title: [Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and Gilbert syndrome].
abstract: The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of abnormal UDP-glucoronosyltransferase-1 (UGT1A1) gene variant, on the incidence and severity of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient newborns. The A(TA)nTAA region in the promoter of the UGT1A1 gene was analysed in 20 children with G6PD deficiency. Fourteen of these children had the African type variant (G6PDA-) and 6 had different variants (G6PDNara, G6PDGuadalajara, G6PDDurham, G6PDTomah, G6PDAveiro e G6PDNashville) related to chronic nonspherocytic haemolytic anaemia (CNSHA). The existence of a positive history of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, as well as its severity was registered. The incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia was increased in this group of children (90%) and was not associated with abnormal alleles of the UGT1A1 gene. It was not possible to assess the influence of abnormal alleles in the severity of the neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. However, these abnormal alleles did not account for the severity of jaundice in children who presented variants related to CNSHA, since 5 were treated with an exchange transfusion and none presented abnormal alleles.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Hematologia, Hospital Maria Pia, Serviços de Hematologia Clínica e Pediátrica, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Unidade de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Genética Doutor Jacinto de Magalhães, Porto.
authors.forename: Elísio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Esmeralda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cleto
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cabeda
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.forename: Eduarda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coimbra
authors.forename: Rosário
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barbot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000483:Alleles; D000746:Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital Nonspherocytic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005878:Gilbert Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007565:Jaundice / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D000099148:UGT1A1 Enzyme
chemical_list: D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase; D000099148:UGT1A1 Enzyme