Although follicle center cell (FCC) lymphomas represent mature B cells, a considerable percentage do not have detectable Ig production. We have used Southern blotting and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to study the involvement of translocations t(14;18) and t(8;14) in causing defective Ig production in 16 Ig- FCC-derived lymphomas and three Ig- B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias. In 6 of 19 cases, a t(14;18) was present with the other allele either deleted or in germline. In two cases a t(14;18) and a t(8;14) affected both Ig alleles, as confirmed by karyotyping. In two other cases, rearrangement of both bcl-2 on chromosome 18 and c-myc on chromosome 8 were found as well. Although cytogenetic proof was not available, the latter was probably involved in t(8;14). Restriction map analysis of one more case showed rearrangement on the pseudo-JH3 gene on one allele and t(14;18) on the other. Thus, in 11 of 19 cases, defective Ig H chain production could be explained by the inactivation of both Ig H chain genes due to translocation of one allele, in combination with deletions or defective rearrangements of the other allele. In contrast, in 28 of 30 Ig+ lymphomas, one functional Ig H chain allele was found, either in, or not in, combination with t(14;18). In two cases a single rearranged Ig H chain allele was found in combination with rearrangement of bcl-2. No comigration of the single Ig rearrangement with bcl-2, however, was found both by Southern blotting and PCR, suggesting a variant bcl-2 translocation, which leaves the Ig H chain allele functionally intact.
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March 01 1989
Translocation t(14;18) in B cell lymphomas as a cause for defective immunoglobulin production.
D de Jong,
D de Jong
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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B M Voetdijk,
B M Voetdijk
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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G J Van Ommen,
G J Van Ommen
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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J C Kluin-Nelemans,
J C Kluin-Nelemans
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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G C Beverstock,
G C Beverstock
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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P M Kluin
P M Kluin
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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D de Jong
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
B M Voetdijk
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
G J Van Ommen
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
J C Kluin-Nelemans
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
G C Beverstock
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
P M Kluin
Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1989) 169 (3): 613–624.
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D de Jong, B M Voetdijk, G J Van Ommen, J C Kluin-Nelemans, G C Beverstock, P M Kluin; Translocation t(14;18) in B cell lymphomas as a cause for defective immunoglobulin production.. J Exp Med 1 March 1989; 169 (3): 613–624. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.169.3.613
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