PMID: 8603003Feb 1, 1996Paper

Richter's syndrome in a case of atypical chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with the t(11;14)(q13;q32): role for a p53 exon 7 gene mutation

British Journal of Haematology
A CuneoG Castoldi

Abstract

Clinicobiological, histological, cytogenetic and molecular genetic studies were performed in a case of atypical B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) with the t(11;14)(q13;q32) evolving into Richter's syndrome (RS) in order (a) to determine the clonal relationship between the cell of origin for B-CLL and RS, and (b) to analyse genetic events underlying the disease progression in this patient. After 4 years following diagnosis, a rapid deterioration of the clinical picture occurred, concomitant with the appearance of large lymphoid blasts in peripheral blood (PB), bone marrow (BM) and ascites samples. A diagnosis of RS was made and cytogenetic analysis revealed karyotype evolution with trisomy 7 and del(17p) in addition to t(11;14). Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed 78% lymphoid blast cells obtained from ascites sample to be trisomic using a chromosome-7-specific pericentromeric probe. Whereas no rearrangement of the c-myc proto-oncogene was detected at disease progression, direct sequencing of p53 gene exon 5-9 revealed an exon 7 missense point mutation. This abnormality was not present in the CLL phase. Immunological staining with the monoclonal antibody PAb-1801, detecting the p53 protein product, revealed a ne...Continue Reading

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