Simultaneous use of multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assay and flow cytometric DNA ploidy analysis in patients with acute leukemia.
The aim of this work was to simultaneously use multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) assay and flow cytometric DNA ploidy analysis (FPA) to detect aneuploidy in patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia.



MLPA assay and propidium iodide FPA were used to test samples from 53 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia referred to our laboratory for immunophenotyping. Results were compared by nonparametric statistics.



The combined use of both methods significantly increased the rate of detection of aneuploidy as compared to that obtained by each method alone. The limitations of one method are somehow countervailed by the other and vice versa.



MPLA and FPA yield different yet complementary information concerning aneuploidy in acute leukemia. The simultaneous use of both methods might be recommended in the clinical setting. © 2017 International Clinical Cytometry Society.
Departments of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Puebla, México.|School of Medicine, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, México.
Virginia
V
Reyes-Núñez
Departments of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Puebla, México.|School of Medicine, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, México.
Evelyn
E
Galo-Hooker
Departments of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Puebla, México.|School of Medicine, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, México.
Beatriz
B
Pérez-Romano
Department of Anatomic Pathology, Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL, USA.
Ricardo E
RE
Duque
Departments of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Puebla, México.|School of Medicine, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, México.|School of Sciences, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Puebla, México.
Alejandro
A
Ruiz-Arguelles
Departments of Molecular Biology and Immunology, Laboratorios Clínicos de Puebla, Puebla, México.|School of Medicine, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, México.
Javier
J
Garcés-Eisele
D000782:Aneuploidy; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping / Q000379:methods; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011003:Ploidies
D004247:DNA
DNA; DNA ploidy analysis; acute leukemia; cytogenetics; multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assay