title: Immunoglobulin light chain gene rearrangements in precursor-B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia: characteristics and applicability for the detection of minimal residual disease.
abstract: We analyzed the frequency and characteristics of Vk-Jk and Vlambda-Jlambda rearrangements inpatients with precursor-B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and evaluated the applicability of these rearrangements as targets for minimal residual disease (MRD) detection. Using the BIOMED-2 primer sets, Vk-Jk and Vlambda-Jlambda rearrangements were detected in 30% and 17% of patients, respectively. Vk-Jk rearrangements were particularly frequent in common-ALL, children between 5-10 years, and TEL-AML1-positive patients. Vk-Jk and Vlambda-Jlambda rearrangements showed a good stability between diagnosis and relapse and reached good sensitivities in real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. Our data show that Vk-Jk and Vlambda-Jlambda rearrangements can be successfully applied for MRD detection in a subset of patients with precursor-B-ALL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. v.h.j.vandervelden@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Vincent H J
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: van der Velden
authors.forename: Maaike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Bie
authors.forename: Elisabeth R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: van Wering
authors.forename: Jacques J M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van Dongen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003199:Computer Systems; D017931:DNA Primers; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte; D015328:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain; D015329:Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region