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Sar P, Agarwal A, Vadodariya DH, Kariya H, Khuman J, Dalai S. MHC Class II (DRB) Promoter Polymorphism and Its Role in Parasite Control among Malaria Patients. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 204:943-953. [PMID: 31941654 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1900558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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MHC class II (MHCII) molecules are cell surface glycoproteins that play an important role to develop adaptive immune responses. MHCII-disease association is not restricted to structural variation alone but also may extend to genetic variations, which may modulate gene expression. The observed variations in class II gene expression make it possible that the association of MHCII polymorphism with diseases may relate to the level of gene expression in addition to the restriction of response to Ag. Understanding the extent of, and the mechanisms underlying, transcription factor DNA binding variation is therefore key to elucidate the molecular determinants of complex phenotypes. In this study, we investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms in MHCII-DRB regulatory gene may be associated with clinical outcomes of malaria in Plasmodium-infected individuals. To this end, we conducted a case-control study to compare patients who had mild malaria with those patients who had asymptomatic Plasmodium infection. It demonstrates that GTAT haplotype exerts an increased DRB transcriptional activity, resulting in higher DRB expression and subsequently perturbed Ag presentation and T cell activation, higher TLR-mediated innate immune gene expression, and Ag clearance, so low parasitemia in comparison with haplotypes other than GTAT (GTAC, GGGT). Hence, we hypothesized that DRB gene promoter polymorphism might lead to altered DRB gene expression, which could possibly affect the TLR-triggered innate immune responses in malaria patients. These genetic findings may contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis of malaria and will facilitate the rational vaccine design for malaria.
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- Pranati Sar
- Institute of Science, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
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- Institute of Science, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
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- Institute of Science, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India
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Simons ND, Eick GN, Ruiz-Lopez MJ, Omeja PA, Chapman CA, Goldberg TL, Ting N, Sterner KN. Cis-regulatory evolution in a wild primate: Infection-associated genetic variation drives differential expression of MHC-DQA1 in vitro. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:4523-4535. [PMID: 28665019 PMCID: PMC5570663 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Few studies have combined genetic association analyses with functional characterization of infection-associated SNPs in natural populations of nonhuman primates. Here, we investigate the relationship between host genetic variation, parasitism and natural selection in a population of red colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus tephrosceles) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. We collected parasitological, cellular and genomic data to test the following hypotheses: (i) MHC-DQA1 regulatory genetic variation is associated with control of whipworm (Trichuris) infection in a natural population of red colobus; (ii) infection-associated SNPs are functional in driving differential gene expression in vitro; and (iii) balancing selection has shaped patterns of variation in the MHC-DQA1 promoter. We identified two SNPs in the MHC-DQA1 promoter, both in transcription factor binding sites, and both of which are associated with decreased control of Trichuris infection. We characterized the function of both SNPs by testing differences in gene expression between the two alleles of each SNP in two mammalian cell lines. Alleles of one of the SNPs drove differential gene expression in both cell lines, while the other SNP drove differences in expression in one of the cell lines. Additionally, we found evidence of balancing selection acting on the MHC-DQA1 promoter, including extensive trans-species polymorphisms between red colobus and other primates, and an excess of intermediate-frequency alleles relative to genome-wide, coding and noncoding RADseq data. Our data suggest that balancing selection provides adaptive regulatory flexibility that outweighs the consequences of increased parasite infection intensity in heterozygotes.
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- Noah D. Simons
- Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Makerere University Biological Field Station, P.O Box 967, Fort Portal, Uganda
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- Makerere University Biological Field Station, P.O Box 967, Fort Portal, Uganda
- Department of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T7, Canada
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53725, USA
- Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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Fan X, Lan D, Lin B, Xie Y, Liu Z, Zhen G, Fu Y, Xu A. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the regulatory regions of the HLA-DRB-expressed genes. Hum Immunol 2005; 66:290-4. [PMID: 15784467 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2004] [Revised: 10/24/2004] [Accepted: 11/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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DRB genes encode proteins that play an important role in the immune response, and their expressional regulation is crucial to the immune reaction. Sequence variation at the regulatory region can directly affect the gene expression level. The aim of the present study was to use Chinese samples to investigate the variation in the regulation region of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB-expressed genes. Seventy- one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were found in the four HLA-DRB-expressed genes. By comparing these data with SNPs in the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information dbSNP database, 69 SNPs (97.2%) were found to be novel. In addition, two genetic variations of insertion-deletion polymorphisms were discovered within the regulatory region of HLA-DRB1 gene. These polymorphisms can be used as resources of markers for association studies of complex diseases, for assessment of individual predisposition to diseases, and as research markers for population genetics and evolution.
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- Xinlan Fan
- Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering of MOE, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou, 510275, PR China
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Mitchison NA, Roes J. Patterned variation in murine MHC promoters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:10561-6. [PMID: 12134058 PMCID: PMC124974 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.152329999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/03/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To compare variation in regulatory and coding DNA, promoter sequences have been obtained from wild-derived mice and laboratory rats. The sequences are from the proximal promoter of the H2Aa, H2Ab, H2Eb, and H2K genes of 24 wild-derived inbred strains and a sample of the corresponding exon 2 sequences and of the RT1.Ba gene of six strains of laboratory rat. They reveal a high level of variation in the mouse MHC class II promoters (H2A and H2E), a low level in MHC class I (H2K), and none in the rat. The variation is pronounced in and around the cAMP response element, a major binding site for modulating promoter activity in response to external stimulation. This finding, together with the different levels of variation in MHC classes I and II, is suggestive of natural selection. However, selection operating via the MHC coding sequences must also contribute, as indicated by the minimal variation in both the MHC class II promoter and coding sequences of the rat. Furthermore CIITA (trans-activator of class II) of the mouse has been reported to have minimal variation in its promoter and none in its coding sequence. Taken together these data suggest that the regulatory and coding sequences undergo coselection. Each of the mouse class II promoters has a pattern of variation that appears to be basically dimorphic, with further variation added by recombination/mutation. The dimorphic allelic lineages are in marginally detectable linkage disequilibrium with the exon 2 sequences, particularly in H2Aa, thus lending further support to the coevolution hypothesis.
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- N Avrion Mitchison
- Department of Immunology, Windeyer Institute of Medical Science, 46 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JF, United Kingdom.
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