title: Establishment of a cell line with AML1-MTG8, TP53, and TP73 abnormalities from acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: Gene alterations accumulate during the progression of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) to a malignant clone. Here, a new myeloid cell line, designated YSK-21, with the balanced t(8;21)(q22;q22) and the unbalanced der(1)t(1;17)(p36;q21), was established. YSK-21 grows well in a medium containing recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF), or interleukin-3 (rhIL-3). Molecular analysis using the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) revealed that t(8;21)(q22;q22) resulted in an AML1-MTG8 fusion transcript. FISH and spectral karyotyping (SKY) in conjunction with G-banding analysis revealed a der(1)t(1;17)(p36;q21) chromosomal translocation, which appeared in the clone developed from the original leukemic cells. Molecular analysis of the TP73 gene on 1p36 and the TP53 gene revealed a deletion of one-allele in TP73 with partial demethylation of another allele in the initial clone of YSK, and a point mutation consisting of an A-->T substitution in codon 288 of the TP53 gene in the developed clone of YSK-21. YSK-21 cells, expressing aberrant AML1-MTG8, TP53, and TP73 protein molecules, may be useful for elucidating the pathophysiology of these aberrant proteins and for studying the der(1)t(1;17)(p36;q21) chromosomal translocation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan. inokuchi@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inokuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniwaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanosaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dan
mesh_terms: D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: C107844:AML1-ETO fusion protein, human; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors