PMID- 18243251 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080529 LR - 20211203 IS - 0027-5107 (Print) IS - 0027-5107 (Linking) VI - 640 IP - 1-2 DP - 2008 Apr 2 TI - Genes encoded within 8q24 on the amplicon of a large extrachromosomal element are selectively repressed during the terminal differentiation of HL-60 cells. PG - 97-106 LID - 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.12.008 [doi] AB - Human acute myeloblastic leukemia HL-60 cells become resistant to differentiation during long-term cultivation. After 150 passages, double minute chromosomes (dmins) found in early-passaged cells are replaced by large extrachromosomal elements (LEEs). In a DNA library derived from a purified fraction of LEEs, 12.6% (23/183) of clones were assigned to 8q24 and 9.2% (17/183) were assigned to 14q11 in the human genome. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) revealed a small aberrant chromosome, which had not been found in early-passaged cells, in addition to the purified LEEs. We determined that each LEE consisted of six discontinuous segments in a region that extended for 4.4Mb over the 8q24 locus. Five genes, namely, Myc (a proto-oncogene), NSMCE2 (for a SUMO ligase), CCDC26 (for a retinoic acid-dependent modulator of myeloid differentiation), TRIB1 (for a regulator of MAPK kinase) and LOC389637 (for a protein of unknown function), were encoded by the amplicon. Breaks in the chromosomal DNA within the amplicon were found in the NSMCE2 and CCDC26 genes. The discontinuous structure of the amplicon unit of the LEEs was identical with that of dmins in HL-60 early-passaged cells. The difference between them seemed, predominantly, to be the number (10-15 copies per LEE versus 2 or 3 copies per dmin) of constituent units. Expression of the Myc, NSMCE2, CCDC26 and LOC389637 and TRIB1 genes was constitutive in all lines of HL-60 cells and that of the first four genes was repressed during the terminal differentiation of early-passaged HL-60 cells. We also detected abnormal transcripts of CCDC26. Our results suggest that these genes were selected during the development of amplicons. They might be amplified and, sometimes, truncated to contribute to the maintenance of HL-60 cells in an undifferentiated state. FAU - Hirano, Tetsuo AU - Hirano T AD - Life Science Group, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan. thirano@hiroshima-u.ac.jp FAU - Ike, Fumio AU - Ike F FAU - Murata, Takehide AU - Murata T FAU - Obata, Yuichi AU - Obata Y FAU - Utiyama, Hiroyasu AU - Utiyama H FAU - Yokoyama, Kazunari K AU - Yokoyama KK LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20071228 PL - Netherlands TA - Mutat Res JT - Mutation research JID - 0400763 SB - IM MH - Apoptosis MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - Chromosome Mapping MH - *Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 MH - *Extrachromosomal Inheritance MH - *Gene Amplification MH - Gene Expression MH - Gene Library MH - Genomic Instability MH - HL-60 Cells MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Models, Genetic MH - Proto-Oncogene Mas MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Sequence Tagged Sites EDAT- 2008/02/05 09:00 MHDA- 2008/05/30 09:00 CRDT- 2008/02/05 09:00 PHST- 2007/09/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/12/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/12/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/02/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/05/30 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/02/05 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0027-5107(07)00431-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.12.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mutat Res. 2008 Apr 2;640(1-2):97-106. doi: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.12.008. Epub 2007 Dec 28.