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  • Title: The levels of zeta, gamma, and delta chains in patients with Hb H disease.
    Author: Kutlar F, Gonzalez-Redondo JM, Kutlar A, Gurgey A, Altay C, Efremov GD, Kleman K, Huisman TH.
    Journal: Hum Genet; 1989 May; 82(2):179-86. PubMed ID: 2566576.
    Abstract:
    Details are given of a study of blood samples from 24 patients with Hb H disease from different Mediterranean countries and from the Far East. Four different types of alpha-thal-1 (--) were observed, namely -(alpha) (approximately 20.5-kb deletion); --MED-I (approximately 17.5-kb deletion); --MED-II (greater than 26.5-kb deletion); and --SEA (approximately 18-kb deletion, in Orientals only). The alpha-thal-2 was mainly of the deletion type (16 with the 3.7-kb deletion; 1 with the 4.2-kb deletion), while 4 of the 7 patients with a nondeletional type had the five-nucleotide deletion at the donor splice site of the first intron of the alpha 2 gene. All patients had a mild-to-moderate hemolytic anemia; no significant differences in hematology were observed between the groups. Hb A2 was decreased to about one-third of the normal level. The Hb H formation varied considerably and its quantitation was not always satisfactory. Patients with Hb H disease due to any alpha-thal-1 combined with a nondeletional alpha-thal-2 had the highest Hb H levels and a more marked anemia. The zeta chain production was small and absent in patients with the MED-II type of alpha-thal-1 because this deletion included the zeta and psi zeta genes. The highest zeta chain levels were present in the four patients with the SEA type of alpha-thal-1. The gamma chain production was increased, particularly in patients with a mutation of C----T at position -158 to the G gamma globin gene. This gamma chain was primarily present as Hb Bart's (or gamma 4) and only about 15% was recovered as Hb F or alpha 2 gamma 2. The evaluation of the rate of gamma chains produced in these patients was greatly facilitated by data from one patient who had Hb H disease and a heterozygosity for the A gamma-beta+-HPFH. The low levels of Hb A2 and of Hb F (relative to Hb Bart's) can be explained by a decreased affinity of alpha chains for delta and gamma chains as compared with beta chains in conditions of severe alpha chain deficiency.
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