title: Real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction for the detection of AML1-MTG8 fusion transcripts in t(8;21)-positive acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: Quantification of AML1-MTG8 fusion transcripts was performed by using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the clinical value of this method was evaluated in t(8;21)-positive acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). A t(8;21)-positive cell line, Kasumi-1, was used for constructing standard curves and the corrected AML1-MTG8 mRNA expression level relative to the expression of the GAPDH housekeeping gene was calculated. Bone marrow samples from 14 patients with t(8;21)-positive AML were sequentially examined. The corrected AML1-MTG8 expression level at diagnosis varied in the range from 0.4 to 2.7 (median, 1.5) among the patients. When samples at 1, 3 and 6 months were examined after diagnosis, the corrected AML1-MTG8 expression level was found to decrease sequentially in all but one. AML1-MTG8 fusion transcripts were also detected in four of eight samples from patients in remission for more than 1 year. In conclusion, real-time RT-PCR can provide a rapid and accurate quantification of AML1-MTG8 fusion transcripts. This system could be useful to reveal the prognostic relevance of minimal residual disease in t(8;21)-positive AML.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horibe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001752:Blast Crisis; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C107844:AML1-ETO fusion protein, human; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors