Low incidence of TEL/AML1 fusion and TEL deletion in Korean childhood acute leukemia by extra-signal fluorescence in situ hybridization

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
K U ParkD S Lee

Abstract

TEL/AML1 fusion in acute leukemia results from cryptic translocation of chromosome 12 and 21, the presence of which suggests a favorable prognosis. The incidence of TEL/AML1 fusion in B-lineage ALL is approximately 25%, but the incidence in Korea has not yet been reported. To investigate the incidence of TEL/AML1 fusion and TEL deletion, bone marrow specimens from 77 Korean children with newly diagnosed acute leukemia were analyzed by FISH. We applied extra-signal FISH to discriminate a true TEL/AML1 fusion from a false-positive fusion signal. To determine the cut-off value of the TEL/AML1 fusion signal, 20 normal bone marrow specimens and 28 normal peripheral blood specimens were also analyzed. The frequency of patients with TEL/AML1 fusion was 13.3% (4 cases) among 30 B-lineage ALL and 9.5% among 42 ALL. One TEL/AML1 fusion-positive patient was also found among 4 acute biphenotypic leukemias. TEL/AML1 fusion was not found in any samples from patients with T-lineage ALL or AML. The incidence of TEL deletion was 6.7% (2 cases) among 30 B-lineage ALL and 4.8% among 42 ALL. The incidences of TEL/AML1 fusion and TEL deletion in Korean children with acute leukemia appear to be lower than those in other countries, suggesting a racia...Continue Reading

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