title: A novel gene, MALT1 at 18q21, is involved in t(11;18) (q21;q21) found in low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.
abstract: The t(11;18) (q21;q21) translocation is a characteristic chromosomal aberration in low-grade B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type. We previously identified a YAC clone y789F3, which includes the breakpoint at 18q21 in a MALT lymphoma patient. BAC and PAC contigs were constructed on the YAC, and BAC 193f9 was found to encompass the breakpoint region. In the present study, we further narrowed down the breakpoint region at 18q21 in five MALT lymphoma patients by means of FISH and Southern blot analyses using the plasmid contig constructed from BAC 193f9. The breakpoints at 18q21 in three of the five MALT lymphoma patients were found to be clustered approximately within the 20 kb region. By using exon amplification and cDNA library screening, we identified a novel cDNA spanning the breakpoint region that exhibited aberrant mRNA signals in four of the five MALT lymphoma patients. The nucleotide sequence predicted an 813 amino acid protein that shows significant sequence similarity to the CD22beta and laminin 5 alpha3b subunit. We refer to the gene encoding this transcript as MALT1 (Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue lymphoma translocation gene 1). The alteration of MALT1 by translocation strongly suggests that this gene plays an important role in the pathogenesis of MALT lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chemotherapy, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464 - 8681, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Motegi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniwaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D020169:Caspases; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 / Q000235:genetics*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D020451:Contig Mapping; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000074884:Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Translocation 1 Protein; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D020169:Caspases; C400109:MALT1 protein, human; D000074884:Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma Translocation 1 Protein