Fibrinogen Nový Jicín and Praha II: cases of hereditary Aalpha 16 Arg-->Cys and Aalpha 16 Arg-->His dysfibrinogenemia. 2007

Roman Kotlín, and Martina Chytilová, and Jirí Suttnar, and Tomás Riedel, and Peter Salaj, and Jan Blatný, and Jirí Santrůcek, and Pavel Klener, and Jan E Dyr
Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, U nemocnice 1, 128 20 Praha 2, Czech Republic. kotlinr@uhkt.cz

BACKGROUND Various dysfibrinogenemias have been described worldwide. This paper describes two new cases of dysfibrinogenemia identified in the Czech Republic. METHODS The proposita of fibrinogen Nový Jicín, a 12-year-old girl, presented with hemorrhagic complications, low Clauss fibrinogen level (0.3 g/l) and prolonged both thrombin (70.8 s) and reptilase (>180 s) time. Her mother and sister both presented with normal coagulation tests, normal fibrinogen level and reported no history of bleeding. The carriers of the fibrinogen Praha II were a 31-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter. They both presented with low fibrinogen Clauss level (0.88 g/l) and prolonged thrombin and reptilase time. To identify the genetic mutation responsible for these dysfibrinogens, genomic DNA extracted from the blood was analyzed. The presence of the mutant chains in the circulation was determined by MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy. Scanning electron micrographs of the patients' fibrin clots were obtained. RESULTS The kinetics of fibrinopeptide release and fibrin polymerization were impaired for both fibrinogen Nový Jicín and Praha II. DNA sequencing showed heterogeneous fibrinogen Aalpha R16C mutation in the fibrinogen Nový Jicín case and heterogeneous fibrinogen Aalpha R16H in the fibrinogen Praha II case. The mutant chains were found to be expressed to the circulation by MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy. Scanning electron micrographs of the patient's fibrin clot were found to be abnormal. CONCLUSIONS The case of dysfibrinogenemia Aalpha R16C-fibrinogen Nový Jicín and the case of dysfibrinogenemia Aalpha R16H were found by routine coagulation testing and were genetically identified.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008297 Male Males
D001780 Blood Coagulation Tests Laboratory tests for evaluating the individual's clotting mechanism. Coagulation Tests, Blood,Tests, Blood Coagulation,Blood Coagulation Test,Coagulation Test, Blood,Test, Blood Coagulation
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D004252 DNA Mutational Analysis Biochemical identification of mutational changes in a nucleotide sequence. Mutational Analysis, DNA,Analysis, DNA Mutational,Analyses, DNA Mutational,DNA Mutational Analyses,Mutational Analyses, DNA
D005192 Family Health The health status of the family as a unit including the impact of the health of one member of the family on the family as a unit and on individual family members; also, the impact of family organization or disorganization on the health status of its members. Health, Family
D005260 Female Females
D005337 Fibrin A protein derived from FIBRINOGEN in the presence of THROMBIN, which forms part of the blood clot. Antithrombin I
D006470 Hemorrhage Bleeding or escape of blood from a vessel. Bleeding,Hemorrhages
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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