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Hemoglobin Himeji as a cause of interference in the measurement of glycated hemoglobin
Hemoglobina Himeji como causa de interferencia en la medición de la hemoglobina glicosilada
Fernando García Urruzolaa,
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, Jessica Ares Blancoa, Ángel Bernardo Gutiérrezb, Silvia Álvarez Álvarezc, Edelmiro Menéndez Torrea
a Servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
b Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
c Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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a gene sequencing study was ultimately conducted which identified the heterozygous mutation c&#46;422C&#62;A &#40;p&#46;Ala141Asp&#41; in the human beta-globulin &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">HBB</span>&#41; gene&#44; a pathological variant associated with the production of haemoglobin Himeji in clinical databases&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The second case is that of a 74-year-old woman&#44; the mother of the above patient and a native of Portugal with a history of ischaemic heart disease &#40;having had episodes of unstable angina in 2007 and 2015&#41;&#44; hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus being treated with oral antidiabetic drugs as of its diagnosis in 2005 up to 2016&#44; when it was replaced with basal insulin &#40;glargine&#41;&#46; While on basal insulin&#44; the patient had frequent evening episodes of hypoglycaemia&#44; none of them serious&#46; Her regular treatment included omeprazole&#44; bisoprolol&#44; acetylsalicylic acid&#44; 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there are more than 1300 known haemoglobin variants&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> Approximately 80&#37; are asymptomatic&#59; the remaining 20&#37; are associated with diseases such as haemolytic anaemia&#44; polycythaemia and methaemoglobin&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4</span></a> Widespread determination of HbA<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1c</span> levels has led to a gradual increase in recent years in identification of clinical silent haemoglobin variants&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;7</span></a></p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Depending on the method of detection used&#44; the same haemoglobinopathy might cause HbA<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1c</span> results to be unexpectedly high or low compared to blood glucose determinations&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;4</span></a> Although some of these abnormalities in measurement can be detected and it is possible to take steps to correct them&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;5</span></a> if an abnormality in haemoglobin affects its ability to be glycosylated or if factors affecting the rate of erythrocyte turnover are involved&#44; the results will be inaccurate regardless of the detection method employed&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;3</span></a></p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">&#8220;Haemoglobin J&#8221; refers to a group of abnormal haemoglobins that all have faster electrophoretic mobility than haemoglobin A&#46; Haemoglobin Himeji was first reported in 1986 in a Japanese male with diabetes mellitus&#59;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> later on&#44; cases in two Japanese families&#44; cases in two members of a Portuguese family and another isolated case also in Portugal were reported as well&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#8211;10</span></a> It is a variant with a higher oxygen affinity&#44; a certain molecular instability and an increase in glycosylation of the NH<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> end of the &#946; chain&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;9</span></a> which would account for the falsely elevated HbA<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1c</span> results obtained in our cases&#46;</p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In patients who are carriers of haemoglobin Himeji&#44; blood glucose control can be estimated more accurately using commercial methods that measure glycosylated serum proteins &#40;fructosamine or glycosylated serum albumin&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#44;3</span></a> However&#44; these tests only reflect mean glucose over approximately the past two weeks&#44; and none of them has been correlated with the risk of developing chronic complications of diabetes mellitus&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#8211;3</span></a> In these patients&#44; therefore&#44; self-monitoring of blood glucose or using a continuous glucose monitoring system is more important in evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment of the disease&#46;</p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As they do not show symptoms&#44; 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