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ArticleHLA2022

Polymorphic differences within HLA-C alleles contribute to alternatively spliced transcripts lacking exon 5.

Femke A I Ehlers, Timo I Olieslagers, Mathijs Groeneweg, Gerard M J Bos, Marcel G J Tilanus, Christina E M Voorter, Lotte Wieten

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Article in HLA, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Femke A I EhlersDepartment of Transplantation Immunology, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2272-6286
Timo I OlieslagersDepartment of Transplantation Immunology, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9419-945X
Mathijs GroenewegDepartment of Transplantation Immunology, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6615-9239
Gerard M J BosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Tumor Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Marcel G J TilanusDepartment of Transplantation Immunology, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9214-392X
Christina E M VoorterDepartment of Transplantation Immunology, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Lotte WietenDepartment of Transplantation Immunology, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Maastricht University Medical Centre · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HLA genes are amongst the most polymorphic in the human genome. Alternative splicing could add an extra layer of complexity, but has not been studied extensively. Here, we applied an RNA based approach to study the influence of allele polymorphism on alternative splicing of HLA-C in peripheral blood. RNA was isolated from these peripheral cells, converted into cDNA and amplified specifically for 12 common HLA-C allele groups. Through subsequent sequencing of HLA-C, we observed alternative splicing variants of HLA-C*04 and *16 that resulted in exon 5 skipping and were co-expressed with the mature transcript. Investigation of intron 4 sequences of HLA-C*04 and *16 compared with other HLA-C alleles demonstrated no effect on predicted splice sites and branch point. To further investigate if the unique polymorphic positions in exon 5 of HLA-C*04 or *16 may facilitate alternative splicing by acting on splicing regulatory elements (SRE), in-silico splicing analysis was performed. While the HLA-C*04 specific SNP in exon 5 had no effect on predicted exonic SRE, the HLA-C*16 specific exon 5 SNP did alter exonic SRE. Our findings provide experimental and theoretical support for the concept that polymorphisms within the HLA-C alleles influence the alternative splicing of HLA-C.

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Alternative SplicingHLA-C AntigensAllelesExonsHumansIntronsPolymorphism, GeneticRNAHLA-C AntigensRNAalternative splicingexon skippingHLA-Csplicing regulatory elements

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PMID35650170
PMCPMC9546215
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