title: Translocation (11;14)(q13;q32) and preferential involvement of chromosomes 1, 2, 9, 13, and 17 in mantle cell lymphoma.
abstract: We have studied 13 cases of histologically confirmed mantle cell lymphomas (MCL) combining cytological-immunological features with conventional cytogenetics and in situ hybridization (ISH) techniques. Peripheral blood smears and lymph node biopsies expressed the typical mantle zone pattern with alpha B-cell phenotype. Most of the cases (11 of 13) had lymphomatous cells in the peripheral blood. Chromosome analysis was carried out on lymphoid cells from peripheral blood and/or lymph node biopsies. Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate (TPA) were used as mitogens. Biotin-labeled libraries of whole chromosomes implicated in complex karyotypes were used to improve their interpretation. Clonal chromosome abnormalities were found in 10 of 13 patients (77%); 7 of these had a complex abnormality. The most frequent recurrent structural abnormalities were: t(11;14)(q13;q32), involvement of chromosome 1 (der[1], del[1], dup[1]), chromosome 2 (del[2], der[2]), chromosome 9 (der[9], -9), chromosome 13 (add[13], t[13q]), and chromosome 17 (add[17], der[17], t[17q]). The most frequent numerical abnormalities were monosomy 21 and loss of the Y chromosome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002875:Chromosomes; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D002886:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008938:Mitosis / Q000235:genetics; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014998:Y Chromosome