Variable content of von Willebrand factor mutant monomer drives the phenotypic variability in a family with von Willebrand disease.

ABSTRACT: Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is an inherited bleeding disorder characterized by incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. We evaluated a 24-member pedigree with VWD type 2 caused by a T>G mutation at position 3911 that predicts a methionine to arginine (M1304R) change in the platelet-binding A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (VWF). This mutation manifests as an autosomal-dominant trait, with clinical and biochemical phenotypic variability among affected individuals, including differences in bleeding tendency and VWF quantity, activity, and multimer pattern. Sequencing of all VWF coding regions in 3 affected individuals did not identify additional mutations. When expressed in heterologous cells, M1304R was secreted in lower quantities, failed to drive formation of storage granules,

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4497966 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature