S. Kumar et al., UTILIZATION OF THE SAME DNA-REPLICATION ORIGIN BY HUMAN-CELLS OF DIFFERENT DERIVATION, Nucleic acids research, 24(17), 1996, pp. 3289-3294
In the past, a highly sensitive and efficient method was developed to
map DNA replication origins in human cells, based on quantitative PCR
performed on nascent DNA samples. This method allowed the identificati
on of a replication origin in the myeloid HL-60 cell line, located on
chromosome 19 within an similar to 500 bp segment near the lamin B2 ge
ne [Giacca ct al, (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 91, 7119], The sa
me procedure has now been further simplified and extended to a variety
of other exponentially growing human cells of different histological
derivation (three neural, one connectival and one epithelial), with a
nearly diploid chromosomal content. In all the six cell lines tested,
the origin activity within the lamin B2 gene domain was localized to t
he same region, Furthermore, the lamin B2 origin was also found to be
active in stimulated, but not in quiescent, peripheral blood lymphocyt
es.