title: Evolutionary relationships of HLA-DR8 alleles and description of a new subtype (DRB1*0806) in the Algerian population.
abstract: A new HLA-DR8 allele (HLA-DRB1*0806) found in the Algerian population is described here. This allele has an exon-2 nucleotide sequence identical to that of the HLA-DRB1*0801 allele, except for a GGT to GTG change in codon 86, yielding an amino acid substitution (glycine to valine). This change is also found in other HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB3 evolutionary-related allele pairs. HLA-DRB1*0806 is the most frequent HLA-DR8 allele found in this population (three of eight HLA-DR8-positive individuals) and is included within the HLA-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype (HLA-DQ6 serotype). This combination of HLA-DQ alleles is sporadically found associated with other HLA-DR8 alleles in other ethnic groups, i.e., HLA-DRB1*0804 in Bushmen and in North American blacks and HLA-DRB1*0803 in African blacks. Also, the HLA-DRB1*0806-DQ6 haplotype only bears one HLA-DRB gene copy, a common characteristic of the HLA-DR8 haplotype family. An exon-2 HLA-DR8 dendrogram has also been constructed with the available sequence data, indicating that this new allele does not seem to be placed at a distance significantly different from the origin to that of HLA-DRB1*0804 (proposed to be the eldest in the HLA-DR8 allele diversification pathway). A possible HLA-DR8 evolutive pathway is postulated according to the available exon-2 HLA-DR8 allele sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, 12th of October Hospital, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Benmamar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martinez-Laso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bekhoucha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arnaiz-Villena
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059810:HLA-DR Serological Subtypes; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059810:HLA-DR Serological Subtypes; C041559:HLA-DR8 antigen; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; C553508:HLA-DRB1*08:04 antigen; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II