TY - JOUR
T1 - Localization of the chromosome 15 breakpoints and expression of multiple PML-RARα transcripts in acute promyelocytic leukemia
T2 - A study of 28 Chinese patients
AU - Geng, Jie Ping
AU - Tong, Jian Hua
AU - Dong, Shuo
AU - Wang, Zhen Yi
AU - Chen, Sai Juan
AU - Chen, Zhu
AU - Zelent, Arthur
AU - Berger, Roland
AU - Larsen, Christian Jacques
PY - 1993/1
Y1 - 1993/1
N2 - Translocation (15;17)(q22;q12-q21) is a chromosome aberration specifically found in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), that generates a chimeric gene between the promyelocytic leukemia (PML) gene on chromosome 15 and the retinoic acid receptor α (RARA) gene, on chromosome 17. In the course of molecular investigations of a series of 28 Chinese patients with APL, we have simultaneously used Southern blot and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis to characterize the PML gene breakpoints on chromosome 15 and identify PML-RARA fusion transcripts. Our results confirmed the existence of the three recently described bcrl, bcr2, and bcr3 breakpoint cluster regions. In addition, structural data provided by PML-RARA transcripts allowed us to more accurately locate the 3′ borders of clusters bcM and bcr3. Moreover, our data suggest a preferential localization of the breakpoints within bcrl and bcr3. The primary structure of a 1.4 kb DNA segment flanking the 5′ part of the PML gene and that of the ber3 cluster (2.1 kb) were also established.
AB - Translocation (15;17)(q22;q12-q21) is a chromosome aberration specifically found in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), that generates a chimeric gene between the promyelocytic leukemia (PML) gene on chromosome 15 and the retinoic acid receptor α (RARA) gene, on chromosome 17. In the course of molecular investigations of a series of 28 Chinese patients with APL, we have simultaneously used Southern blot and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis to characterize the PML gene breakpoints on chromosome 15 and identify PML-RARA fusion transcripts. Our results confirmed the existence of the three recently described bcrl, bcr2, and bcr3 breakpoint cluster regions. In addition, structural data provided by PML-RARA transcripts allowed us to more accurately locate the 3′ borders of clusters bcM and bcr3. Moreover, our data suggest a preferential localization of the breakpoints within bcrl and bcr3. The primary structure of a 1.4 kb DNA segment flanking the 5′ part of the PML gene and that of the ber3 cluster (2.1 kb) were also established.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8380300
AN - SCOPUS:0027409955
VL - 7
SP - 20
EP - 26
JO - Leukemia
JF - Leukemia
SN - 0887-6924
IS - 1
ER -
