Alleles at four HLA class II loci determined by oligonucleotide hybridization and their associations in five ethnic groups

Marcelo A. Fernandez-Viña, Xiaojiang Gao, M. Elisa Moraes, J. Roberto Moraes, Iracema Salatiel, Sharon Miller, Jeanette Tsai, Yiping Sun, Jiabin An, Zulay Layrisse, Ephraim Gazit, Chaim Brautbar, Peter Stastny

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Abstract

The use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and oligonucleotide hybridization offers a new approach for the definition of HLA class II alleles. It has been possible to determine 43 alleles of DRB1, four of DRB3, two of DRB4, four of DRB5, eight of DQA1, and 14 of DQB1. These alleles are inherited together in members of families and form closely associated groups which are found repeatedly and in characteristics patterns in different populations. We have determined the HLA class II alleles and analyzed their association in 431 healthy unrelated subjects including 161 North American Caucasians, 53 Latin Americans, 61 Blacks, 88 Chinese, and 68 Israeli Jews. For-locus haplotypes (DRB1; DRB3/4/5; DQA1; DQB1) were derived from 79 B cell lines and the analysis of segregation in 34 nuclear families. The B-cell lines yielded 37 and the families showed the same, and 20 other, haplotypic combinations. In addition to these 57 haplotypes, associated alleles were assigned in the unrelated panels following certain rules. The resulting haplotypes were assigned to groups known to share associated alleles. The groups were: (1) DR1, DR2, and DRw10 (13 haplotypes); (2) DR3 and DRw6 (26 haplotypes); (3) DR5 and DRw8 (24 haplotypes); (4) DR4, DR7, and DR9 (24 haplotypes). Their distribution in populations with different ethnic backgrounds was analyzed. The expressed DRB4 allele and its null mutant were determined by PCR and oligonucleotide hybridization. The different DR7 haplotypes resulting from these determinations were analyzed in a panel of 130 North American Caucasoids. This comprehensive analysis of class II HLA haplotypes in human populations should be useful in understanding the role of these genes and in various applications including anthropolgy, disease susceptibility, and transplantation of allogeneic organs and tissues.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)299-312
Number of pages14
JournalImmunogenetics
Volume34
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1991

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology
  • Genetics

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