title: [Tyrosine kinase mutation and acute myeloid leukemia with T (8; 21)].
abstract: This study was aimed to investigate the status of c-KIT, Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3) and Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) mutations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with t (8; 21) and to analyze their relation to clinical feature and prognosis. PCR, AS-PCR, restriction and sequencing methods were used respectively to detect the FLT3, JAK 2 and c-KIT mutations in 8 cases of de novo AML with t (8; 21) and 6 cases of relapsed AML with t (8; 21). The results showed that the c-KIT mutation was found in 2 cases out of 14 AML patients with t (8; 21) (14.3%), among them 1 case had c-KIT D816V mutation, the other had c-KIT D816Y mutation. The FLT3-ITD mutation was detect in 1 out of 14 patients (7.1%), but JAK2 mutation could not be detected in all 14 cases. In conclusion, tyrosine kinase mutation relates to AML with t (8; 21), patients with tyrosine kinase mutation may have higher relapse, extramedullary infiltration and poor prognosis. The screening c-KIT, FLT3 mutations may play an important role in evaluating prognosis and guiding treatment of t (8; 21) AML.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Provincial People Hospital, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Yang-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Su-Jiang
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Xue-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yan-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Si-Xuan
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ji-Shi
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053614:Janus Kinase 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000235:genetics; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D055815:Young Adult; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C497970:FLT3 protein, human; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3; C507924:JAK2 protein, human; D053614:Janus Kinase 2