PMID- 32530084 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210621 LR - 20210621 IS - 2059-2310 (Electronic) IS - 2059-2302 (Linking) VI - 96 IP - 3 DP - 2020 Sep TI - A fast and reliable method for detecting SNP rs67384697 (Hsa-miR-148a binding site) by a single run of allele-specific real-time PCR. PG - 312-322 LID - 10.1111/tan.13971 [doi] AB - Surface expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-class I molecules is critical for modulating T/natural killer lymphocytes' effector functions. Among HLA molecules, HLA-C, the most recently evolved form of class I antigens, is subjected to both transcriptional and multiple post-transcriptional regulation mechanisms affecting its cell surface expression. Among the latter a region placed in the 3' untranslated region of HLA-C transcript contains the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs67384697 "G-ins/del" that has been found to be strictly associated with surface levels of HLA-C allomorphs because of the effect on the binding site of a microRNA (Hsa-miR-148a). Higher expression of HLA-C has been proved to influence HIV-1 infection via a better control of viremia and a slower disease progression. More importantly, the analysis of SNP rs67384697 "G-ins/del" combined with the evaluation of the HLA-Bw4/-Bw6 C1/C2 supratype, as well as the killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genetic asset, has proved to be pivotal in defining the status of Elite Controllers in the Caucasian population. Here we describe a new reliable and fast method of allele-specific real-time PCR to monitor the integrity/disruption of the binding site of the microRNA Hsa-miR-148a in a high-throughput format that can be easily applied to studies involving large cohorts of individuals. CI - (c) 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Malnati, Mauro S AU - Malnati MS AD - Unit of Human Virology, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. FAU - Biswas, Priscilla AU - Biswas P AD - Unit of Human Virology, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. FAU - Ugolotti, Elisabetta AU - Ugolotti E AD - Translational Research Department, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostics and Services, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Di Marco, Eddi AU - Di Marco E AD - Translational Research Department, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostics and Services, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Sironi, Francesca AU - Sironi F AD - Unit of Human Virology, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. FAU - Parolini, Francesca AU - Parolini F AD - Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. FAU - Garbarino, Lucia AU - Garbarino L AD - Histocompatibility Laboratory, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Mazzocco, Michela AU - Mazzocco M AD - Histocompatibility Laboratory, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy. FAU - Zipeto, Donato AU - Zipeto D AD - Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. FAU - Biassoni, Roberto AU - Biassoni R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4365-8166 AD - Translational Research Department, Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostics and Services, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200715 PL - England TA - HLA JT - HLA JID - 101675570 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Binding Sites MH - Humans MH - *MicroRNAs/genetics MH - *Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction OTO - NOTNLM OT - AIDS OT - HLA-C expression OT - Hsa-miR-148a OT - SNP genotyping OT - allele-specific qPCR OT - autoimmune diseases EDAT- 2020/06/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/13 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/05/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/tan.13971 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - HLA. 2020 Sep;96(3):312-322. doi: 10.1111/tan.13971. Epub 2020 Jul 15.