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byOurScreeningTestforthePastllYears KazuoHIDAKAandIwaolUCHI D"α〃"ze"tqrBiOc"e"zis"y,KZzz《ノas雄j〃ど(ガazIS℃〃ooA K"7tzs"hi7DZ-OZ,たりa?z (Rece"edo犯鋤""z6e?'3QZ994ノ Abstract Ahemoglobinopathysurveytotalingl70,000specimenswascarriedoutforthepast elevenyearsinfourcitieslainonthecoastofSetolnlandSeafroml979tol989. Nineteenvariantsofabnormalhemoglobinweredetectedandfourofthesewere noteworthytodepictbecauseoftheinstancesofahomozygogousHbTakamatsu,the notablechangephysico-chemicalnatureofHbNunobikiandhighoxygenaffinityofHb SyracuseandHbFukutomi. 65 Introduction Ahemoglobinopathysurveyhavebeenenforcelyconductedbyusinfourcitieslain onthecoastofSetolnlandSea,namely,Takamatsu,Kobe,FukuyamaandOkayama forthepastelevenyearsfroml979tol989.Intotalofl70,OOOspecimens,19kindsof abnormalhemoglobin(abnHb)weredetected.Thepresentpaperaimstodescribefour abnHbswhicharecharacteristicclinicallyandfunctionally. MaterialsandMethods Analiquot(2.0ml)ofwholebloodforhematologicalexaminationwasstoredina refrigerator(4℃)intheclinicallaboratorydepartmentinthetheKagawaCentral Hospital(Takamatsu),theKobeCentralCityHospital(Kobe),theFukuyamaNational Hospital(Fukuyama)andtheKawasakiHospital(Okayama) Theywerethentransportedonceaweekinanicecooledcontainertoour laboratory.Thenthespecimenstobescreenedwerepickedupbyemployingthe criteriaofage,sexandfullnameofindividualbyuseofacomputer. WhenanabnHbwasdetectedbyourconventionalisoelectricfocusing(IEF)on polyacrylamideslabgels(1),hematologicalandphysicalexaminationofthecarrierand familystudieswereinformedusfromthelaboratory. ThenthefollowingtestswerecarriedouttocharacterizetheabnHb,namely,e
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6 7 KazuoHIDAKAetal:Someclinicalandmolecularaspectsofhemoglobinopathy 2)HbSyracuse(m43His→Pro)(8) Theproposituswasa22year-oldfemalewhowasadmittedtothehospitalfor rhinitisinSep.,1981.Herhematologicexaminationrevealedpolycythemiawithout cyanosis(RBC6.29xlO'2/1,Hb15.89/dl,PCV0.521/1,MCV83fl,MCH24.2p9,MCHC 29.69/dl,reticulocytelO%,serumbilirubinO6mg/dl).Shewashospitalizedagain,by complainingofpyelitisinDec.,1981.Herpolycythemiawasstillevident.InlEFofher hemolysate,HbSyracusedemostratedfast-movingbutveryclosetoHbA. Successfulseparationofthesetwobandswas,therefore,achievedonlybylEF.The otherelectrophoreticmethods,suchascelluloseacetatemembrane,agargel,agarosegel andstarchgel,wereperformedinvain.HbSyracuseconstituted41.4%ofthetotalHb inlEF.TheresultoftheoxygenequilibriumcurveofHbSyracuseat25℃showeda highoxygenaffinity,showingthefollowingvalueoflogP50=-0.01(HbA=1.02)and-0.14(HbA=0.85)atpH7.0and74,respectively.Theheme-hemeinteraction,alkaline Bohreffectand2,3-DPGeffectofHbSyracusewerealsomarkedlydecreasedas indicating:Hill'sn=1.23(HbA=2.54)and1.24(HbA=2.77)atpH7.0and7.4, respectively,thealkalineBohreffect=-0.33(HbA=-0.44)andthe2,3-DPGeffect=0. 09(HbA=0.14).SequenceanalysisofHbSyracuserevealedthattheProresiduewas
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KazuoHIDAKAetal?Someclinicalandmolecularaspectsofhemoglobinopathy 刀 References 1)HaranoT,IuchiI,UedaS,ShibataS:Asimplemethodforthedeterminationof hemoglobinAbymeansofisoelectricfocusingonpolyacrylamidegel.KawasakiMed.J., 4:139-1421978. 2)CarrellRW,KayR:Asimplemethodforthedetectionofunstablehaemoglobins.Brt.J. Haemat.,23:615-619,1972.