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The t(14;18)-translocation can frequently detected in the peripheral blood and tissue samples from healthy individuals. If the sensitivity of the assay used for the detection is high enough in almost all healthy individuals one or multiple cell clones carrying the t(14;18)-translocation can be found with a frequency of 1-100 rearranged cells in 10(6) normal cells. The frequency of these cells seems to be increased with age and smoking habits measured in pack years. The prevalence in Asian (Japanese) individuals appears to be lower than in Caucasians. It has been postulated that this translocation is a primary event for the subsequent development of a follicular lymphoma.
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Hjermind LE, Werdelin LM, Eiberg H, Krag-Olsen B, Dupont E, Sørensen SA. A novel mutation in the epsilon-sarcoglycan gene causing myoclonus-dystonia syndrome. Neurology 2003; 60:1536-9. [PMID: 12743249 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000061480.86610.bf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Two families were referred with different clinical diagnoses of dystonia. Twenty-four family members were examined clinically, and mutation analyses were performed. Most of the affected individuals had laryngeal myoclonus and more severe dystonia of the legs than usually reported in myoclonus-dystonia syndrome. Sequence analyses revealed a previously unreported deletion (974delC or R325X) in exon 7 in the epsilon-sarcoglycan gene in members of both families. The two families were found to be related.
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Yoshida I, Takeuchi M. [De novo acute lymphocytic leukemia with t(14;18) complicated by tumor lysis syndrome]. NIHON NAIKA GAKKAI ZASSHI. THE JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 2003; 92:865-7. [PMID: 12808911 DOI: 10.2169/naika.92.865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Roulland S, Lebailly P, Roussel G, Briand M, Cappellen D, Pottier D, Hardouin A, Troussard X, Bastard C, Henry-Amar M, Gauduchon P. BCL-2/JH translocation in peripheral blood lymphocytes of unexposed individuals: lack of seasonal variations in frequency and molecular features. Int J Cancer 2003; 104:695-8. [PMID: 12640675 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BCL-2/J(H) rearrangement has been proposed as a biomarker for evaluating the genotoxicity of occupational and environmental exposures. Available data on time-related modification of this rearrangement in peripheral blood lymphocytes in unexposed healthy individuals is scarce. We investigated the characteristics of BCL-2/J(H) rearrangements in 33 adults unexposed to genotoxins at 2 seasonal time points: winter and spring. BCL-2/J(H) rearrangement was detected in 79% of individuals (detection limit = 8.48 x 10(-8)). Its frequency ranged from <1 to 40 translocations per million lymphocytes with a significant (p = 0.04) positive correlation with age. No significant modifications of BCL-2/J(H) rearrangement frequency or in the number of clones harboring this rearrangement were observed according the 2 time points. No obvious influence of season-related environmental factors on frequency or molecular features of BCL-2/J(H) rearrangements was found in this population suggesting that this would not be a confounding factor.
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Toretsky JA, Everly EM, Padilla-Nash HM, Chen A, Abruzzo LV, Eskenazi AE, Frantz C, Ried T, Stamberg J. Novel translocation in acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (AML-M7). J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2003; 25:396-402. [PMID: 12759627 DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200305000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The authors report a unique translocation in a patient with M7 acute myeloid leukemia and review the literature. A 22-month-old girl without Down syndrome was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, subtype M7 (AML-M7), and died with relapsed disease following bone marrow transplantation. Tumor cells were evaluated using cytogenetics (including spectral karyotyping), immunohistochemistry, and flow cytometry. The patient was found to have a previously unreported complex translocation as follows: 50,XX,der(1)t(1;5)(p36?.1;p15?.1),del(5)(p15?.1), +6,+der(6;7)(?;?),der(7)t(6;7)(?;p22)[2],der(9)t(6;9) (?;p21)t(9;14)(q34;q11.2-q13),+10,t(12;16)(p13;q24),-14[2], del(14)(q13)[2],+der(19)t(1;19)(?;p13.3),+22[cp 4]. AML-M7 in non-Down syndrome patients is a rare disease that requires improved prognostic markers.
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MESH Headings
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9/genetics
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant
- Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute/genetics
- Spectral Karyotyping
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
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MacLeod RAF, Nagel S, Kaufmann M, Janssen JWG, Drexler HG. Activation of HOX11L2 by juxtaposition with 3'-BCL11B in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line (HPB-ALL) with t(5;14)(q35;q32.2). Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2003; 37:84-91. [PMID: 12661009 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.10194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cytogenetic analysis of a pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cell line (HPB-ALL) revealed the cryptic t(5;14)(q35;q32.2), recently found in 15-20% pediatric T-ALL patients, with 5q35 and 14q32.2 breakpoints at 5'-HOX11L2 and 3'-BCL11B, respectively. Expression of both BCL11B, which is hematologically restricted to T cells, and HOX11L2 was detected, whereas adjacent genes at 5q35 (RANBP17) and 14q32 (VRK1, HSU88895) were not dysregulated. Apparently, t(5;14)(q35;q32.2) serves to activate HOX11L2 by juxtaposition with elements downstream of BCL11B, implying a novel dysregulatory mechanism comparable to TCRA/D or IGH juxtaposition. As well as providing molecular cytogenetic documentation of t(5;14) ALL, this report validates HPB-ALL cells for investigating this important new disease entity in vitro.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosome Breakage/genetics
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5/genetics
- Cytogenetic Analysis/methods
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement/genetics
- Genes, Homeobox/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/biosynthesis
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/pathology
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis
- Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Kamnasaran D, Muir WJ, Ferguson-Smith MA, Cox DW. Disruption of the neuronal PAS3 gene in a family affected with schizophrenia. J Med Genet 2003; 40:325-32. [PMID: 12746393 PMCID: PMC1735455 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.5.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Schizophrenia and its subtypes are part of a complex brain disorder with multiple postulated aetiologies. There is evidence that this common disease is genetically heterogeneous, with many loci involved. In this report, we describe a mother and daughter affected with schizophrenia, who are carriers of a t(9;14)(q34;q13) chromosome. By mapping on flow sorted aberrant chromosomes isolated from lymphoblast cell lines, both subjects were found to have a translocation breakpoint junction between the markers D14S730 and D14S70, a 683 kb interval on chromosome 14q13. This interval was found to contain the neuronal PAS3 gene (NPAS3), by annotating the genomic sequence for ESTs and performing RACE and cDNA library screenings. The NPAS3 gene was characterised with respect to the genomic structure, human expression profile, and protein cellular localisation to gain insight into gene function. The translocation breakpoint junction lies within the third intron of NPAS3, resulting in the disruption of the coding potential. The fact that the bHLH and PAS domains are disrupted from the remaining parts of the encoded protein suggests that the DNA binding and dimerisation functions of this protein are destroyed. The daughter (proband), who is more severely affected, has an additional microdeletion in the second intron of NPAS3. On chromosome 9q34, the translocation breakpoint junction was defined between D9S752 and D9S972 and no genes were found to be disrupted. We propose that haploinsufficiency of NPAS3 contributes to the cause of mental illness in this family.
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Kees UR, Heerema NA, Kumar R, Watt PM, Baker DL, La MK, Uckun FM, Sather HN. Expression of HOX11 in childhood T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia can occur in the absence of cytogenetic aberration at 10q24: a study from the Children's Cancer Group (CCG). Leukemia 2003; 17:887-93. [PMID: 12750702 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Clonal genetic aberrations in tumour cells provide critical information for the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for patients. In paediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) chromosomal translocations are present in 30-35% of cases. HOX11 and the closely related HOX11L2 genes play a key role in T-ALL. HOX11 is aberrantly activated by either of the two chromosomal translocations, t(7;10) and t(10;14). In this study, HOX11 expression levels were measured by real-time quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. We show that leukaemic blasts from 15/76 (19.7%) paediatric T-ALL patients expressed the HOX11 gene at high level and 22/76 (28.9%) at low level, yet the reported frequency for chromosomal rearrangement of 10q24 is 4-7%. Direct cytogenetic analysis revealed that only 2/16 specimens that showed HOX11 expression exhibited abnor-malities at 10q24. These results confirm and extend our previously published findings, and implicate mechanisms other than gross chromosomal translocations for the deregulation of HOX11. Analysis of clinical outcome for the whole study group showed a trend for better outcome for patients with leukaemic blasts expressing HOX11 at high level. A statistically significant difference in clinical outcome was found in a subgroup of 20 patients treated for high-risk disease on CCG-1901 from the Children's Cancer Group, where HOX11 expression in leukaemic blasts conferred a prognostic advantage (P=0.01).
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MESH Headings
- Bone Marrow
- Cell Lineage
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/genetics
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- DNA Primers/chemistry
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Infant
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/genetics
- Male
- Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Ploidies
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Survival Rate
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Heilig R, Fonknechten N. [Sequencing the human genome: chromosome 14, the 4th chromosome completed]. Med Sci (Paris) 2003; 19:522-5. [PMID: 12836379 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2003195522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Dunphy CH, van Deventer HW, Carder KJ, Rao KW, Dent GA. Mature B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with associated translocations (14;18)(q32;q21) and (8;9)(q24;p13). A Burkitt variant? Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003; 127:610-3. [PMID: 12708908 DOI: 10.5858/2003-127-0610-mballw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The translocation t(14;18)(q32;q21) is most commonly associated with follicular lymphoma but has also been described in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) of B-cell origin. Although these ALL cases have had a pre-pre-B, pre-B, or mature B-cell immunophenotype and L2 or L3 morphology, all have been associated with an abnormality of 8q24. In fact, 91% (10 of 11) have been associated with t(8;22) or t(8;14), marker chromosomes for Burkitt-type ALL. The other case was associated with del(8)(q24). Thus, Burkitt-type ALL may have various immunophenotypes and morphology when associated with t(14;18). We describe a case of mature B-cell ALL associated with t(14;18) and t(8;9)(q24;p13). The morphology was suggestive but not entirely characteristic of the L3 subtype. However, on the basis of the cytogenetic findings and the review of the literature, perhaps this case represents a variant of Burkitt-type ALL, which would be important to recognize for prognostic and therapeutic purposes. We describe our findings and review the literature to heighten awareness of this group of ALLs associated with t(14;18). Additional cases need to be accrued and documented to determine the significance of an associated abnormality of 8q24 in this setting.
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Fasan O, Willmott C, Czepulkowski B, Baker A, Rees D, Salisbury J, Mufti GJ. Epstein-Barr virus-related post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder with t(9;14)(p11-12;q32). CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2003; 142:134-6. [PMID: 12699890 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(02)00838-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The immunoglobulin heavy chain gene locus on 14q32 is known to be involved in translocations that are associated with B-lymphoproliferative disorders, typically Burkitt lymphoma and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Several cytogenetic abnormalities have been described in post-transplant lymphoproliferatve disease (PTLD), some of which include this locus. To our knowledge, we report the first case of translocation t(9;14)(p11-12;q32) in a PTLD that developed after orthoptic liver transplantation.
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Lefort G, Blanchet P, Belgrade N, Rivier F, Chaze AM, Sarda P, Demaille J, Pellestor F. Stable dicentric duplication-deficiency chromosome 14 resulting from crossing-over within a maternal paracentric inversion. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 118A:333-8. [PMID: 12698965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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We report on the extremely rare occurrence of a stable dicentric duplication-deletion chromosome 14 in a viable offspring with multiple malformations and developmental delay. This abnormality was derived from a maternal paracentric inversion in the long arm of chromosome 14. Both classical and molecular cytogenetic techniques were used to perform the chromosomal investigation of this structural abnormality. The immunofluorescent labeling of centromeric proteins shows only one functional centromere on the rearranged chromosome 14. The present observation confirms that paracentric inversions may lead to stable recombinant chromosomes.
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Quintanilla-Martinez L, Davies-Hill T, Fend F, Calzada-Wack J, Sorbara L, Campo E, Jaffe ES, Raffeld M. Sequestration of p27Kip1 protein by cyclin D1 in typical and blastic variants of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL): implications for pathogenesis. Blood 2003; 101:3181-7. [PMID: 12515730 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-01-0263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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p27 is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that plays a critical role in regulating G(1)/S progression, and whose activity is, in part, regulated through interactions with D-type cyclins. Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is characterized by the t(11;14) translocation resulting in deregulated cyclin D1. We previously showed that p27 expression in MCL, as assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC), does not show the usual inverse relationship to proliferate seen in most other lymphomas that do not overexpress cyclin D1. This suggested that the normal expression or control of p27 activity on cell growth might be altered through potential interactions with cyclin D1. Using Western blot and coimmunoprecipitation studies, we assessed the interrelationship between cyclin D1 and p27 in several cyclin D1(+) cell lines and primary MCL cases. Similar to our previous results by IHC, typical MCLs showed lower expression of p27 when compared to the more highly proliferative blastic cases or cell lines (mean arbitrary units: 58 versus 236 versus 120). Cyclin D1 was expressed at variable levels in both typical and blastic MCLs. p27 protein could be consistently coimmunoprecipitated with cyclin D1 from both cell lines and cases. Using techniques of exhaustive immunoprecipitation, we could demonstrate that most p27 protein was sequestered into complexes containing cyclin D1. We hypothesize that mantle cell lymphomagenesis results not only from direct consequences of inappropriate cyclin D1 expression, but also from the ability of overexpressed cyclin D1 to buffer physiologic changes in p27 levels, thereby rendering p27 ineffective as an inhibitor of cellular growth.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Cell Cycle Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/immunology
- Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Division
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Cyclin D1/genetics
- Cyclin D1/metabolism
- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/etiology
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/pathology
- Macromolecular Substances
- Neoplasm Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/pathology
- Precipitin Tests
- Protein Binding
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/immunology
- Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism
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Gregori-Romero MA, Lopez-Gines C, Cerda-Nicolas M, Collado M, Llombart-Bosch A. Recombinations of chromosomal bands 10q24, 12q14-q15, and 14q24 in two cases of pulmonary chondroid hamartoma studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2003; 142:153-7. [PMID: 12699895 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(02)00842-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Pulmonary chondroid hamartomas (PCH) are benign mesenchymal tumors consisting of at least two cytogenetic subgroups. These subgroups are defined by chromosomal alterations at either 12q14-q15 or 6p21. Cytogenetic analysis of short-term cultures from two PCHs revealed two different rearrangements with 12q14 -q15. One of these had a unique translocation t(12;14)(q14-15;q24) with presence of two normal chromosomes 12 and a der(14), but missing the der(12). The other showed a complex rearrangement between chromosomes 10 and 12 with two different derivatives. Our data have been confirmed with fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. These cases represent variant forms of the standard translocations.
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Rinaldi R, De Bernardo C, Assumma M, Grammatico B, Buffone E, Poscente M, Grammatico P. Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of a de novo 4q24qter duplication and correlation to the associated phenotype. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 118A:122-6. [PMID: 12655492 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We report on a newborn with severe psychomotor retardation, minor anomalies, congenital heart defects, thumb and urogenital abnormalities. Cytogenetic analysis showed a 4q24qter duplication, never described before, as the result of a de novo t(4;14). The extension of the duplicated 4q region was defined by FISH using YAC probes. The breakpoint was localized between 106.3cM (YAC 800f2, D4S1572) and 111 cM (YAC 744e4, D4S1564). Comparing our patient with those previously reported in literature, we observed some features mature frequently reported in these patients: psychomotor retardation, retromicrognathia, low set and/or malformed ears and some more specific traits: congenital cardiac defects, hypoplastic thumb and urogenital abnormalities.
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Avet-Loiseau H, Garand R, Lodé L, Robillard N, Bataille R. 14q32 Translocations discriminate IgM multiple myeloma from Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia. Semin Oncol 2003; 30:153-5. [PMID: 12720126 DOI: 10.1053/sonc.2003.50053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Even though the diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia WM is usually clear, the differential diagnosis with IgM multiple myeloma (MM) might be possible. IgM MM is usually characterized by the accumulation of small mature plasma cells within the bone marrow, and the detection of a monoclonal IgM in the serum. However, in contrast with classical MM, IgM MM is rarely associated with these patients' extensive osteolytic lesions. We analyzed eight cases of IgM MM. None presented with extensive bone lesions. All cases were characterized by the presence of small mature plasma cells within the bone marrow. Molecular cytogenetic analysis revealed a t(11;14) in seven of the eight cases. In contrast, a similar analysis in 17 WM cases failed to detect any t(11;14) cases. We performed further fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) experiments, focused on the 14q32 region, and especially on the IgH gene. In contrast to MM (in which illegitimate IgH rearrangements are common), we did not detect any abnormality in the WM cases. In conclusion, even though the cells of origin in WM and MM are mature heavily mutated cells, they differ by the IgH gene rearrangements. Especially in IgM MM, the search for t(11;14) might be useful in difficult cases to discriminate with WM.
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Matsuda F. [Organization and evolution of the human immunoglobulin heavy-chain loci]. SEIKAGAKU. THE JOURNAL OF JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY 2003; 75:271-8. [PMID: 12762223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
MESH Headings
- 5' Flanking Region
- Animals
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics
- Evolution, Molecular
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/physiology
- Physical Chromosome Mapping
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Protein Sorting Signals
- Recombination, Genetic
- Telomere/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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Gesk S, Martín-Subero JI, Harder L, Luhmann B, Schlegelberger B, Calasanz MJ, Grote W, Siebert R. Molecular cytogenetic detection of chromosomal breakpoints in T-cell receptor gene loci. Leukemia 2003; 17:738-45. [PMID: 12682631 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Chromosomal aberrations with breakpoints in T-cell receptor (TCR) gene loci are recurrent in several T-cell malignancies. Although the importance of interphase cytogenetics has been extensively shown in B-cell lymphomas, hardly any molecular cytogenetic tools are available for recurrent changes in T-cell disorders. Thus, we have established fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-based break-apart assays for the TCRA/D (14q11), TCRB (7q34) and TCRG (7p14) genes and the TCL cluster (14q32). The assays were validated in normal controls as well as in 43 T-cell malignancies with cytogenetically proven 14q11, 7q34-35 or 7p13-21 aberrations. Breakpoints in TCRA/D, TCRB and TCRG could be diagnosed by these assays in 32/33 T-cell neoplasms with chromosome 14q11, 3/6 with 7q34-35 and 1/7 with 7p13-21 alterations, respectively. Application of the new FISH assays to a series of 24 angioimmunoblastic and 12 cutaneous T-cell lymphomas confirmed the cytogenetic evidence of lack of breakpoints in the TCRA/D or TCRB locus. Simultaneous detection of TCRA/D or TCRB breaks was achieved in a multicolor approach, which was further combined with detection of the T-cell-specific CD3 antigen in a multicolor FICTION (Fluorescence Immunophenotyping and Interphase Cytogenetics as a Tool for the Investigation of Neoplasm) assay. These new FISH and FICTION assays provide sensitive, rapid and accurate tools for the diagnosis and biological characterization of T-cell malignancies.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Breakage
- Chromosome Inversion
- Chromosome Painting/methods
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/genetics
- False Positive Reactions
- Female
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycosis Fungoides/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Sequence Deletion
- Sezary Syndrome/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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Amin HM, McDonnell TJ, Medeiros LJ, Rassidakis GZ, Leventaki V, O'Connor SL, Keating MJ, Lai R. Characterization of 4 mantle cell lymphoma cell lines. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003; 127:424-31. [PMID: 12683869 DOI: 10.5858/2003-127-0424-comclc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a distinct type of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by t(11;14)(q13;q32) and cyclin D1 overexpression. The pathogenesis of MCL has not been comprehensively studied, which can be attributed in part to the paucity of well-characterized MCL cell lines. OBJECTIVES We collected 4 previously developed MCL cell lines and performed extensive characterization, including the susceptibly of these cell lines to transduction by adenovirus vectors. Our aim was to facilitate the establishment of an in vitro model that can be reliably used to study the pathogenesis of MCL. METHODS Standard techniques were used to compare the morphologic, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic features of the 4 cell lines. In addition, Western blotting was used to investigate the presence of several cell cycle- and apoptosis-related proteins. TP53 DNA sequencing was also performed on the cell lines. The adenoviral transduction efficiency was assessed using an adenoviral vector carrying the gene encoding for the green fluorescence protein (Ad-GFP). RESULTS All cell lines demonstrated evidence of t(11;14)(q13;q32) and overexpression of cyclin D1. Cyclin D2 was not detectable in all cell lines, whereas cyclin D3 was weakly expressed in JeKo-1 and SP-53. Other abnormalities of the cell cycle G1 phase regulatory pathway were detected, including loss of expression of p53 (JeKo-1) and p16(INK4a) (SP-53 and Granta 519), as well as TP53 mutation (Mino). All cell lines express high levels of cyclin E, c-Myc, Bcl-2, Bax, Bcl-x(L), and Mcl-1. Retinoblastoma protein is hyperphosphorylated in all cell lines. With the exception of Mino, MCL cell lines are highly transducible with adenoviral vectors. CONCLUSION These cell lines are representative of MCL and can be used as an in vitro model to further explore the pathogenesis of this disease. The susceptibility of these cell lines to gene transfer provides opportunities to evaluate the importance of various oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes that may have an impact on developing effective therapeutic regimens for MCL.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/metabolism
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/biosynthesis
- Cell Transformation, Viral/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Cytogenetic Analysis/methods
- DNA Mutational Analysis/methods
- G1 Phase/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry/methods
- Immunophenotyping/methods
- Luminescent Proteins/biosynthesis
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/virology
- Mutation/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/biosynthesis
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics
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Dietz LG, Wylie AA, Rauen KA, Murphy SK, Jirtle RL, Cotter PD. Exclusion of maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 14 in patients referred for Prader-Willi syndrome using a multiplex methylation polymerase chain reaction assay. J Med Genet 2003; 40:e46. [PMID: 12676919 PMCID: PMC1735412 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.4.e46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Petek E, Plecko-Startinig B, Windpassinger C, Egger H, Wagner K, Kroisel PM. Molecular characterisation of a 3.5 Mb interstitial 14q deletion in a child with several phenotypic anomalies. J Med Genet 2003; 40:e47. [PMID: 12676920 PMCID: PMC1735414 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.4.e47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) is a clonal B-cell disorder characterized by the production of a monoclonal paraprotein and lymphoplasmacytic clonal expansion. The genetic basis of this disorder is poorly understood. We have recently found that the genetic makeup of WM cells is different from that commonly reported for multiple myeloma (MM), follicular lymphoma, and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Translocations involving the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus (IgH) translocations could not be detected in any case, and a molecular analysis showed that the IgH locus switch mu retained its germline configuration. Aneuploidy was not detected using chromosome enumeration probes. The only recurrent chromosome abnormality found was deletion of 6q21. The lack of legitimate of illegitimate rearrangements at the IgH locus suggests that other mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of the disorder. Given the clear evidence of a familial form of WM and the currently presumed genomic stability of the clonal cells, it is likely that a single gene defect may be responsible for disease pathogenesis. Having found deletions of the long arm of chromosome 6 as the only recurrent aberration, we speculate that a gene involved in B-cell maturation or survival at this locus may be inactivated as a cause of WM.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Switch Region
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Interphase
- Karyotyping
- Mutation
- Translocation, Genetic
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia/genetics
- Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia/pathology
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Kamnasaran D, O'Brien PC, Zackai EH, Muenke M, Ferguson-Smith MA, Cox DW. Rearrangement in the PITX2 and MIPOL1 genes in a patient with a t(4;14) chromosome. Eur J Hum Genet 2003; 11:315-24. [PMID: 12700605 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We report the molecular characterization of a patient with mild craniofacial and acallosal central nervous system midline defects and a t(4;14)(q25)(q13) chromosome. With the use of flow sorted chromosomes, the translocation breakpoint junction was defined within a 100 kb region with markers mapping to chromosomes 4q25 and 14q13. Analysis of genomic sequences demonstrated that the breakpoint junction at 14q13 was within the third intron of the 5' untranslated region of the MIPOL1 gene (GI: 22048098). On chromosome 4q25, two breakpoint junctions were found. One was about 47 kb distal to the 5' end of a putative gene (GI: 8923996) with unknown function but with partial similarity to kinases, and a second breakpoint was within the 3' end of the PITX2 gene (GI: 21361182) that resulted in the deletion of exons 6 and 7 of this gene. We also searched for microdeletions in a panel of candidate genes mapping within 2 Mb of the translocation breakpoint junction on chromosomes 4 and 14, however, no evidence for deletions or rearrangements was found. The finding of two breaks on chromosome 4q25 suggests a complex microrearrangement, such as an inversion, in addition to a translocation in this patient.
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Kwong FM, Wong PS, Lung ML. Genetic alterations detected on chromosomes 13 and 14 in Chinese non-small cell lung carcinomas. Cancer Lett 2003; 192:189-98. [PMID: 12668283 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00698-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Genetic alterations in 28 non-small cell lung carcinoma patients were detected on chromosomes 13q and 14q with microsatellite markers by polymerase chain reaction techniques. Loss of heterozygosity of up to 50% was detected with chromosome 13 markers and of up to 37% for chromosome 14. Microsatellite instability was as high as 30% on chromosome 13 and up to 19% on chromosome 14. Accumulated mutation frequencies of up to 94 and 93% were observed for chromosomes 13 and 14, respectively. Of eight tumors displaying high mutation frequencies, 1 also carried a K-ras mutation and 4 had p53 mutations. A significant association was observed between p53 mutations and genetic instability.
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Daniel A, Malafiej P. A series of supernumerary small ring marker autosomes identified by FISH with chromosome probe arrays and literature review excluding chromosome 15. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 117A:212-22. [PMID: 12599184 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Seven supernumerary small ring marker autosomes were studied. The pantelomere probe (Oncor) in conjunction with scoring for dicentric rings was used to confirm ring morphology. The small rings were identified mainly by FISH with chromosome probe arrays (Cytocell) containing representations from all 24 chromosomes and the rings were derived from chromosomes 7, 8 (three cases), 11, 12, and 14. The effectiveness of the array methodology in identifying markers was tested. Microsatellite DNA data showed biparental disomy (BPD) was present for the rings from chromosomes 7 and 14 thereby excluding UPD, both were de novo but the ring 14 was of paternal origin. The literature on supernumerary small ring autosomes was reviewed excluding chromosome 15. The grade and distribution of mosaicism was invoked as the major determinant of the differences in phenotype and, in addition, variation was attributed to the possibility of different contributions from each chromosome arm. There are 88 published supernumerary small ring cases in total, with phenotypic data attributable to the respective rings in 77 cases and all chromosomes being represented except chromosome 17. Of the prenatally ascertained cases, where there was adequate phenotypic data, 30% had an abnormal phenotype attributable to the ring, and there were 44% familial cases in this group. Of the postnatally ascertained small rings, 75% had an abnormal phenotype attributable to the ring and there were 13% familial cases. This higher abnormality rate is concordant with the considerable ascertainment bias of this latter group and the prenatal data are recommended for genetic counseling. Although data are small there were some differences between the rings derived from different chromosomes. Chromosomes 3 and 8 demonstrate the extremes. Of the supernumerary small r(8) cases reviewed including the three presently described, 8/11 had an abnormal phenotype attributable to the marker but of the small r(3) cases, only 1/6 had an abnormal phenotype. Two of the present r(8) were studied with the GATA4 probe at 8p23.1. The r(8) in case 2 (patient moderately retarded) was comprised mostly of an intact 8p whereas the larger r(8) in case 3 (normal phenotype) was missing 8p23.1 --> pter and had more of 8q contributing to the ring. In other supernumerary rings postnatally ascertained, there is mostly insufficient data but there is an abnormal phenotype in 8/11 cases with multiple small rings, in 5/6 cases with r(20), and in 5/10 with r(1). A novel origin for supernumerary small rings is proposed: that they may originate from incompletely digested superfluous (haploid) pronuclei. The small rings presumptively so formed may occasionally be transfected into the zygote nucleus. The high proportion ( approximately 12.5%) of cases with multiple supernumerary small rings almost always of different centromeric origin is consistent with this concept.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods
- Infant
- Male
- Nucleic Acid Probes
- Ring Chromosomes
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