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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 249-255Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10000
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Bernard-Soulier syndrome; giant platelet disorders; glycoprotein Ib/IX/V; glycoprotein Ib beta; thrombocytopenia
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The glycoprotein (GP) Ib/IX/V complex plays an important role in primary hemostasis, serving as the platelet receptor for von Willebrand factor (vWF). Recent studies have shown that the phenotype caused by mutations in the subunits of the GPIb/IX complex spans a wide spectrum; from the normal phenotype, to isolated giant platelet disorders (GPD), and to the full-blown bleeding disorder, the Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS). We characterize here a novel missense mutation of the GPIb beta gene associated with isolated GPD. In the patient's platelets, the expression level of the GPIb/IX complex was moderately reduced compared with that of the GPIIb/IIIa complex, whereas the latter was expressed at higher levels than in a normal control. Immunoblot analysis showed normal electrophoretic mobility of GPIb alpha, GPIb beta, and GPIX. However, the amount of GPIb beta was approximately 66% of the normal value. DNA sequencing analysis revealed a novel heterozygous missense mutation in the GPIb beta gene that converts Arg (CGC) to Cys (TGC) at residue 17. Transient transfection studies demonstrated that mutant GPIb beta protein was not detected in transfected 293T cells. These findings indicated that null expression of the abnormal GPIb beta causes decreased expression of the complex and results in the GPD phenotype in the patient, and suggested that homozygosity of the mutation may lead to a BSS phenotype in vivo. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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