An AQP1 allele associated with co(a-b-) phenotype

Immunohematology. 2013;29(1):1-4.

Abstract

The Colton (CO) blood group system consists of four antigens, Co(a), Co(b), Co3, and Co4, located on aquaporin-1 (AQP1), with Co(a) highly prevalent in all populations (99.8%). The Colton null phenotype, Co(a-b-), is very rare, and individuals with this phenotype lack the high-prevalence antigen Co3. To date, only six Co(a-b-) probands have been reported and four silencing alleles characterized. We identified an AQP1-null allele in a white woman with anti-Co3 caused by deletion of a G at nucleotide 601 (nt601delG) that results in a frameshift and premature termination (Val201Stop). Available family members were tested for the allele. Although anti-Co3 has been associated with mild to severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn, the antibody was not clinically significant as evidenced by a low titer and delivery of asymptomatic newborns with moderate to weakly positive direct antiglobulin tests for all four pregnancies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antigen-Antibody Reactions
  • Aquaporin 1 / genetics*
  • Base Sequence
  • Blood Group Antigens / genetics*
  • Coombs Test
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pedigree
  • Phenotype
  • Pregnancy
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • AQP1 protein, human
  • Blood Group Antigens
  • Aquaporin 1