A novel nonsense mutation in the MPL gene in congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Feb;56(2):304-6. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22842.

Abstract

Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia from failure of megakaryopoiesis. CAMT is one of the bone marrow failure syndromes, and the disease progression may involve other lineages leading to pancytopenia. The genetic background of CAMT is mutations in the MPL gene encoding the thrombopoietin receptor. Here, we describe a Korean male with CAMT. Molecular genetic analyses by direct sequencing revealed that he was compound heterozygous for two nonsense mutations in MPL, Tyr63X (c.189C>A), and Arg357X (c.1069C>T), the latter being a novel mutation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Congenital Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Receptors, Thrombopoietin / genetics*
  • Thrombocytopenia / genetics
  • Thrombocytopenia / surgery

Substances

  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Receptors, Thrombopoietin
  • MPL protein, human

Supplementary concepts

  • Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia