title: Improved cytogenetic analysis of bone marrow plasma cells after cytokine stimulation in multiple myeloma: a report on 46 patients.
abstract: Cytogenetic analysis was successfully performed in 46 consecutive myeloma patients (40 newly diagnosed and six relapsed patients). Karyotype was performed on bone marrow cells after long-term cultures (6 d) stimulated by GM-CSF, GM-CSF+IL6 or GM-CSF+IL6+IL3. Nineteen patients (41%) had cytogenetic abnormalities including 17/40 patients at diagnosis (42.5%) and 2/6 patients at relapse. Hyperdiploidy was found in 12 patients and hypodiploidy in four patients. Of the 17 newly diagnosed patients with cytogenetic abnormalities, five died from myeloma after 1-14 months and three other patients had primary drug resistance. Our results suggest that cytogenetic analysis after stimulation of cultures by cytokines detects clonal abnormalities in 40-50% of newly diagnosed myeloma patients and that these patients often have a short survival and/or primary drug resistance.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies du Sang, C.H.U., Lille, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Facon
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nataf
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Preudhomme
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zandecki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hammad
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wattel
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jouet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bauters
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000235:genetics*; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007377:Interleukin-3; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor