Analise molecular do gene da glicoforma B (GYPB) na população brasileira descendente de africanos / Molecular analysis of glycophorin B gene (GYPB) in African Brazilians

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2008

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Background: The molecular background of variant forms of GYPB is not well studied in Brazilians of African descent. The present study was carried out to determine the molecular bases of the S-s- phenotype and the frequency of GYPB*S silent gene for the S-s+ phenotype in a blood donor population of African Brazilians. Methods: We selected 165 blood samples from African Brazilians (Northeastern Brazil) who phenotyped as S-s- (17) and S-s+ (148) by hemagglutination. AS-PCR and PCR-RFLP were used to identify the variant forms of GYPB. Results: In 13 of 17 S-s- samples (76.5%) both GYPB were deleted. In 137 of the 148 S-s+ samples (92.6%), the AS-PCR was consistent with the S-s+, phenotype. In 4 of the S-s- samples (23.5%) and 11 of the S-s+ samples (7.4%) showed the presence of the GYPB*S allele associated with silencing of the S antigen. In the 4 donors with the S-s- phenotype there was homozygosity (or hemizygosity) for the GYP(P2) allele (n=2), homozygosity (or hemizygosity) for the GYP(NY) allele (n=1) and heterozygosity for the GYP(P2) and GYP(NY) alleles (n=1). In the 11 donors with the S-s+ phenotype there was heterozygosity for GYP(P2) allele (n=8) and heterozygosity for GYP(NY) allele (n=3). Conclusion: This study reports for the first time the molecular mechanisms responsible for the S-s- phenotype in a population of African Brazilians and provides a new information about the frequency and molecular bases of GYPB*S silent gene (7.4%) in this population

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gene gene antigen glicoforina glycophorin antigenos phenotype fenotipo

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