title: Loss of the TEL/ETV6 gene by a second translocation in ALL patients with t(12;21).
abstract: Inactivation of the non translocated TEL/ETV6 gene is commonly associated with translocation (12;21) of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Translocations involving the short arm of chromosome 12 were analysed in two children with t(12;21) ALL. Fluorescence in situ hybridation studies showed that these associated translocations resulted in loss of TEL/ETV6. While hybridization with a YAC probe covering TEL/ETV6 was positive in one patient, analysis with cosmid probes covering the gene demonstrated that the gene was in fact deleted. It is concluded that deletions involving TEL/ETV6 can remain undetected by FISH using only YAC probes.
authors.affiliation: Unité Inserm U434, CNRS, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris, France.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Coniat
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Poirel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leblanc
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012008:Recurrence; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D000097764:ETS Translocation Variant 6 Protein
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000097764:ETS Translocation Variant 6 Protein