title: TAL2, a helix-loop-helix gene activated by the (7;9)(q34;q32) translocation in human T-cell leukemia.
abstract: Tumor-specific alteration of the TAL1 gene occurs in almost 25% of patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). We now report the identification of TAL2, a distinct gene that was isolated on the basis of its sequence homology with TAL1. The TAL2 gene is located 33 kilobase pairs from the chromosome 9 breakpoint of t(7;9)(q34;q32), a recurring translocation specifically associated with T-ALL. As a consequence of t(7;9)(q34;q32), TAL2 is juxtaposed with sequences from the T-cell receptor beta-chain gene on chromosome 7. TAL2 sequences are actively transcribed in SUP-T3, a T-ALL cell line that harbors the t(7;9)(q34;q32). The TAL2 gene product includes a helix-loop-helix protein dimerization and DNA binding domain that is especially homologous to those encoded by the TAL1 and LYL1 protooncogenes. Hence, TAL2, TAL1, and LYL1 constitute a discrete subgroup of helix-loop-helix proteins, each of which can potentially contribute to the development of T-ALL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Tsan
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espinosa
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Le Beau
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C086540:TAL2 protein, human; C490129:Tal2 protein, mouse