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Chromosomal localization of HTLV-1 viral integration sites using in situ hybridization: detection of a novel IL2R fragment

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The presence of human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV-1) in patients with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) was investigated by Southern blotting and in situ hybridization. In all seven patients, HTLV-1 provirus was detected. A large and variable number of labeled restriction fragments were observed, indicating multiple integrations. Two of the patients analyzed by in situ hybridization had two, while the third patient had three, sites of viral integration on six different chromosomes, suggesting random integration. A single site of integration was shared by two patients, which was on chromosome 10 at bands p11→p15. One of these sites was on an apparently normal chromosome 10 and the other was on a derivative chromosome 10,t(10;14)(p12;g32). The interleukin 2 receptor (IL2R) has previously been localized to this region (10p14→p15). The α-chain of the IL2R is continuously expressed on affected T-cells in this disease. Southern blotting with pIL2R showed the presence of a novel 3.5 kb fragment in five out of the seven patients. This novel fragment has not been previously reported. No direct correlation was found between the novel 3.5 kb fragment, present in patients both cytogenetically normal and abnormal, and viral integration in the 10p11→p15 region in two patients. Therefore, it is suggested that the presence of the 3.5 kb fragment and the numerous chromosomal breaks associated with this disease may not be direct results of viral integration.

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    Michael J. Macera & Ram S. Verma

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  3. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, and Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., USA

    Michael J. Macera & Ram S. Verma

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Macera, M.J., Szabo, P. & Verma, R.S. Chromosomal localization of HTLV-1 viral integration sites using in situ hybridization: detection of a novel IL2R fragment. Molec. Gen. Genet. 234, 466–474 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00538707

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