Identification of a yeast artificial chromosome spanning the 8q12 translocation breakpoint in pleomorphic adenomas with t(3;8)(p21;q12).
A subgroup of pleomorphic adenomas of the salivary glands is characterized by translocations involving chromosome 8, with consistent breakpoints at 8q12. As part of a positional cloning effort to isolate the gene(s) affected by these translocations we now report the mapping of the 8q12 breakpoint in two primary pleomorphic adenomas with the recurrent t(3;8)(p21;q12). Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones corresponding to eight different loci in 8q11-12 were isolated and mapped by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The t(3;8) breakpoint was mapped within a 1 Mb region flanked by MOS proximally and by the genetic marker D8S166 distally. One YAC within this region was shown to span the t(3;8) breakpoint in two tumors. This YAC will provide an excellent tool for isolating the gene(s) at the breakpoint(s) in adenomas with t(3;8).
Röijer
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Department of Pathology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Kas
K
K
Klawitz
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I
Bullerdiek
J
J
Van de Ven
W
W
Stenman
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G
D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000235:genetics*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic