title: MHC class III polymorphisms in selection of donors for BMT.
abstract: Current practice for the selection of unrelated donors involves serological typing of HLA-A, -B and -DR antigens, DNA analysis of the class II region and the MLR. However, even after matching for the class II loci at the DNA level, a significant proportion of matched unrelated pairs remain MLR reactive. Ideal matching for BMT would be a match for the whole MHC haplotype rather than individual HLA loci. In the present study, we have evaluated the complementary role of class III typing in determining MHC identity. A group of 86 donor/recipient pairs, of which 14 were unrelated, was investigated using C4, Bf, HSP70 and TNF DNA probes. Phenotypically HLA-matched siblings were always identical at the C4 locus which is the most polymorphic of all the loci examined. Nine of the 14 HLA serologically matched MLR non-reactive (RRI < 20%) unrelated pairs had class III mismatching. Four of these pairs with class III mismatching were matched at the DRB and DQB loci by RFLP analysis. These results demonstrate that serological identity, DRB/DQB RFLP-matching and a negative MLR do not always match the whole haplotype in unrelated pairs. It can be concluded that the linkage of the class III loci to both HLA regions makes this region a reliable marker of the whole MHC haplotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dorak
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Chalmers
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sproul
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galbraith
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Burnett
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D003181:Complement C4 / Q000235:genetics; D011415:Complement Factor B / Q000235:genetics; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006239:Haplotypes; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003181:Complement C4; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D011415:Complement Factor B