Molecular analysis of a new translocation, t(X;14)(q28;q11), in premalignancy and in leukaemia associated with ataxia telangiectasia

The disease ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a multifaceted disorder in which patients have an increased chance of developing a T-cell leukaemia, often with abnormalities of chromosome 14, but sometimes with rare translocations, like t(X;14)(q28;q11). We describe the cloning of the breakpoint of one such novel t(X;14) from an A-T patient. The translocation breaks within the T cell receptor alpha chain gene on chromosome 14 at band q11 and in a region of the X chromosome, within about 1 Mb of the telomere of the long arm. The patient subsequently developed T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia (T-PLL), and molecular examination showed that the tumour cells carried the same t(X;14) breakpoint as that cloned from the premalignant cells. The same breakpoint could be detected in blood samples taken as much as 5 years prior to diagnosis of T-PLL. This suggests a role for the abnormality in the tumour development in this patient but implies that other mutational events were necessary for overt disease to become manifest.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1992

Erschienen:

1992

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 5(1992), 4 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 321-5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thick, J [VerfasserIn]
Sherrington, P D [VerfasserIn]
Fisch, P [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, A M [VerfasserIn]
Rabbitts, T H [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
DNA, Neoplasm
Journal Article
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.02.1993

Date Revised 21.10.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM012637777