title: Characterization of the breakpoint of a t(14;14)(q11.2;q32) from the leukemic cells of a patient with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: The leukemic cells and derivative cell line from a 74-year-old male with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia showed chromosomal abnormalities including a t(14;14)(q11.2;q32). This translocation is characteristic of a variety of T-cell malignancies, particularly T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia and the clonal proliferations of peripheral T cells in patients with ataxia-telangiectasia. Using DNA probes that spanned the T-cell receptor alpha chain (TCRA) joining (J) locus, the DNA rearrangement caused by the translocation was identified, cloned, and sequenced. The breakpoint shows site-specific juxtaposition of a TCRA joining segment and DNA from a region of 14q32 centromeric to the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus. Comparison of restriction map and nucleotide sequence from this translocation with other related chromosomal breakpoints suggests a dispersion of breakpoints throughout the 14q32 region.
authors.affiliation: Navy Medical Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20814-5105.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Bertness
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Felix
authors.forename: O W
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: McBride
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Kirsch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D015342:DNA Probes; D015332:Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes