title: Replication pattern in cancer: asynchronous replication in multiple myeloma and in monoclonal gammopathy.
abstract: In this study we evaluated the replication pattern and cell-cycle dynamics of cells from patients considered to have a premalignant condition (monoclonal gammopathy, or MGUS) and patients with multiple myeloma (MM), as well as healthy controls. We applied the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique with the TP53, RB-1 and 21q22 loci on the patient's cells. Asynchrony was determined by the presence of one single and one set of double dots in the same cell. The rate of asynchronic replication was significantly higher in the cells from MM patients, with intermediate value in the cells from MGUS, while the lowest rate was in cells from controls. We suggest that these results may reflect the changes in gene replication and cell-cycle progression that occur in premalignant and malignant cells.
authors.affiliation: Genetic Institute, Meir General Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amiel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kirgner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gaber
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Manor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fejgin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lishner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002455:Cell Division; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D005260:Female; D016161:Genes, Retinoblastoma; D016158:Genes, p53; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology