The axolotl MHC is composed of multiple polymorphic class I loci linked to class II B loci. In this report, evidence of the existence of one class II B locus (Amme-DAB) that codes for two different transcripts is given. A 2.1-kb transcript is translated to a complete beta chain and a shorter transcript of 1.8 kb encodes a molecule lacking the beta1 domain. For two complete class II B mRNA synthesized, up to one mRNA devoid of the beta1 domain is synthesized. Alternative splicing involving a peptide binding domain at a class II B locus evidenced in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is also observed for A. tigrinum, the tiger salamander. Very little variability is found among various axolotl MHC class II B cDNA sequences, and the same allele is obtained from inbred and wild axolotls. The transcription of one MHC class B locus in two class II B isoforms in thymic cells and in splenic lymphocytes may shed new light on the well-known deficient immune responder state of the axolotl.
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The axolotl MHC is composed of multiple polymorphic class I loci linked to class II B loci. In this report, evidence of the existence of one class II B locus (Amme-DAB) that codes for two different transcripts is given. A 2.1-kb transcript is translated to a complete beta chain and a shorter transcript of 1.8 kb encodes a molecule lacking the beta1 domain. For two complete class II B mRNA synthesized, up to one mRNA devoid of the beta1 domain is synthesized. Alternative splicing involving a peptide binding domain at a class II B locus evidenced in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is also observed for A. tigrinum, the tiger salamander. Very little variability is found among various axolotl MHC class II B cDNA sequences, and the same allele is obtained from inbred and wild axolotls. The transcription of one MHC class B locus in two class II B isoforms in thymic cells and in splenic lymphocytes may shed new light on the well-known deficient immune responder state of the axolotl.
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Eur. J. Immunol.
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Bentrari F.,
Chapusot C.,
Laurens V.,
Padros M.R.,
Tournefier A.,
del Rosario Ordonez M.
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2001
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506-515
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Axolotl MHC class II beta chain: predominance of one allele and alternative splicing of the beta1 domain.
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31
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doi:10.1002/1521-4141(200102)31:2<506::AID-IMMU506>3.0.CO;2-P
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