Chromosomal breakpoints within the first intron of the ABL gene are nonrandom in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Bone marrow cells from 37 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), who had the characteristic Philadelphia chromosome in their leukemic cells, were examined for ABL gene rearrangement by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. By using several probes from the ABL gene, we found that in 33 of 37 (89%) patients studied, the translocation breakpoints in ABL fell within the 175-kilobase (kb) intron between exons 1b and 1a. Furthermore, breakpoints in this intron clustered in three regions, approximately 30 +/- 5, 100 +/- 13, and 135 +/- 8 kb downstream from exon 1b. These findings suggest that there may be specific sequences in this intron that facilitate the processes of chromosomal translocation.
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Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
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D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000235:genetics; D015321:Gene Rearrangement / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl; D051562:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr
D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D004247:DNA; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl; C496613:BCR protein, human; D051562:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr