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HLA-DRB4 gene encoded HLA-DR53 specificity segregating with the HLA-DR7, -DQ9 haplotype: unusual association
N M Lardy1, A R van der Horst, M J van de Weerd
1Department of HLA Diagnostics, Central Laboratory of the Dutch Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, The Netherlands.
HLA phenotyping of a leukemia patient of Caucasoid origin revealed the presence of the serological HLA-DR53 specificity. Comprehensive pedigree analysis demonstrated that the HLA-DR53 specificity segregated with the HLA-DR7, -DQ3 haplotype. High resolution PCR- SSP genotyping of the HLA class II genes revealed the presence of the HLA-DRB4*0101101 allele segregating together with the HLA-DRB1*0701, -DQA1*0201 and DQB1*03032 alleles. This finding is in contrast to known linkages in that thus far, the HLA-DR7, -DQ9 haplotype has only been described in association with the non-expressed HLA-DRB4*0103102N allele. The existence of this "novel" haplotype may be explained by a homologous recombinational event that occurred between the HLA-DR7, -DR53, -DQ2 and the HLA-DR7, -DQ9 haplotypes.
HLA phenotyping of a leukemia patient of Caucasoid origin revealed the presence of the serological HLA-DR53 specificity. Comprehensive pedigree analysis demonstrated that the HLA-DR53 specificity segregated with the HLA-DR7, -DQ3 haplotype. High resolution PCR- SSP genotyping of the HLA class II genes revealed the presence of the HLA-DRB4*0101101 allele segregating together with the HLA-DRB1*0701, -DQA1*0201 and DQB1*03032 alleles. This finding is in contrast to known linkages in that thus far, the HLA-DR7, -DQ9 haplotype has only been described in association with the non-expressed HLA-DRB4*0103102N allele. The existence of this "novel" haplotype may be explained by a homologous recombinational event that occurred between the HLA-DR7, -DR53, -DQ2 and the HLA-DR7, -DQ9 haplotypes.