title: Genetic imbalances in preleukemic thymuses.
abstract: To understand the molecular mechanisms involved in preleukemia, the suppression subtractive hybridization method was used in a murine radiation-induced thymic lymphoma model. Seventeen mRNAs overexpressed in preleukemic thymuses were identified: mouse laminin binding protein (p40/37LBP), E25 protein, Rattus norvegicus clone BB.1.4.1, profilin, poly(A) binding protein (PABP), mouse high mobility group protein 1, topoisomerase I, clusterin, proteasome RC1 subunit, rat prostatein C3 and C1 subunits; two ESTs and four unknown genes. The overexpression of PABP, clusterin, profilin, and the p40/37LBP mRNAs was confirmed in preleukemic thymuses and can be related to some cellular events observed during the preleukemic period, i.e., alterations of cell cycle and apoptosis properties. The p40/37LBP and 67-kDa laminin receptor proteins were upregulated during the preleukemic period. The data suggest that additional studies on p40/37LBP and 67-kDa laminin receptor regulation are required to evaluate their potential role in the lymphoma prevention by TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy and Cytology, University of Liège, CHU, Liège, B-4000, Belgium. M.Verlaet@ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verlaet
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Deregowski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Humblet
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Stalmans
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bours
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castronovo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boniver
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Defresne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017474:Receptors, Laminin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017474:Receptors, Laminin