Optical Genome Mapping as a Tool to Unveil New Molecular Findings in Hematological Patients with Complex Chromosomal Rearrangements

Standard cytogenetic techniques (chromosomal banding analysis-CBA, and fluorescence in situ hybridization-FISH) show limits in characterizing complex chromosomal rearrangements and structural variants arising from two or more chromosomal breaks. In this study, we applied optical genome mapping (OGM) to fully characterize two cases of complex chromosomal rearrangements at high resolution. In case 1, an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient showing chromothripsis, OGM analysis was fully concordant with classic cytogenetic techniques and helped to better refine chromosomal breakpoints. The OGM results of case 2, a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, were only partially in agreement with previous cytogenetic analyses and helped to better define clonal heterogeneity, overcoming the bias related to clonal selection due to cell culture of cytogenetic techniques. In both cases, OGM analysis led to the identification of molecular markers, helping to define the pathogenesis, classification, and prognosis of the analyzed patients. Despite extensive efforts to study hematologic diseases, standard cytogenetic methods display unsurmountable limits, while OGM is a tool that has the power to overcome these limitations and provide a cytogenetic analysis at higher resolution. As OGM also shows limits in defining regions of a repetitive nature, combining OGM with CBA to obtain a complete cytogenetic characterization would be desirable.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Genes - 14(2023), 12 vom: 05. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Coccaro, Nicoletta [VerfasserIn]
Zagaria, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Anelli, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Tarantini, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Tota, Giuseppina [VerfasserIn]
Conserva, Maria Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Cumbo, Cosimo [VerfasserIn]
Parciante, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Redavid, Immacolata [VerfasserIn]
Ingravallo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Minervini, Crescenzio Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Minervini, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Specchia, Giorgina [VerfasserIn]
Musto, Pellegrino [VerfasserIn]
Albano, Francesco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chromothripsis
Complex karyotype
Cytogenetics
Hematologic neoplasms
Journal Article
Optical genome mapping

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Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 25.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/genes14122180

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366276638