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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
We found hereditary factor VII deficiency in a clinically asymptomatic family, and characterized their factor VII gene and the abnormal molecule using recombinant DNA techniques. The propositus was a 45-year-old woman who was noted to have a prolonged prothrombin time. The level of factor VII antigen of the patient was 25.9% of that of normal individuals and the level of factor VII activity was 28% and 24%, when tested using rabbit brain tissue factor and human placental tissue factor in a one-stage clotting assay, respectively. Two of her sisters had almost the same reduced levels of factor VII antigen and activity, and her parents who are first cousins, a son, a daughter and a niece had moderately reduced leves of both factor VII activity and antigen. To identify the mutation site, all the coding exons and exon-intron boundaries of the factor VII gene of the propositus were amplified using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), then subcloned and sequenced. One missense mutation (G to A) was identified in exon VII of the gene resulting in an amino acid substitution of His(CAC) for Arg(247)(CGC) in the gene product. PCR using a mutagenic primer to introduce a new ApaL I site into the mutant allele of the patient's factor VII gene revealed that this allele was inherited in the affected individuals in the pedigree. Transient expression assays using BHK cells transfected with an expression vector containing the mutant factor VII cDNA suggested that this mutation leads to factor VII deficiency by impairing secretion of the mutated factor VII.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0340-6245
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
773-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Factor VII Mie: homozygous asymptomatic type I deficiency caused by an amino acid substitution of His (CAC) for Arg(247) (CGC) in the catalytic domain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology on Genetic Disease, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't