Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of the cryptic t(12;21) (p13;q22) in childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia

2002 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orly Yehuda-Gafni ◽  
Gabriel Cividalli ◽  
Ayala Abrahmov ◽  
Michael Weintrob ◽  
Susana Ben Neriah ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abir Gmidène ◽  
Hatem Elghezal ◽  
Hlima Sennana ◽  
Yosra Ben Youssef ◽  
Balkiss Meddeb ◽  
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In this study, Forty-one out of fifty-seven Tunisian children with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), and without cytogenetically detectable recurrent abnormalities at the time of the diagnosis, were evaluated by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for the t(12;21). This translocation leadsETV6-RUNX1(previouslyTEL-AML1) fusion gene. 16 patients (28%) hadETV6-RUNX1rearrangement. In addition to this rearrangement, two cases showed a loss of the normalETV6allele, and three others showed an extra signal of theRUNX1gene. Seven patients withoutETV6-RUNX1rearrangement showed extra signals of theRUNX1gene. One out of the 7 patients was also associated with a t(3;12) identified by FISH. This is the first Tunisian study in which we report the incidence of t(12;21) among childhood B-lineage ALL and in which we have found multiple copies ofRUNX1. Finally, our findings confirm that additional or secondary genetic changes are commonly encountered in pediatric B-lineage ALL withETV6-RUNX1gene fusion which is envisaged to play a pivotal role in disease progression.


Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 89 (5) ◽  
pp. 1716-1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Wlodarska ◽  
Anna Aventı́n ◽  
Júlia Inglés-Esteve ◽  
Daniela Falzetti ◽  
Arnold Criel ◽  
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Abstract Translocation t(5; 12)(q33; p13), resulting in an ETV6/PDGFRB gene fusion, is a recurrent chromosomal abnormality associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML). An analogous translocation was also found in four cell lines with features of pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) we show here that in three of these cell lines identical complex rearrangements occurred. However, the regions involved on 5q and 12p are different from the breakpoints in CMML, and the translocation is accompanied by seemingly identical cryptic deletions of both 5q and 12p chromosome sequences in all analyzed pre-B ALL cell lines. The similar cytogenetic, FISH, and immunophenotyping findings in the three cell lines suggest that the t(5; 12)(q31q33; p12) defines a new entity of pre-B ALL.


2003 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Douet-Guilbert ◽  
Frédéric Morel ◽  
Marie-Josée Le Bris ◽  
Angèle Herry ◽  
Geneviève Le Calvez ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshimasa Kamoda ◽  
Kiyotaka Izumi ◽  
Futoshi Iioka ◽  
Takashi Akasaka ◽  
Fumihiko Nakamura ◽  
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Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) may include the lymphoid blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML-BC). We applied fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of the BCR-ABL fusion gene to peripheral blood and/or bone marrow smears to determine whether the fusion was restricted to mononuclear cell nuclei or if segmented cell nuclei representing mature neutrophils also carried the fusion (Seg-FISH). Among 20 patients with Ph+ ALL without a prior diagnosis of CML, 9 were Seg-FISH+ and 11 were Seg-FISH-. Seg-FISH+ cases were characterized by a higher rate of p210-type BCR-ABL transcripts, higher white cell and blast counts, and a higher rate of myeloid and T-lymphoid antigen expression than Seg-FISH- cases, in addition to ‘major route' cytogenetic abnormalities associated with CML-BC. Eighteen patients were treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) either alone or in combination with multiagent chemotherapy, and 7 underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Progression-free and overall survivals were greater in the Seg-FISH+ group than in the Seg-FISH- group. These results suggest that the Seg-FISH+ group represents lymphoid CML-BC that occurs de novo, while the Seg-FISH- represents Ph+ ALL in the strict sense, and the two groups are associated with survival when treated with TKIs or TKI-combined therapy.


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