TY - JOUR
T1 - Linkage relationships of genes coding for α2-macroglobulin, C3 and C4 in the zebrafish
T2 - Implications for the evolution of the complement and Mhc systems
AU - Samonte, I. E.
AU - Sato, A.
AU - Mayer, W. E.
AU - Shintani, S.
AU - Klein, J.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The α2-macroglobulin (A2M) and the complement components C3 and C4 are related proteins derived from a common ancestor. Theoretically, this derivation could have occurred either by tandem duplications of their encoding genes or by polyploidization involving chromosomal segments, a chromosome or the whole genome. In tetrapods the A2M-, C3- and C4-encoding genes are generally each located on a different chromosome. This observation has been interpreted as supporting their origin by polyploidization. We identified and mapped (with the help of a radiation hybrid panel of cell lines) the A2M, C3 and C4 loci in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Each of the three types of loci is present in the zebrafish in multiple copies, but all of the identified copies of a given type map to the same region in linkage groups 1 (C3) and 15 (A2M, C4). The A2M and C4 loci are mapped in the same region not linked to any of the class I or class II major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) loci. These observations are interpreted as supporting the origin of the A2M family of genes by tandem duplications, followed by the dispersal of the copies to different chromosomes. It is also argued that the association of C4 with the class I/II loci in tetrapods is accidental and without functional significance.
AB - The α2-macroglobulin (A2M) and the complement components C3 and C4 are related proteins derived from a common ancestor. Theoretically, this derivation could have occurred either by tandem duplications of their encoding genes or by polyploidization involving chromosomal segments, a chromosome or the whole genome. In tetrapods the A2M-, C3- and C4-encoding genes are generally each located on a different chromosome. This observation has been interpreted as supporting their origin by polyploidization. We identified and mapped (with the help of a radiation hybrid panel of cell lines) the A2M, C3 and C4 loci in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Each of the three types of loci is present in the zebrafish in multiple copies, but all of the identified copies of a given type map to the same region in linkage groups 1 (C3) and 15 (A2M, C4). The A2M and C4 loci are mapped in the same region not linked to any of the class I or class II major histocompatibility complex (Mhc) loci. These observations are interpreted as supporting the origin of the A2M family of genes by tandem duplications, followed by the dispersal of the copies to different chromosomes. It is also argued that the association of C4 with the class I/II loci in tetrapods is accidental and without functional significance.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2002.01154.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2002.01154.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 12234255
AN - SCOPUS:0036378361
SN - 0300-9475
VL - 56
SP - 344
EP - 352
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
IS - 4
ER -