A near‐haploid clone harboring aBCR/ABL1gene fusion in an adult patient with newly diagnosed B‐lymphoblastic leukemia

Author(s):  
Jess F. Peterson ◽  
Rhett P. Ketterling ◽  
Li Huang ◽  
Laura E. Finn ◽  
Min Shi ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Yang ◽  
Fengling Chen ◽  
Haichuan Zhu ◽  
Yang Chen ◽  
Bingjie Dong ◽  
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Abstract3D genome alternations can dysregulate gene expression by rewiring enhancer-promoter interactions and lead to diseases. We report integrated analyses of 3D genome alterations and differential gene expressions in 18 newly diagnosed T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) patients and 4 healthy controls. 3D genome organizations at the levels of compartment, topologically associated domains and loop could hierarchically classify different subtypes of T-ALL according to T cell differentiation trajectory, similar to gene expressions-based classification. Thirty-four previously unrecognized translocations and 44 translocation-mediated neo-loops are mapped by Hi-C analysis. We find that neo-loops formed in the non-coding region of the genome could potentially regulate ectopic expressions of TLX3, TAL2 and HOXA transcription factors via enhancer hijacking. Importantly, both translocation-mediated neo-loops and NUP98-related fusions are associated with HOXA13 ectopic expressions. Patients with HOXA11-A13 expressions, but not other genes in the HOXA cluster, have immature immunophenotype and poor outcomes. Here, we highlight the potentially important roles of 3D genome alterations in the etiology and prognosis of T-ALL.


1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
F M Uckun ◽  
M G Sensel ◽  
H N Sather ◽  
P S Gaynon ◽  
D C Arthur ◽  
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PURPOSE The nonrandom translocation t(1;19) has been associated with poor outcome in pediatric B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Because most patients treated by contemporary therapies now achieve improved outcomes, we have reassessed the prognostic significance of t(1;19). PATIENTS AND METHODS Cytogenetic data were accepted for 1,322 children (<21 years old) with newly diagnosed ALL enrolled between 1988 and 1994 on risk-adjusted studies of the Children's Cancer Group (CCG). Forty-seven patients (3.6%) were t(1;19) positive (+); 1,275 (96.4%) were t(1;19) negative (-). Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome were compared using standard methods. RESULTS Translocation (1;19)+ patients were more likely than t(1;19)- patients to be 10 years of age or greater (P < .001) or CD10+ CD19+ CD34- (P < .0001), or nonwhite (P = .02). Patients with a balanced t(1;19) were less likely to be hyperdiploid than patients with an unbalanced der(19)t(1;19). Event-free survival (EFS) was similar for the overall group of t(1;19)+ and t(1;19)- patients, with 4-year estimates of 69.5% (SD, 6.8%) and 74.8% (SD, 1.3%; P = .48), respectively. However, patients with unbalanced der(19)t(1;19) had significantly better outcomes than patients with balanced t(1;19): 4-year EFS were 80.6% (SD, 7.1%) and 41.7% (SD, 13.5%), respectively (P = .003). These differences were maintained within the individual studies analyses and after exclusion of t(1;19)+ patients whose cells were hyperdiploid with more than 50 chromosomes. CONCLUSION The overall group of t(1;19)+ patients, as well as the subgroup with an unbalanced der(19)+ (1;19) had outcomes similar to that of t(1;19)- patients, whereas patients with balanced t(1;19) had poorer outcomes. Thus, although the overall prognostic significance of t(1;19) has been obviated by contemporary risk-adjusted protocols, the balanced t(1;19) translocation remains an adverse prognostic factor.


1993 ◽  
Vol 329 (5) ◽  
pp. 314-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazem H. Mahmoud ◽  
Gaston K. Rivera ◽  
Michael L. Hancock ◽  
Robert A. Krance ◽  
Larry E. Kun ◽  
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Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
pp. 3052-3062 ◽  
Author(s):  
FM Uckun ◽  
JR Downing ◽  
R Gunther ◽  
LM Chelstrom ◽  
D Finnegan ◽  
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Severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice were injected intravenously with 5 x 10(6) primary bone marrow (BM) blasts from newly diagnosed patients with E2A-PBX1 fusion transcript positive t(1;19)(q23;p13) pre- B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). A marked variation existed in the pattern and extent of leukemic cell engraftment in SCID mice challenged with t(1;19) pre-B ALL blasts. Blasts from some patients caused disseminated leukemia that was detected by histopathology and/or flow cytometry, whereas blasts from other patients produced occult leukemia that was only detected by flow cytometry and/or polymerase-chain reaction. Notably, the ability of primary t(1;19) pre-B ALL blasts to cause disseminated leukemia in SCID mice was associated with poor prognosis. Six of six patients whose blasts caused disseminated leukemia in SCID mice relapsed at a median of 7.8 months (range: 5.7 to 25.2 months). In contrast, the remaining four patients whose blasts did not engraft or only partially engrafted remain in complete remission at 28 to 47 months. A new E2A-PBX-1 fusion transcript positive t(1;19) pre- B ALL cell line (designated LC1;19) with the composite immunophenotype CD7-CD10+CD19+CD45-HLA-DR+C mu+ was established by expanding BM blasts from a SCID mouse, which died of human t(1;19) ALL at 7 weeks after inoculation of primary leukemic blasts from a t(1;19) ALL patient. This cell line caused disseminated and invariably fatal leukemia when greater than 10(4) cells were injected intravenously into SCID mice. Total body irradiation followed by syngeneic BM transplantation (BMT) showed limited efficacy against LC1;19 leukemia in SCID mice. To our knowledge, this study is the first to (1) examine the in vivo growth of primary t(1;19) pre-B ALL blasts in SCID mice and (2) show that leukemic blasts from a majority of newly diagnosed t(1;19) pre-B ALL patients cause disseminated human leukemia in SCID mice. Our results indicate that t(1;19) pre-B ALL is biologically heterogeneous with regard to its in vivo growth pattern in SCID mice, a feature that may be predictive of prognosis. The described LC1;19 SCID mouse model may prove particularly useful for designing more effective treatment strategies against poor-prognosis t(1;19) ALL.


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