Structural abnormalities in chromosome 15 in cell lines with reduced expression of beta-2 microglobulin |
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Authors: | Zeuthen Jesper Friedrich Ursula Rosén Anders Klein Eva |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Human Genetics, The Bartholin Building, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark;(2) Department of Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institutet, S-104 01 Stockholm 60, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Using somatic cell hybrids, the gene for beta-2 microglobulin has been assigned to human chromosome 15. We found it of interest to study a number of human lymphoid cell lines in light of this finding, to analyze whether spontaneously occurring loss or reduction of beta-2 microglobulin could be correlated with any aberration in chromosome 15. The Daudi cell line was shown to be devoid of any beta-2 microglobulin in total extracts. Chromosome analysis showed that one of the two chromosomes 15 was deleted in the region q14q21 on the long arm; in some metaphases, both chromosomes were deleted in this region. The K562 cell line was found to express very low (if any) membrane-associated beta-2 microglobulin. Chromosome analysis showed that this line was near-triploid, with two normal chromosomes 15 and one translocation chromosome t(15;18) involving the long arm of chromosome 15, whereby the segment proximal to the breakage point in band q15 was lost. The Namalwa cell line showed a reduction in membrane-associated and total beta-2 microglobulin. Chromosome analysis showed this line to contain one chromosome 15 which was shorter than its normal homolog. The deletion could be identified as such in the region q14q21 in Daudi cells, but is probably somewhat smaller than the one in Daudi cells. Since analyses of beta-2 microglobulin production and chromosomes 15 on several other human cells failed to reveal any abnormalities in either of these respects, we postulate that genes responsible for beta-2 microglobulin synthesis and membrane expression could be located in the region q14q21 on the long arm of chromosome 15. Since beta-2 microglobulin associated with the membrane was found to be absent in the K562 line, where total beta-2 microglobulin was nearly as high as in cell lines with normal membrane expression, it is suggested that membrane expression of beta-2 microglobulin can be regulated independentlyAbbreviations used in this paper are BSS
Earle's balanced salt solution
- Q banding
bands obtained by fluorescence with Quinacrine Mustard
- R banding
bands obtained by fluorescence with Acridine Orange
- FITC
fluorescein isothiocyanate
- EBV
Epstein-Barr virus |
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