Genomic sequence analysis of the MHC class I G/F segment in common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

J Immunol. 2014 Apr 1;192(7):3239-46. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1302745. Epub 2014 Mar 5.

Abstract

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is a New World monkey that is used frequently as a model for various human diseases. However, detailed knowledge about the MHC is still lacking. In this study, we sequenced and annotated a total of 854 kb of the common marmoset MHC region that corresponds to the HLA-A/G/F segment (Caja-G/F) between the Caja-G1 and RNF39 genes. The sequenced region contains 19 MHC class I genes, of which 14 are of the MHC-G (Caja-G) type, and 5 are of the MHC-F (Caja-F) type. Six putatively functional Caja-G and Caja-F genes (Caja-G1, Caja-G3, Caja-G7, Caja-G12, Caja-G13, and Caja-F4), 13 pseudogenes related either to Caja-G or Caja-F, three non-MHC genes (ZNRD1, PPPIR11, and RNF39), two miscRNA genes (ZNRD1-AS1 and HCG8), and one non-MHC pseudogene (ETF1P1) were identified. Phylogenetic analysis suggests segmental duplications of units consisting of basically five (four Caja-G and one Caja-F) MHC class I genes, with subsequent expansion/deletion of genes. A similar genomic organization of the Caja-G/F segment has not been observed in catarrhine primates, indicating that this genomic segment was formed in New World monkeys after the split of New World and Old World monkeys.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Callithrix / genetics
  • Callithrix / immunology*
  • Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial / genetics
  • Contig Mapping
  • Gene Order
  • Genome / genetics
  • Genome / immunology*
  • Genomic Library
  • Genomics / methods*
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / classification
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / genetics
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Pseudogenes / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB809558
  • GENBANK/AB809559
  • GENBANK/AB809560