title: Use of fluorescence in situ hybridization to detect minimal residual disease in hematopoietic stem cell assays from peripheral blood stem cells of 2 patients with trisomy 8 acute myeloid leukemia.
abstract: Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to analyze peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) and stem cell assays (SCA) derived from them in 2 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with trisomy 8 as the sole chromosome abnormality prior to undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation. In both cases, the demonstration of cells containing trisomy 8 in the stem cell product led to significant changes in the patients' treatment. In the initial PBSC collections from each patient, trisomy 8 was found in aspirated granulocyte-monocyte (GM) colonies or aspirated GM clusters but not entire cell populations of SCA dish or uncultured PBSC (one patient). FISH analyses for specific cytogenetic abnormalities in hematopoietic stem cell cultures may be a more useful means of assessing the quality of the stem cell product in patients being considered for autologous stem cell transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. WDodge@MPrintLLC.com
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zamkoff
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hurd
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pettenati
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D014314:Trisomy
chemical_list: D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor