遺伝的なMHCクラスII欠陥 (または裸リンパ球症候群) で変異したMHCクラスIIトランザクティベーターの補足クローン
V Steimle1, L A Otten, M Zufferey
1Jeantet Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland.
Cell
|October 8, 1993
まとめ
遺伝性メジャー・ヒストコンパティビリティ・コンプレックス (MHC) クラスII欠乏症は,CIITA遺伝子の欠陥によって引き起こされる重度の免疫不全です. この遺伝子はMHCクラスII発現に不可欠であり,変異によりこの疾患が発生する.
科学分野:
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- 遺伝性主要組織相容性複合体 (MHC) クラスII欠乏症は,裸リンパ球症候群とも呼ばれ,重度の一次性免疫不全です.
- それは,MHCクラスII遺伝子調節の欠陥によるMHCクラスII発現の完全な欠如によって特徴付けられます.
研究 の 目的:
- 遺伝性MHCII級欠乏症の原因となる遺伝子を特定する.
- MHCクラスII発現におけるこの遺伝子の機能と,裸リンパ球症候群におけるその役割を解明する.
主な方法:
- MHCクラスII陰性変異細胞系を用いた補足クローン.
- 裸リンパ球症候群の患者の変異を特定するための遺伝分析.
主要な成果:
- 新しい遺伝子であるCIITAが分離され,MHCクラスIIの遺伝子発現のトランザクティベータとして機能することが判明しました.
- CIITAは,変異細胞におけるMHCクラスII発現を回復し,患者における制御欠陥を修正する.
- CIITAのスプライシング変異により24種類のアミノ酸が消去され,トランザクティベーション機能が失われることが確認されました.
結論:
- CIITA遺伝子は,MHCクラスIIの遺伝子発現に不可欠である.
- CIITAの変異は,遺伝的なMHCII級欠乏症 (裸リンパ球症候群) に起因する.
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