title: Molecular analysis of the t(8;14)(q24;q11) chromosomal breakpoint junctions in the T-cell leukemia line MOLT-16.
abstract: The MOLT-16 cell line was established from the leukemic cells of a patient with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and contains a t(8;14)(q24;q11) resulting in juxtaposition of sequences downstream of the MYC gene on chromosome 8 and the J region of the T-cell receptor alpha chain gene (TCRA) on chromosome 14. The reciprocal translocation involved a complex rearrangement with two chromosome breakpoints within the TCRAJ region on chromosome 14, resulting in inversion of a 1.4 kb DNA fragment between the two breakpoints. The 5' border of the inversion joints with another segment of chromosome 14, whereas the 3' border joins with a region of chromosome 8 located at least 257 kb downstream of MYC. Extensive deletions have occurred on both chromosomes 8 and 14 in conjunction with the translocation. To investigate the possible involvement of the V(D)J recombinase in this translocation, we analyzed the nucleotide sequences surrounding the translocation breakpoints. The breakpoint on chromosome 14 occurs between a segment coding for a TCRAJ sequence and its hepatamer-nonamer signal. Heptamer-nonamer consensus sequences are also identified on chromosome 8 adjacent to the breakpoint. Inserted N and P nucleotides are observed at the breakpoint junctions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Shima-Rich
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Harden
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: McKeithan
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Diaz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14 / Q000235:genetics*; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D017353:Gene Deletion; D019673:Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D045567:VDJ Recombinases
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D045567:VDJ Recombinases