Microarrays for high-throughput genotyping of MICA alleles using allele-specific primer extension.
The role of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related gene A (MICA), a ligand of NKG2D, has been defined in human diseases by its allele associations with various autoimmune diseases, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and cancer. This study describes a practical system to develop MICA genotyping by allele-specific primer extension (ASPE) on microarrays. From the results of 20 control primers, strict and reliable cut-off values of more than 30,000 mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) as positive and less than 3000 MFI as negative, were applied to select high-quality specific extension primers. Among 55 allele-specific primers, 44 primers could be initially selected as optimal primer. Through adjusting the length, six primers were improved. The other failed five primers were corrected by refractory modification. MICA genotypes by ASPE on microarrays showed the same results as those by nucleotide sequencing. On the basis of these results, ASPE on microarrays may provide high-throughput genotyping for MICA alleles for population studies, disease-gene associations and HSCT.
Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
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D000483:Alleles; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D005838:Genotype; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
D017931:DNA Primers; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C099187:MHC class I-related chain A
MICA genotyping; allele-specific primer extension on microarrays; major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A; polymerase chain reaction with sequence-based typing