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Identification of Two Novel Fibrinogen B? Chain Mutations in Two Slovak Families with Quantitative Fibrinogen Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Congenital fibrinogen disorders are caused by mutations in one of the three fibrinogen genes that affect the synthesis, assembly, intracellular processing, stability or secretion of fibrinogen. Functional studies of mutant B?-chains revealed the importance of individual residues as well as three-dimensional structures for fibrinogen assembly and secretion. This study describes two novel homozygous fibrinogen B? chain mutations in two Slovak families with afibrinogenemia and hypofibrinogenemia. Peripheral blood samples were collected from all subjects with the aim of identifying the causative mutation. Coagulation-related tests and rotational thromboelastometry were performed. All exons and exon-intron boundaries of the fibrinogen genes (FGA, FGB and FGG) were amplified by PCR followed by direct sequencing. Sequence analysis of the three fibrinogen genes allowed us to identify two novel homozygous mutations in the FGB gene. A novel B? chain truncation (B?Gln180Stop) was detected in a 28-year-old afibrinogenemic man with bleeding episodes including repeated haemorrhaging into muscles, joints, and soft tissues, and mucocutaneous bleeding and a novel B? missense mutation (B?Tyr368His) was found in a 62-year-old hypofibrinogenemic man with recurrent deep and superficial venous thromboses of the lower extremities. The novel missense mutation was confirmed by molecular modelling. Both studying the molecular anomalies and the modelling of fibrinogenic mutants help us to understand the extremely complex machinery of fibrinogen biosynthesis and finally better assess its correlation with the patient's clinical course.

SUBMITTER: Simurda T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5796050 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of Two Novel Fibrinogen Bβ Chain Mutations in Two Slovak Families with Quantitative Fibrinogen Disorders.

Simurda Tomas T Zolkova Jana J Snahnicanova Zuzana Z Loderer Dusan D Skornova Ingrid I Sokol Juraj J Hudecek Jan J Stasko Jan J Lasabova Zora Z Kubisz Peter P

International journal of molecular sciences 20171229 1

Congenital fibrinogen disorders are caused by mutations in one of the three fibrinogen genes that affect the synthesis, assembly, intracellular processing, stability or secretion of fibrinogen. Functional studies of mutant Bβ-chains revealed the importance of individual residues as well as three-dimensional structures for fibrinogen assembly and secretion. This study describes two novel homozygous fibrinogen Bβ chain mutations in two Slovak families with afibrinogenemia and hypofibrinogenemia. P ...[more]

PMID: 29286337

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Identification of Two Novel Fibrinogen B? Chain Mutations in Two Slovak Families with Quantitative Fibrinogen Disorders.

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Identification of Two Novel Fibrinogen Bβ Chain Mutations in Two Slovak Families with Quantitative Fibrinogen Disorders.

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