Influence of hemoglobin precipitation on erythrocyte metabolism in alpha and beta thalassemia

Nathan, David G.; Stossel, Thomas B.; Gunn, Robert B.; Zarkowsky, Harold S.; Laforet, Mitsuko T.

doi:10.1172/jci105972

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“…This resistance has been generally attributed to changes in cell shape or in intracellular protein osmotic pressure (3). While cells of patients with thalassemia major have elevated K+ fluxes (4,5), lose intracellular K+, and decrease in size upon incubation (6), cells from patients with P-thalassemia minor have not been systematically investigated with regard to membrane function.…”

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Potassium permeability in β-thalassemia minor red blood cells

Gunn¹,

Silvers²,

Rosse³

1972

J. Clin. Invest.

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Potassium permeability in β-thalassemia minor red blood cells

Gunn¹,

Silvers²,

Rosse³

1972

J. Clin. Invest.

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“…Second, the amount of i-antigen is increased on the circulating erythrocytes and the persistence of this fetal antigen has led to the suggestion that the erythrocyte membrane is immature (3,4). Finally permeability studies have established that K+ fluxes are increased both into and out ofthe erythrocyte although the intracellular K+ concentrations are unknown (5). In this study the Na+ and Ca2+ permeability as well as the binding of [3H]ouabain to erythrocytes has been measured in patients with both a-and f3-thalassemia major.…”

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Increased Erythrocyte Cation Permeability in Thalassemia and Conditions of Marrow Stress

Wiley¹

1981

J. Clin. Invest.

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“…Tail DNA from 129 sv͞ev mice was used as a template for a PCR reaction. Primers were designed according to a published BALB͞c ␤-globin major (13). An EcoRI site was added to the primers (forward) 5Ј-ACGAATTCATG-GTGCACCTGACTGAT-3Ј and (reverse) 5Ј-ACGAATTCGT-GGTACTTGTGAGCCAAGCA-3Ј.…”

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“…As noted above, a major cause of erythroid cell destruction in ␣-thalassemia is the excess of unpaired ␤-globin chains that aggregate within inclusion bodies and exert a harmful effect on the cell membrane (13)(14)(15). We wondered whether the two groups of mice showing different degrees of erythrocyte destruction-indicated by the degree of reticulocytosis-were dissimilar as to the frequency and size of such inclusions.…”

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A normal β-globin allele as a modifier gene ameliorating the severity of α-thalassemia in mice

Leder¹,

Wiener²,

Lee³

et al. 1999

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Thalassemia is a heritable human anemia caused by a variety of mutations that affect expression of the ␣-or the ␤-chain of hemoglobin. The expressivity of the phenotype is likely to be inf luenced by unlinked modifying genes. Indeed, by using a mouse model of ␣-thalassemia, we find that its phenotype is strongly inf luenced by the genetic background in which the ␣-thalassemia mutation resides [129 sv͞ev ͞129 sv͞ev (severe) or 129 sv͞ev ͞C57BL͞6 (mild)]. Linkage mapping indicates that the modifying gene is very tightly linked to the ␤-globin locus (Lod score ‫؍‬ 13.3). Furthermore, the severity of the phenotype correlates with the size of ␤-chain-containing inclusion bodies that accumulate in red blood cells and likely accelerate their destruction. The ␤-major globin chains encoded by the two strains differ by three amino acids, one of which is a glycine-to-cysteine substitution at position 13. The Cys-13 should be available for interchain disulfide bridging and consequent aggregation between excess ␤-chains. This normal polymorphic variation between murine ␤-globin chains could account for the modifying action of the unlinked ␤-globin locus. Here, the variation in severity of the phenotype would not depend on a change in the ratio between ␣-and ␤-chains but on the chemical nature of the normal ␤-chain, which is in excess. This work also indicates that modifying genes can be normal variants that-absent an apparent physiologic rationale-may be difficult to identify on the basis of structure alone.The severity of thalassemia, one of the most prevalent of the heritable human anemias, is brought about by the insufficient production of functional hemoglobin and the degree of quantitative imbalance between ␣-or ␤-globin chains (1-8). Needless to say, there are a large number of genetic alterations that can cause such a disturbance in globin chain production, and many of these have been characterized at the molecular level (see review in ref. 1). Thus, for example, thalassemias arise through mutations that induce alterations in gene transcription, pre-mRNA splicing, mRNA and protein stability, polyadenylation, and even translation (1). The disease offers a virtual textbook of potential molecular genetic lesions.In addition to the great variety of mutations that affect the expressivity of the phenotype, the phenotype is likely to be further influenced by unlinked modifying genes that could account for the variable severity of the disease seen in certain families wherein the primary genetic lesion is likely to be identical by descent (9-11). To date, save for pathologic hemaglobinopathies, no such modifying genes have been identified.An opportunity to address the issue of modifying genes arose when we created a mouse model of ␣-thalassemia and noted that the severity of the disease was greatly influenced by the genetic background in which the mutation was expressed [129 sv͞ev ͞129 sv͞ev (severe) or 129 sv͞ev ͞C57BL͞6 (mild)] (12). In the work described below, we have identified the modifying gene that ameliorates ...

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Influence of hemoglobin precipitation on erythrocyte metabolism in alpha and beta thalassemia

Cited by 78 publications

References 29 publications

Potassium permeability in β-thalassemia minor red blood cells

Potassium permeability in β-thalassemia minor red blood cells

Increased Erythrocyte Cation Permeability in Thalassemia and Conditions of Marrow Stress

A normal β-globin allele as a modifier gene ameliorating the severity of α-thalassemia in mice

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