title: Phenotypic and molecular analysis of Ph1-chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines.
abstract: We have established 2 Philadelphia chromosome (Ph1)-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cell lines, designated PALL-1 and PALL-2, from distinct adult Ph1-positive ALL patients. PALL-1 was established in nude mice, and PALL-2 was established in culture. Both retained the Ph1 chromosome and expressed the ALL type bcr/abl chimeric mRNA containing the junction of the first exon of BCR gene (e1) and second exon of c-abl gene (a2). PALL-1 and PALL-2 expressed CD34 surface antigen which is characteristic of early hematopoietic progenitor cells. PALL-2 expressed antigens for both pre-B and early myeloid cells and had rearrangements of both the heavy chain of immunoglobulin gene and the beta chain of T-cell-receptor gene. Both PALL-1 and PALL-2 expressed detectable levels of p53 gene RNA. Polymerase-chain-reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) analysis of the p53 gene showed a normal pattern of mobility in both cell lines. Taken together, the 2 cell lines had features of Ph1-positive ALL: (i) hematopoietic progenitor cells with pre-B-cell phenotype and, (ii) activation of e1-a2 type bcr/abl oncogene without alterations of p53 gene. These unique lines should provide a valuable tool for studying the pathogenesis of Ph1-positive ALL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ohyashiki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamato
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Koeffler
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl; D015326:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain; D016313:Genes, abl; D016158:Genes, p53; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051562:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl; C496613:BCR protein, human; C496614:Bcr protein, mouse; D051562:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcr