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Molecular characterisation of a recurrent, semi-cryptic RUNX1 translocation t(7;21) in myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukaemia

Foster, Nicola ; Paulsson, Kajsa LU ; Sales, Mark ; Cunningham, Joan ; Groves, Michael ; O'Connor, Nigel ; Begum, Suriya ; Stubbs, Tracy ; McMullan, Dominic J. and Griffiths, Michael , et al. (2010) In British Journal of Haematology 148(6). p.938-943
Abstract
P>A proportion of cytogenetic abnormalities in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) may escape detection by high-resolution genomic technologies, but can be identified by conventional cytogenetic and molecular analysis. Here, we report the detection of a reciprocal translocation t(7;21)(p22;q22) in the marrow of two adults with MDS and AML, using conventional cytogenetic analysis and fluorescence-in situ-hybridization (FISH). Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and sequence analysis identified a fusion between RUNX1 and the gene encoding ubiquitin specific peptidase-42 (USP42), with splice-variants and variable break-points within RUNX1. Combined cytomorphology and FISH studies in MDS... (More)
P>A proportion of cytogenetic abnormalities in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) may escape detection by high-resolution genomic technologies, but can be identified by conventional cytogenetic and molecular analysis. Here, we report the detection of a reciprocal translocation t(7;21)(p22;q22) in the marrow of two adults with MDS and AML, using conventional cytogenetic analysis and fluorescence-in situ-hybridization (FISH). Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and sequence analysis identified a fusion between RUNX1 and the gene encoding ubiquitin specific peptidase-42 (USP42), with splice-variants and variable break-points within RUNX1. Combined cytomorphology and FISH studies in MDS marrow revealed abnormal RUNX1 signals within megakaryocytes, suggesting that the acquisition of t(7;21)(p22;q22) does not confer complete differentiation arrest and may represent an early genetic event in leukaemogenesis. Single nucleotide polymorphism-arrays failed to detect additional sub-microscopic genomic changes predisposing to or associated with t(7;21). Molecular analysis of 100 MDS and AML marrow specimens by RT-PCR did not reveal new cases with the RUNX1-USP42 fusion. Thus, our studies have identified t(7;21)(p22;q22) as a rare but recurrent abnormality in MDS/AML, with the existence of alternative spliced forms of the RUNX1-USP42 transcript in different patients. Further studies are required to identify the potential contribution of these splice-variants to disease heterogeneity. (Less)
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myelodysplastic syndrome, RUNX1-USP42, acute myeloid leukaemia
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British Journal of Haematology
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148
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6
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938 - 943
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • wos:000275094900013
  • scopus:77649196731
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0007-1048
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10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08039.x
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English
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  author       = {{Foster, Nicola and Paulsson, Kajsa and Sales, Mark and Cunningham, Joan and Groves, Michael and O'Connor, Nigel and Begum, Suriya and Stubbs, Tracy and McMullan, Dominic J. and Griffiths, Michael and Pratt, Norman and Tauro, Sudhir}},
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  keywords     = {{myelodysplastic syndrome; RUNX1-USP42; acute myeloid leukaemia}},
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  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{British Journal of Haematology}},
  title        = {{Molecular characterisation of a recurrent, semi-cryptic RUNX1 translocation t(7;21) in myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukaemia}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08039.x}},
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