title: A study of chromosome 11p13 translocations involving TCR beta and TCR delta in human T cell leukaemia.
abstract: A frequent site of translocation damage in human T-ALL has been localized to a specific region of chromosome band 11p13. Five new T-ALL cases are described which break in the major T-ALLbcr region of 11p13, two involving a novel translocation t(7;11)(q35;p13), with breakage at the T cell receptor (TCR) beta gene from 7q35, and three involving TCR delta from 14q11 in the more common t(11;14)(p13;q11). Analysis of the mechanism of one T-ALLbcr/TCR beta translocation and a previously described t(11;14)(p13;q11) was conducted by genomic cloning of translocation breakpoints, using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Both seem to have occurred by recombinase error, but only the t(7;11) showed sequence-specific joining. Nonetheless recombinase mediation of the t(11;14) is implied by the presence of N-region addition (a hallmark of recombinase joins) on both derivative chromosomes. These observations reinforce the view that translocations in the T-ALLbcr region of chromosome 11p13 are a major lesion in human T-ALL. In addition, these can occur by mimicry of VDJ joining, but sequence specificity is not obligatory.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Sarmiento
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boehm
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Rabbitts
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta