C4 Chido 3 and 6 distinguish two diabetogenic haplotypes: HLA-B49, SC01,DR4,DQw8 and B8,SC01,DR3,DQw2.
The combination of the HLA complement allotypes BFS, C2C, C4AQ0 (deleted gene) and C4B1, termed SC01 complotype, usually present in the HLA-B8,DR3,DQw2 diabetogenic haplotype, has also been found in a novel "low frequency" HLA-B49,DR4,DQw8 haplotype associated with Spanish insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Family studies of C4 antigenic determinants Rodgers/Chido and their specific C4d nucleotide sequences confirm that this novel haplotype bearing Chido -3, -6 is not due to a recent recombination from the common HLA-B8,DR3 haplotype bearing Chido 3,6; moreover, Chido analysis at the serological or DNA level is presently the only way to distinguish both SC01 complotypes, since BF, C2, steroid 21-hydroxylase and C4 genes do not reveal other differences by restriction fragment analysis. On the other hand, HLA-B49,SC01,DR4 is the first DR4-bearing IDDM-susceptible haplotype with a deleted C4 gene described so far and the only DR4-bearing haplotype found in the Spanish population. This report further supports the fact that extended haplotypes with deleted (or "not duplicated") genes in the class III region contain IDDM-susceptibility more often than non-deleted (or "duplicated") haplotypes in the Spanish and other Mediterranean populations.
Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
O G
OG
Segurado
C M
CM
Giles
P
P
Iglesias-Casarrubios
A
A
Corell
J
J
Martinez-Laso
J L
JL
Vicario
A
A
Arnaiz-Villena
D001483:Base Sequence; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage / Q000235:genetics; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D003165:Complement System Proteins