title: Acute monocytic leukemia with a novel 10;11 rearrangement resolved by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis in an adult with acute monocytic leukemia revealed the complex nature of a rearrangement between chromosomes 10 and 11, which resulted in disruption of the MLL gene. Using a combination of chromosome 10 and 11 paints, a 10 centromere-specific sequence, and a probe for the MLL locus at 11q23, the rearrangement was deduced to have involved a reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 10 and 11, followed by an inversion within the short arm of the derivative 10. To our knowledge, this novel rearrangement has not been described previously.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Human Genetics, North Trent Cytogenetics Service, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jalihal
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Watmore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002503:Centromere / Q000235:genetics; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D020223:Chromosome Painting; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10 / Q000235:genetics*; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497422:KMT2A protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase