title: Digoxigenin-labeled probes amplified from genomic DNA detect T-cell gene rearrangements.
abstract: The detection of clonal rearrangements of the human T-cell receptor by Southern hybridization is a useful tool to diagnose morphologically difficult lymphoid proliferations. Widespread application of this method has been facilitated by the advent of sensitive nonradiolabeled probes. Although a limited number of nonradiolabeled DNA probes are commercially available, other probes must be obtained through a time-consuming and technically difficult procedure of amplification, isolation, and labeling of plasmid-cloned DNA sequences. A simple and time-saving procedure to simultaneously amplify and nonradioactively label DNA probes for use in gene rearrangement studies is described. Specifically, a method using the polymerase chain reaction to amplify and label with digoxigenin large quantities of probe to the constant region of the T-cell receptor directly from genomic DNA is described. The resultant probes are specific for the T-cell receptor-constant region, detect the appropriate germline configuration in placental DNA, and identify rearranged clonal T-cell proliferations. The polymerase chain reaction digoxigenin-labeled probes are suitable for detection by conventional colorimetric methods or by chemiluminescent detection schemes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hopfenbeck
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Wittwer
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kjeldsberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004076:Digoxigenin; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015333:Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics; D015335:Molecular Probes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D015335:Molecular Probes; D004247:DNA; D004076:Digoxigenin