Coevolution of PERB11 (MIC) and HLA Class I Genes with HERV-16 and Retroelements by Extended Genomic Duplication

Abstract. The recent availability of genomic sequence information for the class I region of the MHC has provided an opportunity to examine the genomic organization of HLA class I (HLAcI) and PERB11/MIC genes with a view to explaining their evolution from the perspective of extended genomic duplications rather than by simple gene duplications and/or gene conversion events. Analysis of genomic sequence from two regions of the MHC (the alpha- and beta-blocks) revealed that at least 6 PERB11 and 14 HLAcI genes, pseudogenes, and gene fragments are contained within extended duplicated segments. Each segment was searched for the presence of shared (paralogous) retroelements by RepeatMasker in order to use them as markers of evolution, genetic rearrangements, and evidence of segmental duplications. Shared Alu elements and other retroelements allowed the duplicated segments to be classified into five distinct groups (A to E) that could be further distilled down to an ancient preduplication segment containing a HLA and PERB11 gene, an endogenous retrovirus (HERV-16), and distinctive retroelements. The breakpoints within and between the different HLAcI segments were found mainly within the PERB11 and HLA genes, HERV-16, and other retroelements, suggesting that the latter have played a major role in duplication and indel events leading to the present organization of PERB11 and HLAcI genes. On the basis of the features contained within the segments, a coevolutionary model premised on tandem duplication of single and multipartite genomic segments is proposed. The model is used to explain the origins and genomic organization of retroelements, HERV-16, DNA transposons, PERB11, and HLAcI genes as distinct segmental combinations within the alpha- and beta-blocks of the human MHC.

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