title: Generation of the NUP98-TOP1 fusion transcript by the t(11;20) (p15;q11) in a case of acute monocytic leukemia.
abstract: A rare chromosomal translocation, (11;20)(p15;q11), was detected in a 29-year-old male patient diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL) according to the French-American-British classification criteria. Whole chromosome painting analysis with paints for chromosomes 11 and 20 confirmed the result of conventional cytogenetic analysis. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction revealed the NUP98-TOP1 fusion transcript. To our knowledge, this is the second report of the translocation involving NUP98 and TOP1 genes in AMoL. On reviewing the literature, we suggest that t(11;20)(p15q11) is associated with myelocytic disorders rather than lymphocytic proliferative diseases.
authors.affiliation: Leukemia Research Unit, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Suning
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yongquan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Yafang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jinlan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D020223:Chromosome Painting; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002890:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I / Q000235:genetics*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D022423:Myeloid Cells / Q000473:pathology; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D028861:Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C473083:NUP98-TOP1 fusion protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D028861:Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins; C465451:Nup98 protein, human; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I