title: Two novel mutations (Pro864His, Val867Glu) causing type 2A von Willebrand disease and affecting a single restriction site in exon 28.
abstract: We detected two transversions in two unrelated Italian patients with type 2A von Willebrand disease (VWD): a C to A at nucleotide 8821 and a T to A at nucleotide 8830, resulting in the missense mutations Pro864His and Val867Glu respectively. Both mutations were in the heterozygous form and abolished the BstXI restriction site in exon 28 of the VWF gene. In both mutations plasma VWF multimer pattern improved by antiproteases. Moreover, DDAVP normalized plasma VWF multimers in the Pro864His patient, especially when protease inhibitors were present. These new mutations appear to be of the 2A VWD subtype due to the increased susceptibility to proteases.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Centro Studi Biochimici della Patologie del Genoma Umano, Universita' di Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casonato
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gemmati
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bizzaro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pontara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Girolami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D010375:Pedigree; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014841:von Willebrand Factor