Abstract
Deletion of the long arm of chromosome 20 is a common abnormality underlying hematological malignancy. We analyzed 21 patients with hematologic diseases confirmed to carry the del(20q) by conventional cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ hybridization using microarray comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). Seventeen patients were positive for del(20q), but this deletion was not detected in four patients. All deletions detected were interstitial of which continuous deletions were seen in 12 patients and discrete deletions in five. Three commonly deleted regions (CDRs) and two commonly retained regions (CRRs) were defined: CDR1 spanning 3.05Mb (34560497-37608229) within 20q11.23, CDR2 spanning 1.76Mb (37851501-39615698) within 20q12, CDR3 spanning 116Kb (48120412-48236791) within 20q13.13, CRR1 spanning 1.1Mb (29374726-30428250) within 20q11.21, and CRR2 spanning 2.5Mb (60484668-62963548) within 20q13.33. Duplications of retained regions (20q11.21) were found in five cases with similar erythroid hyperplasia (2 M6, 3 MDS). Moreover, duplication of 20p13-p11.21 was also found in two cases with M6. Using the CDRs and CRRs, we identified the candidate genes we searched for using the UCSC Genome Browser. Our data suggest that aCGH analysis is useful for more precisely defining breakpoints on 20q. Further work is required to identify candidate pathogenic genes within these CDRs and CRRs.
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