Development of a Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Probe for Detecting IKZF1 Deletion Mutations in Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Intragenic deletion of IKZF1 is a recurrent genomic alteration in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The deletions are mediated by illegitimate variable(diversity)joining recombination via cryptic recombination signal sequences (RSSs). We developed a fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probe set that can detect any type of IKZF1 deletion, including the commonly deleted exon 4 to 7 region. The probe set consists of a designed probe for the commonly deleted region (Cy3; red) and a bacterial artificial chromosomes clone probe for detecting the 3 ′ flanking region (Spectrum Green).

Source: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics - June 26, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: Junichi Hashiguchi, Masahiro Onozawa, Satoshi Oguri, Shinichi Fujisawa, Masahisa Tsuji, Kohei Okada, Masao Nakagawa, Daigo Hashimoto, Kaoru Kahata, Takeshi Kondo, Chikara Shimizu, Takanori Teshima Tags: Regular article Source Type: research