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. 1988 Sep;7(9):2765–2774. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1988.tb03131.x

Nucleotide sequences of chimpanzee MHC class I alleles: evidence for trans-species mode of evolution.

W E Mayer 1, M Jonker 1, D Klein 1, P Ivanyi 1, G van Seventer 1, J Klein 1
PMCID: PMC457067  PMID: 2460344

Abstract

To obtain an insight into the evolutionary origin of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I polymorphism, a cDNA library was prepared from a heterozygous chimpanzee cell line expressing MHC class I molecules crossreacting with allele-specific HLA-A11 antibodies. The library was screened with human class I locus-specific DNA probes, and clones encoding both alleles at the A and B loci have been identified and sequenced. In addition, the sequences of two HLA-A11 subtypes differing by a single nucleotide substitution have been obtained. The comparison of chimpanzee and human sequences revealed a close similarity (up to 98.5%). The chimpanzee A locus alleles showed greatest similarity to the human HLA-A11/A3 family of alleles, one of them being very close to HLA-A11. Similarly, segments of the ChLA-B alleles displayed greatest similarity to certain HLA-B alleles. The calculated evolutionary branch point for the A11-like alleles is 7 x 10(6) to 9 x 10(6) years, whereas the other A locus alleles diverged between 12 x 10(6) and 17 x 10(6) years ago. Since the human and chimpanzee lineages separated 5 x 10(6) to 7 x 10(6) years ago, our data support the notion that during evolution, MHC alleles are transmitted from one species to the next.

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