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Main Title Multiplex PCR Analysis of In vivo-Arising Deletion Mutations in the 'hprt' Gene of Human T-Lymphocytes.
Author Fuscoe, J. C. ; Zimmerman, L. J. ; Harrington-Brock, K. ; Moore, M. M. ;
CORP Author Environmental Health Research and Testing, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC. Genetic Toxicology Div.
Publisher c1994
Year Published 1994
Report Number EPA-68-D1-0148; EPA/600/J-94/411;
Stock Number PB95-125357
Additional Subjects Mutation ; Gene deletion ; T-lymphocytes ; Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase ; Genes ; T-cell antigen receptors ; Polymerase chain reaction ; Humans ; Polymorphism(Genetics) ; Southern blotting ; Reprints ;
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Abstract
A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure was adapted for the rapid and efficient evaluation of the hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt) gene in human T-lymphocytes for deletions. The hprt clonal assay was used to isolate in-vivo-arising hprt-deficient T-cells from six health males. Simple crude cellular extracts from 223 mutants were analyzed for hprt gene deletion. Sixteen (7.2%) were found to be due to total gene deletion and 22 (9.9%) were due to partial gene deletion. The relatively high frequency of total gene deletions was caused by replicate isolates of a single mutational event as shown by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of rearranged T-cell receptor (TCR)-gamma genes. Eighteen of the 22 partial hprt gene deletion mutants were determined to be of independent origin based on a unique hprt mutation or SSCP-TCR-gamma pattern. One-half (9/18) of the partial deletion mutants involved all or part of exon 4 alone suggesting that this region of the hprt gene is prone to deletion. The small deletions effecting exon 1 (1 mutant), exon 2 (2 mutants), and exon 4 (6 mutants) would not have been detected by conventional Southern blot analysis and may represent a new, previously unrecognized class of mutations. The ready isolation of such intragenic deletions will allow the characterization of breakpoint junctions and may provide insights into the important processes of DNA breakage and rejoining.