title: Southern blot analysis of BII cell line--a putative variant of HL-60.
abstract: Southern blot analysis of various genes was used to compare the human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 and the BII cell line, which reportedly arose as a spontaneous differentiation inducer-resistant variant from an HL-60 culture. Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor gene restriction fragment polymorphism, due to a partial deletion of one of the alleles of this gene in HL-60, was not observed in the BII cells. Furthermore, the p53 oncogene, most of which is deleted in the HL-60 cell line, was found to be intact in the BII cell line. Human leukocyte antigen typing revealed that the two cell lines shared the A locus but differed at the B locus. Several unique restriction fragments hybridizing to human leukocyte antigen class I and DR beta gene probes were observed in the DNA digests of each cell line. Altogether these data provide definitive evidence that BII represents a human cell line of different origin than HL-60. Further lineage determination of this cell line could add a useful member to the group of leukemic cell lines.
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D002460:Cell Line; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000235:genetics*; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D009857:Oncogenes; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D006133:Growth Substances; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor