title: Altered expression of Pax-5 gene in human myeloma cells.
abstract: Recent phenotypic analysis of plasma cells showed that normal plasma cells do express the B-cell lineage-specific molecule CD19, but their malignant counterpart (myeloma cells) are CD19-. To clarify the meaning of loss of CD19 antigen on myeloma cells, we first compared the expression of CD19 and Pax-5 genes among B cells, normal plasma cells, myeloma cell lines, and primary myeloma cells, because the Pax-5 gene was reported to encode the transcriptional factor, B-cell-specific activating protein (BSAP), necessary for CD19 gene expression. Neither CD19 nor Pax-5 mRNA could be detected in those primary myeloma cells and cell lines, whereas normal plasma cells did express both CD19 and Pax-5 mRNA. Furthermore, we could confirm that BSAP-binding activity was not detected in the nuclear extract from CD19- myeloma cell line (KMS-5) but was detected in CD19+ B-cell line (Raji) by gel-shift assay. We further examined the expression of E2A and Id genes, because E2A and Id are considered to be positive and negative regulators in the expression of Pax-5 gene, respectively. However, no significant differences in the expression of these E2A and Id-2 genes could be observed between myeloma cells and normal plasma cells. Therefore, these data suggest that the altered expression of Pax-5, but not E2A or Id, is responsible for the loss of CD19 expression in human myeloma cells, although the underlying mechanism of the altered Pax-5 gene expression remains to be clarified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mahmoud
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nobuyoshi
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Lisukov
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kawano
mesh_terms: D018941:Antigens, CD19 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000473:pathology; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051757:PAX5 Transcription Factor; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018941:Antigens, CD19; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051757:PAX5 Transcription Factor; C497281:PAX5 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D014157:Transcription Factors