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Human Molecular Genetics, Vol 5, 309-317, Copyright © 1996 by Oxford University Press

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A human modifier of methylation for class I HLA genes (MEMO-1) maps to chromosomal bands 1p35-36.1

NC Cheng, AJ Chan, MM Beitsma, F Speleman, A Westerveld and R Versteeg
Department of Human Genetics, University of Amsterdam.

Class I HLA genes are expressed in almost all tissues, but expression is low or undetectable in many neuroblastomas. We analysed class I HLA methylation in normal tissues and in 28 neuroectodermal tumour cell lines. HLA-C is hypermethylated in normal adult tissues and 13 cell lines, while 15 cell lines show the hypomethylated phenotype. Hypomethylation of HLA-C strongly correlates with hemizygous deletion of a 9 cM interval on 1p35-36.1, suggesting that this region encodes a modifier of methylation for HLA-C. To test whether hypomethylation of class I HLA genes results from loss of a modifier gene, we fused a hypomethylating neuroblastoma cell line with a hypermethylating cell line. Methylation of class I HLA genes was induced in the hybrids. Furthermore, methylation of HLA-C, -E and -A genes, which are encoded in a 1.4 Mb region on 6p21, is correlated in most cell lines. Our results suggest that 1p35-36.1 encodes a modifier of methylation for class I HLA genes, that is deleted in many neuroblastomas.
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