to a novel in-frame 6 bp deletion in the HBA2 gene. It removes the sequence CCTGGG (or GCCTGG) that normally encodes for alanine (codon 13) and tryptophan (codon 14). Even though several hemoglobin (Hb) variants with mutations affecting codons 13 or 14 have been described, Hb Souli (HBA2: c.[41-46delCCTGGG]) is, to the best of our knowledge, the first variant to be reported where both amino acid residues, α13Ala and α14Trp, are deleted, leading to unstable and rapidly degraded α-globin chains.
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- Antonis Kattamis
- First Department of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School , Athens , Greece
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Wajcman H, Traeger-Synodinos J, Papassotiriou I, Giordano PC, Harteveld CL, Baudin-Creuza V, Old J. Unstable and Thalassemic α Chain Hemoglobin Variants: A Cause of Hb H Disease and Thalassemia Intermedia. Hemoglobin 2009; 32:327-49. [DOI: 10.1080/03630260802173833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Steiper ME, Wolfe ND, Karesh WB, Kilbourn AM, Bosi EJ, Ruvolo M. The phylogenetic and evolutionary history of a novel alpha-globin-type gene in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2005; 6:277-86. [PMID: 16172024 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 08/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The alpha-globin genes are implicated in human resistance to malaria, a disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. This study is the first to analyze DNA sequences from a novel alpha-globin-type gene in orangutans, a species affected by Plasmodium. Phylogenetic methods show that the gene is a duplication of an alpha-globin gene and is located 5' of alpha-2 globin. The alpha-globin-type gene is notable for having four amino acid replacements relative to the orangutan's alpha-1 and alpha-2 globin genes, with no synonymous differences. Pairwise K(a)/K(s) methods and likelihood ratio tests (LRTs) revealed that the evolutionary history of the alpha-globin-type gene has been marked by either neutral or positive evolution, but not purifying selection. A comparative analysis of the amino acid replacements of the alpha-globin-type gene with human hemoglobinopathies and hemoglobin structure showed that two of the four replaced sites are members of the same molecular bond, one that is crucial to the proper functioning of the hemoglobin molecule. This suggested an adaptive evolutionary change. Functionally, this locus may result in a thalassemia-like phenotype in orangutans, possibly as an adaptation to combat Plasmodium.
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- Michael E Steiper
- Department of Anthropology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, USA.
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Viprakasit V, Ayyub H, May A. Dinucleotide deletion in -alpha3.7 allele causes a severe form of alpha+ thalassaemia. Eur J Haematol 2003; 71:133-6. [PMID: 12890155 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.00106.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We describe a family of Italian origin in which the father and his two children had hypochromia and microcytosis with normal iron status. All individuals underwent an uneventful clinical course and required no treatment. To investigate the molecular basis of this phenotype, which is a prerequisite for further genetic counselling, we revealed that all affected family members are carriers of a common form of alpha+ thalassaemia resulting from the deletion of 3.7 kb of the alpha-globin cluster (alphaalpha/-alpha3.7). However, this genotype alone could not account for the phenotype presenting in this family. Further characterization of the alpha-globin genes demonstrated an additional AC deletion in the vicinity of the initiation codon of the -alpha3.7 allele. This secondary mutation causes an additional impaired translation of the affected allele producing increased globin chain imbalance. This leads to a more severe phenotype, as heterozygotes for such mutation (alphaalpha/-alphaT) have hypochromic microcytosis and abnormal globin chain synthesis that mimic alpha0 thalassaemia trait (--/alphaalpha). Accurate genotyping of alpha globin determinant is absolutely required as there is a possibility that an interaction of this unusual double mutation with other common alpha0 thalassaemias (--/-alphaT) can give rise to a very severe, probably fatal, alpha thalassaemia.
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- Vip Viprakasit
- MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Molchanova TP, Pobedimskaya DD, Huisman TH. The differences in quantities of alpha 2- and alpha 1-globin gene variants in heterozygotes. Br J Haematol 1994; 88:300-6. [PMID: 7803274 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1994.tb05022.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have identified through sequencing of amplified DNA the mutations in the alpha 2- and alpha 1-globin genes in 63 individuals with a heterozygosity for an alpha chain abnormal haemoglobin (Hb). Moreover, we developed a reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction (RT/PCR) based procedure for the determination of the alpha 2- and alpha 1-mRNA ratio in normal individuals. The numbers of alpha 2 and alpha 1 variants were nearly the same. The average percentage of the abnormal Hb in heterozygotes with alpha 2 mutations (23.5%) was slightly higher than that in heterozygotes with alpha 1 mutations (19.7%) (stable Hbs only). These percentages correspond to a ratio of alpha 2 to alpha 1 of 1.19 to 1 at the protein level. Variations in the number of active alpha-globin genes and in the stability of the variants (greatly) affected the percentages of the abnormal protein. The average ratio between the alpha 2- and alpha 1-mRNAs in 12 normal individuals was 2.6-2.75 to 1, about as expected from published data, and 2.0 to 1 for two persons with an alpha-thalassaemia-2 (alpha-thal-2) (-3.7 kb) heterozygosity. The high relative mRNA (alpha 2) level which is about twice the relative level of the alpha 2 protein suggests a less efficient translation of the alpha 2-mRNA.
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- T P Molchanova
- Laboratory of Protein Chemistry, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100
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About 70 variants of Hb A with associated hemolytic disorders have been reported during the past 30 years. I have classified them according to four grades of severity of chronic hemolysis. Acute episodes of severe hemolysis may be seen in all classes. In addition, some 80 variants without overt hemolysis have given positive results with in vitro hemoglobin instability tests. The stereochemical bases for instability can be conjectured in most cases, although few unstable hemoglobins have actually been studied by X-ray crystallography. The mechanisms for denaturation of normal Hb A and its acceleration in unstable hemoglobins were proposed some 15 years ago. The alterations of membrane lipids and proteins leading to red cell senescence and the relevance of hemoglobin denaturation to this process are presently being investigated. Several "hyperunstable" variants are clinically silent, or equivalent to a thalassemia, probably because of very efficient degradation of the abnormal chains.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104
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Safaya S, Mullaney P, Rieder RF. Dysfunctional alpha-globin genes in hemoglobin H disease in blacks: variation in restriction fragment size permits the detection of the -alpha/-alpha T genotype. Am J Hematol 1987; 26:329-39. [PMID: 2891296 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830260406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hemoglobin H (HbH) disease is most often due to deletion of three of the four alpha-globin genes (genotype --/--alpha). In black subjects although the -alpha/chromosome is common, the --/haplotype is very rare and few examples of HbH disease have been detected. We have studied three black siblings with HbH by restriction endonuclease mapping of the alpha-like gene complex (5'-zeta-psi zeta-psi alpha 2-psi alpha 1-alpha 2-alpha 1-3') using zeta- and alpha- specific probes. The presence of size differences in the previously described hypervariable region between the zeta and psi zeta genes results in a restriction fragment length polymorphism which permitted the detection of single alpha genes on both number 16 chromosomes in these subjects. Quantitative DNA hybridization by a slot-blot technique confirmed that their genomes contained two alpha-globin genes. The results establish that in these black subjects HbH disease is associated with dysfunctional alpha-globin genes (genotype: -alpha/-alpha T).
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- S Safaya
- Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn 11203
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Ohba Y, Yamamoto K, Hattori Y, Kawata R, Miyaji T. Hyperunstable hemoglobin Toyama [alpha 2 136(H19)Leu----Arg beta 2]: detection and identification by in vitro biosynthesis with radioactive amino acids. Hemoglobin 1987; 11:539-56. [PMID: 2833478 DOI: 10.3109/03630268709027870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A previously reported case of congenital Heinz body anemia was reinvestigated. Heat denaturation, isopropanol testing, PCMB precipitation, isoelectricfocusing, and reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography on the red cell lysate from the patient gave either negative, or at most, questionable results. In vitro globin biosynthesis using peripheral blood with incorporation of 3H-leucine demonstrated the production of an abnormal alpha chain at the rate of about 1/3 that of the normal alpha chain. A substitution, alpha 136(H19)Leu----Arg, was elucidated by peptide mapping and radiosequencing of an abnormal tryptic peptide. The hemoglobin consisting of the abnormal alpha and normal beta chains eluted between Hb A2 and Hb A0 in anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography. It was barely detectable by this method, comprising less than 1/1000 of the amount of Hb A0, although it was produced at a level of 1/3 of that of HB A0 in terms of radioactivity. The daughter of the propositus was similarly afflicted and produced the same abnormal alpha chain. The son, who also produced the abnormal alpha chain, was essentially free from hemolytic manifestation. His red cells were microcytic and showed an alpha/beta synthetic ratio of over 2.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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Baiget M, Gomez Pereira C, Jue DL, Johnson MH, McGuffey JE, Moo-Penn WF. A case of hemoglobin Indianapolis [beta 112(G14) Cys----Arg] in an individual from Cordoba, Spain. Hemoglobin 1986; 10:483-94. [PMID: 3781865 DOI: 10.3109/03630268609014133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Hemoglobin Indianapolis was first described by Adams et al (1,2) as a very unstable variant with a phenotype similar to severe beta-thalassemia. We have also characterized this variant, but there are several differences in the clinical expression of the variant described in our report and those described in the original case. We found Hb Indianapolis to be unstable, but not to the extent that it could not be detected by routine testing. The four family members heterozygous for the variant were not anemic, showed normal hematologic values, and did not exhibit any severe clinical disadvantages, although there was slight reticulocytosis. The variant could not be resolved from Hb A on cellulose acetate (pH 8.4), but isoelectric focusing showed a double band in the region of Hb A that is probably the variant and Hb A. However, the variant chain was clearly evident by globin chain analyses in acid and alkaline buffers. The condition of additional blood samples did not allow us to determine the oxygen dissociation properties of the variant or the rates of globin chain synthesis.
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Guis M, Mentzer WC, Jue DL, Johnson MH, McGuffey JE, Moo-Pen WF. Hemoglobin Twin Peaks alpha 113 (GH1) Leu----His. Hemoglobin 1985; 9:175-7. [PMID: 3839772 DOI: 10.3109/03630268508996999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Honig GR, Shamsuddin M, Vida LN, Mompoint M, Valcourt E, Bowie LJ, Jones EC, Powers PA, Spritz RA, Guis M. Hemoglobin Evanston (alpha 14 Trp----Arg). An unstable alpha-chain variant expressed as alpha-thalassemia. J Clin Invest 1984; 73:1740-9. [PMID: 6725558 PMCID: PMC437086 DOI: 10.1172/jci111382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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A new hematologic syndrome with phenotypic features of mild Hb H disease was identified in three children from two unrelated black American families. Erythrocytes from each of these children contained Hb H (beta 4) and Hb Barts (gamma 4), as well as a slowly migrating hemoglobin fraction that made up 7-10% of the total hemoglobin. The parents of the affected children all showed mild thalassemia-like changes, with one of the parents in each family also expressing the variant hemoglobin; in the latter individuals the mutant alpha-chains made up less than 2% of the total, and were present mainly or exclusively in combination with delta-chains in the form of a slowly migrating Hb A2. Purified Hb Evanston showed an increased oxygen affinity, but its Bohr effect, cooperativity, and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate effect were normal. The mutant hemoglobin appeared to have normal stability to heat and to isopropanol, and the stability of its alpha-chain in an extended time course synthesis study also appeared to be similar to that of alpha A. However, the results from short-term globin synthesis studies, and from mRNA translation in vitro, suggest that the two types of alpha-chains were synthesized at relatively equal rates, with a major fraction of the newly synthesized variant alpha-chains undergoing rapid catabolism. The hematologic data taken in combination with DNA hybridization and globin synthesis findings indicate that the proposita in each of these families has the genotype--, alpha A/--, alpha Ev. These observations suggest that two separate mechanisms are contributing to the alpha-thalassemia-like expression of Hb Evanston : the newly synthesized alpha EV-chains are unstable and are subject to early proteolytic destruction; and the mutant alpha-allele is linked to an alpha-globin gene deletion.
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