A Case of Dispermic Chimerism with Normal Phenotype Identified During ABO Blood Grouping

作者:Zhu Pei Yuan; Yan Jing Mei; Xue Min; Ye Dong; Yao Gen Hong; Luan Jian Feng*
来源:Clinical Laboratory, 2014, 60(6): 1049-1054.
DOI:10.7754/Clin.Lab.2013.130401

摘要

Background: Human chimerism with normal phenotype derived from the fusion of two different zygotes is a rare phenomenon. We describe a case of a phenotypically normal 17-year-old diagnosed with dispermic chimerism during routine ABO blood grouping. Methods: ABO grouping, ABO genotyping, karyotyping, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing, and short tandem repeat (STR) analysis were performed. Results: Forward typing with anti-A and anti-B sera resulted in mixed-field agglutination of red blood cells. The mother and father were blood group O and AB, respectively. The proposita had O-1, A(201) and B alleles in the ABO locus; O-1 was a maternal allele, while A(201) and B were the paternal alleles. The proposita karyotype was 46,XX/46,XY. HLA typing revealed that the proposita had three alleles (46,51,54) at the HLA-B locus, with the additional allele of paternal origin. STR analysis identified three alleles for five of the 15 markers (D2S1338, TPDX, D8S1179, D19S433, and D21S11) analyzed in the proposita's blood- and skin fibroblast-derived DNA. The additional alleles of TPDX, D8S1179, and D21S11 were of paternal origin. Conclusions: The genetic findings suggest that this proposita was produced by dispermic fertilization of two identical haploid ova formed by parthenogenetic activation.

  • 出版日期2014
  • 单位江苏省血液中心; 南京大学