Recurrent non-reciprocal translocations of chromosome 5 in primary T(12;15)-positive BALB/c plasmacytomas. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1999;246:175-80; discussion 181
Date
07/09/1999Pubmed ID
10396054DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-60162-0_22Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0032909685 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 4 CitationsAbstract
The majority of inflammation-induced peritoneal BALB/c plasmacytomas (approximately 90%) harbor a balanced T(12;15) chromosomal translocation that deregulates the expression of the proto-oncogene c-myc. Recent evidence suggests that the T(12;15) is an initiating tumorigenic mutation that occurs in early plasmacytoma precursor cells. However, plasmacytomas take a long time to develop (average tumor latency approximately 220 days), which suggests that additional tumor progression events may be required to complete oncogenesis. We hypothesized that such tumor progression events may take the form of secondary chromosomal aberrations that can be detected by spectral karyotyping (SKY). We screened the entire chromosome complement of 18 primary BALB/c plasmacytomas carrying the T(12;15) and found in nine tumors (50% recurrence) secondary cytogenetic aberrations that involved bands D, E and F chromosome (Chr) 5. The Chr 5D-F rearrangements were manifested predominantly as unbalanced translocations with various partner chromosomes. This finding led us to propose the existence of an important plasmacytoma progression locus in the central region of Chr 5, which presumably becomes involved in peritoneal plasmacytoma development by promiscuous chromosomal translocations.
Author List
Coleman AE, Ried T, Janz SAuthor
Siegfried Janz MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AnimalsChromosome Aberrations
Karyotyping
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Peritoneal Neoplasms
Plasmacytoma
Translocation, Genetic