title: [Detection of minimal residual disease in Ph+/bcr-abl+ acute lymphoblast leukemia by cytogenetic analysis, nested-PCR and flow cytometry].
abstract: To explore a simple and sensitive method to detect minimal residual disease (MRD) in Ph(+)/bcr-abl(+) ALL patients, the bone marrow samples from 84 de novo ALL patients were detected by cytogenetic analysis, nested-PCR and flow cytometry (FCM). Cytogenetic analysis method is used to detect Ph chromosome, nested-PCR and FCM are used to detect bcr/abl mRNA and an abnormal B-cell differentiation pattern in de novo and complete remission (CR) patients, respectively. The results showed that Ph chromosome has not been found in 14 cases of CR; bcr/abl fusion gene was detected in 11 of 14 CR patients by nested-PCR (78.57%) and bcr/abl fusion gene was positive in 5 of 14 in CR patients (35.71%) by FCM. The sensitivity of nested-PCR was 10(-6)-10(-7), and that of FCM was 10(-4)- 10(-5). It is concluded that the cytogenetic analysis is not sensitive for MRD detection, and the sensitivity of nested-PCR is higher than that of FCM in detecting MRD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The Second Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China. xuefang@haoyisheng.com.cn
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Zuo-Ren
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li-Xia
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012008:Recurrence; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl