title: Study on ALL-1 gene alterations in Indian childhood acute leukemias: non-isotopic Southern blotting and molecular cytogenetics.
abstract: We carried out this study to detect ALL-1 gene alterations in Indian childhood leukemias (n-84) using non-radioactive Southern blotting and FISH techniques. 18 (21.4%) patients showed altered ALL-1 gene. All 18 patients with altered ALL-1 gene did not have high WBC count and or typical CD10-/19+ phenotype. 4/18 were infants, while 14 were of 1-12 years of age. 13/18 children were boys. 14/18 expired within 1 year. Karyotyping detected abnormal chromosome 11 only in 4/43 patients and Classical t(4:11) in one AML patient but combination of Painting FISH and LS-FISH confirmed ALL-1 gene alteration in 17/18 cases. In addition, FISH identified nine translocations and multiple copies of ALL-1 gene in three cases which conventional cytogenetics had failed to detect. Our result indicates that a combination of Southern blotting, cytogenetic and FISH techniques are useful to identify ALL-1 gene alterations in childhood leukemias.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Research Society of Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India. jaya_vyas@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dalvi
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Sudha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gangal
mesh_terms: D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497422:KMT2A protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051788:Myeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia Protein; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase