PMID: 2492284Jan 25, 1989Paper

A simple and precise aberrant translocation of the rat c-myc gene into the epsilon-heavy chain switch region of the IgE-producing immunocytoma, IR162.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
S S Tian, C H Faust

Abstract

We report a simple type of reciprocal chromosomal translocation in the LOU rat IgE-secreting immunocytoma cell line, IR162, involving the c-myc protooncogene and the switch region of the epsilon immunoglobulin heavy chain, c-myc/S epsilon. By cloning and sequencing the translocation-associated and the homologous normal c-myc and S epsilon DNAs, we have identified the position of the translocational junction in both the c-myc 5'-flanking region and the repetitive elements of the S epsilon region. The translocational recombination was precise, and no insertion or N-addition was found in the junctional region, leaving all the c-myc exons, together with two promoter sites, intact. RNase mapping confirmed that the same promoters were utilized in IR162 and normal LOU spleen cells. No point mutation was found in the 5'-flanking region and the 3'-portion of exon 1 of the translocated c-myc gene. However, the putative silencer region was lost with the translocation. It was also noticed that a strikingly AT-rich sequence associated with S epsilon region had translocated to the 5'-flanking region of c-myc gene. We discuss the possibility that a change of DNA topology, perhaps either due to the juxtaposition of an AT-rich sequence of the S...Continue Reading

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