Title
Alu elements mediate MYB gene tandem duplication in human T-ALL.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Keywords
Base-Sequence, Gene-Duplication, Humans, In-Situ-Hybridization-Fluorescence, Leukemia-Lymphoma-Adult-T-Cell, Models-Biological, Models-Genetic, Molecular-Sequence-Data, Nucleic-Acid-Hybridization, Polymerase-Chain-Reaction, Proto-Oncogene-Proteins-c-myb, Recombination-Genetic
First Page
3059
Last Page
3066
JAX Source
J Exp Med 2007 Dec; 204(13):3059-66.
Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated that the MYB oncogene is frequently duplicated in human T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). We find that the human MYB locus is flanked by 257-bp Alu repeats and that the duplication is mediated somatically by homologous recombination between the flanking Alu elements on sister chromatids. Nested long-range PCR analysis indicated a low frequency of homologous recombination leading to MYB tandem duplication in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of approximately 50% of healthy individuals, none of whom had a MYB duplication in the germline. We conclude that Alu-mediated MYB tandem duplication occurs at low frequency during normal thymocyte development and is clonally selected during the molecular pathogenesis of human T-ALL.
Recommended Citation
O'Neil, J; Tchinda, J; Gutierrez, A; Moreau, L; Maser, R S.; Wong, K K.; Li, W; McKenna, K; Liu, X S.; Feng, B; Neuberg, D; and et, al, "Alu elements mediate MYB gene tandem duplication in human T-ALL." (2007). Faculty Research 2000 - 2009. 1691.
https://mouseion.jax.org/stfb2000_2009/1691