Clinical Presentation and Molecular Identification of Four Uncommon Alpha Globin Variants in ThailandInitiation Codon Mutation of α2-Globin Gene (HBA2: c. 1delA) …

V Viprakasit, S Ekwattanakit, N Chalaow… - Acta …, 2014 - karger.com
V Viprakasit, S Ekwattanakit, N Chalaow, S Riolueang, S Wijit, P Tanyut, N Chat-Uthai…
Acta haematologica, 2014karger.com
Alpha thalassemia is the most common genetic disease in the world with the prevalence of
carriers ranging from 5-50% in several populations. Coinheritance of two defective α-globin
genes usually gives rise to a symptomatic condition, hemoglobin (Hb) H disease. Previously,
it has been suggested from several studies in different populations that nondeletional Hb H
disease (--/α T α or--/αα T) is generally more severe than the deletional type (--/-α). In this
report, we describe four rare nondeletional α-thalassemia mutations in Thai individuals …
Abstract
Alpha thalassemia is the most common genetic disease in the world with the prevalence of carriers ranging from 5-50% in several populations. Coinheritance of two defective α-globin genes usually gives rise to a symptomatic condition, hemoglobin (Hb) H disease. Previously, it has been suggested from several studies in different populations that nondeletional Hb H disease (--/α T α or--/αα T) is generally more severe than the deletional type (--/-α). In this report, we describe four rare nondeletional α-thalassemia mutations in Thai individuals, including initiation codon mutation (HBA2: c. 1delA), donor splice site mutation (IVSI-1, HBA1: c. 95+ 1G> A), Hb Queens Park (HBA1: c. 98T> A)[α32 (B13) Met> Lys], and Hb Westmead (HBA2: c. 369C> G)[α122 (H5) His> Gln]. Interactions of the first three mutations with the α⁰-thalassemia resulted in nondeletional Hb H disease; however, their clinical presentations were rather mild and some were detected accidentally. This suggests that a genotype-phenotype correlation of α-thalassemia syndrome might be more heterogeneous and so the type of mutation does not simply imply the prediction of the resulting phenotype. Our data will be of use in future genetic counseling of such conditions that are increasingly identified thanks to the improvement of molecular analysis in routine laboratories.
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