title: Association of the amino acid motifs of BoLA-DRB3 alleles with mastitis pathogens in Japanese Holstein cows.
abstract: The association of the polymorphism of bovine leukocyte antigen (BoLA-DRB3) genes, identified by the polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing (PCR-SBT) method, with resistance and susceptibility to mastitis caused by Streptococci, coagulase-negative Staphylococci, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus was investigated. Blood samples for DNA extraction were collected from 170 Holstein cows (129 mastitis and 41 healthy cows) from 5 districts in Chiba prefecture, Japan. Susceptibility or resistance to the mastitis-causing pathogens was thought to vary by the presence of amino acid substitutions at the 9, 11, 13, and 30 positions. DRB3*0101 and DRB3*1501 had amino acid motifs of Glu(9), Ser(11), Ser(13), and Tyr(30), and they were considered to have susceptibility to all 4 mastitis pathogens. In contrast, DRB3*1101 and DRB3*1401 had amino acid motifs of Gln(9), His(11), Gly(13), and His(30) in these positions, and they also had Val(86), so these alleles were considered to have resistance to Streptococcal and coagulase-negative Staphylococcal mastitis. However, in the case of Escherichia coli mastitis, amino acid substitutions at the 9, 11, 13, and 30 positions had little effect, but rather substitutions at the 47, 67 positions of pocket 7, and at the 71, 74 positions of pocket 4, Tyr(47), Ile(67), Ala(71), and Ala(74), were associated with resistance. This motif was present in DRB3*1201.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan. yoshidat@nvlu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Harutaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukoyama
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Shin-nosuke
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Takeshima
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aida
authors.forename: Motoaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosugiyama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomogane
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics*; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: C423282:BoLA-DRB3 antigen; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II