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The level of susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) infection depends upon allelic variations in numerous interacting genes. In our mouse model system, the whole-genome quantitative trait loci (QTLs) scan revealed three QTLs involved in TB control on chromosomes 3, 9, and in the vicinity of the  H2  complex on chromosome 17. For the present study, we have established a panel of new congenic,  MHC -recombinant mouse strains bearing differential small segments of chromosome 17 transferred from the TB-susceptible I/St ( H2   j ) strain onto the genetic background of TB-resistant C57BL/6 (B6) mice ( H2   b ). This allowed narrowing the QTL interval to 17Ch: 33, 77–34, 34 Mb, containing 36 protein-encoding genes. Cloning and sequencing of the  H2   j  allelic variants of these genes demonstrated profound polymorphic variations compare to the  H2   b  haplotype. In two recombinant strains, B6.I-249.1.15.100 and B6.I-249.1.15.139, recombination breakpoints occurred in different sites of the  H2-Aβ 1  gene (beta-chain of the Class II heterodimer H2-A), providing polymorphic variations in the domain β1 of the  Aβ- chain. These variations were sufficient to produce different TB-relevant phenotypes: the more susceptible B6.I-249.1.15.100 strain demonstrated shorter survival time, more rapid body weight loss, higher mycobacterial loads in the lungs and more severe lung histopathology compared to the more resistant B6.I-249.1.15.139 strain. CD4 +  T cells recognized mycobacterial antigens exclusively in the context of the H2-A Class II molecule, and the level of IFN-γ-producing CD4 +  T cells in the lungs was significantly higher in the resistant strain. Thus, we directly demonstrated for the first time that the classical  H2- Ab1  Class II gene is involved in TB control. Molecular modeling of the H2-A j  product predicts that amino acid (AA) substitutions in the Aβ-chain modify the motif of the peptide–MHC binding groove. Moreover, unique AA substitutions in both α- and β-chains of the H2-A j  molecule might affect its interactions with the T-cell receptor (TCR).

The QTL within the H2 Complex Involved in the Control of Tuberculosis Infection in Mice Is the Classical Class II H2-Ab1 Gene