title: Localization of amplified MYC gene sequences to double minute chromosomes in acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: Cytogenetic and molecular studies were performed on two dmin-bearing acute myelogenous leukemia (FAB-M2) samples. Both cases were characterized by complex karyotypes containing interstitial deletions of the long arm of chromosome 8 altering band 8q24.1, aberrations affecting the short arm of chromosome 17, and multiple double minute chromosomes (dmin). Using a 1.4 kb cDNA probe coding for the third exon of the MYC oncogene, DNA slot blots indicated MYC gene sequences were amplified in both samples. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using a 9.0 kb genomic probe for MYC was performed in one case and localized the amplified MYC gene sequences to the dmin. Neither patient achieved a complete remission using traditional induction chemotherapy. The complex karyology with amplification of MYC gene sequences appears to represent a poor prognostic subgroup of acute myelogenous leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cytogenetics, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Slovak
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pettenati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Douer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Traweek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification / Q000235:genetics*; D016259:Genes, myc; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged