title: bcl-2 gene rearrangement analysis of Japanese follicular lymphomas by polymerase chain reaction in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens.
abstract: The prevalence of chromosomal translocation t(14;18) was examined in 41 cases of follicular lymphoma covering all histopathological subtypes, using the polymerase chain reaction and hybridization method with non-radioactive oligonucleotide probes. DNAs were extracted from unfixed fresh-frozen and/or formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens. The t(14;18) chromosomal translocation, resulting in bcl-2-JH (immunoglobulin heavy chain gene joining segment) fusion gene, was detected in 7 (36.8%) of 19 follicular small cleaved cell lymphomas and 6 (54.5%) of 11 follicular mixed, small cleaved cell and large cell lymphomas. Meanwhile, 11 cases of follicular large cell lymphoma revealed no bcl-2-JH fusion gene. There was a statistically significant difference in the frequency of bcl-2-JH rearrangement between follicular, small cleaved cell and large cell lymphoma (two-sided Fisher exact test, P = 0.049). The difference of bcl-2 rearrangement frequency between follicular, mixed and large cell lymphoma was also statistically significant (P = 0.012).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Prefectural College of Nursing and Medical Technology, Yokohama.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uehara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region / Q000235:genetics; D007564:Japan; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases