Abstract
THE human leukocyte antigens (HLA) are implicated in the genetic susceptibility to a large number of diseases. Some of the diseases associated with HLA class II are related to specific amino acids or epitopes of the domain of the HLA class II molecule that is distal to the membrane1-3. In man, selective immunoglobulin A deficiency is the most common immunodeficiency, frequently resulting in recurrent sino-pulmonary infections and gastrointestinal disorders. Associations have been described with HLA class I, and to a lesser extent with different class II alleles4-9, which might indicate that they share some common feature. Here we study 95 IgA-D patients and find positive associations with three DR–DQ haplotypes and a strong negative association with a fourth haplotype. Comparison of the sequences of the polymorphic amino-terminal domain of the DQβ chain showed that the three 'susceptibility' haplotypes all had a neutral alanine or valine at position 57. The 'protective' allele had the negatively charged aspartic acid at this position (Asp 57). Codon 57 of the HLA-DQβ chain has been implicated in the susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus1,2. Our data suggest that the same amino acid position could possibly also influence susceptibility and resistance to selective immunoglobulin A deficiency.
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Olerup, O., Edvard Smith, C. & Hammarström, L. Different amino acids at position 57 of the HLA-DQβ chain associated with susceptibility and resistance to IgA deficiency. Nature 347, 289–290 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/347289a0
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