Human Platelet Antigen Genotyping Using a Multiplex Single-Base Primer Extension Reaction in Koreans / 대한수혈학회지

BACKGROUND: Alloimmunization of human platelet antigens (HPA) is associated with clinically significant disease, such as platelet refractoriness, neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, or posttransfusion purpura. It is determined by single nucleotide polymorphism of genes for platelet membrane glycoprotein. To date, approximately 27 HPAs have been discovered, and their frequencies differ depending on ethnicity and country. METHODS: We conducted an investigation of prevalence of HPA in the Korean population using a multiplex single-base primer extension reaction (SNaPshot). With 84 specimens from healthy donors, HPA genotyping was performed on 11 different HPAs, including HPA-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -13, and -15. RESULTS: A total of 90 blood samples were genotyped. The genotype frequencies of HPA were as follows: HPA-1a/1a: 100.0%, -2a/2a: 83.3%, -2a/2b: 14.3%, -2b/2b: 2.4%, -3a/3a: 39.3%, -3a/3b: 52.4%, -3b/3b: 8.3%, -4a/4a: 100.0%, -5a/5a: 95.2%, -5a/5b: 4.8%, -6a/6a: 94.0%, -6a/6b: 6.0%, -7a/7a: 100.0%, -8a/8a: 100.0%, -9a/9a: 97.6%, -9a/9b: 2.4%, -13a/13a: 100.0%, -15a/15a: 23.8%, -15a/15b: 51.2%, and -15b/15b: 25.0%. CONCLUSION: The SNaPshot assay was employed for detection of SNPs in various clinically significant HPA genes. In addition to well-known frequencies of previously reported HPA-1 to -8, this study showed frequencies of HPA-9, -13, and -15 in Koreans for the first time. The SNaPshot technique might be suitable for use in actual clinical testing in patients with platelet alloimmunization.

Polymorphism of human platelet antigens 1 to 16 in Zhejiang Han population / 中国输血杂志

Objective To investigate the genetic polymorphism of HPA-1 to-16 antigens in Zhejiang Han population.Methods A total of 120 samples from unrelated donors of Zhejiang were genotyped by Polymerase Chain Reaction with Sequence-Specific Primers(PCR-SSP).Results The allele frequencies of HPA-1b,-2b,-3b,-6bw,-15b were 0.0125,0.0542,0.3833,0.0125 and 0.4833,respectively.HPA-4b,-5b,-7bw,-8bw,-9bw,-10bw,-11bw,-12bw,-13bw,-14bw and-16bw alleles were not detected.The mismatch probability(MP) of HPA-3 and 15 were 0.36 and 0.37,respectively,in raneom platelet transfusion.Conclusion There is no difference of HPA polymorphism distribution between Han population in Zhejiang and those in other areas of China.The polymorphism of HPA-3 and-15 are more abundant than other HPA antigens,so they may cause alloimmunity in random platelet transfusion recipients and between mothers and fetuses.