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Li JSZ, Abbasi A, Kim DH, Lippman SM, Alexandrov LB, Cleveland DW. Chromosomal fragile site breakage by EBV-encoded EBNA1 at clustered repeats. Nature 2023; 616:504-509. [PMID: 37046091 PMCID: PMC10328181 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05923-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic herpesvirus associated with several cancers of lymphocytic and epithelial origin1-3. EBV encodes EBNA1, which binds to a cluster of 20 copies of an 18-base-pair palindromic sequence in the EBV genome4-6. EBNA1 also associates with host chromosomes at non-sequence-specific sites7, thereby enabling viral persistence. Here we show that the sequence-specific DNA-binding domain of EBNA1 binds to a cluster of tandemly repeated copies of an EBV-like, 18-base-pair imperfect palindromic sequence encompassing a region of about 21 kilobases at human chromosome 11q23. In situ visualization of the repetitive EBNA1-binding site reveals aberrant structures on mitotic chromosomes characteristic of inherently fragile DNA. We demonstrate that increasing levels of EBNA1 binding trigger dose-dependent breakage at 11q23, producing a fusogenic centromere-containing fragment and an acentric distal fragment, with both mis-segregated into micronuclei in the next cell cycles. In cells latently infected with EBV, elevating EBNA1 abundance by as little as twofold was sufficient to trigger breakage at 11q23. Examination of whole-genome sequencing of EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinomas revealed that structural variants are highly enriched on chromosome 11. Presence of EBV is also shown to be associated with an enrichment of chromosome 11 rearrangements across 2,439 tumours from 38 cancer types. Our results identify a previously unappreciated link between EBV and genomic instability, wherein EBNA1-induced breakage at 11q23 triggers acquisition of structural variations in chromosome 11.
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MESH Headings
- Humans
- Binding Sites
- DNA/chemistry
- DNA/metabolism
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/metabolism
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/pathogenicity
- Viral Proteins/genetics
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
- DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/chemistry
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Genomic Instability
- Mitosis
- Chromosome Breakage
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Affiliation(s)
- Julia Su Zhou Li
- Ludwig Cancer Research, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Ludwig Cancer Research, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Ludwig Cancer Research, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Gupta VA, Barwick BG, Matulis SM, Shirasaki R, Jaye DL, Keats JJ, Oberlton B, Joseph NS, Hofmeister CC, Heffner LT, Dhodapkar MV, Nooka AK, Lonial S, Mitsiades CS, Kaufman JL, Boise LH. Venetoclax sensitivity in multiple myeloma is associated with B-cell gene expression. Blood 2021; 137:3604-3615. [PMID: 33649772 PMCID: PMC8462405 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020007899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Venetoclax is a highly potent, selective BCL2 inhibitor capable of inducing apoptosis in cells dependent on BCL2 for survival. Most myeloma is MCL1-dependent; however, a subset of myeloma enriched for translocation t(11;14) is codependent on BCL2 and thus sensitive to venetoclax. The biology underlying this heterogeneity remains poorly understood. We show that knockdown of cyclin D1 does not induce resistance to venetoclax, arguing against a direct role for cyclin D1 in venetoclax sensitivity. To identify other factors contributing to venetoclax response, we studied a panel of 31 myeloma cell lines and 25 patient samples tested for venetoclax sensitivity. In cell lines, we corroborated our previous observation that BIM binding to BCL2 correlates with venetoclax response and further showed that knockout of BIM results in decreased venetoclax sensitivity. RNA-sequencing analysis identified expression of B-cell genes as enriched in venetoclax-sensitive myeloma, although no single gene consistently delineated sensitive and resistant cells. However, a panel of cell surface makers correlated well with ex vivo prediction of venetoclax response in 21 patient samples and may serve as a biomarker independent of t(11;14). Assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing of myeloma cell lines also identified an epigenetic program in venetoclax-sensitive cells that was more similar to B cells than that of venetoclax-resistant cells, as well as enrichment for basic leucine zipper domain-binding motifs such as BATF. Together, these data indicate that remnants of B-cell biology are associated with BCL2 dependency and point to novel biomarkers of venetoclax-sensitive myeloma independent of t(11;14).
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MESH Headings
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/genetics
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic/pharmacology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/metabolism
- Cyclin D1/genetics
- Cyclin D1/metabolism
- Epigenesis, Genetic/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Humans
- Multiple Myeloma/drug therapy
- Multiple Myeloma/genetics
- Multiple Myeloma/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
- Sulfonamides/pharmacology
- Translocation, Genetic/drug effects
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- Vikas A Gupta
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA; and
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- Integrated Cancer Genomics Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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Chinen Y, Tsukamoto T, Maegawa-Matsui S, Matsumura-Kimoto Y, Takimoto-Shimomura T, Tanba K, Mizuno Y, Fujibayashi Y, Kuwahara-Ota S, Shimura Y, Kobayashi T, Horiike S, Taniwaki M, Kuroda J. Tumor-specific transcript variants of cyclin D1 in mantle cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma with chromosome 11q13 abnormalities. Exp Hematol 2020; 84:45-53.e1. [PMID: 32145384 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2020.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Cyclin D1 (CCND1) overexpression is an early and unifying oncogenic event in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and multiple myeloma (MM) with chromosome 11q13 abnormalities. Herein, we report newly discovered transcript variants of the CCND1 gene in MCL and MM cells with chromosome 11q13 abnormalities. These transcript variants, designated CCND1.tv., covered the full-length coding region of CCND1 with longer 5'-untranslated regions (5'-UTRs) of CCND1 and occasionally contained a novel exon. CCND1.tv. was specifically detectable in patient-derived primary MCL or MM cells with chromosomal translocation t(11;14)(q13;q32), but not in t(11;14)-negative cells. The lengths of the 5'-UTR sequences of CCND1.tv. differed among patients and cell lines. Introduction of CCND1.tv. led to increased expression of normal-sized CCND1 protein in HEK293 cells. Furthermore, mTOR inhibition by rapamycin or serum starvation reduced ectopic expression of CCND1.tv.-derived CCND1 protein, but not 5'-UTR less CCND1-derived CCND1 protein in HEK293 cells, suggesting that the protein expression of CCND1.tv. is regulated by the mTOR pathway. Our results suggest that the aberrant expression of CCND1.tv. may contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis of MCL and MM with 11q13 abnormalities.
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MESH Headings
- 5' Untranslated Regions
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/metabolism
- Cyclin D1/biosynthesis
- Cyclin D1/genetics
- Exons
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- HEK293 Cells
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/pathology
- Multiple Myeloma/genetics
- Multiple Myeloma/metabolism
- Multiple Myeloma/pathology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Yoshiaki Chinen
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Abi Habib W, Brioude F, Azzi S, Rossignol S, Linglart A, Sobrier ML, Giabicani É, Steunou V, Harbison MD, Le Bouc Y, Netchine I. Transcriptional profiling at the DLK1/MEG3 domain explains clinical overlap between imprinting disorders. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaau9425. [PMID: 30801013 PMCID: PMC6382400 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau9425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Imprinting disorders (IDs) often affect growth in humans, leading to diseases with overlapping features, regardless of the genomic region affected. IDs related to hypomethylation of the human 14q32.2 region and its DLK1/MEG3 domain are associated with Temple syndrome (TS14). TS14 is a rare type of growth retardation, the clinical signs of which overlap considerably with those of Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS), another ID related to IGF2 down-regulation at 11p15.5 region. We show that 14q32.2 hypomethylation affects expression, not only for genes at this locus but also for other imprinted genes, and especially lowers IGF2 levels at 11p15.5. Furthermore, expression of nonimprinted genes is also affected, some of which are also deregulated in SRS patients. These findings highlight the epigenetic regulation of gene expression at the DLK1/MEG3 domain. Expression profiling of TS14 and SRS patients highlights common signatures, which may account for the clinical overlap observed between TS14 and SRS.
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- Walid Abi Habib
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Trousseau, Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Trousseau, Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Trousseau, Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Paris, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre de Référence pour les Anomalies du Développement (FECLAD), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Endocrinology and Diabetology for Children and Reference Center for Rare Disorders of Calcium and Phosphate Metabolism, Bicêtre Paris Sud, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
- INSERM U986, INSERM, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Trousseau, Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Trousseau, Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS 938, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
- AP-HP, Hôpital Trousseau, Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, Paris, France
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Lankinen M, Uusitupa M, Schwab U. Genes and Dietary Fatty Acids in Regulation of Fatty Acid Composition of Plasma and Erythrocyte Membranes. Nutrients 2018; 10:nu10111785. [PMID: 30453550 PMCID: PMC6265745 DOI: 10.3390/nu10111785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The fatty acid compositions of plasma lipids and cell membranes of certain tissues are modified by dietary fatty acid composition. Furthermore, many other factors (age, sex, ethnicity, health status, genes, and gene × diet interactions) affect the fatty acid composition of cell membranes or plasma lipid compartments. Therefore, it is of great importance to understand the complexity of mechanisms that may modify fatty acid compositions of plasma or tissues. We carried out an extensive literature survey of gene × diet interaction in the regulation of fatty acid compositions. Most of the related studies have been observational studies, but there are also a few intervention trials that tend to confirm that true interactions exist. Most of the studies deal with the desaturase enzyme cluster (FADS1, FADS2) in chromosome 11 and elongase enzymes. We expect that new genetic variants are being found that are linked with the genetic regulation of plasma or tissue fatty acid composition. This information is of great help to understanding the contribution of dietary fatty acids and their endogenic metabolism to the development of some chronic diseases.
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- Maria Lankinen
- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
- Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition, Kuopio University Hospital, 70210 Kuopio, Finland.
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Chen J, Yao ZX, Chen JS, Gi YJ, Muñoz NM, Kundra S, Herlong HF, Jeong YS, Goltsov A, Ohshiro K, Mistry NA, Zhang J, Su X, Choufani S, Mitra A, Li S, Mishra B, White J, Rashid A, Wang AY, Javle M, Davila M, Michaely P, Weksberg R, Hofstetter WL, Finegold MJ, Shay JW, Machida K, Tsukamoto H, Mishra L. TGF-β/β2-spectrin/CTCF-regulated tumor suppression in human stem cell disorder Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. J Clin Invest 2016; 126:527-42. [PMID: 26784546 DOI: 10.1172/jci80937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a human stem cell disorder, and individuals with this disease have a substantially increased risk (~800-fold) of developing tumors. Epigenetic silencing of β2-spectrin (β2SP, encoded by SPTBN1), a SMAD adaptor for TGF-β signaling, is causally associated with BWS; however, a role of TGF-β deficiency in BWS-associated neoplastic transformation is unexplored. Here, we have reported that double-heterozygous Sptbn1+/- Smad3+/- mice, which have defective TGF-β signaling, develop multiple tumors that are phenotypically similar to those of BWS patients. Moreover, tumorigenesis-associated genes IGF2 and telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) were overexpressed in fibroblasts from BWS patients and TGF-β-defective mice. We further determined that chromatin insulator CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) is TGF-β inducible and facilitates TGF-β-mediated repression of TERT transcription via interactions with β2SP and SMAD3. This regulation was abrogated in TGF-β-defective mice and BWS, resulting in TERT overexpression. Imprinting of the IGF2/H19 locus and the CDKN1C/KCNQ1 locus on chromosome 11p15.5 is mediated by CTCF, and this regulation is lost in BWS, leading to aberrant overexpression of growth-promoting genes. Therefore, we propose that loss of CTCF-dependent imprinting of tumor-promoting genes, such as IGF2 and TERT, results from a defective TGF-β pathway and is responsible at least in part for BWS-associated tumorigenesis as well as sporadic human cancers that are frequently associated with SPTBN1 and SMAD3 mutations.
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Shilina MA, Domnina AP, Kozhukharova IV, Zenin VV, Anisimov SV, Nikolsky NN, Grinchuk TM. [CHARACTERISTIC OF ENDOMETRIAL MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IN CULTURE OBTAINED FROM PATIENT WITH ADENOMYOSIS]. Tsitologiia 2015; 57:771-779. [PMID: 27012091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Adenomyosis is form of endometriosis, common diseases of female reproductive system, which can lead to infertility in women. in this study we are obtained and characterized cell line endometrial mesenchymal stem cells from a patient with adenomyosis, and compare obtained cells with the cell line of healthy donor. Aim of this study was to assesses the extent of differences between cells from donor with adenomyosis and cells from healthy donor. Was established that compared lines had morphology like fibroblasts, were differentiated in adipocytes, were expressed mesenchymal markers and didn't expressed haematopoietic markers. Cytogenetic analysis of differentially stained metaphase chromosomes on G-banding (passage 6-7) showed that healthy donor's cells had predominantly normal karyotype. The cellular line from a patient with diagnosis of "adenomyosis" had a lot of cells with changes in karyotype's structure. These changes were related with aneuploidy of cellular population and the presence non-random chromosomal breaks, often in chromosomes 7 and 11. Analysis of this data allows the cells from adenomyosis characterized physiological stability in culture and karyotypic instability with non-random involvement certain chromosomal set. The cellular line obtained from donor with adenomyosis showed signs destabilization of he genome, typical for cell transformation. Division of adenomyosis cells to the 26th passage is stopped and these cells entered into a phase of replicative aging. Based on this, we can conclude that founded karyotype's hanges do not lead to transformation and immortalization of cells in vitro.
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Beristain E, Vicente MA, Guerra I, Gutiérrez-Corres FB, Garin I, Perez de Nanclares G. Disomy as the genetic underlying mechanisms of loss of heterozigosity in SDHD-paragangliomas. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013; 98:E1012-6. [PMID: 23493432 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-4083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
CONTEXT Succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit D (SDHD) mutations cause pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome. SDHD, located at chromosome 11q23, shows a parent-of-origin effect because the disease is observed almost exclusively when the mutation is transmitted from the father, although some cases of maternal transmission have been reported. Several hypotheses have been proposed for this peculiar inheritance pattern, but the underlying mechanisms have not yet been clearly elucidated. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to explain the parent-of-origin effect in a family, mainly affected by paternally transmitted paragangliomas, and with a maternally transmitted renal tumor. PATIENTS Peripheral blood DNA from 15 carriers and 7 tumor DNA samples from SDHD-p.Trp5* carriers were studied. METHODS We conducted mutation genotyping and microsatellite marker analysis in germline and tumor DNA and methylation status analysis in tumor DNA by methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification. RESULTS Mutation genotyping and microsatellite marker analysis demonstrated loss of heterozygosity of the wild-type allele (maternal) in all studied tumors, except the renal tumor, which lost the mutated allele (maternal), and the prostate tumor, which had no loss of heterozygosity. The methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification demonstrated that the methylation profile corresponded exclusively to the paternal chromosome without genomic loss, suggesting paternal uniparental disomy as the mechanism underlying the parent-of-origin effect in this SDHD family. CONCLUSIONS The paternal uniparental disomy involves the loss of maternally imprinted cell cycle regulators and the overexpression of paternally imprinted growth activators, leading to tumorigenesis in this syndrome.
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- Elena Beristain
- Molecular (Epi)Genetics Laboratory, Planta-2, Hospital Universitario Araba-Txagorritxu, C/José Atxotegui s/n, 01009 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Fetal growth is a complex process involving environmental, epigenetic and genetic factors. Fetal growth restriction is associated with morbidity among small for gestational age (SGA) neonates as well as in children and adults who were former SGA. Imprinted genes (whose expression is restricted to a single parental allele) have a critical role in controlling mammalian fetal growth. The human chromosome 11p15 encompasses two imprinted domains regulated by their own differentially methylated imprinted control region (ICR1 at the H19/IGF2 domain, and ICR2 at the KCNQ1/CDKN1C domain). Loss of imprinting at these two domains is implicated in two clinically opposite growth disorders. Indeed, our group has identified a loss of DNA methylation (LOM) at ICR1 in over 50% of patients with Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS) characterized by intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation with spared cranial growth, dysmorphic features, frequent body asymmetry and severe feeding difficulties. By contrast, gain of methylation at ICR1 is found in 10% of patients with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS), an overgrowth syndrome with an enhanced childhood tumor risk. We have now identified over 130 RSS patients with 11p15 LOM. This 11p15 epimutation is a frequent and specific cause of RSS as it has not been identified in non syndromic SGA patients. These new findings in the pathophysiology of RSS allow long-term follow-up studies to be performed based on molecular diagnosis. This will help to define appropriate clinical guidelines regarding growth, rapid bone age advance during puberty and feeding difficulties. Remarkably, we have also recently found that ∼10% of RSS patients and ∼25% of BWS patients showed multilocus LOM at imprinted regions other than ICR1 or ICR2 11p15, respectively. Several clinical studies demonstrated that assisted reproductive technology significantly increased the risk of human imprinting diseases including BWS and RSS, suggesting that the environment may favor imprinting disorders.
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- Irène Netchine
- Laboratoire d'Explorations Fonctionnelles Endocriniennes, APHP, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, INSERM UMRS-938 Team 4, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France
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Herbaux C, Poulain S, Meyer C, Marschalek R, Renneville A, Fernandes J, Theisen O, Tricot S, Simon M, Duthilleul P, Daudignon A. TOP3A, a new partner gene fused to MLL in an adult patient with de novo acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2011; 157:128-31. [PMID: 22050635 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08908.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
MESH Headings
- Adult
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17/metabolism
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type I/genetics
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type I/metabolism
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/blood
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein/genetics
- Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein/metabolism
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Translocation, Genetic
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CTCF sites are abundant in the genomes of diverse species but their function is enigmatic. We used chromosome conformation capture to determine long-range interactions among CTCF/cohesin sites over 2 Mb on human chromosome 11 encompassing the beta-globin locus and flanking olfactory receptor genes. Although CTCF occupies these sites in both erythroid K562 cells and fibroblast 293T cells, the long-range interaction frequencies among the sites are highly cell type specific, revealing a more densely clustered organization in the absence of globin gene activity. Both CTCF and cohesins are required for the cell-type-specific chromatin conformation. Furthermore, loss of the organizational loops in K562 cells through reduction of CTCF with shRNA results in acquisition of repressive histone marks in the globin locus and reduces globin gene expression whereas silent flanking olfactory receptor genes are unaffected. These results support a genome-wide role for CTCF/cohesin sites through loop formation that both influences transcription and contributes to cell-type-specific chromatin organization and function.
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- Chunhui Hou
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Ong DCT, Ho YM, Rudduck C, Chin K, Kuo WL, Lie DKH, Chua CLM, Tan PH, Eu KW, Seow-Choen F, Wong CY, Hong GS, Gray JW, Lee ASG. LARG at chromosome 11q23 has functional characteristics of a tumor suppressor in human breast and colorectal cancer. Oncogene 2009; 28:4189-200. [PMID: 19734946 PMCID: PMC2844776 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Deletion of 11q23-q24 is frequent in a diverse variety of malignancies, including breast and colorectal carcinoma, implicating the presence of a tumor suppressor gene at that chromosomal region. We examined a 6-Mb region on 11q23 by high-resolution deletion mapping, using both loss of heterozygosity analysis and customized microarray comparative genomic hybridization. LARG (leukemia-associated Rho guanine-nucleotide exchange factor) (also called ARHGEF12), identified from the analysed region, is frequently underexpressed in breast and colorectal carcinomas with a reduced expression observed in all breast cancer cell lines (n=11), in 12 of 38 (32%) primary breast cancers, 5 of 10 (50%) colorectal cell lines and in 20 of 37 (54%) primary colorectal cancers. Underexpression of the LARG transcript was significantly associated with genomic loss (P=0.00334). Hypermethylation of the LARG promoter was not detected in either breast or colorectal cancer, and treatment of four breast and four colorectal cancer cell lines with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and/or trichostatin A did not result in a reactivation of LARG. Enforced expression of LARG in breast and colorectal cancer cells by stable transfection resulted in reduced cell proliferation and colony formation, as well as in a markedly slower cell migration rate in colorectal cancer cells, providing functional evidence for LARG as a candidate tumor suppressor gene.
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- DCT Ong
- Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
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- Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
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- Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- Department of General Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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- UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Division of Medical Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
- Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Popov SD, Sebire NJ, Popova ED, Vujanic GM. [Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the kidney in children; its differential diagnosis with Wilms tumor]. Arkh Patol 2009; 71:41-43. [PMID: 20131507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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There may be a number of tumors made up by small round blue cells in the kidneys of children. One of them is primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). The differences in therapeutic approaches determine the need to establish an accurate diagnosis. The differential diagnosis of PNET and the blastemal component of Wilms tumor can be difficult due to the similar histological pattern. There is a need for a close analysis of morphological manifestations, by keeping in mind the age of patients, and supplementary studies. A strong CD99 membrane expression and nuclear FLI1 expression in tumor cells are the signs of PNET. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization can determine PNET-specific translocations [t(11;22)(q24;q12), by involving the EWS gene.
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MESH Headings
- 12E7 Antigen
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/biosynthesis
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22/metabolism
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Humans
- Kidney Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Kidney Neoplasms/genetics
- Kidney Neoplasms/metabolism
- Kidney Neoplasms/pathology
- Male
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive/diagnosis
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive/genetics
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive/metabolism
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive/pathology
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1/biosynthesis
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1/genetics
- RNA-Binding Protein EWS/biosynthesis
- RNA-Binding Protein EWS/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
- Wilms Tumor/diagnosis
- Wilms Tumor/genetics
- Wilms Tumor/metabolism
- Wilms Tumor/pathology
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Sazhenova EA, Lebedev IN. [Epimutations of the KCNQ1OT1 imprinting center of chromosome 11 in early human embryo lethality]. Genetika 2008; 44:1609-1616. [PMID: 19178079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Disturbance of the epigenetic status of the H19 and KCNQ1OT1 imprinting centers of chromosome 11 and the CDKN1C imprinted gene in early human embryolethality have been studied. This is the first study to detect hypomethylation of KCNQ1OT1 in the maternal homolog in placental tissues from some (9.5%) spontaneous abortions with impaired cell proliferation during the first trimester of pregnancy. Tissue specificity of the aberrant methylation status of the imprinting center has been found. A hypothesis on the postimplantation origin of epimutations in somatic cells of the developing embryo is put forward. The selective role of epimutations of imprinted genes in early human ontogeny as compared to uniparental chromosome inheritance is considered; estimation of the epigenetic risk entailed in using assisted reproductive technologies is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Abortion, Spontaneous/genetics
- Abortion, Spontaneous/metabolism
- Cell Proliferation
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- DNA Methylation/genetics
- Embryo Loss/genetics
- Embryo Loss/metabolism
- Female
- Genomic Imprinting/genetics
- Humans
- Placenta/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated/genetics
- Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated/metabolism
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Trimester, First/genetics
- Pregnancy Trimester, First/metabolism
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Dong G, Liu C, Ye H, Gong L, Zheng J, Li M, Huang X, Huang X, Huang Y, Shi Y, Yin W, Gao Z. BCL10 nuclear expression and t(11;18)(q21;q21) indicate nonresponsiveness to Helicobacter pylori eradication of Chinese primary gastric MALT lymphoma. Int J Hematol 2008; 88:516-523. [PMID: 18949449 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-008-0187-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2008] [Revised: 09/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The eradication of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) with antibiotics induces complete remission in 75% of patients with gastric MALT lymphoma. We investigated the efficacy of H. pylori eradication and assessed the predictive value of BCL10 nuclear expression and t(11;18)(q21;q21) regarding resistance to H. pylori eradication in primary gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT lymphoma) patients from mainland China. Twenty-two gastric MALT cases (Stage I(E)) underwent H. pylori eradication with antibiotics, and sequential endoscopic-bioptic follow-ups were performed and assessed with regular morphologic and immunohistochemical examinations. BCL10 nuclear expression and interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for MALT1 and API2/MALT1 were tested. Thirteen out of the 22 cases (59.1%) achieved complete regression (CR) after the eradication of H. pylori. The longest follow-up period in the 22 patients was 68 months, with 12 patients longer than 24 months. For the 13 CR patients, the longest follow-up period after H. pylori eradication was 53 months, with 6 patients longer than 24 months. BCL10 nuclear expression was detected by immunohistochemical staining in 9 cases, including 7 (77.8%) of 9 cases who showed no response (NR) and 2 (15.4%) of 13 patients who achieved CR following eradication therapy (P < 0.05). t(11;18)(q21;q21) was evaluated by interphase FISH in 18 cases including 11 CR and 7 NR patients after H. pylori eradication. t(11;18)(q21;q21) was found in 4 (57.1%) of 7 patients who showed NR following H. pylori eradication, but one in 11 CR patients (P < 0.05). A total of 59.1% of patients with early gastric MALT lymphoma recruited in this study achieved CR after H. pylori eradication. BCL10 nuclear expression and t(11;18)(q21;q21)-positive gastric MALT lymphomas are likely to be related to a failure to respond to H. pylori eradication in Chinese patients.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/biosynthesis
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage
- Asian People
- B-Cell CLL-Lymphoma 10 Protein
- China
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/metabolism
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Helicobacter Infections/drug therapy
- Helicobacter Infections/genetics
- Helicobacter Infections/metabolism
- Helicobacter Infections/mortality
- Helicobacter Infections/pathology
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/drug therapy
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/microbiology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/mortality
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Stomach Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Stomach Neoplasms/genetics
- Stomach Neoplasms/metabolism
- Stomach Neoplasms/microbiology
- Stomach Neoplasms/mortality
- Stomach Neoplasms/pathology
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Gehong Dong
- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Pathology, Guilin Medical College, 541004, Guilin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Capital Medical University, 100069, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Digestive Disease, Peking University Third Hospital, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Health Science Center, 100191, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Ashley T, Gaeth AP, Inagaki H, Seftel A, Cohen MM, Anderson LK, Kurahashi H, Emanuel BS. Meiotic recombination and spatial proximity in the etiology of the recurrent t(11;22). Am J Hum Genet 2006; 79:524-38. [PMID: 16909390 PMCID: PMC1559541 DOI: 10.1086/507652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Although balanced translocations are among the most common human chromosomal aberrations, the constitutional t(11;22)(q23;q11) is the only known recurrent non-Robertsonian translocation. Evidence indicates that de novo formation of the t(11;22) occurs during meiosis. To test the hypothesis that spatial proximity of chromosomes 11 and 22 in meiotic prophase oocytes and spermatocytes plays a role in the rearrangement, the positions of the 11q23 and 22q11 translocation breakpoints were examined. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with use of DNA probes for these sites demonstrates that 11q23 is closer to 22q11 in meiosis than to a control at 6q26. Although chromosome 21p11, another control, often lies as close to 11q23 as does 22q11 during meiosis, chromosome 21 rarely rearranges with 11q23, and the DNA sequence of chromosome 21 appears to be less susceptible than 22q11 to double-strand breaks (DSBs). It has been suggested that the rearrangement recurs as a result of the palindromic AT-rich repeats at both 11q23 and 22q11, which extrude hairpin structures that are susceptible to DSBs. To determine whether the DSBs at these sites coincide with normal hotspots of meiotic recombination, immunocytochemical mapping of MLH1, a protein involved in crossing over, was employed. The results indicate that the translocation breakpoints do not coincide with recombination hotspots and therefore are unlikely to be the result of meiotic programmed DSBs, although MRE11 is likely to be involved. Previous analysis indicated that the DSBs appear to be repaired by a mechanism similar to nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ), although NHEJ is normally suppressed during meiosis. Taken together, these studies support the hypothesis that physical proximity between 11q23 and 22q11--but not typical meiotic recombinational activity in meiotic prophase--plays an important role in the generation of the constitutional t(11;22) rearrangement.
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- Terry Ashley
- Genetics Department, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, USA
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A recent study using a 'partial' rodent model of schizophrenia has employed amygdalar activation to induce reported changes in the expression of hippocampal genes associated with metabolic and signaling pathways in response to amygdalar activation. The amygdalo-hippocampal pathway plays a central role in the regulation of the stress response and emotional learning. In the current study, we have performed a chromosome mapping analysis to determine whether genes showing changes in response to environmental stress may form clusters and, if so, whether they might show a topographical association with linkage sites for schizophrenia. When the hippocampal genes showing changes in expression were topographically mapped on specific rat chromosomes, significant clustering was observed on chromosomes 1, 4 and 8, although chromosome 1 showed the largest amount of clustering. When these same rodent genes were mapped to human chromosomes, most of the genes found on chromosome 1 in rat mapped to chromosome 11 in human. The vast majority of the genes showing changes in regulation were excluded from known linkage sites for schizophrenia. Based on these findings, we postulate that environmental factors may contribute to the endophenotype for schizophrenia through the activation and/or deactivation of specific genetic clusters, ones that do not appear to be directly associated with susceptibility genes for this disorder.
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- R E Burke
- Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, Belmont 02478, and Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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A vast excess of alpha-globin production and inadequate gamma-globin compensation lead to the development of severe anemia in human beta-thalassemia. Newly identified modifiers of alpha- and gamma-globin synthesis and insights into the mechanisms of globin regulation provide the tools for potential new approaches to treating this and other red blood cell disorders. In the study by Han and colleagues in this issue of the JCI, the activity of a heme-regulated protein, HRI, is shown to modulate the accumulation of excess alpha-globin chains in murine beta-thalassemia and to decrease the severity of the disease.
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- Arthur Bank
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Armand Hammer Health Science Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Chromosomal aberrations that affect the MLL (Mixed Lineage Leukemia) gene at the locus 11q23 are associated with an aggressive subtype of leukemia. These alterations create MLL fusion derivatives with an active transforming potential. This review summarizes recent advances in our knowledge about normal and malignant MLL proteins with special emphasis on epigenetic processes affected by these molecules.
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Radixin functions as a membrane-cytoskeletal crosslinkers in actin-rich cell surface structures and is thereby thought to be essential for cortical cytoskeleton organization, cell motility, adhesion and proliferation. This modular polypeptide consists of a long, central helix, termed the alpha-domain, which connects an N-terminal 4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin (FERM) domain required for membrane binding and a C-terminal region that contains a major actin-binding motif. Conformational regulation of radixin protein function occurs by association of the FERM and C-terminal domains, whereby the membrane- and actin-binding activities are mutually suppressed and the protein is thought to take an inactive 'closed' form. Further analyses of radixin and its family members have also revealed associations with human disease. With the rudimentary state of our present knowledge and the pivotal roles these proteins play, studies on this protein family are sure to continue to attract considerable interest.
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- Klaus P Hoeflich
- Division of Molecular and Structural Biology, Ontario Cancer Institute Toronto, Ont., Canada
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Genes can be transcribed from within chromosome territories; however, the major histocompatibilty complex locus has been reported extending away from chromosome territories, and the incidence of this correlates with transcription from the region. A similar result has been seen for the epidermal differentiation complex region of chromosome 1. These data suggested that chromatin decondensation away from the surface of chromosome territories may result from, and/or may facilitate, transcription of densely packed genes subject to coordinate regulation.To investigate whether localization outside of the visible confines of chromosome territories can also occur for regions that are not coordinately regulated, we have examined the spatial organization of human 11p15.5 and the syntenic region on mouse chromosome 7. This region is gene rich but its genes are not coordinately expressed, rather overall high levels of transcription occur in several cell types. We found that chromatin from 11p15.5 frequently extends away from the chromosome 11 territory. Localization outside of territories was also detected for other regions of high gene density and high levels of transcription. This is shown to be partly dependent on ongoing transcription. We suggest that local gene density and transcription, rather than the activity of individual genes, influences the organization of chromosomes in the nucleus.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Nucleus/drug effects
- Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatin/chemistry
- Chromatin/genetics
- Chromatin/metabolism
- Chromosome Painting
- Chromosomes, Artificial, P1 Bacteriophage/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Mammalian/genetics
- Chromosomes, Mammalian/metabolism
- Cosmids/genetics
- DNA/genetics
- DNA/metabolism
- Dactinomycin/pharmacology
- Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole/pharmacology
- Fibroblasts/cytology
- Fibroblasts/drug effects
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Genes
- Genetic Markers
- Genome, Human
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytes/cytology
- Lymphocytes/drug effects
- Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Mice
- Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Physical Chromosome Mapping
- Synteny
- Telomere/chemistry
- Transcription, Genetic
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Cimini D, Fioravanti D, Salmon ED, Degrassi F. Merotelic kinetochore orientation versus chromosome mono-orientation in the origin of lagging chromosomes in human primary cells. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:507-15. [PMID: 11861758 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.3.507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Defects in chromosome segregation play a critical role in producing genomic instability and aneuploidy, which are associated with congenital diseases and carcinogenesis. We recently provided evidence from immunofluorescence and electron microscopy studies that merotelic kinetochore orientation is a major mechanism for lagging chromosomes during mitosis in PtK1 cells. Here we investigate whether human primary fibroblasts exhibit similar errors in chromosome segregation and if at least part of lagging chromosomes may arise in cells entering anaphase in the presence of mono-oriented chromosomes. By using in situ hybridization with alphoid probes to chromosome 7 and 11 we showed that loss of a single sister is much more frequent than loss of both sisters from the same chromosome in anatelophases from human primary fibroblasts released from a nocodazole-induced mitotic arrest, as predicted from merotelic orientation of single kinetochores. Furthermore, the lagging of pairs of separated sisters was higher than expected from random chance indicating that merotelic orientation of one sister may promote merotelic orientation of the other. Kinetochores of lagging chromosomes in anaphase human cells were found to be devoid of the mitotic checkpoint phosphoepitopes recognized by the 3F3/2 antibody, suggesting that they attached kinetochore microtubules prior to anaphase onset. Live cell imaging of H2B histone-GFP-transfected cells showed that cells with mono-oriented chromosomes never enter anaphase and that lagging chromosomes appear during anaphase after chromosome alignment occurs during metaphase. Thus, our results demonstrate that the mitotic checkpoint efficiently prevents the possible aneuploid burden due to mono-oriented chromosomes and that merotelic kinetochore orientation is a major limitation for accurate chromosome segregation and a potentially important mechanism of aneuploidy in human cells.
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MESH Headings
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromosome Segregation
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/metabolism
- Fibroblasts
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Kinetochores/metabolism
- Lung/cytology
- Mitosis/drug effects
- Mitosis/genetics
- Nocodazole/pharmacology
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- Daniela Cimini
- Center for Evolutionary Genetics CNR, c/o Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University La Sapienza, Via degli Apuli 4, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Fernández Alonso G, Grana DR, Turconi P, Colombo B, Lavezzi AM, Milei J, Matturri L. [Proliferative activity and chromosomal alterations of smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis]. Medicina (B Aires) 2001; 60:595-601. [PMID: 11188899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Atherosclerosis is the most frequent cause of death in industrialized countries. Lesions are characterized by lipid deposits, focal thickening of the arterial wall with proliferation of smooth muscle cells (SMC), mononuclear infiltrates and neoformed vessels. In this paper, we studied the proliferative characteristics and cytogenetic alterations of SMC. These cells, expressing specific muscular actin, were diploid with an increased proliferative index for PCNA. A high percentage of SMC showed intense expression of p53. There were signs of chromosomal instability, being the most frequent findings chromosome 7 trisomy and chromosome 11 monosomy. Additionally, the gene for FGF-3 showed a marked amplification. These findings strongly suggest that SMC proliferation is active, and is related to the accumulation or mutation of the p53 oncoprotein. It also presents specific chromosomal alterations in close relation with growth factors. According to these findings SMC hyperplasia in the atherosclerosis plaque may be considered as a cellular clonal expansion.
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- G Fernández Alonso
- Diagnóstico Maipú, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Salvador, Argentina
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Roberts syndrome (RS) is associated with a characteristic constitutive heterochromatin anomaly, namely, at metaphase the centromeres and heterochromatic segments appear split. In addition to this cytogenetic phenomenon, known as the RS effect, several other cytological features, especially affecting mitotic chromosome disjunction, are also observed. Applying FISH to interphase nuclei, we investigated the replication patterns of homologous alphoid centromeric DNA of chromosomes 9, 11, 16 and 17 in three patients showing the RS effect and in four normal individuals. A tendency for homologous centromeres to replicate asynchronously was observed in RS patients. This tendency was more evident in chromosomes 9 and 16, with large heterochromatic blocks and particularly subject to RS effect. This asynchrony could reflect a more generalized alteration in repetitive DNA replication timing that, in turn, would prevent the establishment of proper cohesion between sister chromatid heterochromatin, leading to the RS effect.
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MESH Headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics
- Abnormalities, Multiple/metabolism
- Centromere/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9/ultrastructure
- Craniofacial Abnormalities/genetics
- Craniofacial Abnormalities/metabolism
- DNA Replication
- DNA, Satellite/biosynthesis
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Heterochromatin/metabolism
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Limb Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Limb Deformities, Congenital/metabolism
- Male
- Metaphase
- Syndrome
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- A C Barbosa
- Departamento de Biologia, Instituto cle Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Abstract
The aim of the present work was to investigate the processes involved in the origin of trisomic karyotypes, i.e. co-migration of sister chromatids (mitotic non-disjunction, MND) and recovery of micronuclei (MN) originating from lagging chromosomes/chromatids at anaphase (mitotic indirect non-disjunction, MIND), and to evaluate their relative contribution to aneuploidy in human lymphocytes mitotically activated in vitro. Therefore, phytohaemagglutinin-stimulated human lymphocytes from one donor were treated with 10 and 25 nM colchicine and analysed through two cell cycles by means of both molecular (FISH with centromeric DNA probes specific for chromosomes 7 and 11) and classical cytogenetic techniques. The following events were analysed: (i) chromosome/chromatid loss (a MN-generating event) in M(1) bipolar ana-telophases; (ii) MN recovery in M(2+) prophases; (iii) non-disjunction and loss of chromosomes 7 and 11 by FISH analysis in cytochalasin B-induced binucleate cells; (iv) spontaneous frequency of trisomic cells by chromosome counting and FISH analysis in M(1) c-metaphases; (v) induced frequency of trisomic cells by chromosome counting and FISH analysis in M(2) c-metaphases. Our results indicate that MND plays a major role compared with MIND in the origin of trisomic karyotypes, being approximately 4- to 5-fold higher in colchicine-treated cells. Moreover, remarkable reductions in the observed frequencies of trisomic cells were recorded in comparison with the expected ones, with an observed/expected frequency ratio of trisomic M(2) c-metaphases ranging between 1/3 and 1/6.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aneuploidy
- Cell Cycle/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatids/genetics
- Chromatids/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/metabolism
- Colchicine/pharmacology
- Cytochalasin B/pharmacology
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Lymphocytes/drug effects
- Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective/drug effects
- Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective/genetics
- Mitosis/drug effects
- Mitosis/genetics
- Nondisjunction, Genetic
- Phytohemagglutinins/metabolism
- Trisomy/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- S Minissi
- Dipartimento Biologia, Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Viale della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Roma, Italy
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Kingma PS, Greider CA, Osheroff N. Spontaneous DNA lesions poison human topoisomerase IIalpha and stimulate cleavage proximal to leukemic 11q23 chromosomal breakpoints. Biochemistry 1997; 36:5934-9. [PMID: 9166762 DOI: 10.1021/bi970507v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Topoisomerase II-targeted drugs, such as etoposide, "poison" this enzyme and kill cells by increasing levels of covalent topoisomerase II-cleaved DNA complexes. In spite of the success of this drug in the treatment of human cancers, a significant proportion of patients treated with etoposide eventually develop secondary leukemias that are characterized by translocations at chromosome band 11q23. Since similar translocations are associated with primary leukemias in previously untreated infants, we questioned whether they could also be triggered by the actions of "endogenous topoisomerase II poisons". Recent studies, which demonstrated that several forms of spontaneous DNA damage stimulate cleavage mediated by Drosophila topoisomerase II, suggest that DNA lesions may act as these endogenous poisons. Therefore, to determine whether the ability to recognize spontaneous DNA damage has been conserved from this lower eukaryote to mammalian species, the effects of apurinic sites, apyrimidinic sites, and deaminated cytosine residues on human topoisomerase IIalpha were assessed. All three lesions were potent poisons of the human enzyme and stimulated cleavage when located within the four-base overhang generated by enzyme-mediated DNA scission. Furthermore, these lesions increased levels of cleavage at five sites proximal to 11q23 translocation breakpoints and did so with an efficacy that was comparable to or greater than that of therapeutic concentrations of etoposide. Although the physiological relevance of these findings has yet to be established, they suggest a potential role for endogenous topoisomerase II poisons in the initiation of leukemic chromosomal breakpoints.
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Affiliation(s)
- P S Kingma
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Hosoda F, Arai Y, Kitamura E, Inazawa J, Fukushima M, Tokino T, Nakamura Y, Jones C, Kakazu N, Abe T, Ohki M. A complete NotI restriction map covering the entire long arm of human chromosome 11. Genes Cells 1997; 2:345-57. [PMID: 9280345 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1997.1250324.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Human chromosome 11 is one of the autosomes on which many disease genes have been mapped. Many different types of map, including a radiation hybrid map, a genetic map, and an STS-content YAC map, have been constructed for the chromosome. However, a physical map providing accurate physical distances has not yet been established. A chromosome-wide NotI restriction map was constructed to understand the overall feature of the genome organization and to facilitate the positional cloning of disease genes. RESULTS A complete NotI restriction map of the entire long arm of human chromosome 11 was constructed using linking-clone mapping. This physical map covers 77.6Mb, from a pericentromeric NotI site to the terminus, and provides the most accurate ordering and distance estimation to date. We also mapped 138 sequence markers in the q13 region that have been poorly mapped previously. CONCLUSIONS The restriction map of the entire long arm of human chromosome 11 is the longest restriction map of the human genome. This mapping has disclosed unique features regarding the organization of the chromosome, indicating that restriction sites of NotI, a CpG-recognition enzyme, are primarily distributed in R (or T) bands and that genetic distance is considerably longer in R (or T) bands than in G bands. The mapping, as well as the dense concentration of mapped markers within the q13 region, should help with positional cloning of the genes associated with various diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Bacteriophage P1
- Cell Line
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/ultrastructure
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA/analysis
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Restriction Mapping
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Affiliation(s)
- F Hosoda
- Radiobiology Division, National Cancer Centre Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
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Genetic deletions to chromosome 10 have been extensively documented for human glioblastomas (GBMs). To identify gene products that may be involved in malignant progression, a subtractive hybridization was performed between GBM cells and hybrid cells suppressed for tumorigenicity following microcell transfer of chromosome 10. One novel cDNA isolated from this subtraction showed consistent upregulation (approximately 4 to 10-fold) that correlated with the nontumorigenic phenotype of the hybrid cells. Subsequent analysis resulted in the identification of a full length cDNA (2,569 bp) termed RIG (regulated in glioma). RIG expression was either not detected or detected only at low levels in cultured glioma cells and primary glioblastoma specimens compared to normal brain cells. The 2.6 kb RIG mRNA was expressed predominantly in normal brain with lower levels in heart and lung. Sequence analysis showed no significant homology to known gene products. Genomic alterations of RIG were present in approximately 25% of glioma cell lines examined. Also, RIG mapped to chromosome 11p15.1, a region that is known to be altered in malignant astrocytomas. The differential expression pattern, tissue distribution and chromosomal location of RIG suggests it serves as a molecular marker for or may play a role in the malignant progression of GBMs.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Astrocytoma/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Brain/metabolism
- Brain Neoplasms/genetics
- Brain Neoplasms/metabolism
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/metabolism
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- GTP Phosphohydrolases
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Glioblastoma/genetics
- Glioblastoma/metabolism
- Humans
- Lung/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Tissue Distribution
- Transplantation, Homologous
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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Affiliation(s)
- A H Ligon
- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
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A new biallelic polymorphism for FokI restriction enzyme due to C----T transition in the fourth intron of human DRD2 is described. It must be a usefull marker of this candidate gene for several mental disorders.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Y Lu
- INSERM U120, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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