A molecular cytogenetic study of imprinting effect in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the t(1;19)(q23;p13)
- Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States); and others
Genomic imprinting (the functional difference between homologous alleles dependent upon parent of origin) seems to play an important role in some forms of recessive tumors as well as in the genetic predisposition to cancer. Recently, this phenomenon has been implicated in reciprocal translocations found in hematological malignancies. Cytogenetic polymorphism studies on the t(9;22) chromosome in chronic myelogenous leukemia have shown chromosome 9 to be paternal in origin while chromosome 22 is maternally derived in all the cases studied. We developed a molecular technique using chromosome microdissection and polymerase chain reaction (CMPCR) to study the possible involvement of genomic imprinting in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with the t(1;19). This technique has an advantage over conventional molecular techniques because it can distinguish the translocated chromosome from the normal homologue. Amplification of highly polymorphic microsatellite loci was performed on the microdissected translocated chromosomes and compared with parental alleles to assess the parent of origin of the chromosome 1 and chromosome 19 involved in the translocation. Parental origin of the derivative chromosomes 1 and 19 has been evaluated in six children with pre-B cell ALL and t(1;19)(q23;p13). The ratio of maternal:paternal:uncertain origin was 3:2:1 for chromosome 1 and 1:3:2 for chromosome 19. Thus far, the data do not indicate a strong parent of origin bias for this specific ALL associated translocation. Although genomic imprinting does not appear to be involved in this subgroup of childhood ALL patients, this technique can be used to determine parental origin of aberrant chromosomes in other hematological malignancies.
- OSTI ID:
- 133530
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-0258
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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