title: A new case of translocation t(6;11)(q21;q23) in a therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia resulting in an MLL-AF6q21 fusion.
abstract: A new case of translocation t(6;11)(q21;q23) in a patient with therapy-related acute myeloblastic leukemia is reported. The translocation results in fusion of the MLL and AF6q21 genes. The breakpoint with AF6q21 is located within the sequences encoding the AF6q21 fork head motif. The similar location of the localization of the chromosome 6 breakpoints in the present case and in the first case reported suggests their nonrandom localization. In addition, treatment for Hodgkin's disease prior to leukemia in both t(6;11)(q21;q23) cases suggests an association of this translocation with therapy-related leukemias, as reported for the recently described.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris, France.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hillion
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Le Coniat
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; C497422:KMT2A protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase