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Neoplasma Vol.55, No.1, p.23-30, 2008

Title: Efficacy of high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH) in detection of chromosomal abnormalities in children with acute leukaemia
Author: V. VRANOVA, D. MENTZLOVA, A. OLTOVA, V. LINKOVA, D. ZEZULKOVA, H. FILKOVA, D. MENDELOVA, J. STERBA, P. KUGLIK

Abstract: The efficient detection of chromosomal aberrations in childhood acute leukaemias presents a significant component in the diagnostics of this frequent malignant disease. We used comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH) to determine the frequency of chromosomal changes in 33 children with acute leukaemia (AL). The yields of chromosomal abnormalities were compared with the results obtained using conventional cytogenetics (G-banding) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Conventional cytogenetics revealed chromosomal changes in 17 (52 %) of studied patients. The employment of FISH together with G-banding analysis identified chromosomal changes in 27 (82 %) of the AL patients investigated. CGH detected changes in DNA copy numbers in 24 (73 %) patients, 40 losses and 67 gains were found in total. HR-CGH disclosed 98 losses and 97 gains in 26 (79 %) patients. In comparison with CGH, HR-CGH analyses unveiled 88 new chromosomal aberrations: 58 losses and 30 gains. The most commonly gained chromosomes were 21 (22.5 %), X (15 %), 18 (12,5 %) and 17 (10 %). The most common losses involved sub-regions or arms of chromosomes 7 (15 %), 9 (12.5 %), 16, 19 and 1 (10 % each). Cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic analyses of 33 childhood acute leukaemias revealed chromosomal changes in total 31 (94 %) patients. The evaluation of HR-CGH sensitivity proved that the minimal cell population of malignant cells in which a certain chromosomal change could be found was close to the 20 – 30 % level. Our results confirm the benefits of HR-CGH in detecting chromosomal changes in childhood AL. Supplementing G-banding and FISH with the HR-CGH diagnostic method increases the detection of unbalanced structural chromosomal rearrangements and can reveal small cell clones with gains and losses of whole chromosomes in hyperdiploid AL.

Keywords: comparative genomic hybridizadion (CGH), high-resolution comparative genomic hybridization (HR-CGH), chromosomal aberrations, acute myeloid leukaemia, acute lymphoid leukaemia
Year: 2008, Volume: 55, Issue: 1 Page From: 23, Page To: 30



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