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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
We compared genomic breakpoints at the PML and RARA loci in 23 patients with therapy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia (t-APL) and 25 de novo APL cases.Eighteen of 23 t-APL cases received the topoisomerase II poison mitoxantrone for their primary disorder. DNA breaks were clustered in a previously reported 8 bp "hot spot" region of PML corresponding to a preferred site of mitoxantrone-induced DNA topoisomerase II-mediated cleavage in 39% of t-APL occurring in patients exposed to this agent and in none of the cases arising de novo (P = 0.007). As to RARA breakpoints, clustering in a 3' region of intron 2 (region B) was found in 65% of t-APL and 28% of de novo APL patients, respectively. Scan statistics revealed significant clustering of RARA breakpoints in region B in t-APL cases (P = 0.001) as compared to de novo APL (P = 1). Furthermore, approximately 300 bp downstream of RARA region B contained a sequence highly homologous to a topoisomerase II consensus sequence. Biased distribution of DNA breakpoints at both PML and RARA loci suggest the existence of different pathogenetic mechanisms in t-APL as compared with de novo APL.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1098-2264
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
726-32
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Chromosome Breakpoints, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Mitoxantrone, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Receptors, Retinoic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Translocation, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20544846-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of t(15;17) chromosomal breakpoint sequences in therapy-related versus de novo acute promyelocytic leukemia: association of DNA breaks with specific DNA motifs at PML and RARA loci.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biopathology, University of 'Rome Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy. syedk.hasan@uniroma2.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't