136 Erythrocyte Antigens and Antibodies Flashcards
Most of the protein blood group antigens are carried on
Integral transmembrane proteins (either single-pass type I or type II, or multipass)
A few are carried on glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked proteins or adsorbed from plasma
Chromosome Location of ABO Blood Group
9q34.2
Blood Group System: Decreased Plasmodium falciparum invasion, may be receptor for Escherichia coli
MNS
Blood Group System: Possibly transports CO2 or NH3 (CD240)
Rh
Blood Group System: Increased expression possibly involved in vasoocclusion in sickle cell disease
Lutheran
Blood Group System: Cleaves big endothelin-3 to ET-3, a potent vasoconstrictor (CD238)
Kell
Blood Group System: Increased expression in fucosidosis, antibodies may be important in graft rejection
Lewis
Blood Group System: Resistance to P vivax invasion
Duffy
P. falciparum: MNS
Blood Group System: Urea transporter; Impaired urea transport, urine-concentrating defect
Kidd
Blood Group System: Anion exchanger
(CD233), Band 3 cytoskeletal protein; Southeast Asian ovalocytosis, hereditary spherocytosis, renal tubular acidosis
Diego
Blood Group System: Absent from PNH III RBCs
Yt
Dombrock
Blood Group System:Monosomy 7, inability to
maximally concentrate urine, congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
Colton
Blood Group System: Renal disease, associated with pretibial epidermolysis bullosa and sensorineural deafness
Raph
Blood Group System: Acanthocytosis, muscular dystrophy, hemolytic anemia; McLeod syndrome sometimes associated with CGD, peripheral neuropathy, cardiomyopathy seizures, a late-onset dementia, and behavioral changes
Kx
Blood Group System: Hereditary elliptocytosis, hemolytic anemia, decreased 4.1R and p55
Gerbich
Blood Group System: Absent from PNH III RBCs, Dra is the receptor for uropathogenic E coli
Cromer
***John Milton Hagen, CD59 (also absent from PNH III RBCs)
Blood Group System: Congenital cataracts in Asians
I
Blood Group System: Receptor E coli and parvovirus B19
GLOB
Blood Group System: Hemolytic anemia, hereditary stomatocytosis
Rh-associated glycoprotein
Blood Group System: Multiple small calcifications around the joints in the hand and ectopic calcification or mineralization in hips, feet, pubic symphysis, and lumbar discs
Augustine
Blood Group System: Expressed on Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein in urine that prevents adherence of pathogenic bacteria to urothelial cells
Sid
Blood Group System: Deafness, choline deficiency disease
CTL2
As of this writing, ____ blood group systems and _____ antigen collections are defined
39 blood group systems
5 antigen collections
Most significant antigens in transfusion and
transplantation
ABO
Because A and B antigens also are expressed on most tissue cells, ABO compatibility is a significant consideration in solid-organ transplantation.
Most significant antigen after A and B
D
The antigens C, c, E, and e are less immunogenic
Important cause of DHTR
Kidd
TRUE OR FALSE
Group A or B erythrocytes appear to have less H antigen than group O cells
TRUE
Group A or B erythrocytes appear to have less H antigen than group O cells
The sugars defining A and B antigens are added to carbohydrate chains carrying the H antigen (fucose), which is “hidden” by the A (GalNAc) or B (Gal) sugar.
TRUE OR FALSE
Because A and B antigens also are exclusively expressed on RBCs, ABO compatibility has no role in solid-organ transplantation.
FALSE
Because A and B antigens also are expressed on most tissue cells, ABO compatibility is a significant consideration in solid-organ transplantation.
ABO incompatibility only rarely causes severe HDFN because antibodies directed against A and B antigens are predominantly immunoglobulin (Ig) ______, which do not cross the placenta
Immunoglobulin (Ig) M
The second most important blood group system in transfusion medicine because antigen-positive RBCs frequently immunize antigen-negative individuals through transfusion and pregnancy.
Rh system
Inheritance of Rh antigens is determined by a complex of two closely linked genes:
- Protein-carrying D antigen (RhD)
- Protein carrying C or c and E or e antigens (RhCE)
In the Rh system, _______ common antigen combinations or haplotypes are possible
Eight
Approximately_____% of the white population is Rh-positive, and _____% is Rh-negative.
85% Rh-positive
15% Rh-negative
A substance that can evoke an immune response when introduced into an immunocompetent host and react with the antibody produced from that immune response.
Antigen
The ability of an antigen to stimulate an immune response is called
Immunogenicity
Ability to react with an antibody
Antigenicity
TRUE OR FALSE
Immunogenicity does not always correlate with the hemolytic potential of an antibody specificity
TRUE
Immunogenicity does not always correlate with the hemolytic potential of an antibody specificity
For example, K is more immunogenic than Jk a but anti-Jk a is more likely to cause hemolysis.
Order of immunogenicity
A and B, D, K
A, B, and H antigens can be detected at ______ weeks of gestation
5 to 6 weeks of gestation
Full expression of A, B, H, I, and Lewis antigens usually is present by age____ years, whereas full expression of P1 and Lutheran antigens may not occur until age ______years.
3 years
7 years