Establishment and characterization of a childhood pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line, PER-278, with chromosome translocations t(1;19) and t(1;9)

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1990 Jun;46(2):201-8. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(90)90105-j.

Abstract

Cell line PER-278 was established from a bone marrow sample of a 10-year-old boy diagnosed with pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). PER-278 cells show the pre-B phenotype, express cytoplasmic Ig, and exhibit two translocations: t(1;19)(q23;p13) and t(1;9)(q23;p13). Assessment of the immunoglobulin rearrangements confirmed the clonal origin of cell line PER-278, and comparison with the patients's leukemic cells showed an identical pattern: loci involved at the breakpoint on chromosome 1 code for the oncogene SKI and for the Fc receptor II and on chromosome 19 for the insulin receptor. The t(1;19) may contribute to the malignant transformation in leukemic cells of pre-B phenotype.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9*
  • Genetic Markers
  • Humans
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Phenotype
  • Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics*
  • Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
  • Translocation, Genetic*
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured / pathology*

Substances

  • Genetic Markers