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Panminerva Med ; 43(2): 135-8, 2001 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11449185

ABSTRACT

A young woman aged 21 was found to be a new carrier of Hb-Belfast: beta 15 (A 12) Trp-->Arg, and the characteristics of her hemoglobinopathy were not different from those of the four cases so far described: mild hemolysis with molecular instability of the abnormal Hb, red cells inclusion bodies, and slight alterations of some functional parameters of whole blood. On this occasion, direct DNA analysis indicated the genomic nucleotide replacement of the disease: TGG-AGG. This was inherited by the mother, originating from Bari (Apulia).


Subject(s)
DNA/genetics , Hemoglobinopathies/blood , Hemoglobinopathies/genetics , Hemoglobins, Abnormal/genetics , Heterozygote , Mutation , Adult , Base Sequence/genetics , Female , Humans , Mutation/genetics
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Clin Chem Lab Med ; 38(10): 997-1002, 2000 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11140635

ABSTRACT

The intermethod variability of control materials and patient blood samples for the measurement of hemoglobin A2 (HbA2) were compared. A set of 54 blood samples and 10 control materials were analyzed in duplicate by HPLC and microcolumn methods. For each set of methods the distances of the materials from the regression line of patient blood results (expressed as normalized residuals) were calculated. Four out of ten controls had normalized residuals exceeding three standard deviations from the regression line. Moreover, total Hb and Hb derivatives analysis proved that only a minority of the controls could be considered similar to patients' blood samples. Intermethod calibration performed "a posteriori" by the two best performing control materials improved intermethod variability among all the five tested methods. We conclude that the use of high resolution HPLC methods together with appropriate commutable control materials allows for better harmonization of results in the field of diagnosis of hemoglobin disorders in research and clinical practice.


Subject(s)
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods , Hemoglobin A2/analysis , Calibration , Hemoglobin A2/standards , Humans , Reference Standards , Regression Analysis , Reproducibility of Results , Thalassemia/diagnosis
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Panminerva Med ; 40(3): 250-3, 1998 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9785927

ABSTRACT

An electrophoretically slow-moving hemoglobin, with abnormal beta chains, has been found in a young woman and in three members of her family. This variant amounted to 41% of the total Hb, and did not cause important clinical manifestations, although characterized by decreased oxygen affinity. Structural and aminoacid analyses revealed the mutation of Hb-Agenogi: 90 (F6) Glu-->Lys, a rare variant so far detected in unrelated racial and ethnic groups. This is the first affected family of ascertained Piedmontese ancestry.


Subject(s)
Hemoglobins, Abnormal/genetics , Adult , Female , Glutamic Acid/genetics , Hemoglobins, Abnormal/analysis , Humans , Lysine/genetics , Mutation
5.
Hemoglobin ; 21(4): 345-61, 1997 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9255613

ABSTRACT

Hb Gàmbara is a new hemoglobin variant with abnormal beta chains that has been found in three out of four members of a family of Lombardy origin (Gàmbara, Brescia, Northern Italy). The affected subjects led a normal life, but they had modest erythrocytosis and mild (compensated) hemolysis with slight splenomegaly. Their abnormal hemoglobin was about 52% of the total hemoglobin, and was shown to be stable by the isopropanol test. Whole blood P50 of the proband was 19.3 Torr, Bohr effect was decreased (-0.25), as well as the molar ratio between the 2,3-diphosphoglycerate level and total hemoglobin of erythrocytes (0.68). The purified abnormal hemoglobin was characterized by an altered oxygen affinity, low n-factor, chloride, and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate effects. The Bohr effect was about 40% of the normal control. The abnormal hemoglobin moved faster than Hb A at alkaline electrophoresis, and split into two fractions, probably due to the formation of hybrid tetramers (alpha 2 beta A beta X). The reversed phase high performance liquid chromatogram from the tryptic digest of the aminoethylated abnormal beta chain subunits indicated the presence of an extra peptide, beta T-9, 10, replacing the individual peptides beta T-9 and beta T-10. Finally, the proband's DNA, drawn from a suitable segment of the beta structural gene (exon 2), revealed a nucleotide sequence carrying the heterozygous mutation AAG-->GAG at codon 82. This led to a Lys-->Glu substitution at position 82(EF6) of the beta chain.


Subject(s)
Hemoglobins, Abnormal/genetics , Point Mutation , Polycythemia/genetics , Electrophoresis , Erythrocytes/pathology , Glutamine , Hemoglobins, Abnormal/analysis , Humans , Lysine , Male , Middle Aged , Polycythemia/pathology
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