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Juxtaposition of N‐myc and Igk through a reciprocal t(6;12) translocation in a mouse plasmacytoma
Author(s) -
Axelson Håkan,
Wang Yisong,
Silva Santiago,
Mattei MarieGeneniève,
Klein George
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
genes, chromosomes and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.754
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1098-2264
pISSN - 1045-2257
DOI - 10.1002/gcc.2870110204
Subject(s) - chromosomal translocation , plasmacytoma , biology , lymphoma , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , b cell , cancer research , limiting , antibody , genetics , multiple myeloma , immunology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Nearly all mouse plasmacytomas (MPCs) carry an Ig/myc translocation. Any one of the three lg loci may participate, while the myc contribution has been limited to c‐myc , excluding other members of the myc gene family. The same is true for the other two known lg/myc translocation‐carrying tumors, Burkitt's lymphoma and rat immunocytoma. It is believed that the lg/myc juxtaposition plays a decisive, rate limiting role in the genesis of the three tumors, acting through the constitutive activation of myc that makes it refractory to normal regulation. Here we describe the molecular analysis of a unique t(6;12)(CI;B) translocation that we previously identified in an exceptional MPC that expressed N‐myc but not c‐myc. We now show that the translocation led to the juxtaposition of N‐myc and lgx . This is the first case of an lg/myc ‐carrying tumor that involves N‐myc rather than c‐myc . These findings suggest that the translocation may already have occurred at the pro‐ or pre‐B cell stage at which N‐myc is open for transcription. According to this interpretation, constitutive activation of N‐myc would suppress the expression of c‐myc , but would not interfere with the differentiation of the pro‐B cell into a fully mature plasma cell. Its tumorigenic influence would become manifest only at the time when the cell would normally be programmed to leave the cycling compartment, in connection with its terminal differentiation.