Informatics investigations into anti-thyroid drug induced agranulocytosis associated with multiple HLA-B alleles



Ramsbottom, Kerry A ORCID: 0000-0002-7432-9293, Carr, Daniel F, Rigden, Daniel J ORCID: 0000-0002-7565-8937 and Jones, Andrew R ORCID: 0000-0001-6118-9327
(2020) Informatics investigations into anti-thyroid drug induced agranulocytosis associated with multiple HLA-B alleles. PLOS ONE, 15 (2). e0220754-.

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Abstract

<h4>Introduction</h4>Adverse drug reactions have been linked with HLA alleles in different studies. These HLA proteins play an essential role in the adaptive immune response for the presentation of self and non-self peptides. Anti-thyroid drugs methimazole and propylthiouracil have been associated with drug induced agranulocytosis (severe lower white blood cell count) in patients with B*27:05, B*38:02 and DRB1*08:03 alleles in different populations: Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Han Chinese and Caucasian.<h4>Methods</h4>In this study, informatics methods were used to investigate if any sequence or structural similarities exist between the two associated HLA-B alleles, compared with a set of "control" alleles assumed not be associated, which could help explain the molecular basis of the adverse drug reaction. We demonstrated using MHC Motif Viewer and MHCcluster that the two alleles do not have a propensity to bind similar peptides, and thus at a gross level the structure of the antigen presentation region of the two alleles are not similar. We also performed multiple sequence alignment to identify polymorphisms shared by the risk but not by the control alleles and molecular docking to compare the predicted binding poses of the drug-allele combinations.<h4>Results</h4>Two residues, Cys67 and Thr80, were identified from the multiple sequence alignments to be unique to these risk alleles alone. The molecular docking showed the poses of the risk alleles to favour the F-pocket of the peptide binding groove, close to the Thr80 residue, with the control alleles generally favouring a different pocket. The data are thus suggestive that Thr80 may be a critical residue in HLA-mediated anti-thyroid drug induced agranulocytosis, and thus can guide future research and risk assessment.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Humans, Agranulocytosis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Methimazole, Propylthiouracil, Antithyroid Agents, HLA-B Antigens, Binding Sites, Amino Acid Sequence, Protein Binding, Alleles, Medical Informatics, Adaptive Immunity, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Asian People, White People
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2020 09:17
Last Modified: 09 Feb 2023 10:04
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220754
Open Access URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.13...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3077749

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