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
dc.contributor.author | Qadah, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Finlayson, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Joly, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ghassemifar, Reza | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T10:56:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T10:56:19Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015-10-29T04:09:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Qadah, T. and Finlayson, J. and Joly, P. and Ghassemifar, R. 2014. 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. Hemoglobin. 38 (1): pp. 13-18. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6903 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3109/03630269.2013.858639 | |
dc.description.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 49bp 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 a-thalassemia (a-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. © 2014 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. | |
dc.title | 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 | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 38 | |
dcterms.source.number | 1 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 13 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 18 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0363-0269 | |
dcterms.source.title | Hemoglobin | |
curtin.department | School of Biomedical Sciences | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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