Amino acid substitution at peptide-binding pockets of HLA class I molecules increases risk of severe acute GVHD and mortality Journal Article


Authors: Pidala, J.; Wang, T.; Haagenson, M.; Spellman, S. R.; Askar, M.; Battiwalla, M.; Baxter-Lowe, L. A.; Bitan, M.; Fernandez-Viña, M.; Gandhi, M.; Jakubowski, A. A.; Maiers, M.; Marino, S. R.; Marsh, S. G. E.; Oudshoorn, M.; Palmer, J.; Prasad, V. K.; Reddy, V.; Ringden, O.; Saber, W.; Santarone, S.; Schultz, K. R.; Setterholm, M.; Trachtenberg, E.; Turner, E. V.; Woolfrey, A. E.; Lee, S. J.; Anasetti, C.
Article Title: Amino acid substitution at peptide-binding pockets of HLA class I molecules increases risk of severe acute GVHD and mortality
Abstract: HLA disparity has a negative impact on the outcomes of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). We studied the independent impact of amino acid substitution (AAS) at peptidebinding positions 9, 99, 116, and 156, and killer immunoglobulin-like receptor binding position 77 of HLA-A, B, or C, on the risks for grade 3-4 acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), chronic GVHD, treatment-related mortality (TRM), relapse, and overall survival. In multivariate analysis, a mismatch at HLA-C position 116 was associated with increased risk for severe acute GVHD (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.45, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.15-1.82, P =.0016). Mismatch at HLA-C position 99 was associated with increased transplantrelated mortality (HR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.1-1.69, P =.0038). Mismatch at HLA-B position 9 was associated with increased chronic GVHD (HR=2.28, 95%CI =1.36-3.82, P=.0018).No AAS were significantly associated with outcome at HLA-A. Specific AAS pair combinations with a frequency >30 were tested for association with HCT outcomes. Cysteine to tyrosine substitution at position 99 of HLA-C was associated with increased TRM (HR = 1.78, 95% = CI 1.27-2.51, P =.0009). These results demonstrate that donor-recipient mismatch for certainpeptide-binding residues of the HLA class Imoleculeis associated with increased risk for acute and chronic GVHD and death. © 2013 by The American Society of Hematology.
Keywords: adolescent; adult; child; preschool child; school child; acute granulocytic leukemia; major clinical study; mortality; outcome assessment; protein analysis; disease association; amino acid substitution; gene locus; chronic myeloid leukemia; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; infant; peripheral blood stem cell; hla antigen class 1; graft versus host reaction; killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor; graft recipient; molecule; human; male; female; priority journal; article
Journal Title: Blood
Volume: 122
Issue: 22
ISSN: 0006-4971
Publisher: American Society of Hematology  
Date Published: 2013-11-21
Start Page: 3651
End Page: 3658
Language: English
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-05-501510
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC3837514
PUBMED: 23982174
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