Polymorphism in both X and Y box motifs controls level of expression of HLA-DRB1 genes
Journal Article
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· Immunogenetics
OSTI ID:240990
- McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
The HLA class II antigens of the human major histocompatibility complex play an important role in immune response. The quality of the immune response is determined not only by polymorphisms in their coding region, but also by the level of their cell-surface expression which affects, for example, the extent of T-cell activation. We have previously described allelic polymorphisms in the upstream regulatory regions of HLA-DRB genes, which affected DNA-protein interactions and resulted in significantly different promoter strengths. In the present study, we investigated the effect of polymorphisms in the X and Y box motifs on the transcriptional activity of DRB1 gene promoters in the DR1, DR51, and DR53 haplotype groups. We used normal, chimeric, and mutated DRB promoters and compared their relative abilities to initiate transcription of the CAT reporter gene in human B-cell lines. The results show that polymorphisms in both the X1 and Y box motifs play a dominant role in the promoter strength. In the gel mobility shift assay, we observed differential ability of nuclear proteins that bind to the polymorphic X1 and Y box elements. The results in the present study confirm earlier data in that the nucleotide variation in the X1 box affects the level of expression of DRBI genes. In addition, the present data demonstrate that polymorphism in the Y box, which affects the inverted CCAAT sequence, also plays a dominant role in the transcriptional activity of DRB1 promoters. 30 refs., 6 figs.
- OSTI ID:
- 240990
- Journal Information:
- Immunogenetics, Journal Name: Immunogenetics Journal Issue: 1-2 Vol. 43; ISSN 0093-7711; ISSN IMNGBK
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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