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Article Dans Une Revue Transfusion Année : 2013

RHCE*cE734C allele encodes an altered c antigen and a suppressed E antigen not detected with standard reagents.

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BACKGROUND: The RH blood group system has many RHCE variant alleles that have arisen through gene conversion or nucleotide changes. Two probands, with red blood cells (RBCs) that were D+C+E-c+(w) e+ were sent to our laboratories to resolve the weak c expression. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Hemagglutination tests were performed by automated and manual procedures. Genomic DNA analysis was performed by sequencing of Exons 1 to 10 of RHCE and RHD. RESULTS: The probands' RBCs did not react with standard monoclonal anti-E reagents from Bio-Rad, Diagast, DiaMed, Immucor, Ortho, and Quotient. The RBCs reacted variably with anti-c reagents from Diagast, DiaMed, Immucor, or Ortho and did not react with the Quotient anti-c reagent. Surprisingly, sequencing results of RHCE showed the presence of C/G at Position 676 (E/e polymorphism) and the association of the E polymorphism with a 734T>C transition in Exon 5 of the RHCE, encoding a Leu245Pro amino acid substitution in the mature RhcE polypeptide. Replacement of leucine 245 by proline in the eighth transmembrane domain of the RhcE protein may have a steric effect on the protein such that most anti-E reagents do not bind and the interaction between anti-c and c antigen is also affected. CONCLUSION: We report a novel RHCE*cE allele, RHCE*cE734C, which was assigned the provisional ISBT allele name RHCE*cE.14 or RHCE*03.14. It was found in two probands whose RBCs had weakened c expression and typed E- with conventional anti-E reagents. These data, once again, highlight the fact that the genotype does not always reflect the phenotype.

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Hématologie

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hal-00839022 , version 1 (27-06-2013)

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Monique Silvy, Aurélie Barrault, Randall W Velliquette, Christine Lomas-Francis, Sophie Simon, et al.. RHCE*cE734C allele encodes an altered c antigen and a suppressed E antigen not detected with standard reagents.. Transfusion, 2013, 53 (5), pp.955-61. ⟨10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03860.x⟩. ⟨hal-00839022⟩
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