A novel translocation, t(9;21)(q13;q22) rearranging the RUNX1 gene in acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
A novel translocation t(9;21)(q13;q22) associated with trisomy 4 has been detected in a patient with acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AML,M4) in relapse. The chromosomal translocation results in rearrangement of the RUNX1 gene at 21q22. The DNA sequence rearranged on chromosome 9 remains unidentified. The diversity of the partners involved in translocations implicating RUNX1 suggests that the functional consequences of the abnormality are more due to the truncation of RUNX1 than to the identity of its partner in the rearrangement.
Institut de biologie et biochimie appliquée (IBBA), université de Caen, esplanade de la Paix, 14032 cedex, Caen, France.
Sylvie
S
Paulien
Odile
O
Maarek
Marie Thérèse
MT
Daniel
Roland
R
Berger
D000328:Adult; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21 / Q000235:genetics*; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics*; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014314:Trisomy
D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C493728:RUNX1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors