Journal of Diagnostics Concepts & Practice››2024,Vol. 23››Issue (04): 392-397.doi:10.16150/j.1671-2870.2024.04.007

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Study on the Bw11 subtype caused by the 695 T>C mutation in exon 7 of the ABO blood group gene

ZHOU Lihua1, SHEN Ru1, QU Kexuan2, WANG Aihua1, CHEN Youhui1, YUAN Zhimin3()

  1. 1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kunming Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Yunnan Kunming 650021, China
    2. Department of Blood Transfusion, Kunming Children's Hospital, Yunnan Kunming 650228, China
    3. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shaanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, Shaanxi Xi'an 710061, China
  • Received:2024-03-19Accepted:2024-06-20Online:2024-08-25Published:2024-08-25
  • Contact:YUAN Zhimin E-mail:yuan88328@163.com

Abstract:

ObjectiveTo identify the rareABO*BW.11/ABO*O.01.02subtype in the Yi ethnic group in China, and to investigate the blood group serological characteristics, molecular mechanisms, and genetic background of theABO*BW.11/ABO*O.01.02subtype.MethodsThe proband was a 25-year-old pregnant woman, with ABO typing discre-pancy in routine tests on admission. Due to the inability to accurately identify the conventional ABO blood serology, exons 1-7 of theABOgene were analyzed by sequencing using the Sanger method, and the effect of the mutation at this site on the structure and function of B glycosyltransferase was predicted using the amino acid series homology modelling of wild-type B glycosyltransferase.ResultsThe blood group serological results of the proband and lineage were inconsistent with the typical B subtype.ABOgene sequencing unveiled a c.695T>C missense mutation in exon 7 of theABOblood group gene in the 7 probands and family members in 4 generations, leading to the substitution of leucine by proline at position 232 of the B glycosyltransferase. Homology modeling showed that the mutation influenced the peptide and hydrogen bonds of the protein, which probably led to structural and functional alterations, diminished B-glycosyltransferase activity, and weakened expression of the B antigen.ConclusionsThis proband carries a point mutation in theABOallele in exon 7 c.695T>C.P.leu 232 Pro to form theABO*BW.11/ABO*O.01.02subtype, and is stably inherited in multiple members of this family.

Key words:ABO subtype,gene mutation,Bwisoform,B glycosyltransferase

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