title: Detection of trisomy 12 and centromeric alterations in CLL by interphase- and metaphase-FISH.
abstract: We have studied trisomy 12 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with an alpha-satellite centromeric probe for chromosome 12 on both dividing and non-dividing cells. Trisomy for chromosome 12 was demonstrated in four of these patients (15.3%) using FISH on interphase cells. The percentage of trisomic cells ranged from 10% to 65% of nuclei. The hybridization signals in the trisomic and disomic nuclei were of a broadly similar size and nature. Interestingly, three of the remaining CLL patients, who exhibited disomy for chromosome 12, showed a marked difference in size of the hybridization signals in interphase nuclei. This was also demonstrated in metaphase spreads. In addition, metaphase FISH studies revealed a supernumerary marker chromosome in three out of 26 patients with CLL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, University of Selçuk, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Connor
mesh_terms: D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007399:Interphase; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008677:Metaphase; D014314:Trisomy