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  • Title: A new mutation of the ALAS2 gene in a large family with X-linked sideroblastic anemia.
    Author: Prades E, Chambon C, Dailey TA, Dailey HA, Brière J, Grandchamp B.
    Journal: Hum Genet; 1995 Apr; 95(4):424-8. PubMed ID: 7705839.
    Abstract:
    X-linked sideroblastic anemia is a genetic disorder characterized by a hypochromic microcytic anemia of variable intensity with the presence of ring sideroblasts in the bone marrow of the patients. Two different mutations have been reported in the ALAS2 gene in patients with this disease. We have studied a large kindred with a pyridoxine-sensitive form of X-linked sideroblastic anemia. Sequencing amplified cDNA of the proband revealed a guanine-to-adenine change at nucleotide 871 of the coding sequence (exon 7 of the gene). This results in a glycine to serine substitution that is responsible for a marked decrease in the enzymatic activity of the mutated protein. A polymerase chain reaction assay demonstrated the presence of the same mutation in three affected males and two female carriers in the kindred. The carrier status was excluded in eight females at risk. Early detection of the mutant allele in family members may thus be important for the prevention of anemia in males and of iron overload both in affected males and carrier females.
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