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Deficiency of the eighth component of complement. Evidence for linkage of C8 alpha-gamma pattern with C8 beta deficiency in sera of twelve patients. 1989

W Nürnberger, and H Pietsch, and R Willers, and T Bufon, and G M Hänsch, and R Seger, and V Rodriguez-Valverde, and H Schroten, and C Hershko, and F Tedesco
Department of Paediatrics, University of Düsseldorf, FRG.

The C8 alpha-gamma subunit of the eighth component of complement was analysed by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting in sera from 68 normal individuals, 12 C8 beta-deficient patients (from seven unrelated families), and 10 of the parents of the latter. Three different forms of the C8 alpha-gamma subunit were observed: 34/68 normal individuals were found to have a C8 alpha-gamma triple band (termed C8 alpha-gamma 1, C8 alpha-gamma 2, C8 alpha-gamma 3 variants), 23/68 the C8 alpha-gamma 2 and C8 alpha-gamma 3 variants, and 11/68 the C8 alpha-gamma 1 and C8 alpha-gamma 3 variants. In contrast, all C8 beta-deficient patients had detectable C8 alpha-gamma 2 and C8 alpha-gamma 3 variants but lacked the C8 alpha-gamma 1 variant in addition to the C8 beta subunit. Three out of ten parents of the C8 beta-deficient patients were found to have the C8 alpha-gamma triple band, whereas 7/10, like their children, had the C8 alpha-gamma 2 and C8 alpha-gamma 3 variants only. We conclude that there is a linkage between the C8 alpha-gamma pattern and C8 beta deficiency. These data may support earlier findings that in humans the genes encoding for C8 alpha-gamma and C8 beta are closely linked on chromosome 1.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007158 Immunologic Techniques Techniques used to demonstrate or measure an immune response, and to identify or measure antigens using antibodies. Antibody Dissociation,Immunologic Technic,Immunologic Technics,Immunologic Technique,Immunological Technics,Immunological Techniques,Technic, Immunologic,Technics, Immunologic,Technique, Immunologic,Techniques, Immunologic,Antibody Dissociations,Dissociation, Antibody,Dissociations, Antibody,Immunological Technic,Immunological Technique,Technic, Immunological,Technics, Immunological,Technique, Immunological,Techniques, Immunological
D008297 Male Males
D011110 Polymorphism, Genetic The regular and simultaneous occurrence in a single interbreeding population of two or more discontinuous genotypes. The concept includes differences in genotypes ranging in size from a single nucleotide site (POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE) to large nucleotide sequences visible at a chromosomal level. Gene Polymorphism,Genetic Polymorphism,Polymorphism (Genetics),Genetic Polymorphisms,Gene Polymorphisms,Polymorphism, Gene,Polymorphisms (Genetics),Polymorphisms, Gene,Polymorphisms, Genetic
D003185 Complement C8 A 150-kDa serum glycoprotein composed of three subunits with each encoded by a different gene (C8A; C8B; and C8G). This heterotrimer contains a disulfide-linked C8alpha-C8gamma heterodimer and a noncovalently associated C8beta chain. C8 is the next component to bind the C5-7 complex forming C5b-8 that binds COMPLEMENT C9 and acts as a catalyst in the polymerization of C9. C8 Complement,Complement 8,Complement Component 8,Complement Component C8 alpha,Complement Component C8 alpha Chain,Complement Component C8 beta,Complement Component C8 beta Chain,Complement Component C8 gamma,Complement Component C8 gamma Chain,C8, Complement,Complement, C8,Component 8, Complement
D004591 Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis in which a polyacrylamide gel is used as the diffusion medium. Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis,SDS-PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGE,Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide,SDS PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate PAGE,Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-PAGEs
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D015151 Immunoblotting Immunologic method used for detecting or quantifying immunoreactive substances. The substance is identified by first immobilizing it by blotting onto a membrane and then tagging it with labeled antibodies. Dot Immunoblotting,Electroimmunoblotting,Immunoelectroblotting,Reverse Immunoblotting,Immunoblotting, Dot,Immunoblotting, Reverse,Dot Immunoblottings,Electroimmunoblottings,Immunoblottings,Immunoblottings, Dot,Immunoblottings, Reverse,Immunoelectroblottings,Reverse Immunoblottings

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