The cis-AB01 Allele Originated From the A105 Allele, and not From the A102 Allele

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  • Sung-Jin Yang
  • Eun Jeong Won
  • Duck Cho
  • Myung-Geun Shin
  • Dong-Wook Ryang
چکیده

Researchers in the field of transfusion medicine have a growing interest in the cis-AB blood group, which is characterized by a paradoxical inheritance of the ABO blood group [1]. The cis-AB blood group arises from a glycosyltransferase capable of synthesizing both A and B antigens simultaneously [2]. In addition, affected individuals display more than one phenotype depending on their partnering alleles. Cis-AB may eventually lead to ABO discrepancy [3]. The cis-AB allele was the most common ABO subgroup in Korean blood donors [4], and Cho et al. [5] found that the cis-AB allele was also the most common cause of ABO discrepancy in Koreans. From similar contexts, many authors have performed genetic analysis of cis-AB with sequencing methods for ABO genotyping. These studies have suggested that the cis-AB01 allele arises from a single polymorphism, 803G>C, in exon 7 of the A102 allele [6, 7]. However, the sequencing was solely focused on exons 6 and 7. According to a previous study, analysis of intron sequences indicated that individuals with the A102 allele may be re-classified into those with the A105 allele [8]. We therefore performed an extended analysis of the genomic sequences of the cis-AB01 allele, previously known as the A102 allele, to clarify its genetic background. Here, we screened five samples of the cis-AB01 allele through direct sequencing of exons 6 and 7 from samples submitted for ABO genotyping between January 2009 and December 2011 to Chonnam National University Hospital and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital. We performed ABO genotyping for all exons and introns except intron 1 and then compared the cisAB01 and A101 allele sequences. This analysis showed identical point mutations in the cis-AB01, compared to A101 alleles (1142C>T in intron 4, 163T>C and 179C>T in intron 6, 467C>T and 803G>C in exon 7). We found only one nucleotide difference between the cis-AB01 allele and the A105 allele, 803G>C, in contrast to the three nucleotides that differed between the cisAB01 and A102 alleles. Based on the prevailing hypothesis that mutations in the ABO gene render it capable of synthesizing both A and B antigens, our data led to the speculation that the A105 allele might have acquired a single point mutation at 803G>C in exon 7 and got converted to the cis-AB01 allele (Fig. 1). We found that the frequencies of the A101, A102, A105, O01, and O02 alleles were 3.3%, 33.3%, 23.3%, 20.0%, and 20.0%, respectively, in specimens (n=15) collected from individuals with the normal A phenotype. Thus, although A105 allele is the second most prevalent among A alleles, we assume that, without analysis of intron 6 sequences, the A105 allele can be mistaken

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دوره 35  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015