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The Paired Box Domain Gene PAX5 Is Fused to ETV6/TEL in an Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Case

Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, 20052 Monza, Italy [G. C., M. D., G. G., A. A., A. B.]; MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, OX3 9DU United Kingdom [S. T., L. K.]; and Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale San Gerardo, 20052 Monza, Italy [E. P.]

The PAX5 gene, encoding the B-cell-specific activator protein, is a critical determinant of commitment to the B-lymphocyte pathway. This gene, mapped at 9p13, is juxtaposed to the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene as a result of the t(9;14)(p13;q32), a rare but recurring translocation found in a subset of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cases. In all of these, this translocation results in deregulated expression of the gene product because of the proximity of IgH. We present here the molecular characterization of a previously reported acute lymphoblastic leukemia case carrying a t(9;12)(q11;p13) translocation. Using 5' rapid amplification of cDNA ends PCR, a novel chimeric transcript was identified that contained the NH₂-terminal region of PAX5 and most of the ETV6/TEL gene on 12p13. According to the fusion transcript, the resulting chimeric protein would retain the PAX5 paired-box domain and both the helix-loop-helix and DNA binding domains of TEL. Thus, it is reasonable to hypothesize that this protein could act as an aberrant transcription factor. This is the first report of PAX5 rearrangement in a human malignancy resulting in a chimeric transcript.

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