Alpha globin gene alterations modifying the phenotype of homozygous beta thalassaemia

Author:

Shaw Jyoti1ORCID,Patra Abhilipsa2,Khatun Anjumana1,Ray Rudra1,Ghosh Amit2,Mahapatra Sonali3,Panigrahi Ashutosh3,Bhattacharyya Maitreyee1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (IHTM) MCH Kolkata India

2. Department of Physiology All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar India

3. Medical Oncology and Hematology All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar India

Abstract

AbstractThe phenotype of β‐thalassemia varies widely. The primary determinant is the type of beta‐globin gene mutation; however, there are secondary and tertiary modifiers also as associated alpha mutations, polymorphisms, as well as coinheritance of mutations affecting other related systems. Co‐inheritance of alpha thalassemia mutations is known to ameliorate the severity of HbE‐β thalassemia. However, the role of alpha globin gene alterations (deletions and triplication) is not well illustrated in homozygous β‐thalassemia. Here we evaluated the role of alpha globin gene alterations in 122 β‐thalassemia patients having IVS1‐5 (G > C) homozygous mutation. β‐thalassemia mutations were detected by ARMS PCR and alpha mutations by GAP‐PCR. Gene expression by qRT‐PCR. Out of 122 cases, 15 patients had alpha 3.7 triplications (ααα3.7anti), 24 had alpha 3.7 kb deletion (−α3.7) mutation and three patients had 4.2 kb deletion (−α4.2). Patients were divided into two groups, requiring less than 8 units (NTDT) and more than 8 units (TDT) of blood transfusion per year (≥8U BT/year). The percentage of alpha deletion was significantly (p = 0.0042) high in NTDT (42.1%) as compared with TDT (13.2%). Conversely, the proportion of alpha triplication is high in the TDT as compared with NTDT. Even mean serum ferritin level was found to be significantly high in patients having alpha triplication as compared with those having alpha deletions (p = 0.0184) and normal alpha gene (p = 0.0003). α/β globin ratio was highest in TDT patients with alpha triplication and lowest in NTDT patients with alpha‐del. The results show that concurrent inheritance of alpha gene alterations influences the phenotypic severity of homozygous β‐thalassemia.

Publisher

Wiley

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