Mutation analysis of the origin recognition complex subunit 5 (ORC5L) gene in adult patients with myeloid leukemias exhibiting deletions of chromosome band 7q22.

Abstract

The ORC5L gene encoding a subunit of the human origin recognition complex (ORC) maps to chromosome band 7q22, a region frequently deleted in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Because of its localization within a region that is commonly deleted in patients with myeloid malignancies and because of the implication of its protein product in cell cycle control (DNA replication) and regulation of gene expression (transcriptional silencing), ORC5L appeared to be a candidate tumor suppressor gene for myeloid disorders associated with 7q22 deletions. Polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing analysis of the coding region of the remaining ORC5L allele has not revealed any mutations in nine patients with AML or MDS exhibiting 7q22 deletions. Allelic expression analysis indicates that ORC5L is not imprinted. These data suggest that ORC5L does not function as a tumor suppressor in patients with myeloid neoplasms.

• Authors: S Fröhling, K Nakabayashi, S W Scherer, H Döhner, K Döhner
• Journal: Human genetics (Hum Genet) Vol. 108 Issue 4 Pg. 304-9 (Apr 2001) ISSN: 0340-6717 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 11379876 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• DNA-Binding Proteins
• ORC5 protein, human
• Origin Recognition Complex

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Chromosome Deletion
• Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
• DNA-Binding Proteins (genetics)
• Female
• Genomic Imprinting
• Humans
• Leukemia, Myeloid (genetics)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mutation
• Origin Recognition Complex