title: Complex translocation disrupts c-myc regulation in a human plasma cell myeloma.
abstract: A complex translocation has interrupted the third exon of the c-myc gene in human plasma cell myeloma tumor cells and a derivative cell line (NCI-H929). As a result of this rearrangement, a chimeric mRNA is expressed which commences 5' of the c-myc coding region and includes sequences introduced by the translocation event. All of the detectable c-myc-containing mRNA in the tumor and cell line was derived from this rearranged c-myc allele. This chimeric c-myc mRNA, in which most of the germ line c-myc 3' untranslated region has been replaced, was greater than sevenfold more stable than c-myc transcripts with intact 3' ends. This suggests that the 3' untranslated region may play an important role in c-myc mRNA stability.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute-Navy Medical Oncology Branch, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Hollis
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Gazdar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bertness
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Kirsch
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000235:genetics*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm