Genome-wide array-based comparative genomic hybridization of natural killer cell lymphoma/leukemia: different genomic alteration patterns of aggressive NK-cell leukemia and extranodal Nk/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type.
Natural killer (NK) cell lymphomas/leukemias are highly aggressive lymphoid malignancies, but little is known about their genomic alterations, and thus there is an urgent need for identification and analysis of NK cell lymphomas/leukemias. Recently, we developed our own array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) with an average resolution of 1.3 Mb. We performed an array CGH analysis for 27 NK-cell lymphoma/leukemia cases that were classified into two disease groups based on the World Health Organization Classification (10 aggressive NK-cell leukemia cases and 17 extranodal NK/T-cell [NK/T] lymphomas, nasal type). We identified the differences in the genomic alteration patterns of the two groups. The recurrent regions characteristic of the aggressive NK-cell leukemia group compared with those of the extranodal NK/T lymphoma, nasal-type group, were gain of 1q and loss of 7p15.1-p22.3 and 17p13.1. In particular, gain of 1q23.1-24.2 (P = 0.041) and 1q31.3-q44 (P = 0.003-0.047), and loss of 7p15.1-p22.3 (P = 0.012-0.041) and 17p13.1 (P = 0.012) occurred significantly more frequently in the former than in the latter group. Recurrent regions characteristic of the extranodal NK/T lymphoma, nasal-type group, compared with those of the other group were gain of 2q, and loss of 6q16.1-q27, 11q22.3-q23.3, 5p14.1-p14.3, 5q34-q35.3, 1p36.23-p36.33, 2p16.1-p16.3, 4q12, and 4q31.3-q32.1. Our results can be expected to provide further insights into the genetic basis of lymphomagenesis and the clinicopathologic features of NK-cell lymphomas/leukemias.
Nakashima
Yasuhiro
Y
Division of Molecular Medicine, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Aichi, Japan.
Tagawa
Hiroyuki
H
Suzuki
Ritsuro
R
Karnan
Sivasundaram
S
Karube
Kennosuke
K
Ohshima
Koichi
K
Muta
Koichiro
K
Nawata
Hajime
H
Morishima
Yasuo
Y
Nakamura
Shigeo
S
Seto
Masao
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D002877:Chromosomes, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007621:Karyotyping; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000473:pathology*; D015458:Leukemia, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
D004273:DNA, Neoplasm