Butyrophilin, subfamily 1, member A1

BTN1A1
Identifiers
Aliases BTN1A1, BT, BTN, BTN1, butyrophilin subfamily 1 member A1
External IDs MGI: 103118 HomoloGene: 1312 GeneCards: BTN1A1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

696

12231

Ensembl

ENSG00000124557

ENSMUSG00000000706

UniProt

Q13410

Q62556

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001732

NM_013483

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001723.2

NP_038511.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 26.5 – 26.51 Mb Chr 13: 23.46 – 23.47 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Butyrophilin subfamily 1 member A1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BTN1A1 gene.[3][4][5]

Butyrophilin (BTN) is the major protein associated with fat droplets in the milk. It is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. It may have a cell surface receptor function. The human butyrophilin gene is localized in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region of 6p and may have arisen relatively recently in evolution by the shuffling of exons between 2 ancestral gene families[5]

Function

Btn1a1 regulates the amount of lipids and size of droplets expressed in milk. When the gene is compromised in laboratory mice, approximately half the pups died within the first 20 days and the remainder were significantly under-weight. [6]

Link to multiple sclerosis

Butyrophilin has been presented as a potential antigen which may be similar enough to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) to spur the immune system to attack myelin in a process known as molecular or epitopic mimicry. This suggests that ingestion of butyrophilin in dairy products from cows and goats may be a potential trigger for multiple sclerosis. Independent studies by a group in Germany have reached similar conclusions.[7][8]

Interestingly, the German group have used heavy doses of butyrophilin on mice with an experimental model for multiple sclerosis called EAE. They have found that this strategy, called immune tolerance, reduces the effects of the disease.

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Vernet C, Boretto J, Mattei MG, Takahashi M, Jack LJ, Mather IH, Rouquier S, Pontarotti P (Mar 1994). "Evolutionary study of multigenic families mapping close to the human MHC class I region". J Mol Evol. 37 (6): 600–12. doi:10.1007/bf00182746. PMID 8114113.
  4. Tazi-Ahnini R, Henry J, Offer C, Bouissou-Bouchouata C, Mather IH, Pontarotti P (Jan 1998). "Cloning, localization, and structure of new members of the butyrophilin gene family in the juxta-telomeric region of the major histocompatibility complex". Immunogenetics. 47 (1): 55–63. doi:10.1007/s002510050326. PMID 9382921.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: BTN1A1 butyrophilin, subfamily 1, member A1".
  6. Sherry L. Ogg; Anne K. Weldon; Lorraine Dobbie; Andrew J. H. Smith; Ian H. Mather. "Expression of butyrophilin (Btn1a1) in lactating mammary gland is essential for the regulated secretion of milk–lipid droplets".
  7. Stefferl A, Schubart A, Storch M, Amini A, Mather I, Lassmann H, Linington C (September 2000). "Butyrophilin, a milk protein, modulates the encephalitogenic T cell response to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis" (PDF). J. Immunol. 165 (5): 2859–65. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.165.5.2859. PMID 10946319.
  8. Guggenmos J, Schubart AS, Ogg S, Andersson M, Olsson T, Mather IH, Linington C (January 2004). "Antibody cross-reactivity between myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein and the milk protein butyrophilin in multiple sclerosis" (PDF). J. Immunol. 172 (1): 661–8. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.661. PMID 14688379.

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