Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGG

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Discrepancy between forward and reverse ABO grouping could be due to several reasons including genetic mutations of the alleles encoding group specific transferase. The healthy donors found with weak A antigen were investigated to ascertain the allele responsible for varia...

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Main Authors: Sanmukh Ratilal Joshi, Glenda Millard, Mayuri Vekariya, Priya Radadiya, Manisha Rajapara, Hiren Dhanani, Gaurav Shastri, Prabhat Sharma, Brett Wilson, Yew-Wah Liew
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ajts.ajts_235_23
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author Sanmukh Ratilal Joshi
Glenda Millard
Mayuri Vekariya
Priya Radadiya
Manisha Rajapara
Hiren Dhanani
Gaurav Shastri
Prabhat Sharma
Brett Wilson
Yew-Wah Liew
author_facet Sanmukh Ratilal Joshi
Glenda Millard
Mayuri Vekariya
Priya Radadiya
Manisha Rajapara
Hiren Dhanani
Gaurav Shastri
Prabhat Sharma
Brett Wilson
Yew-Wah Liew
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Discrepancy between forward and reverse ABO grouping could be due to several reasons including genetic mutations of the alleles encoding group specific transferase. The healthy donors found with weak A antigen were investigated to ascertain the allele responsible for variation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Standard serological methods were employed using commercial antisera. The molecular sequencing was performed on DNA with enrichment library prep kit and a custom designed overlapping probe panel. Binary alignment mapping files, generated on board the Illumina MiSeq instrument and aligned to the GRCh37/Hg19 reference genome, were uploaded to the QIAGEN CLC genomics workbench software (version. 20) where variant call files were generated and analyzed. RESULTS: Red blood cells (RBCs) of six healthy donors, showing weak mix-field agglutination by anti-A and anti-A, B and plasma with absence or weakly reacting anti-A, were investigated serologically. The RBCs incubated with anti-A yield positive elution and their saliva lacked A but possessed H antigen thereby classifying as a historical known phenotype Aend. Family study on 4 probands showed inheritance of the trait. Molecular studies revealed presence of ABO*A allele carrying rare novel variant referred to as c.106delinsGG in line with HGVS recommendation that was thought to be responsible for the variant of A. CONCLUSION: Six cases serologically defined as Aweak were found to be associated with novel allele ABO*A (c.106delinsGG). The Aweak phenotype with the novel allele has not been displayed on International Society of Blood Transfusion database, though c.106delinsGG is listed in the UCSC genome browser under rs782544248.
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spelling doaj-art-906439e5e5d646dd9ff46aa01948089f2025-01-20T09:21:30ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAsian Journal of Transfusion Science0973-62471998-35652024-01-011811610.4103/ajts.ajts_235_23Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGGSanmukh Ratilal JoshiGlenda MillardMayuri VekariyaPriya RadadiyaManisha RajaparaHiren DhananiGaurav ShastriPrabhat SharmaBrett WilsonYew-Wah LiewBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Discrepancy between forward and reverse ABO grouping could be due to several reasons including genetic mutations of the alleles encoding group specific transferase. The healthy donors found with weak A antigen were investigated to ascertain the allele responsible for variation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Standard serological methods were employed using commercial antisera. The molecular sequencing was performed on DNA with enrichment library prep kit and a custom designed overlapping probe panel. Binary alignment mapping files, generated on board the Illumina MiSeq instrument and aligned to the GRCh37/Hg19 reference genome, were uploaded to the QIAGEN CLC genomics workbench software (version. 20) where variant call files were generated and analyzed. RESULTS: Red blood cells (RBCs) of six healthy donors, showing weak mix-field agglutination by anti-A and anti-A, B and plasma with absence or weakly reacting anti-A, were investigated serologically. The RBCs incubated with anti-A yield positive elution and their saliva lacked A but possessed H antigen thereby classifying as a historical known phenotype Aend. Family study on 4 probands showed inheritance of the trait. Molecular studies revealed presence of ABO*A allele carrying rare novel variant referred to as c.106delinsGG in line with HGVS recommendation that was thought to be responsible for the variant of A. CONCLUSION: Six cases serologically defined as Aweak were found to be associated with novel allele ABO*A (c.106delinsGG). The Aweak phenotype with the novel allele has not been displayed on International Society of Blood Transfusion database, though c.106delinsGG is listed in the UCSC genome browser under rs782544248.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ajts.ajts_235_23aweak phenotypec.106deltinsggindian populationnovel allele
spellingShingle Sanmukh Ratilal Joshi
Glenda Millard
Mayuri Vekariya
Priya Radadiya
Manisha Rajapara
Hiren Dhanani
Gaurav Shastri
Prabhat Sharma
Brett Wilson
Yew-Wah Liew
Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGG
Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
aweak phenotype
c.106deltinsgg
indian population
novel allele
title Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGG
title_full Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGG
title_fullStr Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGG
title_full_unstemmed Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGG
title_short Aweak phenotype associated with novel ABO*A allele variant c.106delinsGG
title_sort aweak phenotype associated with novel abo a allele variant c 106delinsgg
topic aweak phenotype
c.106deltinsgg
indian population
novel allele
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ajts.ajts_235_23
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