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BCL-6 Protein Is Expressed in Germinal-Center B Cells
| العنوان: | BCL-6 Protein Is Expressed in Germinal-Center B Cells |
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| المؤلفون: | Cattoretti, Giorgio, Chang, Chih-Chao, Cechova, Katarina, Zhang, Jiandong, Ye, Bihui H., Falini, Brunangelo, Louie, Diane C., Offit, Kenneth, Chaganti, R.S.K., Dalla-Favera, Riccardo |
| المصدر: | Blood; July 1995, Vol. 86 Issue: 1 p45-53, 9p |
| مستخلص: | Structural alterations of the 5' noncoding region of the BCL-6 gene have been found in 40% of diffuse large cell lymphoma (DLCL) and 5% to 10% of follicular lymphomas (FL), suggesting that deregulated BCL-6 expression may play a role in lymphomagenesis. Nucleotide sequencing of BCL-6 cDNA predicted a protein containing six zinc-finger domains, suggesting that it may function as a transcription factor. Using antisera raised against N- and C-terminal BCL-6 synthetic oligopeptides in immunoprecipitation, immunoblot, and immunocytochemical assays, this study identifies the BCL-6 gene product as a 95-kD nuclear protein. Western blot analysis of human tumor cell lines representative of various hematopoietic lineages/stages of differentiation showed that the BCL-6 protein is predominantly expressed in the B-cell lineage where it was found in mature B cells. Immunohisto-chemical analysis of normal human lymphoid tissues indicated that BCL-6 expression is topographically restricted to germinal centers including all centroblasts and centrocytes. The BCL-6 protein was also detectable in inter- and intra-follicular CD4+T cells, but not in other follicular components including mantle-zone B cells, plasma cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages. Immunohistochemical analysis of DLCL and FL biopsy samples showed that the BCL-6 protein is detectable in these tumors independent of the presence of BCL-6 gene rearrangements. These results indicate that the expression of the BCL-6 gene is specifically regulated during B-cell differentiation and suggest a role for BCL-6 in germinal center development or function. Because DLCL derive from germinal-center B cells, deregulated BCL-6 expression may contribute to lymphomagenesis by preventing postgerminal center differentiation. |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Supplemental Index |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 00064971 15280020 |
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| DOI: | 10.1182/blood.V86.1.45.bloodjournal86145 |