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Eguchi-Ishimae, M. et al.

Eguchi-Ishimae, Eguchi, Ishii, Miyazaki, Ueda, Kamada, Mizutani,

Breakage and fusion of the TEL (ETV6) gene in immature B lymphocytes induced by apoptogenic signals.

TEL-AML1 fusion resulting from the t(12;21)(p13;q22) is one of the most common genetic abnormalities in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Recent findings that site-specific cleavage of the MLL gene can be induced by chemotherapeutic agents such as topoisomerase-II inhibitors suggest that apoptogenic agents can cause chromosomal translocations in hematopoietic cells. This study demonstrates a possible relationship between exposure to apoptogenic stimuli, TEL breaks, and the formation of TEL-AML1 fusion in immature B lymphocytes. Short-term culture of immature B cell lines in the presence of apoptogenic stimuli such as serum starvation, etoposide, or salicylic acid induced double-strand breaks (DSBs) in intron 5 of the TEL gene and intron 1 of the AML1 gene. TEL-AML1 fusion transcripts were also identified by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis in cell lines treated by serum starvation or aminophylline. DSBs within the TEL gene were also associated with fusion to other unknown genes, presumably as a result of chromosomal translocation. We also examined 67 cord blood and 147 normal peripheral blood samples for the existence of in-frame TEL-AML1 fusion transcripts. One cord blood sample (1.5%) and 13 normal peripheral blood samples (8.8%) were positive as detected by nested RT-PCR. These data suggest that breakage and fusion of TEL and AML1 may be relatively common events and that sublethal apoptotic signals could play a role in initiating leukemogenesis via the promotion of DNA damage.[1]

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Breakage and fusion of the TEL (ETV6) gene in immature B lymphocytes induced by apoptogenic signals. Eguchi-Ishimae, M., Eguchi, M., Ishii, E., Miyazaki, S., Ueda, K., Kamada, N., Mizutani, S. Blood (2001) [Pubmed]

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