title: MLL is involved in a t(2;11)(p21;q23) in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia.
abstract: We describe a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML-M0) whose cells had a t(2;11)(p21;q23). Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis with a probe for MLL showed that it was split, hybridizing to both the derivative 2 and 11 chromosomes. Nineteen other patients with 2p;11q translocations have been described; breakpoints in 14 of these are the same as in the case we describe. The phenotype of these patients is quite variable, with 14 patients having myelodysplastic syndrome which evolved to AML in six. Four patients had AML and two had acute lymphoblastic leukemia. MLL status has been studied in two other patients; one had MLL rearranged and one did not.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Center, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Fleischman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reshmi
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Frenkel
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Konovalova
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Guleva
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Kulagina
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Konstantinova
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Tupitsyn
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Rowley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497422:KMT2A protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase