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Unclassifiable Isolated Monoclonal Lymphocytosis: Comprehensive Description of a Retrospective Cohort. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11101495. [PMID: 31590326 PMCID: PMC6826630 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11101495] [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: 06/23/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, the nosology of B-cell neoplasms integrates clinical, morphological, phenotypic, and genetic data. In this retrospective analysis, we identified 18 patients with isolated neoplastic lymphocytosis that could not be accurately classified within the WHO classification. Most of them were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis and the evolution was relatively indolent, as only five patients required treatment after a median follow-up of 48 months. The neoplastic B-cells expressed CD5 in most cases, but the Royal Marsden Hospital score was strictly below 3. Trisomy 12 was the most frequent cytogenetic abnormality. High-throughput sequencing highlighted mutations found in both chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and marginal zone lymphoma (MZL). Similarly, the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region repertoire was distinct from those reported in CLL or MZL. However, as treatment choice is dependent on the correct classification of the lymphoproliferative disorder, a histological diagnosis should be performed in case patients need to be treated.
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López C, Baumann T, Costa D, López-Guerra M, Navarro A, Gómez C, Arias A, Muñoz C, Rozman M, Villamor N, Colomer D, Montserrat E, Campo E, Carrió A. A new genetic abnormality leading to TP53 gene deletion in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2011; 156:612-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08978.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Changes in the expression of telomere maintenance genes suggest global telomere dysfunction in B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 2007; 111:2388-91. [PMID: 18077792 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-09-111245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, we explored the telomeric changes that occur in B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), in which telomere length has recently been demonstrated to be a powerful prognostic marker. We carried out a transcriptomic analysis of telomerase components (hTERT and DYSKERIN), shelterin proteins (TRF1, TRF2, hRAP1, TIN2, POT1, and TPP1), and a set of multifunctional proteins involved in telomere maintenance (hEST1A, MRE11, RAD50, Ku80, and RPA1) in peripheral B cells from 42 B-CLL patients and 20 healthy donors. We found that, in B-CLL cells, the expressions of hTERT, DYSKERIN, TRF1, hRAP1, POT1, hEST1A, MRE11, RAD50, and KU80 were more than 2-fold reduced (P < .001), contrasting with the higher expression of TPP1 and RPA1 (P < .001). This differential expression pattern suggests that both telomerase down-regulation and changes in telomeric proteins composition are involved in the pathogenesis of B-CLL.
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Gazzo S, Chudoba I, Traverse-Glehen A, Baseggio L, Felman P, Berger F, Salles G, Hayette S, Magaud JP, Callet-Bauchu E. Detailed characterization of 7q deletions by multicolor banding (mBAND) in marginal zone cell lymphoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 175:159-65. [PMID: 17556073 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2006.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2006] [Revised: 11/22/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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High-resolution multicolor banding (mBAND) analysis was applied to precisely fine-map the genomic extent of 7q deletions in a series of 26 marginal zone lymphoma patients displaying the abnormality on conventional karyotypes. Using this approach, the breakpoints and the extent of deletions revealed by conventional banding techniques had to be re-defined in 70% of cases. Although no common minimal region of deletion was delineated, mBAND demonstrated the involvement of the 7q32 region in more than 90% of cases. In addition, unsuspected translocations and intrachromosomal changes could be identified in four cases. Taken together, these data demonstrate that mBAND represents an alternative cytogenetic tool in the comprehensive analysis of chromosome aberrations in hematologic malignancies, allowing rapid screening and precise delineation of structural rearrangements of a defined chromosome. This also confirms the localization in the vicinity of band 7q32 of putative candidate gene(s) involved in the pathogenic development of the disease.
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- Sophie Gazzo
- Service d'Hématologie Biologique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud - Hospices Civils de Lyon et Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, EA 3737, 69495 Pierre-Bénite, Cedex 69495, France
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de la Fouchardiere A, Gazzo S, Balme B, Chouvet B, Felman P, Coiffier B, Salles G, Callet-Bauchu E, Berger F. Cytogenetic and Molecular Analysis of 12 Cases of Primary Cutaneous Marginal Zone Lymphomas. Am J Dermatopathol 2006; 28:287-92. [PMID: 16871031 DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200608000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Primary low-grade B-cell lymphomas of the skin are separated into marginal zone and follicle center lymphomas according to the recent World Health Organization-European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer classification, with distinct histologic and immunohistochemical profiles. Some cases remain difficult to distinguish. The degree of relationship with their extracutaneous counterparts is currently being investigated on clinical, histologic and molecular grounds. Cytogenetic analysis using fluorescence in situ hybridization was performed on 12 frozen samples of infiltrated skin that had been classified as marginal zone lymphoma (MZL). Chromosomal changes known to be recurrently observed in systemic MZL of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type, and in follicular center lymphoma were analyzed. These included trisomy for chromosomes 3, 7, 12, and 18 as well as t(14;18) IGH/BCL2, t(14;18) IGH/MLT1, and t(11;18) API2/MLT1 translocations. Complementary molecular search of IGH/BCL2 rearrangement using a polymerase chain reaction technique and of API2/MLT1 mRNA expression by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction were performed. Two cases showed evidence of trisomy 3 at levels varying from 14% to 20% of the analyzed cells. No other chromosomal abnormalities were found with those techniques in the remaining cases. These results demonstrate that known recurrent chromosomal abnormalities rarely occur in primary cutaneous MZLs and suggest the possibility of a variety of initial oncogenic events leading to a common downstream pathway. These data also underline that fluorescence in situ analysis on routine skin punch biopsies represents a reliable tool for the detection of chromosomal changes, but requires consistent dermal infiltration.
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- Arnaud de la Fouchardiere
- Laboratoire de Cytogénétique et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Bénite, France
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Cerretini R, Chena C, Giere I, Sarmiento M, Arrossagaray G, Rodríguez A, Pérez Bianco R, de Dios Soler M, Narbaitz M, Slavutsky I. Structural aberrations of chromosomes 17 and 12 in chronic B-cell disorders. Eur J Haematol 2003; 71:433-8. [PMID: 14703693 DOI: 10.1046/j.0902-4441.2003.00163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Genomic aberrations can now be identified in approximately 80% of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) patients. In the present study, four new structural changes involving chromosomes 17 and 12 in CLL/SLL patients are described. METHODS Five patients were selected for inclusion in the present report among a total of 92 cases with diagnosis of CLL/SLL. Cytogenetic studies and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis to detect some of the most frequent cryptic aberrations occurring in CLL/SLL patients were performed. Clinical studies are also described. RESULTS Four cases showed structural rearrangements of chromosome 17. A psu dic(17;2)(p11.2;p21), leading to p53 deletion, was observed in a patient who developed a mixed cellularity Hodgkin's disease coexisting with the CLL/SLL in the same lymph node. Epstein Barr virus was detected in the Reed-Sternberg cells. Two cases had a balanced translocation t(2;17)(p21;q23). Both patients showed trisomy 12 and clonal evolution and one of them also had 11q deletion. In addition, a der(17)t(12;17)(q13;q25) as a part of a complex karyotype, and a complex translocation t(5;12;19) (q15;p11;q13) were also found. Four patients had an adverse clinical outcome and died because of disease progression. CONCLUSIONS Four unreported nonrandom chromosome aberrations in CLL/SLL patients, one of them who might represent a new recurrent abnormality, are described. These uncommon abnormalities, mostly associated with evolving disease, may have implications for the understanding of genetic events associated with disease progression in this pathology.
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- Roxana Cerretini
- Department of Genética, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Leroux D, Lefebvre C, Callanan M. [Genetic changes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia]. PATHOLOGIE-BIOLOGIE 2003; 51:366-74. [PMID: 12927894 DOI: 10.1016/s0369-8114(03)00083-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Chronic B-cell leukemias (CLL) are characterised by a striking cytogenetic signature composed of multiple recurrent chromosomal imbalances involving specific chromosomal regions i.e. 13q, 11q, 12q, 17p et 6q (decreasing order of frequency). These chromosomal aberrations may be found in up to 80% of the cases either as isolated or associated anomalies. They can also appear during the course of the disease suggesting their secondary nature. Furthermore, and at variance with other B-cell proliferations like lymphomas or myelomas, balanced translocations involving immunoglobulin (Ig) gene locus are rare. In addition to their interest in patient diagnosis and follow-up, these tumour-specific genetic markers also harbor important prognostic significance : isolated 13q deletions correlate with prolonged survival whereas both 17p and 11q partial deletions are independent predictors of rapid disease progression and short survival times in multivariate analyses. Genetic analyses as well as the first transcriptome studies of CLL reveal 1) a common mechanism of transformation and/or cell of origin, 2) the existence of at least two prognostic subgroups based on Ig mutational status.
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- D Leroux
- Laboratoire d'Hématologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Département de Biologie et Pathologie de la Cellule, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, BP217, 38043 Grenoble 9, France.
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Samson T, Mossafa H, Lusina D, Fagot T, Souleau B, de Revel T, Troussard X, Nedellec G. Dicentric chromosome 3 associated with binucleated lymphocytes in atypical B-cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorder. Leuk Lymphoma 2002; 43:1749-54. [PMID: 12685827 DOI: 10.1080/1042819021000006501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Binucleated lymphocytes on blood smear are known in PPBL characterized by stable and polyclonal lymphocytosis, polyclonal increase of serum IgM, HLA DR7 and strong correlation with additional i(3q) and premature chromosome condensation. In this disorder some reports of clonal Ig rearrangement suggest a follow up of these patients with immunological and genetic studies. Binucleated lymphocytes are rarely described in other clonal B-CLPD as B-CLL or marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZL). Chromosome 3 abnormality is never described in B-CLL but trisomy 3 represents the most consistent abnormality characterizing the MZL. We report in a man without previous medical history an unusual B-CLPD with monoclonal lymphocytosis CD5-, characteristic cytology (particularly binucleated lymphocytes) and chromosomic abnormality as dicentric chromosome 3 never previously described in B-CLPD. In this case lymphocytosis is persistent and stable over 24 months, cytologic immunologic and chromosomic abnormalities are unchanged. We discuss the nosologic place of this atypical B-CLPD closely related to PPBL and MZL with at the moment, after 24 months, a quiet evolution that imply nevertheless a careful follow up with regular cytologic, immunological and genetic studies to clarify the issue.
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MESH Headings
- B-Lymphocytes
- Biotinylation
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Cytogenetics
- Gene Rearrangement
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Lymphocytosis/metabolism
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/metabolism
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/genetics
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/metabolism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- Time Factors
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- T Samson
- Service de Biologic Médicale, Hôpital Percy, 101 Avenue Henri Barbusse, BP 406, 92141 Clamart Cedex, France.
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Preudhomme C, Roumier C, Hildebrand MP, Dallery-Prudhomme E, Lantoine D, Laï JL, Daudignon A, Adenis C, Bauters F, Fenaux P, Kerckaert JP, Galiègue-Zouitina S. Nonrandom 4p13 rearrangements of the RhoH/TTF gene, encoding a GTP-binding protein, in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Oncogene 2000; 19:2023-32. [PMID: 10803463 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We recently isolated the RhoH/TTF gene by its fusion to the LAZ3/BCL6 gene, in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) cell line, which bore a t(3;4)(q27;p11-13) translocation. This gene encodes a novel Rho GTP-binding protein and is specifically expressed in hematopoietic tissues. We made its precise mapping at band 4p13, and described its partial genomic structure. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization and molecular analyses, we report here on the rearrangement of the RhoH/TTF gene, at band 4p13, in four cases of NHL with t(3;4)(q27;p13) translocation and its fusion to the LAZ3/BCL6 gene at band 3q27, in three of these cases. RT-PCR analysis of two cases allowed the detection of variable fusion transcripts emerging from the rearranged alleles, and in one case, a deregulated expression of both RhoH/TTF and LAZ3/BCL6 genes, by promoter substitution, was observed. We also show here another rearrangement of the RhoH/TTF gene in a patient with multiple myeloma and t(4;14)(p13;q32) translocation, with breakage within the IGH gene. It is the first report which describes the recurrent chromosomal alteration of a GTP-binding protein encoding gene, in patients with hematopoietic malignancies.
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- C Preudhomme
- INSERM U.524, Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, Lille, France
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Non-MALT marginal zone B-cell lymphomas: a description of clinical presentation and outcome in 124 patients. Blood 2000. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.6.1950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZL) is a recently individualized lymphoma that encompasses mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, splenic lymphoma with or without villous lymphocytes, and nodal lymphoma with or without monocytoid B-cells. If the clinical description and outcome of MALT lymphoma is well known, this is not the case for the other subtypes. We reviewed 124 patients presenting non-MALT MZL treated in our department to describe the morphologic and clinical presentation and the outcome of these lymphomas. Four clinical subtypes were observed: splenic, 59 patients; nodal, 37 patients; disseminated (splenic and nodal), 20 patients; and leukemic (not splenic nor nodal), 8 patients. These lymphomas were usually CD5-, CD10-, CD23-, and CD43-, but the detection of one or, rarely, two of these antigens may be observed. Bone marrow and blood infiltrations were frequent, except in the nodal subtype, but these locations were not associated with a poorer outcome. Splenic and leukemic subtypes were associated with a median time to progression (TTP) longer than 5 years, even in the absence of treatment or of complete response to therapy. Nodal and disseminated subtypes were associated with a median TTP of 1 year. However, in all these subtypes, survival was good with a median survival of 9 years, allowing these lymphomas to be classified as indolent. Because of the retrospective nature of this analysis, no conclusion may be drawn on the therapeutic aspects, but conservative treatments seem recommended for leukemic and splenic subtypes.
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Callet-Bauchu E, Gazzo S, Poncet C, Pagès J, Morel D, Alliot C, Coiffier B, Coeur P, Salles G, Felman P. Distinct chromosome 3 abnormalities in persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1999; 26:221-8. [PMID: 10502320 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199911)26:3<221::aid-gcc6>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Persistent polyclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (PPBL) is a rare entity of unknown etiology characterized by a polyclonal expansion of B-lymphocytes with typical bilobulated forms, elevated serum IgM, and an additional isochromosome for the long arm of chromosome 3 as the sole change. In the present study, we investigated four cases of PPBL by means of conventional cytogenetic analysis and FISH. In all patients, the polyclonality of the lymphoproliferation was demonstrated by immunophenotypic studies, and PCR analysis failed to demonstrate clonal IGH rearrangements in three evaluated cases. In two patients, in addition to +i(3)(q10), banding techniques identified unrelated clones with trisomy 3. FISH studies using a chromosome 3 long arm-specific probe provided evidence that all cases had both +i(3)(q10) and +3. To determine more precisely the distribution of the chromosomal abnormalities within the peripheral lymphocyte population, we investigated two of these cases using a technique of simultaneous fluorescence immunophenotyping and interphase cytogenetics (FICTION). We demonstrated that both abnormalities were randomly distributed among the B-lymphocytes, independently of the kappa or lambda light chain isotype and the nuclear aspect. These data lead us to conclude that trisomy 3 represents, in addition to +i(3)(q10), another recurrent cytogenetic change in PPBL, suggesting that this lymphoproliferative disorder is associated with an increased frequency of chromosome 3 instability.
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- E Callet-Bauchu
- Laboratoire Central d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Bénite, and UPRES-JE "Pathologie des Cellules Lymphoïdes," Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, France
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Dumontet C, Fabianowska-Majewska K, Mantincic D, Callet Bauchu E, Tigaud I, Gandhi V, Lepoivre M, Peters GJ, Rolland MO, Wyczechowska D, Fang X, Gazzo S, Voorn DA, Vanier-Viornery A, MacKey J. Common resistance mechanisms to deoxynucleoside analogues in variants of the human erythroleukaemic line K562. Br J Haematol 1999; 106:78-85. [PMID: 10444166 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01509.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Resistant variants of the human leukaemic line K562 were developed using selection with the deoxynucleoside analogues cytosine arabinoside, 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, fludarabine and gemcitabine. The resistant lines displayed a high degree of cross resistance to all deoxynucleoside analogues, with little or no cross resistance to other agents. There was a profound accumulation defect of all nucleoside analogues in the resistant variants but no significant defect in nucleoside transport in any of the variants. 5' nucleotidase activity was strongly increased and deoxycytidine kinase activity was moderately reduced in all of the resistant variants, resulting in reduced accumulation of triphosphate analogues. In addition a deletion in one of the alleles of the deoxycytidine kinase was detected in the fludarabine-resistant line. Ribonucleotide reductase activity was found to be strongly increased in the gemcitabine-selected line and purine nucleoside phosphorylase was increased in the 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine-selected line. Free nucleotide pools were increased in the 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine-selected line. There was no expression of the mdr1 gene by the resistant lines. Karyotypic analysis and FISH experiments using a 6q21 specific probe showed alterations in the 6(q16-q22) region which contains the 5'-nucleotidase gene. Early events in the activation and degradation of deoxynucleoside analogues appear to constitute common mechanisms of resistance to these compounds.
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- C Dumontet
- Laboratoire d'Immunochimie, Service et Laboratoire Central d'Hématologie et de Biochimie, Hospices Civils de Lyon Pierre Bénite, France.
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A Novel Chromosomal Translocation t(4; 14)(p16.3; q32) in Multiple Myeloma Involves the Fibroblast Growth-Factor Receptor 3 Gene. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v90.10.4062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chromosomal translocations involving the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) locus at chromosome 14q32 represent a common mechanism of oncogene activation in lymphoid malignancies. In multiple myeloma (MM), the most consistent chromosomal abnormality is the 14q+ marker, which originates in one third of cases through a t(11; 14)(q13; q32) chromosomal translocation; in the remaining cases, the identity of the partner chromosomes has not been well established. We used a Southern blot approach based on the linkage analysis of the joining (J) and the constant (C) μ, α, and γ regions to detect cases bearing IGH switch-mediated chromosomal translocations. We evaluated DNA of 88 nonkaryotyped patients with MM (78 cases) or plasma cell leukemia (PCL) (10 cases) and found the presence of “illegitimate” rearranged IGH fragments (no comigration between the J and C regions) in 21 cases. To confirm this analysis, we cloned the illegitimate rearranged fragments from three samples, and the molecular and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses indicated the presence of chromosomal translocations juxtaposing a switch IGH region to sequences from chromosomes 11q13 (one PCL case) or 4p16.3 (two MM cases). Interestingly, the breakpoints on 4p16.3 occurred about 14 kb apart in a genomic region located approximately 50 kb centromeric to the fibroblast growth-factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) gene. Moreover, Southern blot analysis using 4p16.3 genomic probes detected a rearrangement in an additional MM tumor. FISH analysis of the MM-derived KMS-11 cell line, reported to be associated with a t(4; 14)(p16.3; q32), showed that the FGFR3 gene was translocated on 14q32. High levels of FGFR3 mRNA expression were observed in the cloned MM tumors and KMS-11 cell line, but not in the cases that were apparently negative for this lesion. Furthermore, a point mutation at codon 373 in the transmembrane domain of the FGFR3 gene resulting in an amino acid substitution (Tyr → Cys) was detected in the KMS-11 cell line. These findings indicate that the t(4; 14)(p16.3; q32) represents a novel, recurrent chromosomal translocation in MM, and suggest that the FGFR3 gene may be the target of this abnormality and thus contribute to tumorigenesis in MM.
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Callet-Bauchu E, Rimokh R, Gazzo S, Pagès J, Bastion Y, Berger F, Coeur P, Felman P. Unbalanced X;autosome translocation (X;18)(q13;p11) in a case of aggressive natural killer non-Hodgkin lymphoma. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1997; 98:16-9. [PMID: 9309113 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(96)00408-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Recent evidence has shown that rare cases of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) derive from cells belonging to the natural killer (NK) lymphocyte lineage and a new clinico pathologic entity has been proposed. Though well documented in B- and T-cell NHL, chromosome abnormalities are rare findings in NK-NHL and to date, no recurrent cytogenetic abnormality has been described. The present study reports the clinical data, cytogenetic and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis of a new case of typical NK-NHL characterized by a primary unbalanced translocation (X;18) (q13;p11). Recent data of X;autosome translocation in malignant lymphomas have proposed Xp22 and Xq28 as the location of NHL-related oncogenes. According to other published reports on the involvement of the Xq13 region in NHL and particularly in aggressive forms, we hypothesize the existence of additional putative lymphoma-associated oncogenes at the band Xq13.
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- E Callet-Bauchu
- Laboratoire Central d'Hématologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France
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