Constitutional abnormalities of chromosome 21 predispose to iAMP21-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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• 作者：Christine J. Harrison ; ^{christine.harrison@newcastle.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Claire Schwab
• 关键词：rob(15 ; 21)c ; iAMP21-ALL ; Leukaemia predisposition ; Centromeres
• 刊名：European Journal of Medical Genetics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：59
• 期：3
• 页码：162-165
• 全文大小：413 K

文摘

In addition to Down syndrome, individuals with other constitutional abnormalities of chromosome 21 have an increased risk of developing childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Specifically, carriers of the Robertsonian translocation between chromosomes 15 and 21, rob(15;21) (q10; q10)c, have ∼2700 increased risk of developing ALL with iAMP21 (intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21). In these patients, chromosome 15 as well as chromosome 21 is involved in the formation of iAMP21, referred to here as der(21)(15;21). Individuals with constitutional ring chromosomes involving chromosome 21, r(21)c, are also predisposed to iAMP21-ALL, involving the same series of mutational processes as seen in sporadic- and der(21)(15;21)-iAMP21 ALL. Evidence is accumulating that the dicentric nature of the Robertsonian and ring chromosome is the initiating factor in the formation of the complex iAMP21 structure. Unravelling these intriguing predispositions to iAMP21-ALL may provide insight into how other complex rearrangements arise in cancer.