Project description:Loss of chromosome 7 and del(7q) [-7/del(7q)] are recurring cytogenetic abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms, and associated with an adverse prognosis. We performed SNP array analysis on de novo and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms and identified a 2.17 Mb commonly deleted segment on chromosome band 7q22.1 containing CUX1, a gene encoding a homeodomain-containing transcription factor. Haploinsufficiency of the highly conserved ortholog, cut, led to hemocyte overgrowth and tumor formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Similarly, haploinsufficiency of CUX1 gave human hematopoietic cells a significant engraftment advantage upon transplantation into immunodeficient mice. These data identify CUX1 as a conserved, haploinsufficient tumor suppressor frequently deleted in myeloid neoplasms. We performed SNP-array analysis of 34 primary patient samples with de novo or therapy-related myeloid leukemia and one acute myeloid leukemia cell line, UoCM1. For patient samples, DNA was obtained from the white blood cells of bone marrow or peripheral blood leukemia specimens. Cytogenetic analysis revealed clonal -7/del(7q) in 17 of the cases.
Project description:To identify cooperating lesions in de novo and therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) with translocation t(9;11)(p22;q23) we performed high-resolution SNP-array profiling on 40 leukemia samples [de novo: n=22; t-AML: n=16; unknown: n=2]. A mean of 1.73 copy number alterations (CNAs)/case were identified with no differences between de novo and t-AML cases. We identified a novel minimally deleted region (MDR) at 7q36.1-q36.2 partly overlapping with a MDR previously identified in core-binding factor AML; MLL3 was the only gene affected in both regions. In addition, a recurrent gain was found at 13q21.33-q22.1 harboring the potential oncogene KLF5. Sequence/expression analysis of selected candidate genes revealed deregulated EVI1 at high frequency (50%). Copy-neutral loss-of-heterozygosity (CN-LOH) was absent in the paired cohort Further analysis of the candidate genes might provide novel insights into the pathogenesis of t(9;11) AML SNP genotyping was performed on 40 de novo and therapy-related MLL-MLLT3-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia samples; Germline control DNA from remission bone marrow or peripheral blood was available for paired analysis in 15 patients. Data were processed using reference alignment, dChipSNP and circular binary segmentation.
Project description:Loss of chromosome 7 and del(7q) [-7/del(7q)] are recurring cytogenetic abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms, and associated with an adverse prognosis. We performed SNP array analysis on de novo and therapy-related myeloid neoplasms and identified a 2.17 Mb commonly deleted segment on chromosome band 7q22.1 containing CUX1, a gene encoding a homeodomain-containing transcription factor. Haploinsufficiency of the highly conserved ortholog, cut, led to hemocyte overgrowth and tumor formation in Drosophila melanogaster. Similarly, haploinsufficiency of CUX1 gave human hematopoietic cells a significant engraftment advantage upon transplantation into immunodeficient mice. These data identify CUX1 as a conserved, haploinsufficient tumor suppressor frequently deleted in myeloid neoplasms.
Project description:To identify cooperating lesions in de novo and therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) with translocation t(9;11)(p22;q23) we performed high-resolution SNP-array profiling on 40 leukemia samples [de novo: n=22; t-AML: n=16; unknown: n=2]. A mean of 1.73 copy number alterations (CNAs)/case were identified with no differences between de novo and t-AML cases. We identified a novel minimally deleted region (MDR) at 7q36.1-q36.2 partly overlapping with a MDR previously identified in core-binding factor AML; MLL3 was the only gene affected in both regions. In addition, a recurrent gain was found at 13q21.33-q22.1 harboring the potential oncogene KLF5. Sequence/expression analysis of selected candidate genes revealed deregulated EVI1 at high frequency (50%). Copy-neutral loss-of-heterozygosity (CN-LOH) was absent in the paired cohort Further analysis of the candidate genes might provide novel insights into the pathogenesis of t(9;11) AML
2014-05-22 | GSE46745 | GEO
Project description:De novo copy number variations in cloned dogs
Project description:We have identified de novo copy number variations (CNVs) generated in ageing bulls. Blood samples from eight bulls were collected and SNP arrayed in a prospective design over 30 months allowing us to differentiate de novo CNVs from constant CNVs that are present throughout the sampling period. Quite remarkably, the total number of CNVs doubled over the 30-month period, as we observed an almost equal number of de novo and constant CNVs (107 vs. 111 or 49% vs. 51%, respectively). Twice as many de novo CNVs emerged during the second half of the sampling schedule as in the first part. It suggests a dynamic generation of de novo CNVs in the bovine genome that becomes more frequent, as the age of the animal progresses. In a second experiment de novo CNVs were detected through in vitro ageing of bovine fibroblasts by sampling passage #5, #15 and #25. De novo CNVs also became more frequent, but the proportion of them was only ~25% of the total number of CNVs (21 vs. 64). Temporal generation of de novo CNVs resulted in increasing genome coverage. Genes and quantitative trait loci overlapping de novo CNVs were further investigated for ageing related functions.
Project description:The cause of mental retardation in one-third to one-half of all affected individuals is unknown. Microscopically-detectable chromosomal abnormalities are the most frequent recognized cause, but gain or loss of chromosomal segments that are too small to be seen by conventional cytogenetic analysis has been found to be another important cause. Array-based methods offer a practical means of performing a high-resolution survey of the entire genome for submicroscopic copy number variants. We studied 100 children with idiopathic mental retardation and their parents using the Affymetrix GeneChip® Mapping 100K Assay and found de novo duplications as small as 1.1 Mb in three cases, de novo deletions as small as 178 kb in eight cases, and unsuspected mosaic trisomy 9 in another case. This technology can detect at least twice as many potentially pathogenic de novo copy number variants as conventional cytogenetic analysis in people with mental retardation. Keywords: mental retardation, trio analysis, copy number variant, CNV, chromosome aberration, array CGH