title: Identification of HLA-C alleles using PCR-single-strand-conformation polymorphism and direct sequencing.
abstract: Alleles encoding HLA-C antigens in Japanese were identified by polymerase chain reaction followed by single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and nucleotide sequencing analyses. The results showed that at least sixteen different alleles code for eight serologically detectable antigen groups and undetectable blanks. Cw1 was mainly encoded by Cw*0102, whereas two split antigens of Cw3, Cw9 and Cw10, were encoded by Cw*0303 and Cw*0304, respectively. Cw4 and Cw6 were encoded by Cw*0401 and Cw*0602, respectively. Seven alleles, Cw*0801, Cw*0803, Cw*1202, Cw*1203, Cw*1402, Cw*1403 and Cw*1502, were found to encode serological HLA-C "blanks" in Japanese. Moreover, errors in the published nucleotide sequences of Cw*0501 and Cw*1201 were corrected. Twenty-one HLA-C alleles were distinguished from each other by means of group-specific PCR amplification followed by the SSCP method developed in the present study. The system using genomic DNAs can be used effectively for identification of new HLA-C alleles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research, Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Center, Japan. hr-wang@jrc.or.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akaza
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tadokoro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Juji
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004247:DNA; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D004247:DNA