Strong association of the HLA-DP6 supertype with childhood leukaemia is due to a single allele, DPB1*0601.
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Taylor, G MHussain, A
Verhage, V
Thompson, P D
Fergusson, W D
Watkins, Gillian R
Lightfoot, T
Harrison, Christine J
Birch, Jillian M
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Cancer Immunogenetics Group, School of Cancer and Imaging Sciences, University of Manchester, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK. gmtaylor@manchester.ac.ukIssue Date
2009-05
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We previously reported that susceptibility to childhood B cell precursor ALL (BCP ALL) is associated with HLA-DPB1 alleles having glutamic acid (E) rather than lysine (K) in the P4 antigenic peptide-binding pocket. Clustering approximately 90% of DPB1 alleles into DPB69E (DP2, 6, 8) and DPB69K (DP1, 3, 4) supertypes revealed that DP2 and DP8 are associated with BCP ALL, but DP6 is also associated with non-BCP leukaemia. Here, we report that only one of seven alleles with the DP6 supertype (DPB1(*)0601) is associated with childhood leukaemia (leukaemia vs controls: odds ratio, 95% confidence interval [OR, CI]: 4.6, 2.0-10.4; corrected P=0.019), but not with childhood solid tumours or lymphomas. DPB1(*)0601 is also significantly associated with leukaemia subtypes, including BCP ALL, Pro-B ALL, T-ALL and AML. DPB1(*)0601 is significantly over-transmitted (76.9%) from parents to children with BCP ALL (OR; CI: 4.7; 1.01-22.2). Sequencing the coding region of DPB1(*)0601 revealed an exon 1-4 haplotype [T-DEAV-KIL-RVI] shared with DPB1(*)0301 and 0901, but no evidence of germline mutations in childhood leukaemia. These results suggest that the DPbeta0601 molecule may be functionally involved in childhood leukaemia. Analysis of peptide binding and T-cell activation by DPbeta0601-peptide complexes should help determine its role in childhood leukaemia causation.Citation
Strong association of the HLA-DP6 supertype with childhood leukaemia is due to a single allele, DPB1*0601. 2009, 23 (5):863-9 LeukemiaJournal
LeukemiaDOI
10.1038/leu.2008.374PubMed ID
19148140Type
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1476-5551ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/leu.2008.374
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