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Ornellas MHF, Maioli MCP, de Lucena SBSG, Bastos EF, Chaves TS, de Melo KV, Ribeiro-Carvalho MDM, Liehr T, Alves G. Complex karyotype including ring chromosome 11 in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia: case report. SAO PAULO MED J 2018; 136:361-367. [PMID: 28832804 PMCID: PMC9881703 DOI: 10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0252150217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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CONTEXT Complex karyotypes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are characterized by an overall low response rate with frequent relapses after clinical treatment. CASE REPORT Here, we describe the case of a 61-year-old obese female with clinically diagnosed AML who presented a complex karyotype involving an uncommon abnormality: ring chromosome 11. Immunophenotypic analysis confirmed the diagnosis. Classical and molecular cytogenetic analyses, using GTG banding and FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization), revealed the presence of complex structural rearrangement involving r(11), add(12)(p13), der(5) and der(13). CONCLUSIONS Molecular cytogenetic analysis is suitable for better identification and characterization of chromosomal rearrangements in AML. Case reports like this, as well as population-based studies, are necessary for understanding the karyotypic changes that occur in humans.
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- Maria Helena Faria Ornellas
- Associate Professor, Pathology Service, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
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- Associate Professor, Hematology Service, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and Postdoctoral Research, Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
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- Biologist, Hematology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and Supervisor, Medical Genetics Department, Instituto Fernandes Figueira (IFF), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
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- Biologist, Hematology Service, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
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- Medical Sciences Master’s Student, Hematology Service, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
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- Biologist and Postdoctoral Researcher, Pathology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
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- Biologist and Head of Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Thüringen, Germany.
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- Biologist and Professor, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and Researcher, Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
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Paar C, Herber G, Voskova D, Fridrik M, Stekel H, Berg J. A case of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an unreported combination of chromosomal abnormalities: gain of isochromosome 5p, tetrasomy 8 and unbalanced translocation der(19)t(17;19)(q23;p13). Mol Cytogenet 2013; 6:40. [PMID: 24079663 PMCID: PMC3852770 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8166-6-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) comprises a spectrum of myeloid malignancies which are often associated with distinct chromosomal abnormalities, and the analysis of such abnormalities provides us with important information for disease classification, treatment selection and prognosis. Some chromosomal abnormalities albeit recurrent are rare such as tetrasomy 8 or isochromosome 5p. In addition, erratic chromosomal rearrangements may occur in AML, sometimes unbalanced and also accompanied by other abnormalities. Knowledge on the contribution of rare abnormalities to AML disease, progression and prognosis is limited.Here we report a unique case of acute monoblastic leukemia with gain of i(5)(p10), tetrasomy 8, an unbalanced translocation der(19)t(17;19)(q23;p13.3) and mutated NPM1. RESULTS Bone marrow cells were examined by conventional karyotyping, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and mutation analysis at diagnosis and follow-up. At diagnosis we detected trisomy 8, an unbalanced translocation der(19)t(17;19)(q23;p13.3) and mutated NPM1. During the course of the disease we observed clonal evolution with gain of i(5)(p10), tetrasomy 8 and eventually duplication of der(19)t(17;19)(q23;p13.3). By using the der(19)t(17;19) as clonal marker, we found that i(5)(p10) and tetrasomy 8 were secondary genetic events and that tetrasomy 8 had clonally evolved from trisomy 8. CONCLUSIONS This case of acute monoblastic leukemia presents a combination of rare chromosomal abnormalities including the unbalanced translocation der(19)t(17;19)(q23;p13.3), hitherto un-reported in AML. In addition, our case supports the hypothesis of a step-wise clonal evolution from trisomy 8 to tetrasomy 8 in AML. Reporting and collecting data of rare chromosomal abnormalities will add information to AML disease, progression and prognosis, and may eventually translate to improved patient management.
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- Christian Paar
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020, Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, General Hospital Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020, Linz, Austria
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 2, A-8036, Graz, Austria
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Jimenez-Sousa MA, Ferro MT, Talavera M, Villalon C, Cabello P, Laraña J, Herrera P, Garcia Sagredo JM. Myelodysplastic syndrome with isochromosome 5p and trisomy 8 after treatment of a multiple myeloma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 203:345-7. [PMID: 21156257 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Revised: 08/22/2010] [Accepted: 09/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Herry A, Douet-Guilbert N, Morel F, Le Bris MJ, Guéganic N, Berthou C, De Braekeleer M. Isochromosome 5p and related anomalies: a novel recurrent chromosome abnormality in myeloid disorders. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 200:134-9. [PMID: 20620596 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 04/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Loss of material from chromosome arm 5q is a common finding in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Fluorescence in situ hybridization with a panel of different types of probes, used as a complement to conventional cytogenetics, revealed that 7 of 148 patients (4.7%) with abnormalities of chromosome 5 had an i(5)(p10), an idic(5)(q11), or a structurally rearranged i(5)(p10). Three patients had MDS and four had AML. Six of the patients were female, and one was male; age at diagnosis ranged from 56 to 85 years. All patients but one had a complex karyotype. Isochromosome of the short arm of chromosome 5 and its related abnormalities such as idic(5)(q11) and structurally rearranged i(5)(p10) are rare but recurrent abnormalities; their identification requires a combination of conventional and molecular cytogenetic techniques. The biological and clinical significance cannot yet be assessed, not only because too few cases have been described but also because these abnormalities are usually part of a complex karyotype.
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- Angèle Herry
- Laboratory of Histology, Embryology, and Cytogenetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, Brest cedex 3l, France
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The 8p11 myeloproliferative syndrome (EMS), also referred to as stem cell leukemia/lymphoma, is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder that rapidly progresses into acute leukemia. Molecularly, EMS is characterized by fusion of various partner genes to the FGFR1 gene, resulting in constitutive activation of the tyrosine kinases in FGFR1. To date, no previous study has addressed the functional consequences of ectopic FGFR1 expression in the potentially most relevant cellular context, that of normal primary human hematopoietic cells. Herein, we report that expression of ZMYM2/FGFR1 (previously known as ZNF198/FGFR1) or BCR/FGFR1 in normal human CD34(+) cells from umbilical-cord blood leads to increased cellular proliferation and differentiation toward the erythroid lineage in vitro. In immunodeficient mice, expression of ZMYM2/FGFR1 or BCR/FGFR1 in human cells induces several features of human EMS, including expansion of several myeloid cell lineages and accumulation of blasts in bone marrow. Moreover, bone marrow fibrosis together with increased extramedullary hematopoiesis is observed. This study suggests that FGFR1 fusion oncogenes, by themselves, are capable of initiating an EMS-like disorder, and provides the first humanized model of a myeloproliferative disorder transforming into acute leukemia in mice. The established in vivo EMS model should provide a valuable tool for future studies of this disorder.
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Gocek E, Kiełbiński M, Baurska H, Haus O, Kutner A, Marcinkowska E. Different susceptibilities to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced differentiation of AML cells carrying various mutations. Leuk Res 2009; 34:649-57. [PMID: 19880182 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2009] [Revised: 09/12/2009] [Accepted: 10/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study was designed to compare the differentiation-inducing potential of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25D) with some analogs (VDAs) in a panel of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell lines and in blast cells isolated from patients with AML. Of the cell lines studied, HL60 proved to be the most sensitive to each of the differentiation-inducing agents when compared to THP-1, NB-4 and U-937 cell lines. Three of the VDAs tested (PRI-1906, PRI-2191 and PRI-2201) were similarly effective as 1,25D in all the cell lines tested. However, blast cells from AML showed a varying sensitivity towards 1,25D. For example, blast cells isolated from patients in which the whole or part of chromosome 7 was deleted were extremely sensitive to 1,25D and its analogs. In contrast, 1,25D failed to increase the expression of differentiation markers in blast cells isolated from patients carrying activating mutations in Flt3 gene. Since, the expression of vitamin D receptor (VDR) in cells with Flt3 mutations was increased to the same extent as in other AML cells this suggests that failure of these cells to differentiate lies downstream of the receptor. That blast cells with different cytogenetic abnormalities have dissimilar responses to 1,25D and its analogs, may have implications in the use of 1,25D as a 'differentiation therapy' for myeloid leukemias. The analog PRI-2191 (tacalcitol) was found to be the most potent in inducing patient's cells differentiation.
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- Elzbieta Gocek
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, Tamka 2, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland
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Suela J, Alvarez S, Cigudosa JC. DNA profiling by arrayCGH in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. Cytogenet Genome Res 2007; 118:304-9. [PMID: 18000384 DOI: 10.1159/000108314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- J Suela
- Molecular Cytogenetics Group, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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Casas S, Aventín A, Fuentes F, Vallespí T, Granada I, Carrió A, Angel Martínez-Climent J, Solé F, Teixidó M, Bernués M, Duarte J, Maria Hernández J, Brunet S, Dolors Coll M, Sierra J. Genetic diagnosis by comparative genomic hybridization in adult de novo acute myelocytic leukemia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 153:16-25. [PMID: 15325089 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2003.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2003] [Revised: 12/02/2003] [Accepted: 12/15/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A total of 127 adult de novo acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) patients were analyzed by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) at diagnosis. Conventional cytogenetic analysis (CCA) showed a normal karyotype in 45 cases and an abnormal karyotype in 56 cases; in the remaining cases, CCA either failed to yield sufficient metaphase cells (19/26) or was not done (7/26). Abnormal CGH profiles were identified in 39 patients (30.7%). DNA copy number losses (61%) were high compared to gains (39%), whereas partial chromosome changes (76%) were more common than whole chromosomes changes (24%). Recurrent losses were detected on chromosomes 7, 5q (comprising bands 5q15 to 5q33), 7q (7q32 approximately q36), 16q (16q13 approximately q21), and 17p, and gains were detected on chromosomes 8, 22, and 3q (comprising bands 3q26.1 approximately q27). Furthermore, distinct amplifications were identified in chromosome regions 21q, 13q12 approximately q13, and 13q21.1. No cryptic recurrent chromosomal imbalances were identified by CGH in cases with normal karyotypes. The concordance between CGH results and CCA was 72.5%. In the remaining cases, CGH gave additional information compared to CCA (20%) and partially failed to identify the alterations previously detected by CCA (7.5%). The majority of discrepancies arose from the limitations of the CGH technique, such as insensitivity to detect unbalanced chromosomal changes when occurring in a low proportion of cells. CGH increased the detection of unbalanced chromosomal alterations and allowed precise defining of partial or uncharacterized cytogenetical abnormalities. Application of the CGH technique is thus a useful complementary diagnostic tool for CCA in de novo AML cases with abnormal karyotypes or with unsuccessful cytogenetics.
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- Sílvia Casas
- Department of Hematology, Hospital Sant Pau-Autonomous University of Barcelona, Avda. Sant Antoni Ma Claret 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain
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Struski S, Doco-Fenzy M, Cornillet-Lefebvre P. Compilation of published comparative genomic hybridization studies. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2002; 135:63-90. [PMID: 12072205 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00624-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The power of comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) has been clearly proven since the first paper appeared in 1992 as a tool to characterize chromosomal imbalances in neoplasias. This review summarizes the chromosomal imbalances detected by CGH in solid tumors and in hemopathies. In May of 2001, we took a census of 430 articles providing information on 11,984 cases of human solid tumors or hematologic malignancies. Comparative generic hybridization has detected a number of recurrent regions of amplification or deletion that allows for identification of new chromosomal loci (oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, or other genes) involved in the development, progression, and clonal evolution of tumors. When CGH data from different studies are combined, a pattern of nonrandom genetic aberrations appears. As expected, some of these gains and losses are common to different types of pathologies, while others are more tumor-specific.
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- Stéphanie Struski
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Robert Debré-CHU Reims, Reims, France
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Matteucci C, La Starza R, Crescenzi B, Falzetti D, Romoli S, Emiliani C, Orlacchio A, Marynen P, Martelli MF, Mecucci C. Interpretation of the complex karyotype and identification of a new 6p amplicon by integrated comparative genomic hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization on the U937-I cell line. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2002; 135:28-34. [PMID: 12072200 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(01)00637-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Molecular cytogenetics is helpful to identify complex and cryptic genomic changes in malignancy. Human leukemic cell lines are an important tool for advancements of biological research on malignant cells, one critical step being characterization of genomic changes. We used fluorescence in situ hybridization and comparative genomic hybridization to refine karyotypic interpretation of the diffuse histiocytic lymphoma derived U937-1 cell line. From this integrated approach, chromosome material involved in nine karyotypic markers and in unbalanced translocations could be identified. Moreover, a previously undetected amplicon emerged within band 6p21. The U937-I is a new in vitro model to study genome amplification and unknown recombinations in leukemic cells, such as those involving the centromeric region of chromosome 1.
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MESH Headings
- Aneuploidy
- Chromosomes, Human/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/ultrastructure
- Gene Amplification
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Karyotyping
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- U937 Cells/ultrastructure
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- Caterina Matteucci
- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, University of Perugia, Policlinico Monteluce, Perugia, Italy
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Thomas JG, Olson JM, Tapscott SJ, Zhao LP. An efficient and robust statistical modeling approach to discover differentially expressed genes using genomic expression profiles. Genome Res 2001; 11:1227-36. [PMID: 11435405 PMCID: PMC311075 DOI: 10.1101/gr.165101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We have developed a statistical regression modeling approach to discover genes that are differentially expressed between two predefined sample groups in DNA microarray experiments. Our model is based on well-defined assumptions, uses rigorous and well-characterized statistical measures, and accounts for the heterogeneity and genomic complexity of the data. In contrast to cluster analysis, which attempts to define groups of genes and/or samples that share common overall expression profiles, our modeling approach uses known sample group membership to focus on expression profiles of individual genes in a sensitive and robust manner. Further, this approach can be used to test statistical hypotheses about gene expression. To demonstrate this methodology, we compared the expression profiles of 11 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and 27 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) samples from a previous study (Golub et al. 1999) and found 141 genes differentially expressed between AML and ALL with a 1% significance at the genomic level. Using this modeling approach to compare different sample groups within the AML samples, we identified a group of genes whose expression profiles correlated with that of thrombopoietin and found that genes whose expression associated with AML treatment outcome lie in recurrent chromosomal locations. Our results are compared with those obtained using t-tests or Wilcoxon rank sum statistics.
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- J G Thomas
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA
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Schoch C, Bursch S, Kern W, Schnittger S, Hiddemann W, Haferlach T. Gain of an isochromosome 5p: a new recurrent chromosome abnormality in acute monoblastic leukemia. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 127:85-8. [PMID: 11408074 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00424-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In acute myeloid leukemia (AML) close associations are known between cytomorphology and cytogenetics such as in AML M3/M3v showing a t(15;17) and in AML M4eo associated with inv(16)/t(16;16). In AML M5 a heterogenous cytogenetic pattern is observed. We describe the gain of an isochromosome of the short arm of chromosome 5 together with the gain of chromosome 8 as the sole abnormalities in two cases of acute monoblastic leukemia. In a third case of acute monoblastic leukemia we also observed the gain of an isochromosome 5p together with trisomy 8. This patient showed in addition an unbalanced translocation between the long arm of chromosome 1 and the short arm of chromosome 14 leading to a trisomy 1q. So far only two cases of AML with i(5)(p10) have been published. In no other hematological malignancy has an isochromosome 5p been reported up to now. As an isochromosome 5p can be misinterpreted as a deletion 5q, which occurs frequently in AML, fluorescence in situ hybridization with loci specific probes is a helpful method to detect this rare abnormality.
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- C Schoch
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrass 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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Kim MH, Stewart J, Devlin C, Kim YT, Boyd E, Connor M. The application of comparative genomic hybridization as an additional tool in the chromosome analysis of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 126:26-33. [PMID: 11343775 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00386-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) there are frequently complex karyotypes with multiple structurally altered chromosomes, many of which are marker chromosomes of unknown origin. The aim of this study was to apply comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to cases of AML or MDS in transformation submitted for routine cytogenetic analysis to investigate whether this approach would yield any further information and, if possible, to predict which cases would benefit from CGH analysis. Nineteen cases with AML or MDS in transformation were analyzed. CGH revealed nine cases with gains or losses of chromosomal material. In six of these cases the chromosomal location of this material was not apparent from cytogenetic analysis especially when multiple markers were present. By using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with specific libraries for the chromosome regions that showed discordance between CGH and conventional cytogenetics, we were able to identify the chromosome location of material within the karyotype. In this group of six patients, four cases of an unbalanced translocation involving regions of chromosomes 5 and 17 were characterized. Three of these cases had additional abnormalities, including two cases with regions of amplification in which oncogenes are located (MYC, MLL) and one case with a dic(7;21)(p10;p10). In all six cases it was possible to characterize complex chromosomal aberrations such as derivative chromosomes, marker chromosomes, and ring chromosomes. This study demonstrates that CGH can detect true gain and loss of critical chromosome regions more accurately than conventional karyotyping in cases with very complex karyotypes, and can thus prove useful in predicting prognosis and pinpointing areas of the genome that require further study. Also, CGH can be a useful technique to identify the origin of marker chromosomes, and it can assist in choice of probes for confirmatory FISH, when there is no clue provided from the analysis of G-banded chromosomes.
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- M H Kim
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Yorkhill Hospital Campus, G3 8SJ, Yorkhill, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Verdorfer I, Brecevic L, Saul W, Schenker B, Kirsch M, Trautmann U, Helm G, Gramatzki M, Gebhart E. Comparative genomic hybridization-aided unraveling of complex karyotypes in human hematopoietic neoplasias. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 124:1-6. [PMID: 11165314 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00287-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The information obtained by conventional cytogenetics (CC) in human leukemias is sometimes limited, in particular by complex karyotypes with many marker chromosomes. While CC is restricted to metaphases with a good quality, interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (I-FISH) is also capable of analyzing specific anomalies in the interphase nuclei. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) gives additional information about the imbalanced karyotype changes in the whole genome. The aim of this study was to assess the contribution of CGH to the unraveling of complex GTG karyotypes, which are difficult to evaluate by banding analysis, and to compare these results with those by CC and FISH. Thirteen bone marrow samples and one sample obtained from peripheral blood of 13 leukemia patients were examined by CC, FISH and CGH. The GTG banding analysis showed complex karyotypes with many marker chromosomes. The most frequent abnormalities were numerical and structural aberrations on chromosomes 5 and 7. In 12 of the 14 samples, the CGH analysis was able to detect chromosomal imbalances with losses of material on chromosome 5 and 7 as the most frequent aberrations. In all 14 samples, additional FISH analyses were performed. For most of the studied neoplasias, a close correlation between CC, FISH and CGH data was observed. CGH was considerably helpful in adding additional information to classical karyotyping, if the low quality or number of metaphases was insufficient for a reliable CC analysis. Even in cases where whole chromosome painting could be applied, it added information on the breakpoints of the observed rearrangements. In only 2 of the studied 14 samples, neither CGH nor I-FISH could improve the result of karyotyping. CGH, nevertheless, can be regarded as a powerful additional technique in leukemias with unsuccessful CC, incomplete, or complex karyotypes with many marker chromosomes. A systematic analysis by three techniques such as CC, FISH and CGH guarantees an optimal genetic characterization of the neoplasias.
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- I Verdorfer
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 10, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany
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Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) has contributed significantly to the current knowledge of genomic alterations in hematologic malignancies. Characteristic patterns of genomic imbalances not only have confirmed recent classification schemes in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but they provide a basis for the successful identification of genes with previously unrecognized pathogenic roles in the development of different lymphomas. Based on its technical limitations, there is little reason to apply CGH to chromosomes of metaphase cells in routine diagnostic settings. However, the new approach of CGH to DNA microarrays, a procedure termed matrix-CGH, overcomes most of the limitations and opens new approaches for diagnostics and identification of genetically defined leukemia and lymphoma subgroups. Current efforts to develop leukemia specific matrix-CGH DNA chips, which are designed to meet the clinical needs, are presented and discussed.
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- P Lichter
- Abteilung Organisation komplexer Genome, Deutsches Krebforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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Dano L, Guilly MN, Muleris M, Morlier JP, Altmeyer S, Vielh P, El-Naggar AK, Monchaux G, Dutrillaux B, Chevillard S. CGH analysis of radon-induced rat lung tumors indicates similarities with human lung cancers. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1098-2264(2000)9999:9999<000::aid-gcc1000>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Huhta T, Vettenranta K, Heinonen K, Kanerva J, Larramendy ML, Mahlamäki E, Saarinen-Pihkala UM, Knuutila S. Comparative genomic hybridization and conventional cytogenetic analyses in childhood acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma 1999; 35:311-5. [PMID: 10706455 DOI: 10.3109/10428199909145735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis was performed on bone marrow specimens from 19 children with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at diagnosis. The results of CGH were compared to those of conventional cytogenetic analysis. The most common CGH aberrations were gains of whole chromosomes 6 and 8, both of which appeared three times. Two losses were seen twice; losses of whole chromosomes 7 and X. The CGH findings were concordant with the results of conventional karyotyping. CGH did not add new information to the karyotypes. Since no high-level amplification was found among the samples and standard karyotyping was highly successful, we do not advocate routine use of CGH in the diagnostic evaluation of childhood AML.
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- T Huhta
- Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Persson K, Pandis N, Mertens F, Borg �, Baldetorp B, Killander D, Isola J. Chromosomal aberrations in breast cancer: A comparison between cytogenetics and comparative genomic hybridization. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199906)25:2<115::aid-gcc7>3.0.co;2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Kearney L. The impact of the new fish technologies on the cytogenetics of haematological malignancies. Br J Haematol 1999; 104:648-58. [PMID: 10192422 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01181.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- L Kearney
- MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
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