Publication Date:
1987-02-27
Description:
Deletions of the long arm of chromosome 6 (6q-) are frequently found in hematopoietic neoplasms, including acute lymphoblastic leukemias, non-Hodgkin lymphomas and (less frequently) myeloid leukemias. The c-myb proto-oncogene has been mapped to region 6q21-24, which suggests that it could be involved in the 6q- aberrations. By means of in situ chromosomal hybridization on cells from six hematopoietic malignancies, it was demonstrated that the c-myb locus is not deleted, but is retained on band q22, which is consistently bordered by the chromosomal breakpoints in both interstitial and terminal 6q- deletions. The deletion breakpoints were located at some distance from the myb locus since no rearrangement of c-myb sequences was found. In one case, however, amplification of the entire c-myb locus was detectable. Furthermore, in all cases tested that carry 6q- deletions, myb messenger RNA levels were significantly higher than in normal cells or in malignant cells matched for lineage and stage of differentiation but lacking the 6q- marker. These results indicate that 6q- deletions are accompanied by structural and functional alterations of the c-myb locus and that these alterations may be involved in the pathogenesis of leukemias and lymphomas.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barletta, C -- Pelicci, P G -- Kenyon, L C -- Smith, S D -- Dalla-Favera, R -- CA16239/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1987 Feb 27;235(4792):1064-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3469751" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Chromosome Deletion
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*Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
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DNA/genetics
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Gene Amplification
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Humans
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Leukemia/*genetics
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Leukemia, Lymphoid/genetics
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Leukemia, Myeloid/genetics
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Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/*genetics
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Nucleic Acid Hybridization
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RNA, Messenger/genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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