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Nr. 21(1)/2013 DOI:10.2478/rrlm-2013-0017
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Infant acute leukemia with lineage switch at relapse expressing a novel t(4;11)(q21;q23) MLL-AF4 fusion transcript

Iuliu C. Ivanov, Daniela Jitaru, Georgiana E. Grigore, Mihaela Zlei, Anca V. Ivanov, Silvia Dumitraș, Eugen Carasevici, Ingrith C. Miron


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Background. A high occurrence of translocation t(4;11)(q21;q23) was reported in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) leading to the fusion of the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene on chromosome 11 and the AF4 gene on chromosome 4. More than 50 distinct MLL-AF4 types of fusion have been previously identified, none of those reported matching the peculiarities found in an infant ALL case to be reported below. Materials and methods. Molecular tests were performed for the detection of TEL-AML1, BCR-ABL(p190), E2A-PBX1, and MLL-AF4 in the peripheral blood sample of a 21 days new-born boy suspected of ALL. An unexpected MLL-AF4 fragment was identified, further purified, and later analyzed by sequencing. Flow cytometry analyses were carried out at diagnosis and relapse on a FACSCanto-II cytometer (Becton-Dickinson). Results. The patient was found to be positive for the MLL-AF4 transcript, with an uncommonly long-sized product and a previously undescribed sequence (in-frame fusion between exon 12 of MLL and exon 4 of the AF4 gene). The immunophenotypic analyses also showed a particular development: while at diagnosis a dominant malignant clone displaying a B lymphoid precursor phenotype was described, at relapse a malignant monocytoid population predominantly expanded. The presence of MLL-AF4 e12-e4 transcript was still manifest at relapse, without other transcript characteristic for myeloid lineage. Conclusions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a MLL-AF4 rearrangement revealing this complex transcript with new breakpoints in MLL. Its early detection may predict an immunophenotypic switch and may assist the clinicians in designing optimized therapies.

Keywords: acute lymphoid leukemia,fusion proteins,immunophenotypic switch

 
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Ivanov IC, Jitaru D, Grigore GE, Zlei M, Ivanov A, Dumitraș S, et al. Infant acute leukemia with lineage switch at relapse expressing a novel t(4;11)(q21;q23) MLL-AF4 fusion transcript. Rev Romana Med Lab. 2013;21(1):47-58. DOI:10.2478/rrlm-2013-0017