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Sequence analysis of two serological variants, HLA-A2K and HLA-A9HH, detected in Japanese |
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| Authors: | Kouichi Kashiwase Yoshihide Ishikawa Katsushi Tokunaga Kazue Sawanaka Hatsuya Ohashi Masami Hashimoto Minoru Furuya Ling Lin Tatsuya Akaza Kenji Tadokoro Takeo Juji |
| Affiliation: | 1 Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Ctr. Tokyo Japan 2 Dept. of Human Genetics, Univ. of Tokyo Tokyo Japan 3 Japanese Red Cross Tokyo Metropolitan North Blood Ctr. Tokyo Japan 4 Japanese Red Cross Kawasaki Blood Ctr. Kanagawa Japan |
| Abstract: | Two rare variants of HLA-A locus antigens, tentatively called HLA-A2K and HLA-A9HH, were serologically identified in the Japanese population. A2K and A9HH showed short reaction patterns of a series of anti-A2 and anti-A9 sera, respectively. The latter variant also reacted with some anti-A2 sera. Nucleotide sequences of full-length cDNAs for A2K and A9HH were determined. The results revealed that both antigens are encoded by previously undescribed alleles. The nucleotide sequence of the allele for A2K was identical to that of A*0207 except for a single nucleotide difference in exon 3. The nucleotide sequence of the allele for A9HH was identical to that of A*2402 except for two nucleotides in exon 2. These two nucleotides are shared by all the reported A2 alleles. These sequencing results the allele for A9HH were consistent with the serological cross-reactivity of A9HH with some anti-A2 sera. |
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