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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
The TCL1 oncogene on human chromosome 14q32.1 is involved in chromosome translocations [t(14;14)(q11;q32.1) and t(7;14)(q35;q32.1)] and inversions [inv14(q11;q32.1)] with TCR alpha/beta loci in T-cell leukemias, such as T-prolymphocytic (T-PLL). It is also involved in T-acute and -chronic leukemias arising in cases of ataxia-telangiectasia (AT), an immunodeficiency syndrome. Similar chromosomal rearrangements occur also in the clonally expanded T cells in AT patients before the appearance of the overt leukemia. We have analyzed the expression of TCL1 mRNA and protein in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) from four AT cases and from healthy controls. We found that the TCL1 gene was overexpressed in the PBLs of an AT patient with a large clonal T-cell population exhibiting the t(14;14) translocation but not in the lymphocytes of the other cases. Fluorescence in situ hybridization of the TCL1 genomic locus to lymphocyte metaphases from the AT patient with the T-cell clonal expansion showed that the breakpoint of the t(14;14) translocation lies within the TCL1 locus and is accompanied by an inverted duplication of the distal part of chromosome 14. These data indicate that TCL1 is activated in preleukemic clonal cells as a consequence of chromosome translocation involving sequences from the TCR locus at 14q11. Deregulation of TCL1 is the first event in the initiation of malignancy in these types of leukemias and represents a potential tool for clinical evaluation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:geneSymbol
TCL1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2358-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Ataxia Telangiectasia, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Preleukemia, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7662982-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
TCL1 oncogene activation in preleukemic T cells from a case of ataxia-telangiectasia.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Raggio-Italgene, Pomezia, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't