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Biochemical studies on red blood cells from a patient with the Inab phenotype (decay-accelerating factor deficiency)
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Reid, Me Mallinson, G. Sim, Rb Poole, J. Pausch, V. Merry, Ah Liew, Yw Tanner, Mj |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | A 38-year-old Russian woman (KZ) has been identified as the fourth proposita with the Inab blood group phenotype. Like the first two propositi, she has a chronic intestinal disorder and, as shown for the third proposita, her Inab phenotype is demonstrably inherited. KZ's serum contained anti-IFC, which reacted with a red blood cell (RBC) membrane component with an Mr of 70,000, which is decay accelerating factor (DAF). Her RBCs lacked all Cromer-related blood group antigens and DAF. Her RBCs were no more susceptible than normal control RBCs to lysis in acid lysis or in rabbit or human antibody-initiated complement lysis tests. Northern blots of total RNA isolated from KZ's Epstein- Barr virus-transformed lymphoblasts showed a marked reduction of DAF mRNA when compared with normal. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of cDNA confirmed this reduced level of DAF mRNA. Sequencing of the PCR product showed a 44-nucleotide deletion in the mRNA close to the short consensus repeats IIIa/IIIb intron/exon boundary. This deletion results in a change in the reading frame that places a termination codon six amino acids after the deletion. The putative translation product would lack a glycosyl phosphatidyl- inositol linkage site and, therefore, would not be membrane-bound in the RBC. |
| Related Links | https://ashpublications.org/blood/article-pdf/78/12/3291/223619/3291.pdf |
| Ending Page | 3297 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 3291 |
| DOI | 10.1182/blood.v78.12.3291.bloodjournal78123291 |
| Journal | Blood |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 78 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Hematology |
| Publisher Date | 1991-12-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Virology Antibody Virus Antigens Lysis Rbcs Deletion Decay Accelerating Factor Journal: Blood (Vol- 118, Issue- 12) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |