title: Detection of reciprocal fusion 5'-BCL6/partner-3' transcripts in lymphomas exhibiting reciprocal BCL6 translocations.
abstract: It has been believed that replacement of the endogenous promoter and the non-coding first exon of the BCL6 gene by a sequence derived from the translocational partner gene is a main mechanism of the BCL6 dysregulation resulting from translocation. In this study, we found that reciprocal BCL6 translocation led to the expression of not only the 5'-partner/BCL6-3' fusion transcripts but also the 5'-BCL6/partner-3' fusion transcripts, suggesting that reciprocal 5'-BCL6/partner-3' fusion genes are transcriptionally active. These findings raise the possibility that reciprocal BCL-6 translocation may lead to dysregulation of the partner gene as well as the BCL6 gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kaneita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishiguro
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriyama
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D019677:Artificial Gene Fusion; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000235:genetics*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D014157:Transcription Factors