title: Gain of 3q and deletion of 11q22 are frequent aberrations in mantle cell lymphoma.
abstract: We used comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to screen for DNA copy number changes in 34 specimens from 27 cases of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). The most common gains were detected at 3q (52%), 8q (30%), and 15q (26%), whereas the most frequent losses involved 13q (41%), 1p (33%), 6q (30%), 9p (30%), and 11q (30%). The gain of 3q, with a minimal common region at 3q26.1-27, appeared in more than half of the lymphomas, suggesting the location of an important oncogene here. A common deleted region at 11q22 was found in one-third of the patients, which suggests that this region may harbor a tumor suppressor gene important in the tumorigenesis of MCL. The mean number of changes was higher in more aggressive blastoid variants of MCL than in lymphomas with typical morphology. Our results show that the chromosomal regions affected in MCL are highly consistent and are different from those seen in other types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Monni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oinonen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elonen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Franssila
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teerenhovi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Joensuu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knuutila
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D018628:Gene Dosage; D006801:Humans; D019656:Loss of Heterozygosity / Q000235:genetics; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011003:Ploidies