Next-generation HLA typing of 382 International Histocompatibility Working Group reference B-Lymphoblastoid cell lines: report from the 17th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop

Lisa E Creary, Sandra G Guerra, Winnie Chong, Colin J Brown, Thomas R Turner, James Robinson, Will P Bultitude, Neema P Mayor, Steven G E Marsh, Katsuyuki Saito, Kevin Lam, Jamie L Duke, Timothy L Mosbruger, Deborah Ferriola, Dimitrios Monos, Amanda Willis, Medhat Askar, Gottfried Fischer, Chee Loong Saw, Ioannis RagoussisMartin Petrek, Carles Serra-Pagés, Manel Juan Otero, Catherine Stavropoulos-Giokas, Amalia Dinou, Reem Ameen, Salem Al Shemmari, Eric Spierings, Ketevan Gendzekhadze, Gerald P Morris, Quiheng Zhang, Zahra Kashi, Susan Hsu, Sridevi Gangavarapu, Kalyan C Mallempati, Fumiko Yamamoto, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Tamara Vayntrub, Chia-Jung Chang, John A Hansen, Marcelo A Fernández-Viňa

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Abstract

Extended molecular characterization of HLA genes in the IHWG reference B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCLs) was one of the major goals for the 17th International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop (IHIW). Although reference B-LCLs have been examined extensively in previous workshops complete high-resolution typing was not completed for all the classical class I and class II HLA genes. To address this, we conducted a single-blind study where select panels of B-LCL genomic DNA samples were distributed to multiple laboratories for HLA genotyping by next-generation sequencing methods. Identical cell panels comprised of 24 and 346 samples were distributed and typed by at least four laboratories in order to derive accurate consensus HLA genotypes. Overall concordance rates calculated at both 2- and 4-field allele-level resolutions ranged from 90.4% to 100%. Concordance for the class I genes ranged from 91.7 to 100%, whereas concordance for class II genes was variable; the lowest observed at HLA-DRB3 (84.2%). At the maximum allele-resolution 78 B-LCLs were defined as homozygous for all 11 loci. We identified 11 novel exon polymorphisms in the entire cell panel. A comparison of the B-LCLs NGS HLA genotypes with the HLA genotypes catalogued in the IPD-IMGT/HLA Database Cell Repository, revealed an overall allele match at 68.4%. Typing discrepancies between the two datasets were mostly due to the lower-resolution historical typing methods resulting in incomplete HLA genotypes for some samples listed in the IPD-IMGT/HLA Database Cell Repository. Our approach of multiple-laboratory NGS HLA typing of the B-LCLs has provided accurate genotyping data. The data generated by the tremendous collaborative efforts of the 17th IHIW participants is useful for updating the current cell and sequence databases and will be a valuable resource for future studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)449-460
Number of pages12
JournalHuman Immunology
Volume80
Issue number7
Early online date4 Mar 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2019

Keywords

  • B-lymphoblastoid cell lines
  • Human leukocyte antigen
  • International HLA and Immunogenetics Workshop
  • Multiple-laboratory testing
  • Next-generation sequencing

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