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Yawata N, Shirane M, Woon K, Lim X, Tanaka H, Kawano YI, Yawata M, Chee SP, Siak J, Sonoda KH. Molecular Signatures of Natural Killer Cells in CMV-Associated Anterior Uveitis, A New Type of CMV-Induced Disease in Immunocompetent Individuals. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073623. [PMID: 33807229 PMCID: PMC8037729 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) causes clinical issues primarily in immune-suppressed conditions. CMV-associated anterior uveitis (CMV-AU) is a notable new disease entity manifesting recurrent ocular inflammation in immunocompetent individuals. As patient demographics indicated contributions from genetic background and immunosenescence as possible underlying pathological mechanisms, we analyzed the immunogenetics of the cohort in conjunction with cell phenotypes to identify molecular signatures of CMV-AU. Among the immune cell types, natural killer (NK) cells are main responders against CMV. Therefore, we first characterized variants of polymorphic genes that encode differences in CMV-related human NK cell responses (Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) and HLA class I) in 122 CMV-AU patients. The cases were then stratified according to their genetic features and NK cells were analyzed for human CMV-related markers (CD57, KLRG1, NKG2C) by flow cytometry. KIR3DL1 and HLA class I combinations encoding strong receptor–ligand interactions were present at substantially higher frequencies in CMV-AU. In these cases, NK cell profiling revealed expansion of the subset co-expressing CD57 and KLRG1, and together with KIR3DL1 and the CMV-recognizing NKG2C receptor. The findings imply that a mechanism of CMV-AU pathogenesis likely involves CMV-responding NK cells co-expressing CD57/KLRG1/NKG2C that develop on a genetic background of KIR3DL1/HLA-B allotypes encoding strong receptor–ligand interactions.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- CD57 Antigens/genetics
- CD57 Antigens/immunology
- Cohort Studies
- Cytomegalovirus/immunology
- Cytomegalovirus/pathogenicity
- Cytomegalovirus Infections/immunology
- Female
- Genes, MHC Class I/genetics
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects
- Humans
- Immunocompromised Host/immunology
- Immunocompromised Host/physiology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/physiology
- Lectins, C-Type/genetics
- Lectins, C-Type/metabolism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily C/genetics
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily C/immunology
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily C/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, KIR/genetics
- Transplantation, Homologous/adverse effects
- Uveitis, Anterior/genetics
- Uveitis, Anterior/metabolism
- Uveitis, Anterior/virology
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Affiliation(s)
- Nobuyo Yawata
- Department of Ocular Pathology and Imaging Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 168751, Singapore; (K.W.); (X.L.); (S.-P.C.); (J.S.)
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan; (M.S.); (K.-H.S.)
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 168751, Singapore; (K.W.); (X.L.); (S.-P.C.); (J.S.)
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 168751, Singapore; (K.W.); (X.L.); (S.-P.C.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan;
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- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research, A*STAR, Singapore 117609, Singapore;
- Department of Pediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
- National University Health System, Singapore 119228, Singapore
- Immunology Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456, Singapore
- NUSMED Immunology Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456, Singapore
- International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 168751, Singapore; (K.W.); (X.L.); (S.-P.C.); (J.S.)
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
- Ocular Inflammation and Immunology Department, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore 168751, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 168751, Singapore; (K.W.); (X.L.); (S.-P.C.); (J.S.)
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore
- Ocular Inflammation and Immunology Department, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore 168751, Singapore
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan; (M.S.); (K.-H.S.)
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Zhao J, Tang W, Yao J, Chen Q, Xu Q, Wu S. The Role of Killer Immunoglobulin-Like Receptor Genes in Susceptibility to HIV-1 Infection and Disease Progression: A Meta-Analysis. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2019; 35:948-959. [PMID: 31288555 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2019.0172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Genetic studies on the association of the killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes with HIV-1 infection and disease progression have been widely carried out with somewhat contradictory results. Therefore, we undertook a quantitative assessment based on 25 studies [involving 3,216 HIV-1 infected subjects, 1,690 exposed uninfected subjects, 1,262 healthy controls (HCs), 748 typical progressors (TPs), and 244 long-term nonprogressors (LTNPs)] to further define the roles of KIR in HIV-1 control/susceptibility. An overall analysis, showed that, among the 16 KIR genes, the presence of KIR2DS4 may associate with an elevated risk of HIV-1 infection (p < .05, using HCs), whereas KIR3DS1 may associate with a reduced risk (p < .001, using HCs). In the subgroup analyses, among Africans, KIR2DS4 also revealed a significant risk of HIV-1 infection (p < .05), whereas KIR2DL2, 2DL5, and 2DS3 conferred a protective role (p < .05). KIR2DL2 and 3DL1 showed an increased risk of acquiring infection among Caucasians (p < .05). A negative effect on susceptibility to infection for KIR2DL1, 2DL3, and 3DS1 was found among East Asians. 3DS1 conferred a protective effect of HIV-1 infection among serodiscordant couples (p < .05). Moreover, among Chinese, KIR2DL3 was significantly lower in frequency in TPs when compared with LTNPs (p < .05), indicating a possible role in the delay of disease progression. This meta-analysis supports the individual studies that associate specific KIR genes with HIV-1 infection and disease progression and further emphasizes that this outcome differs according to specific populations.
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- Jiangyang Zhao
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, China
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- National HIV/HCV Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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- National HIV/HCV Reference Laboratory, National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal and Anal Surgery, Rui Kang Hospital, Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University, Nanning, China
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Deng Z, Zhao J, Cai S, Qi Y, Yu Q, Martin MP, Gao X, Chen R, Zhuo J, Zhen J, Zhang M, Zhang G, He L, Zou H, Lu L, Zhu W, Hong W, Carrington M, Norman PJ. Natural Killer Cells Offer Differential Protection From Leukemia in Chinese Southern Han. Front Immunol 2019; 10:1646. [PMID: 31379844 PMCID: PMC6646668 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Interactions of human natural killer (NK) cell inhibitory receptors with polymorphic HLA-A, -B and -C molecules educate NK cells for immune surveillance against tumor cells. The KIR A haplotype encodes a distinctive set of HLA-specific NK cell inhibiting receptors having strong influence on immunity. We observed higher frequency of KIR A homozygosity among 745 healthy Chinese Southern Han than 836 adult patients representing three types of leukemia: ALL (OR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.52-0.89, p = 0.004), AML (OR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.59-0.98, p = 0.034), and CML (OR = 0.72 95% CI = 0.51-1.0, ns). We observed the same trend for NHL (OR = 0.47 95% CI = 0.26-0.88 p = 0.017). For ALL, the protective effect of the KIR AA genotype was greater in the presence of KIR ligands C1 (Pc = 0.01) and Bw4 (Pc = 0.001), which are tightly linked in East Asians. By contrast, the C2 ligand strengthened protection from CML (Pc = 0.004). NK cells isolated from KIR AA individuals were significantly more cytotoxic toward leukemic cells than those from other KIR genotypes (p < 0.0001). These data suggest KIR allotypes encoded by East Asian KIR A haplotypes are strongly inhibitory, arming NK cells to respond to leukemogenic cells having altered HLA expression. Thus, the study of populations with distinct KIR and HLA distributions enlightens understanding of immune mechanisms that significantly impact leukemia pathogenesis.
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- Zhihui Deng
- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, United States
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, United States
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, United States
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Hematology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
- Central Laboratory, Baoan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Research and Development Department, Shenzhen Hank Bioengineering Institute, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, United States
- Ragon Institute of MGH MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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Leaton LA, Shortt J, Kichula KM, Tao S, Nemat-Gorgani N, Mentzer AJ, Oppenheimer SJ, Deng Z, Hollenbach JA, Gignoux CR, Guethlein LA, Parham P, Carrington M, Norman PJ. Conservation, Extensive Heterozygosity, and Convergence of Signaling Potential All Indicate a Critical Role for KIR3DL3 in Higher Primates. Front Immunol 2019; 10:24. [PMID: 30745901 PMCID: PMC6360152 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cell functions are modulated by polymorphic killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Among 13 human KIR genes, which vary by presence and copy number, KIR3DL3 is ubiquitously present in every individual across diverse populations. No ligand or function is known for KIR3DL3, but limited knowledge of expression suggests involvement in reproduction, likely during placentation. With 157 human alleles, KIR3DL3 is also highly polymorphic and we show heterozygosity exceeds that of HLA-B in many populations. The external domains of catarrhine primate KIR3DL3 evolved as a conserved lineage distinct from other KIR. Accordingly, and in contrast to other KIR, we show the focus of natural selection does not correspond exclusively to known ligand binding sites. Instead, a strong signal for diversifying selection occurs in the D1 Ig domain at a site involved in receptor aggregation, which we show is polymorphic in humans worldwide, suggesting differential ability for receptor aggregation. Meanwhile in the cytoplasmic tail, the first of two inhibitory tyrosine motifs (ITIM) is conserved, whereas independent genomic events have mutated the second ITIM of KIR3DL3 alleles in all great apes. Together, these findings suggest that KIR3DL3 binds a conserved ligand, and a function requiring both receptor aggregation and inhibitory signal attenuation. In this model KIR3DL3 resembles other NK cell inhibitory receptors having only one ITIM, which interact with bivalent downstream signaling proteins through dimerization. Due to the extensive conservation across species, selection, and other unusual properties, we consider elucidating the ligand and function of KIR3DL3 to be a pressing question.
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- Laura A. Leaton
- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
- Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, and Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Shenzhen Blood Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Basic Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, United States
- Ragon Institute of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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González-Quezada B, Sánchez-Fernández M, Munguía-Saldaña A, Valencia-Macedo M, Flores-Aguilar H, Bonilla-Galán E, Rodríguez-Gómez A, Díaz-Rivera A, Gorodezky C. Allele diversity of the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors KIR3DL1/S1 and the combination with their HLA ligands in Mexican Mestizos from Mexico City. Hum Immunol 2018; 79:834-838. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2018.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Prakash S, Sarangi AN, Alam S, Sonawane A, Sharma RK, Agrawal S. Putative role of KIR3DL1/3DS1 alleles and HLA-Bw4 ligands with end stage renal disease and long term renal allograft survival. Gene 2017; 637:219-229. [PMID: 28942035 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Killer immunoglobulin receptors (KIR) are highly polymorphic in nature. KIR3DL1/3DS1 genes are known to affect HLA-B antigen binding affinity causing natural killer (NK) cell inhibition, which results into successful renal transplantation. In this study we have examined whether alleles of KIR3DL1/3DS1 play any role in changing the binding affinity with HLA-Bw4 antigen and if so then how are they associated with long term renal allograft survival. We have also evaluated plausible association of KIR3DL1 with HLA-A23/A24/A32 with renal pathophysiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS KIR3DL1/3DS1 allelic diversity was examined in 501 renal transplant cases and 507 controls. PCR-SSP was used to determine the incidence of KIR3DL1/3DS1 genes and HLA class-I antigens. KIR3DL1/3DS1 alleles were determined by sequencing. Expression at transcription level for KIR3DL1/3DS1 genes was evaluated in the presence of HLA-Bw4. Different statistical analyses were performed using SPSS v 22.0. p≤0.05 was considered significant. Sequence based variant effect was predicted using Variant Effect Predictor. To evaluate whether variation in KIR3DL1 and HLA interaction changes the binding affinity structure based effect prediction was carried out using MutaBind and BindProf software. RESULTS For KIR3DL1*0010101, no-risk and low mRNA expression was seen among antibody mediated acute rejection (ABMR) and chronic rejection (CR) cases. Whereas, 3DS1*01301, 3DL1*00401, and 3DL1*00402 showed susceptibility and elevated mRNA expression with ABMR and CR. Two mutations c.320C>T (rs143159382) and c.911G>T (rs35974949), present in alleles 3DL1*00402 and 3DL1*00401 were predicted to be deleterious. Reduced renal allograft survival was observed for individuals possessing KIR3DL1*00401-HLA-Bw4+. In relation to HLA-A locus no significance was observed with ESRD, ABMR, and CR. DISCUSSION The experimental and computational data corroborated with each other suggesting susceptibility for renal allograft in presence of 3DL1*00402 and 3DL1*00401 alleles.
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- Swayam Prakash
- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Biomedical Informatics Centre, School of Telemedicine and Biomedical Informatics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Department of Nephrology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Hematology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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