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  • Title: Characterization of the translocation breakpoint in a patient with Philadelphia positive, bcr negative acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
    Author: van der Feltz MJ, Shivji MK, Grosveld G, Wiedemann LM.
    Journal: Oncogene; 1988 Aug; 3(2):215-9. PubMed ID: 3166123.
    Abstract:
    Approximately 5% of children and 10-20% of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) have a chromosome translocation t(9;22) which at the cytogenetic level appears identical to that in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). The t(9;22) translocation was first recognised in CML patients by its 22q- or Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome. While all Ph positive CML patients so far described have a chromosome 22 breakpoint within the breakpoint cluster region (bcr) located in the 3' part of the phl gene, only some Ph positive ALL patients have breakpoints in bcr. We have cloned the breakpoint of the 9q+ chromosome from the DNA of a Ph positive ALL patient in whom there is no breakpoint in the bcr. The non-chromosome 9 sequences of the breakpoint region are shown to be derived from chromosome 22. The breakpoint in chromosome 22 is shown to be the first intron of the phl gene about 66kb upstream of the bcr. Using probes from this intron, rearrangements were detected in the DNA of two out of twelve additional Ph positive, bcr negative ALL patients.
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