title: Rearrangement of T-cell receptor delta/gamma genes: application to the study of clonality in childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
abstract: DNA-based PCR with various sets of primers for T-cell receptor gamma/delta (TCR gamma/delta) chain genes was used to study clonality in childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. TCR delta genes rearrangements were the most common and were observed in 77 patients (64.2%). The typical pattern of rearrangements was defined as an incomplete V delta 2 to D delta 3 or to D delta 2 recombination product. Rearrangements of TCR gamma genes were observed in 61 cases (50.8%). Predominantly, TCR gamma genes rearrangements were detected in null-ALL and the early B-ALL (55.2% and 60%, respectively) and were rather rare in other groups. From all eight V segments of V gamma l group rearrangements concerned mostly regions V gamma 2, V gamma 4 and V gamma 7. We have confirmed that TCR gamma and delta genes amplification provides a rapid, sensitive method for assessing clonality in ALL almost in 100%.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Januszkiewicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nowak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002999:Clone Cells; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D016694:Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015448:Leukemia, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta