2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Understanding the immune pathophysiology in bone marrow failure patients with HLA-B*54:01
Project/Area Number |
19K17823
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 54010:Hematology and medical oncology-related
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Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2021-03-31
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Keywords | 再生不良性貧血 / HLA / iPS細胞 / 造血不全 / 免疫学 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of the study is to understand pathophysiology in aplastic anemia (AA) patients with HLA-B*54:01 lacking cells and autoantigens presented by HLA-B5401. We identified T-cell receptor sequence in AA patients with HLA-B5401 lacking cells. We also identified a common nonsense mutation in exon 1 of different HLA-A and -B alleles in HLA-lacking granulocytes from AA patients. A droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) assay revealed that HLA-B*54:01 mutation was the second most frequent HLA-B allele in AA patients.
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Free Research Field |
血液内科学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
HLA-B*54:01を保有する再不貧例において、6pLOHを有する症例の頻度が高かったことや、HLA-B*54:01に体細胞変異を有する症例が認められたことから、HLA-B5401は造血幹細胞におけるT細胞への自己抗原提示に重要な役割をしている可能性が示唆された。HLA-B5401欠失血球を認める症例は高率に男性であり、アンドロゲン受容体(AR)のCAG リピート数が短縮していた。このため、ARがHLA-B5401欠失血球陽性例の再不貧発症に関与しており、男性に偏って発症する理由となっている可能性が考えられた。
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