title: [RHD gene polymorphism of RhD negative individuals in population of Fujian province].
abstract: To investigate the RHD gene profiles of RhD-negative individuals in population of Fujian Province, it was to design fourteen pairs of specific primers to amplify RHD exon 1, 3 approximately 7, 9, 10, hybrid Rh box, RHD 1227A allele, RHC allele, RHc allele, RHE allele and RHe allele. Rh genotypes were detected by PCR-SSP in 104 RhD-negative donors, some samples with or without RHD genes were analysed by the absorption-elution test, and two RhD-negative samples with eight RHD exons detected were analysed by DNA sequencing. The results showed that 61.54% RhD-negative individuals lacked all the eight RHD exons detected (RHD-/RHD-), 25.97% carried the RHD 1227A allele (62.96% of which were the heterozygote of RHD+/RHD-, and 37.04% were the homozygote of RHD+/RHD+), 8.65% carried the RHD-CE (2 approximately 9)-D allele (RHD+/RHD-), and 1.92% carried the RHD 710delC allele (RHD+/RHD-). Though the most cases of RHD gene deletion were found in dce haplotype, six cases of RHD gene deletion were found in dCe (their RH genotypes were dce/dCe) and two in dcE haplotype (their RH genotypes were dce/dcE). And it was not accurate to predict the Rh phenotype by detecting a single RHD exon, however, and more accurate when eight RHD exons and RHD 1227A allele were detected (chi2=24.43, p<0.005). It is concluded that RHD genes in population of Fujian Province are polymorphic and the RHD genotyping is not reliable enough to replace the RhD serotyping in China.
authors.affiliation: Fujian Province Blood Center, Fuzhou 350004, Fujian Province, China.
authors.forename: Chuan-Shang
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Zhuo
authors.forename: Xiao-Fu
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhuo
authors.forename: Yong-Jian
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Chang-Qing
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001782:Blood Donors; D002681:China; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; C026410:Rho(D) antigen