Affiliation:
1. Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. wtam@mail.med.cornell.edu
Abstract
The bic locus is a common retroviral integration site in avian leukosis virus (ALV)-induced B-cell lymphomas originally identified by infection of chickens with ALVs of two different subgroups (Clurman and Hayward, Mol. Cell. Biol. 9:2657-2664, 1989). Based on its frequent association with c-myc activation and its preferential activation in metastatic tumors, the bic locus is thought to harbor a gene that can collaborate with c-myc in lymphomagenesis and presumably plays a role in late stages of tumor progression. In the present study, we have cloned and characterized two novel genes, bdw and bic, at the bic locus. bdw encoded a putative novel protein of 345 amino acids. However, its expression did not appear to be altered in tumor tissues, suggesting that it is not involved in oncogenesis. The bic gene consisted of two exons and was expressed as two spliced and alternatively polyadenylated transcripts at low levels in lymphoid/hematopoietic tissues. In tumors harboring bic integrations, proviruses drove bic gene expression by promoter insertion, resulting in high levels of expression of a chimeric RNA containing bic exon 2. Interestingly, bic lacked an extensive open reading frame, implying that it may function through its RNA. Computer analysis of RNA from small exon 2 of bic predicted extensive double-stranded structures, including a highly ordered RNA duplex between nucleotides 316 and 461. The possible role of bic in cell growth and differentiation is discussed in view of the emerging evidence that untranslated RNAs play a role in growth control.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Cell Biology,Molecular Biology
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