Ancestral organization of the MHC revealed in the amphibian Xenopus

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
Yuko OhtaMartin F Flajnik

Abstract

With the advent of the Xenopus tropicalis genome project, we analyzed scaffolds containing MHC genes. On eight scaffolds encompassing 3.65 Mbp, 122 MHC genes were found of which 110 genes were annotated. Expressed sequence tag database screening showed that most of these genes are expressed. In the extended class II and class III regions the genomic organization, excluding several block inversions, is remarkably similar to that of the human MHC. Genes in the human extended class I region are also well conserved in Xenopus, excluding the class I genes themselves. As expected from previous work on the Xenopus MHC, the single classical class I gene is tightly linked to immunoproteasome and transporter genes, defining the true class I region, present in all nonmammalian jawed vertebrates studied to date. Surprisingly, the immunoproteasome gene PSMB10 is found in the class III region rather than in the class I region, likely reflecting the ancestral condition. Xenopus DMalpha, DMbeta, and C2 genes were identified, which are not present or not clearly identifiable in the genomes of any teleosts. Of great interest are novel V-type Ig superfamily (Igsf) genes in the class III region, some of which have inhibitory motifs (ITIM) in their...Continue Reading

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