title: A human minor histocompatibility antigen which appears to segregate with the major histocompatibility complex.
abstract: We obtained a cell line (So1) from a patient who rejected a T-depleted allogeneic BMT. Cytotoxic activity by cell-mediated lympholysis was found using So1 as effector and EBV-transformed donor B cells as targets, but no lysis of the patient's pretransplantation cells and of an unrelated HLA-nonidentical subject was observed, suggesting it was related to recognition of a minor transplantation antigen which could have contributed to rejection of the graft. To define the HLA-restricting element(s), cell-mediated lympholysis experiments were performed with several B cell lines as targets. So1 lysed only targets sharing an HLA-B44 antigen with the patient, thus demonstrating that the minor transplantation antigen recognized was restricted by HLA-B44. The absence of lysis against the patient's pretransplantation cells may be related to the absence of the minor antigen, suggesting that the patient's cytotoxic lymphocytes able to recognize a minor transplantation antigen on the donor cells contributed to the rejection of the HLA-identical graft. Mendelian segregation of this minor antigen was found in familial studies. Lysis was observed with cells from members of 2 families who had an association of HLA-B44 antigen in the haplotype and the minor antigen, whereas in 2 other HLA-B44-positive families, no lysis was found, probably because this minor antigen was absent. Furthermore, these family studies: (1) demonstrated that this minor antigen segregates with the MHC, suggesting its localization on chromosome 6; and (2) showed a close relationship between the minor antigen and HLA-B44, strongly suggesting a linkage disequilibrium between the minor antigen and its restriction antigen B44.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Greffe de Moelle, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vinci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masset
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Semana
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vernant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens