PMID- 35935961 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220809 LR - 20220822 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Sequence Variations Within HLA-G and HLA-F Genomic Segments at the Human Leukocyte Antigen Telomeric End Associated With Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplantation. PG - 938206 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.938206 [doi] LID - 938206 AB - Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is defined as a syndrome of an immunological response of graft to the host that occurs early after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). This disease is frequently observed even in HCT matched for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles at multiple gene loci. Although the HLA region represents complex and diverse genomic characteristics, detailed association analysis is required for the identification of uncharacterized variants that are strongly associated with aGVHD. We genotyped three loci, OR2H2, HLA-F-AS1, and HLA-G, that are located in the 460 kb of HLA telomeric region and statistically analyzed the genotypes including HLA-DPB1 with clinical and transplantation outcomes using 338 unrelated bone marrow transplantation (UR-BMT) patient-donor pairs who were matched for HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DRB1, and HLA-DQB1 (HLA-10/10). Multivariate analyses demonstrated that HLA-F-AS1 and HLA-DPB1 mismatches were associated with grade II-IV aGVHD (hazard ratio (HR), 1.76; 95% CI, 1.07-2.88; p = 0.026; and HR, 1.59; CI, 1.02-2.49; p = 0.042, respectively). There was no confounding between HLA-F-AS1 and HLA-DPB1 (p = 0.512), suggesting that the HLA-F-AS1 mismatch has a strong effect on aGVHD independently of HLA-DPB1. Moreover, a stratified analysis suggested possible associations of HLA-F-AS1, HLA-DPB1, and/or HLA-G mismatches with grade II-IV aGVHD and the more severe grade III-IV aGVHD. These findings provide new insights into understanding the molecular mechanism of aGVHD caused by HLA-matched UR-BMT. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Suzuki, Morishima, Murata, Tanaka, Shigenari, Ito, Kanga, Kulski, Morishima and Shiina. FAU - Suzuki, Shingo AU - Suzuki S AD - Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan. FAU - Morishima, Satoko AU - Morishima S AD - Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Hematology, Rheumatology, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan. FAU - Murata, Makoto AU - Murata M AD - Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. FAU - Tanaka, Masafumi AU - Tanaka M AD - Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan. FAU - Shigenari, Atsuko AU - Shigenari A AD - Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan. FAU - Ito, Sayaka AU - Ito S AD - Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan. FAU - Kanga, Uma AU - Kanga U AD - Clinical Immunogenetics Laboratory, Centre for Excellence in Molecular Medicine, Department of Transplant Immunology and Immunogenetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. FAU - Kulski, Jerzy K AU - Kulski JK AD - Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan. AD - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia Medical School, Crawley, WA, Australia. FAU - Morishima, Yasuo AU - Morishima Y AD - Department of Promotion for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Japan. AD - Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nakagami Hospital, Okinawa, Japan. FAU - Shiina, Takashi AU - Shiina T AD - Department of Molecular Life Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220721 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (HLA-F antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-G Antigens) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) SB - IM MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation/adverse effects MH - Genomics MH - *Graft vs Host Disease/genetics MH - HLA-G Antigens MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I MH - Histocompatibility Testing MH - Humans PMC - PMC9351719 OTO - NOTNLM OT - bone marrow transplantation OT - genotyping OT - graft-versus-host disease OT - haplotype OT - hitchhiking diversity OT - human leukocyte antigen COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/08/09 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/10 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/08/08 03:42 PHST- 2022/05/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/08 03:42 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.938206 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 21;13:938206. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.938206. eCollection 2022.