title: Establishment and characterization of a childhood pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, PER-278, with chromosome translocations t(1;19) and t(1;9).
abstract: Cell line PER-278 was established from a bone marrow sample of a 10-year-old boy diagnosed with pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). PER-278 cells show the pre-B phenotype, express cytoplasmic Ig, and exhibit two translocations: t(1;19)(q23;p13) and t(1;9)(q23;p13). Assessment of the immunoglobulin rearrangements confirmed the clonal origin of cell line PER-278, and comparison with the patients's leukemic cells showed an identical pattern: loci involved at the breakpoint on chromosome 1 code for the oncogene SKI and for the Fc receptor II and on chromosome 19 for the insulin receptor. The t(1;19) may contribute to the malignant transformation in leukemic cells of pre-B phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Leukemia Research Laboratory, Princess Margaret Hospital, Perth, Western Australia.
authors.forename: U R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Kees
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lukeis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Willoughby
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Garson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers