title: Development of the polymerase chain reaction assay based on the canine genome database for detection of monoclonality in B cell lymphoma.
abstract: From the canine genome database and its bioinformatic analysis, we identified conserved sequences within the vast majority of 61 variable segments and 1 joining segment of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene, and designed optimal primers for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification directed at these conserved sequences to evaluate the monoclonality of IgH in canine B cell lymphoma. Using the primers, a PCR-based assay was performed on fine-needle aspiration samples of normal, hyperplasia, and malignant lymph nodes and lymphoma cell lines. All fine-needle aspiration samples of five B cell lymphoma cases and the B cell lymphoma line GL-1 exhibited clonal amplification, whereas no amplification was observed in the samples from normal and hyperplasia lymph nodes, cases of T cell lymphoma, and the T cell lymphoma line CL-1. The primers we designed clearly distinguished malignant B lymphocytes from normal, reactive, and malignant T lymphocytes, indicating a potential utility of the primers for PCR-based routine clinical examination for canine B cell lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yagihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isotani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Washizu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonkobara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000662:veterinary; D002999:Clone Cells; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D004285:Dogs; D015326:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region / Q000235:genetics*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region