title: Detailed mapping around the breakpoint of (3;8) translocation in familial renal cell carcinoma and FRA3B.
abstract: As a critical step toward cloning the breakpoint of the (3;8) translocation observed in familial renal cell carcinoma and a common fragile site on chromosome 3p (FRA3B), we have characterized the 3p14 region containing the breakpoint and FRA3B by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and genetic linkage analysis. Of 23 cosmids mapped by FISH, 14 cosmids were distal to the breakpoint of t(3;8) and 9 were proximal. Analyses of FRA3B by FISH were identical to those for the (3;8) breakpoint and indicated that the breakpoint of t(3;8) occurred at or very close to the fragile site. We have also constructed a genetic linkage map and a preliminary long-range restriction map using PFGE of the 3p14 region. The linkage results were consistent with the physical data. The combined results of FISH, PFGE, and linkage analysis establish a basis for further experiments to clone the (3;8) breakpoint and FRA3B.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Cancer Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D043283:Chromosome Fragile Sites; D002873:Chromosome Fragility; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D003360:Cosmids; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D014178:Translocation, Genetic