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FISH mapping of i(7q) in acute leukemias and myxoid liposarcoma reveals clustered breakpoints in 7p11.2 : implications for formation and pathogenetic outcome of the idic(7)(p11.2)

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Summary, in English

Isochromosome 7q - i(7q) - is seen in a wide variety of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, often as a secondary change to a characteristic primary translocation. Despite its high frequency, nothing is known about the formation and the pathogenetic outcome of this abnormality. To address these issues, we performed a detailed fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) investigation of four acute lymphoblastic leukemias, one acute myeloid leukemia, and two myxoid liposarcomas with i(7q). Using FISH with bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) mapping between 7p12.2 and 7q11.2, the breakpoints (BPs) in all seven cases were shown to cluster to an approximately 340 kb segment at 7p11.2, covered by the overlapping BAC probes RP11-760D2 and RP11-10F11. Thus, the i(7q) should formally be designated idic(7) (p11.2). In one of the cases, FISH with fosmids could narrow down the BP further to an 80-kb sequence delineated by G248P81983A10 and G248P8793H7. No known genes are located in the 340-kb BP cluster region, indicating that the idic(7)(p11.2) does not result in a fusion or deregulation of genes in this segment. The pathogenetically important outcome is thus likely to be an altered gene expression because of copy number changes. The clustering of breakpoints might be due to frequent intrachromosomal duplicons in the BP region.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

126-130

Publication/Series

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volume

114

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Karger

Topic

  • Medical Genetics
  • Cancer and Oncology

Keywords

  • Preschool
  • Aged
  • Adult
  • Chromosomes
  • Chromosome Breakage: genetics
  • Human
  • Female
  • Pair 7: genetics
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Humans
  • Isochromosomes: genetics
  • Fluorescence
  • Liposarcoma
  • Myxoid: genetics
  • Leukemia: pathology
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukemia: genetics
  • Child
  • Acute Disease
  • 80 and over
  • Myxoid: pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Research Support
  • Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Adolescent

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1424-859X