Department of Transfusion Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India.
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India.
Transfus Apher Sci. 2023 Dec;62(6):103789. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2023.103789. Epub 2023 Aug 22.
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) restriction plays an important role in the susceptibility to alloimmunization against red blood cell (RBC) antigens. The prevalence of anti-D alloimmunization in RhD negative pregnancy is still quite high in our population. Thus, we planned this study to determine the association of HLA-DRB1 alleles with anti-D alloimmunization in RhD negative pregnant women.
RBC antibody screen (ABS) was performed for RhD negative pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic our institute. Those with a negative result were included in the 'non-alloimmunized' (NAL) group ('Control' group), while those with anti-D alloantibody on performing antibody identification were included in the alloimmunized (AL) group of the study (n = 50 each). ABS and identification were done using column agglutination technique. The HLA-DRB1 typing was done by Luminex based reverse sequence specific oligonucleotide probing (SSOP) using commercial kits. The HLA-DRB1 allele frequency was compared in both the groups.
There was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of gravida (p < 0.001) and history of anti-D immunoprophylaxis (p < 0.001). The frequency of HLA-DRB103 and HLA-DRB104 alleles was significantly higher in the AL group than the NAL group: 40 % versus 18 % [Odds Ratio (OR): 3.04, 95 % CI: 1.21-7.6; p = 0.015] for HLA-DRB103 alleles and 18 % versus 4 % (OR: 5.27, 95 % CI: 1.08-25.78, p = 0.025) for HLA-DRB104 alleles.
The frequency of HLADRB103 and HLADRB104 alleles was significantly higher in RhD negative pregnant women alloimmunized with anti-D alloantibody.
人类白细胞抗原(HLA)限制在对红细胞(RBC)抗原的同种免疫易感性中起重要作用。在我们的人群中,RhD 阴性妊娠中抗-D 同种免疫的发生率仍然相当高。因此,我们计划进行这项研究,以确定 HLA-DRB1 等位基因与 RhD 阴性孕妇抗-D 同种免疫的相关性。
对我院产前门诊就诊的 RhD 阴性孕妇进行 RBC 抗体筛查(ABS)。阴性结果的孕妇纳入“非同种免疫(NAL)”组(“对照组”),而在进行抗体鉴定时发现抗-D 同种抗体的孕妇纳入研究的同种免疫(AL)组(每组 50 例)。ABS 和鉴定均采用柱凝集技术进行。HLA-DRB1 分型采用商业试剂盒基于 Luminex 的反向序列特异性寡核苷酸探针(SSOP)进行。比较两组之间的 HLA-DRB1 等位基因频率。
两组在孕次(p<0.001)和抗-D 免疫预防史(p<0.001)方面存在显著差异。AL 组 HLA-DRB103 和 HLA-DRB104 等位基因的频率明显高于 NAL 组:40%对 18%(比值比(OR):3.04,95%CI:1.21-7.6;p=0.015)对于 HLA-DRB103 等位基因,18%对 4%(OR:5.27,95%CI:1.08-25.78,p=0.025)对于 HLA-DRB104 等位基因。
在 RhD 阴性孕妇中,抗-D 同种抗体同种免疫的 HLA-DRB103 和 HLA-DRB104 等位基因的频率明显更高。