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A frameshift deletion in F8 associated with hemophilia A in Labrador Retriever dogs

Journal

ANIMAL GENETICS
Volume 54, Issue 5, Pages 606-612

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/age.13345

Keywords

canine genetics; factor VIII; F8; hemophilia A; inherited bleeding disorder

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This study confirmed the presence of hemophilia A in two Labrador Retriever pedigrees and identified a mutation associated with it through whole-genome sequencing. A gene test can now be developed to screen dogs before breeding to prevent further cases. However, the cause of decreased FVIII activity in another affected dog remains to be determined in future studies.
Hemophilia A is the most common inherited coagulation factor disorder in dogs. It manifests as excessive bleeding resulting from pathogenic variants in the X-chromosomal F8 gene encoding coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) protein. In this study, we performed careful clinical phenotyping to confirm hemophilia A in two distinct Labrador Retriever (LR) pedigrees. Whole-genome sequencing on an affected dog from litter 1 identified a case-specific frameshift deletion variant in F8 predicted to cause a premature stop codon (c.2923_2924del, p.(E975Kfs*8)). This variant was hemizygous in all the affected males from litter 1 (n = 3), while all the unaffected LRs in the pedigree were heterozygous or wild-type (n = 22). Additionally, screened samples from 199 LRs were all found to be wild-type. As a result of this study, a gene test can now be developed to screen dogs before breeding to prevent further cases. However, it is important to note that the affected LR with decreased FVIII activity from litter 2 was wild-type for the identified deletion variant, and no segregating F8 variants were detected when this dog's DNA sample was whole-genome sequenced. Thus, the cause of decreased FVIII activity in this dog remains to be unraveled in future studies.

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