Polymorphism at the HLA-E locus predates most HLA-A and -B polymorphism - PubMed (original) (raw)

Polymorphism at the HLA-E locus predates most HLA-A and -B polymorphism

D E Geraghty et al. Hum Immunol. 1992 Mar.

Abstract

The extensive polymorphism of the classic class I antigens has been well described. In contrast, the nonclassic HLA antigens are distinguished by their low polymorphism. We examine here the HLA polymorphism of the HLA-E locus by examining the DNA sequence of cDNA from nine ethnically diverse individuals. From this analysis, we show that there is no polymorphism in the regions including exon 1 and from exon 4 to exon 8, the 3' untranslated exon. In exons 2 and 3, there are two base substitutions, one of which is at a replacement site and the other silent. The replacement substitution changes an arginine to a glycine at position 107, defining two alleles at the HLA-E locus. Using the PCR on exon 3 from genomic DNA and hybridization with oligonucleotide probes, we have examined 90 HLA-typed individuals to determine the relative frequency of the two alleles in the population and their association with the classical antigens. This analysis showed that these two alleles were present at nearly equal frequencies in the population. Surprisingly, both alleles were found in an essentially random association with all but one HLA-A and -B haplotype. The single exception was to the A1-B8 haplotype, which appeared to be linked to only one of the two alleles. One implication of this random association is that these HLA-E alleles may have existed before most of the HLA-A and B polymorphism. Thus, selection has maintained the HLA-E locus essentially unaltered during a time when considerable polymorphism was being selected for at the HLA-A and -B loci. This finding may also have important consequences in an unrelated bone marrow transplant, where it is predicted that 37% of HLA-A and -B matched donors are mismatched at the HLA-E locus.

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Polymorphism at the HLA-E locus predates most HLA-A and -B polymorphism - PubMed (original) (raw)