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| Year : 2015 | Volume
: 52
| Issue : 3 | Page : 314-318 |
Simple multiplex RT-PCR for identifying common fusion BCR-ABL transcript types and evaluation of molecular response of the a2b2 and a2b3 transcripts to Imatinib resistance in north Indian chronic myeloid leukemia patients
Rashid Mir1, I Ahmad2, J Javid2, M Zuberi2, P Yadav2, R Shazia2, M Masroor2, S Guru2, PC Ray2, N Gupta3, A Saxena2
1 Prince Fahd Bin Sultan Research Chair, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Tabuk, 71491, Saudi Arabia
2 Cancer Genetics Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
A Saxena
Cancer Genetics Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.176741
Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is characterized by the Philadelphia chromosome, an abnormally shortened chromosome 22. It is the result of a reciprocal translocation of chromosomes 9 and 22, creating BCR-ABL fusion transcripts, b3a2, b2a2, and e1a2. The aim of our study was to determine the type of BCR-ABL fusion transcripts for molecular diagnosis and investigate the frequency of BCR-ABL fusion transcripts in CML patients by multiplex RT-PCR in CML. Materials And Methods: A single reaction with multiple primers multiplex PCR was used to detect and investigate the type and frequency in 200 CML patients among which 116, 33, and 51 were in CP, AP, and BC phase, respectively. RESULTS: The study included 200 CML patients, among whom breakpoints in b3a2, b2a2 transcripts were detected in 68% and 24%, respectively, while 8% of the patients showed both b3a2/b2a2. A statistically significant difference was seen between frequency of BCR-ABL fusion transcripts and gender (P = 0.03), molecular response (P = 0.04), and hematological response (P = 0.05). However, there was no correlation found between frequencies of BCR-/ABL fusion transcripts and other clinicopathological parameters like age, type of therapy, thrombocytopenia, and white blood cell count. Conclusion: Multiplex reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction is useful and saves time in the detection of BCR-ABL variants; the occurrence of these transcripts associated with CML can assist in prognosis and treatment of disease.
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