title: The t(6;16)(p21;q22) chromosome translocation in the LNCaP prostate carcinoma cell line results in a tpc/hpr fusion gene.
abstract: Very little is known about the molecular and genetic mechanisms involved in prostate cancer. Previous studies have shown frequent loss of heterozygosity (40%) at chromosomal regions 8p, 10q, and 16q, suggesting the presence of tumor suppressor genes in these regions. The LNCaP cell line, established from a metastatic lesion of human prostatic adenocarcinoma, carries a t(6;16)(p21;q22) translocation. To determine whether this translocation involved genes important in the process of malignant transformation, we cloned and sequenced the t(6;16) breakpoint of this cell line. Sequence analysis showed that the breakpoint is within the haptoglobin gene cluster on chromosome 16, and that, on chromosome 6, the break occurs within a novel gene, tpc, similar to the prokaryotic S10 ribosomal protein gene. The translocation results in the production of a fusion transcript, tpc/hpr.
authors.affiliation: Jefferson Cancer Center, Jefferson Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Veronese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bullrich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Negrini
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Croce
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D001483:Base Sequence; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D001798:Blood Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; C058632:HPR protein, human; D006242:Haptoglobins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins