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Three serologically indistinguishable viruses from the avian adenovirus type-II splenomegaly virus of chickens, marble spleen disease virus of pheasants, and hemorrhagic enteritis virus of turkeys, were analyzed by restriction endonuclease fingerprinting. The DNA from these viruses were examined with 6 restriction endonucleases (Bgl II, EcoRI, HindIII, Hha I, Xho I, and BamHI). Markedly different DNA cleavage patterns were found in these virus isolates with all the 5 enzymes, except with BamHI, suggesting genetic differences between isolates of adenovirus type II. Restriction endonuclease analyses were found to provide a method for distinguishing genetically different, and yet serologically similar, strains of avian adenovirus type II.
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PMID:Differentiation of avian adenovirus type-II strains by restriction endonuclease fingerprinting. 255 77

A 2-yr-old black girl presented with a thalassemic clinical picture and was found to have nearly 100% fetal hemoglobin in her red cells. Pedigree analysis indicated that she was a heterozygote for the hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin gene and for a beta O-thalassemia gene. A brother, who also had nearly 100% fetal hemoglobin in his red cells, manifested, in contrast to his sister, no anemia and only minimal splenomegaly. Examination of the family's alpha-globin loci using the restriction endonuclease Eco Rl demonstrated that the brother had a single alpha-locus deletion that he had inherited from his mother. The mild clinical manifestations of this boy are consistent with the often expressed view that excess alpha chains may contribute significantly to the hematologic manifestation of beta-thalassemia.
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PMID:The effect of alpha-thalassemia on the expression of the beta-thalassemia/HPFH heterozygote in a black family. 616 20

The integrated proviral DNA of the polycythemia-inducing isolate of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFVp) has been identified in rat cell clones nonproductively infected with this replication-defective erythroleukemia virus and cloned in phage lambda vectors. These lambda SFFVp recombinants, lambda SFFVp502 and lambda SFFVp542, contain endonuclease EcoRI inserts of size 7.4 and 8.2 kilobases, respectively, and include full copies of the SFFVp genome, along with host flanking sequences. Infectivity of the cloned SFFVp genomes was tested by a two-step DNA transfer procedure involving transfection of the cloned DNA into 3T3 mouse fibroblasts or cotransfer of the cloned DNA into thymidine kinase-deficient 3T3 cells together with the cloned thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus, followed by rescue of the transferred DNA by superinfection with a helper virus. Inoculation of the rescued virus into adult mice resulted in the appearance of spleen foci, rapid splenomegaly, and polycythemia. Early after infection, spleen cell populations contained large numbers of cells capable of forming small erythroid colonies in vitro (CFU-E) in the absence of erythropoietin. Late after infection, these mice contained cells capable of forming macroscopic colonies (CFU-FV) in vitro. These data indicate that molecular clones of SFFVp, in conjunction with a helper virus, induce the appearance of hemopoietic colony-forming cells characteristic of both the early and late stages of Friend leukemia.
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PMID:Clonal analysis of early and late stages of erythroleukemia induced by molecular clones of integrated spleen focus-forming virus. 627 94

Thirteen patients with sickle cell anemia (SS) were found to have two alpha gene deletions with a presumptive genotype of beta(S)/beta(S); -alpha/-alpha. Hematological data showed that this group of patients had elevated Hb A2 level. In order to determine whether the elevation of Hb A2 is typical of SS with a two alpha gene deletion or is due to undiagnosed S-beta(O)-thalassemia with a two alpha gene deletion we looked for the presence or absence of beta(O)-thalassemia by molecular techniques. The latter included reverse dot-blot hybridization to rule out a beta-thalassemia mutation, digestion with CvnI endonuclease followed by Southern blotting and hybridization with a beta genomic probe, and, in selected patients, determination of the synthetic alpha/beta ratio. One of the 13 patients had S-beta(O)-thalassemia with a G-->A mutation at IVS-II-1 indicating that her genotype was beta(S)/beta(O) thalassemia; -alpha/-alpha. The remaining 12 patients were homozygous for the sickle gene, had relatively elevated Hb levels, increased Hb A2 values, and Hb F levels similar to those in patients with SS and four or three alpha genes. At the clinical level, the 12 patients with SS and a two alpha gene deletion had increased prevalence of avascular necrosis, retinopathy, and splenomegaly, but decreased prevalence of leg ulcers and cerebrovascular accidents. Together, the data indicate that SS with a two alpha gene deletion (beta(S)/beta(S); -alpha/-alpha) is a unique subset of patients with SS characterised by distinct hematological and clinical features.
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PMID:Is Hb A2 elevated in adults with sickle-alpha-thalassemia (beta(S)/beta(S); -alpha/-alpha)? 932 76

In mice that fail to express the phagolysosomal endonuclease DNase II and the type I IFN receptor, excessive accrual of undegraded DNA results in a STING-dependent, TLR-independent inflammatory arthritis. These double-knockout (DKO) mice develop additional indications of systemic autoimmunity, including anti-nuclear autoantibodies and splenomegaly, that are not found in Unc93b1(3d/3d) DKO mice and, therefore, are TLR dependent. The DKO autoantibodies predominantly detect RNA-associated autoantigens, which are commonly targeted in TLR7-dominated systemic erythematosus lupus-prone mice. To determine whether an inability of TLR9 to detect endogenous DNA could explain the absence of dsDNA-reactive autoantibodies in DKO mice, we used a novel class of bifunctional autoantibodies, IgM/DNA dual variable domain Ig molecules, to activate B cells through a BCR/TLR9-dependent mechanism. DKO B cells could not respond to the IgM/DNA dual variable domain Ig molecule, despite a normal response to both anti-IgM and CpG ODN 1826. Thus, DKO B cells only respond to RNA-associated ligands because DNase II-mediated degradation of self-DNA is required for TLR9 activation.
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PMID:Cutting Edge: DNase II deficiency prevents activation of autoreactive B cells by double-stranded DNA endogenous ligands. 2560 24