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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Anthony MoormanORCiD, Dr Michael Griffiths, Dr Tina Davies, Professor Christine Harrison FRCPath FMedSci
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The dic(9;20)(p11-13;q11) is a recurrent chromosomal abnormality in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Although it results in loss of material from 9p and 20q, the molecular targets on both chromosomes have not been fully elucidated. From an initial cohort of 58 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients with this translocation, breakpoint mapping with fluorescence in situ hybridization on 26 of them revealed breakpoint heterogeneity of both chromosomes. PAX5 has been proposed to be the target gene on 9p, while for 20q, FISH analysis implicated the involvement of the ASXL1 gene, either by a breakpoint within (n=4) or centromeric (deletion, n=12) of the gene. Molecular copy-number counting, long-distance inverse PCR and direct sequence analysis identified six dic(9;20) breakpoint sequences. In addition to the three previously reported: PAX5-ASXL1, PAX5-C20ORF112 and PAX5-KIF3B; we identified three new ones in this study: sequences 3' of PAX5 disrupting ASXL1, and ZCCHC7 disrupted by sequences 3' of FRG1B and LOC1499503. This study provides insight into the breakpoint complexity underlying dicentric chromosomal formation in acute lymphoblastic leukemia and highlights putative target gene loci.
Author(s): An Q, Wright SL, Moorman AV, Parker H, Griffiths M, Ross FM, Davies T, Harrison CJ, Strefford JC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Haematologica
Year: 2009
Volume: 94
Issue: 8
Pages: 1164-1169
ISSN (print): 0390-6078
ISSN (electronic): 1592-8721
Publisher: Fondazione Ferrata Storti
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2008.002808
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2008.002808
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