Molecular and cellular analysis of a novel HBA2 mutation (HBA2: c.94A > G) shows activation of a cryptic splice site and generation of a premature termination codon.

Abstract:

:In this study, we describe the clinical features and provide experimental analyses of a novel point mutation affecting the penultimate nucleotide of the first exon of the HBA2 (HBA2: c.94A > G) gene identified in a 26-year-old female who also carries a heterozygous Hb E (HBB: c.79G > A) variant. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of this point mutation on the transcriptional activity of the HBA2 gene using a combination of an initial in silico prediction followed by in vitro mutagenesis and transcriptional activity assessment. The analyses revealed that the HBA2: c.94A > G point mutation causes the activation of a cryptic splice site located 49 bp upstream of the exon1-intron1 boundary in both HBA2 long and short isoforms, thus generating a frameshift and a premature termination codon between codons 48 and 49 in the second exon. A rapid degradation of the aberrantly spliced transcripts by the nonsense mediated decay (NMD) surveillance system is highly indicative of an α-thalassemia (α-thal) phenotype. However, the abnormal mRNA may not be entirely degraded since the proband presents a slight splenomegaly that could be the sign of extra vascular hemolysis.

journal_name

Hemoglobin

journal_title

Hemoglobin

authors

Qadah T,Finlayson J,Joly P,Ghassemifar R

doi

10.3109/03630269.2013.858639

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-01-01 00:00:00

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13-8

issue

1

eissn

0363-0269

issn

1532-432X

journal_volume

38

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