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Title: A mortality gene(s) for the human adenocarcinoma line HeLa maps to a 130-kb region of human chromosome 4q22-q23
Authors: Bryce, SD
Morrison, V
Craig, NJ
Forsyth, NR
Fitzsimmons, SA
Ireland, H
Cuthbert, AP
Newbold, RF
Parkinson, EK
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Neoplasia Press
Citation: Neoplasia. 4 (6) 544-550
Abstract: Human chromosome 4 was previously shown to elicit features of senescence when introduced into cell lines that map to complementation group B for senescence, including HeLa cells. Subsequently, a DNA segment encoding the pseudogene Mortality Factor 4 (MORF4) was shown to reproduce some of the effects of the intact chromosome 4 and was suggested to be a candidate mortality gene. We have identified multiple MORF4 alleles in several cell lines and tissues by sequencing and have failed to detect any cancer-specific mutations in three of the complementation group B lines (HeLa, T98G, and J82). Furthermore, MORF4 was heterozygous in these lines. These results question whether MORF4 is the chromosome 4 mortality gene. To map other candidate mortality gene(s) on this chromosome, we employed microcell-mediated monochromosome transfer to introduce either a complete copy, or defined fragments of the chromosome into HeLa cells. The introduced chromosome 4 fragments mapped the mortality gene to a region between the centromere and the marker D4S2975 (4q27), thus excluding MORF4, which maps to 4q33-q34.1. Analysis of microsatellite markers on the introduced chromosome in 59 immortal segregants identified a frequently deleted region, spanning the markers BIR0110 and D4S1557. This defines a new candidate interval of 130 kb at 4q22-q23
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3081
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