Six molecular patterns leading to hemophilia A phenotype in 18 females from Poland

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INTRODUCTION: Female hemophilia is an intriguing rare disorder and few larger reports on its genetic etiology are available. While historically the diagnosis was satisfactorily reached by factor VIII activity assays, the clinical and potentially therapeutic heterogeneity of female hemophilia calls for comprehensive molecular diagnosis in each case. Currently, the genetic investigations are not a part of routine, state-funded, diagnostics in Poland, and thus molecular epidemiological data are missing.

AIM: We set out to perform a comprehensive genetic analysis of Polish females with hemophilia A.

PATIENTS/METHODS: Eighteen females with hemophilia A (including 2 with severe and 5 with moderate hemophilia phenotype) consented for genetic diagnostics. To establish F8 mutations, we used next-generation sequencing of a panel of genes associated with hematological disorders, standard assays for recurrent intragenic F8 inversions and MLPA when deletions were suspected. When appropriate we also used karyotyping, genomic microarrays and X chromosome inactivation assays.

RESULTS: While abnormally skewed X-chromosome inactivation combined with a F8 variant on the active allele was, as expected, the most common genetic etiology, a number of other genetic scenarios were unraveled. This included: misdiagnosis (molecular diagnosis of vWd), Turner syndrome, compound heterozygosity and androgen insensitivity syndrome (a phenotypical 46,XY female with a novel androgen receptor gene mutation). We report 3 novel F8 mutations.

CONCLUSION: Every case of female hemophilia warrants full genomic diagnostics, as this may change the diagnosis or reveal broader morbidity than a coagulation disorder (Turner syndrome, androgen insensitivity, or cardiovascular morbidity that we described previously in a SHAM syndrome carrier).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:193

Enthalten in:

Thrombosis research - 193(2020) vom: 05. Sept., Seite 9-14

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Janczar, Szymon [VerfasserIn]
Babol-Pokora, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Jatczak-Pawlik, Izabela [VerfasserIn]
Taha, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Klukowska, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Laguna, Pawel [VerfasserIn]
Windyga, Jerzy [VerfasserIn]
Odnoczko, Edyta [VerfasserIn]
Zdziarska, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Iwaniec, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Koltan, Andrzej [VerfasserIn]
Jamrozik, Michał [VerfasserIn]
Rurańska, Iwona [VerfasserIn]
Janczar, Karolina [VerfasserIn]
Szczepański, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]
Pietrys, Danuta [VerfasserIn]
Balwierz, Walentyna [VerfasserIn]
Treliński, Jacek [VerfasserIn]
Mlynarski, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9001-27-8
Androgen insensitivity syndrome
Factor 8
Factor VIII
Hemophilia
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Turner's syndrome
Von Willebrand disease
X chromosome inactivation

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Date Completed 17.06.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.thromres.2020.05.041

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310775337