title: Location of the BCR-ABL fusion gene on the 9q34 band in two cases of Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukemia.
abstract: Two new variant Philadelphia (Ph) chromosomes with an aberrant location of the BCR-ABL fusion gene on 9q34 of the derivative 9 are reported. One presented cytogenetically as a standard t(9;22)(q34;q11), whereas the other was classified as an ins(9;22)(q34;q11.1q11.2) using the combined interpretation of cytogenic, FISH, and molecular data. The mechanisms of the two rearrangements are presented. It is suggested that the insertion has occurred in a single event in the patient with ins(9;22). In the patient with t(9;22), both a translocation and an insertion, occurring either sequentially or simultaneously, can account for the location of the BCR-ABL fusion gene on the derivative 9. A possible poor prognostic impact of this aberrant location of the BCR-ABL is also suggested by the clinical data reported in such patients.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Hématologie, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aurich
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dastugue
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duchayne
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlaifer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rigal-Huguet
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Caballin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / Q000235:genetics; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl