Christine E. Cutucache, Javeed Iqbal, Philip J. Bierman, Robert Gregory Bociek, Dennis D. Weisenburger, Shantaram S. Joshi
Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, USA.
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine Oncology/Hematology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.41A019   PDF    HTML     4,461 Downloads   6,964 Views   Citations

Abstract

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia [CLL] is the most common adult leukemia and is heterogeneous in clinical presentation. CLL cases present with various chromosomal aberrations, including 11q23, 14q32, 17p, and trisomy 12, with the most common abnormality being deletion of 13q14 [1]. Although monoallelic deletion of 13q14 is common, there is a subset of patients who have complete nullisomy at 13q14, a locus that has been hypothesized to contribute to CLL pa thogenesis [2] due to loss of tumor suppressors [DLEU and miR-15a/16-1]. We hypothesized that deletion of both copies of 13q14 would lead to uncontrollable proliferation of CLL cells and a poor prognosis. We examined our 13q14 nullisomy for survival, treatment-free survival, lymphocyte doubling time, and the presence of lymphadenopathy. Furthermore, we compared the gene expression profiles between patients with 13q14 monosomy, nullisomy, or normal karyotype. Our results suggest that patients with 13q nullisomy have a higher incidence of bulky lymphadenopathy [16.6% compared to 10% of monosomy patients], a higher frequency of lymphocyte doubling time [27.7% compared to 7.4% of monosomy patients], and a higher rate of needing treatment [50% compared to 18.5% of monosomy patients]. We observed deletion of DLEU1 and HTR2A, consistent with a gene dosage effect, and observed PRE-binding sites on DLEU1. Patients with homozygous deletion of 13q14 had a worse prognosis compared to heterozygotes. Lastly, the DLEU1 locus is a possible “second hit” loss for CLL progression.

Keywords

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia; Gene Expression; 13q14; Nullisomy; DLEU; Tolerogenic

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