title: Identification of a human LIM-Hox gene, hLH-2, aberrantly expressed in chronic myelogenous leukaemia and located on 9q33-34.1.
abstract: We describe the isolation of human LH-2, a putative transcription factor containing two cysteine-rich regions (LIM domains) and a homeobox (Hox) DNA-binding domain. High levels of hLH-2 expression were observed in all cases of chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) tested, regardless of disease status. hLH-2 was mapped to chromosome 9Q33-34.1, in the same region as the reciprocal translocation that creates the BCR-ABL chimera of the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph'), the hallmark of CML; hLH-2 was retained on the derivative 9 chromosome and is therefore centromeric of c-ABL. The proximity of hLH-2 to the breakpoint on chromosome 9 raises the possibility of cis-activation by the t(9;22)(q34;q11) translocation. In addition to finding hLH-2 expression in all cases of CML, expression was observed in lymphoid malignancies and myeloid cell lines, but not in primary cases of acute myelogenous leukaemia. The role of hLH-2 in the development or progression of leukaemia is not known. However, hLH-2 may prove useful as a marker of CML for monitoring residual disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Heng
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Siderovski
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Minden
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D016466:CHO Cells; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015870:Gene Expression; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D060850:LIM-Homeodomain Proteins; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D012756:Sheep; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C489783:LHX2 protein, human; D060850:LIM-Homeodomain Proteins; C086922:LIM-homeodomain protein LH-2; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA