Characterization of the MLL partner gene AF15q14 involved in t(11;15)(q23;q14).
Characterization of the MLL partner gene AF15q14 involved in t(11;15)(q23;q14).
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参与 t(11;15)(q23;q14) 的 MLL 伴侣基因 AF15q14 的表征。
DOI:
10.1038/sj.onc.1206272
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
8
通讯作者:
Morris,StephanW
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作者:
Kuefer,MartinU;Chinwalla,Vandana;Zeleznik-Le,NancyJ;Behm,FrederickG;Naeve,ClaytonW;Rakestraw,KarenM;Mukatira,SurajT;Raimondi,SusanaC;Morris,StephanW
Translocations interrupting the mixed lineage leukemia gene (MLL) occur in 7–10% of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 5–6% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cases. One of these translocations, t (11; 15)(q23; q14), occurs rarely in both ALL and AML. The gene on chromosome 15, AF15q14, was cloned recently in a patient with AML-M4. We have identified the same gene in a de novo T-ALL patient. However, both the MLL and AF15q14 breakpoints in these patients differed: in the previously reported AML-M4, both gene breaks were within exons, while in our ALL case the MLL break is intronic and the AF15q14 break is exonic. The MLL–AF15q14 fusion described previously shares no AF15q14 residues in common with the chimera reported here. The fusion proteins also differ with respect to MLL–the previously described fusion contains 55 extra amino acids as its MLL break is in exon 11, while the chimera we report breaks in intron 9. Contrary to the originally described normal AF15q14 (5925-bp cDNA encoding a 1833-aa protein), we identify a 7542-bp cDNA and a 2342-aa AF15q14 protein. AF15q14 appears identical to an mRNA previously found to be expressed in melanoma rendered nontumorigenic by microcell-mediated introduction of normal chromosome 6, suggesting the gene may function normally to suppress cell growth and/or enhance maturation.