title: Establishment and characterization of A novel Philadelphia-chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia cell line, TCC-S, expressing P210 and P190 BCR/ABL transcripts but missing normal ABL gene.
abstract: A novel Philadelphia-chromosome positive (Ph+) cell line, TCC-S, has been established from a patient with Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the blastic crisis. TCC-S cells were shown to express both P210 and P190 BCR/ABL transcripts by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR), although quantitative-PCR revealed that TCC-S cells mainly expressed P210 BCR/ABL transcript. Karyotype analysis revealed several triploid clones which constantly harbored two der(9)del(9) (p12)t(9;22) (q34;qll)s and two del(9) (q21)s. The der(9)del(9) (p12)t(9;22) (q34;q11) is rarely found in other CML cell lines. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, del(9) (q21) resulting in missing of a restrict region including normal ABL gene has not been found among CML cell lines previously described. Thus, TCC-S cells with only BCR/ABL gene and no normal ABL gene may be a useful tool for functional study of ABL in Ph+ CML.
authors.affiliation: Division of Ultrafine Structure, Department of Pathology, Research Institute of International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Phan Nguyen Thanh
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Van
authors.forename: Phan Thi
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Xinh
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: Katsushi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D001752:Blast Crisis; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D016313:Genes, abl / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic