Abstract |
Dysregulation of oncogenes by translocation to an IgH (14q32) or IgL (kappa, 2p11 or lambda, 22q11) locus is a frequent event in the pathogenesis of B-cell tumors. Translocations involving an IgH locus and a diverse but nonrandom array of chromosomal loci occur in most multiple myeloma (MM) tumors even though the translocations often are not detected by conventional cytogenetic analysis. In a continuing analysis of translocations in 21 MM lines, we show that the novel, karyotypically silent t(14;16)(q32.3;q23) translocation is present in 5 MM lines, with cloned breakpoints from 4 lines dispersed over an approximately 500-kb region centromeric to the c-maf proto-oncogene at 16q23. Another line has a t(16;22)(q23;q11), with the breakpoint telomeric to c-maf, so that the translocation breakpoints in these 6 lines bracket c-maf. Only these 6 lines overexpress c-maf mRNA. As predicted for dysregulation of c-maf by translocation, there is selective expression of one c-maf allele in 2 informative lines with translocations. This is the first human tumor in which the basic zipper c- maf transcription factor is shown to function as an oncogene.
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Authors | M Chesi, P L Bergsagel, O O Shonukan, M L Martelli, L A Brents, T Chen, E Schröck, T Ried, W M Kuehl |
Journal | Blood
(Blood)
Vol. 91
Issue 12
Pg. 4457-63
(Jun 15 1998)
ISSN: 0006-4971 [Print] United States |
PMID | 9616139
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- MAF protein, human
- MAS1 protein, human
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-maf
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Topics |
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16
- DNA-Binding Proteins
(genetics)
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
(genetics)
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multiple Myeloma
(genetics)
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
(genetics)
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-maf
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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