title: Immunophenotypic and cytogenetic analysis of Molt-3 and Molt-4: human T-lymphoid cell lines with rearrangement of chromosome 7.
abstract: Molt-3 and Molt-4 are T-cell lines originally derived in 1971 from a patient with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. An unusual T-cell antigen receptor gamma-chain gene (T-gamma) rearrangement detected by Southern blot analysis of Molt-4 prompted an in-depth study of the immunophenotype and karyotype of both cell lines. Molt-3 and Molt-4 had immunophenotypic characteristics of thymocytes with expression of CD1 and CD5. Both cell lines had a hypertetraploid karyotype with two rearranged no. 7 chromosomes: 2der(7)t(7;7)(p15;q11). The presence of a break in chromosome band 7p15 suggested the involvement of T gamma. We cloned the rearranged BamHI fragments spanning the known T-gamma constant and joining regions. Comparison with germline clones of T gamma did not suggest any of the clones included a breakpoint region. Thus the 7p15 chromosomal abnormality in Molt-3 and Molt-4 is not associated with the currently described joining and constant regions of T gamma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Sarmiento
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Wilkowski
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Streifel
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kersey
mesh_terms: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015334:Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta