Abstract:
Objective: To investigate the incidence of 11q22.3 (ATM) and 13q14 (RB 1) deletion[del (11q22.3), del (13q14)]in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and to explore the characteristics of molecular cytogenetics of chronic lym-phocytic leukemia (CLL).Methods:Probes ATM and RB1, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) were applied to de-tect the del ( 11q22.3) and del ( 13q14) in 10CLL cases. The results were compared with those of conventional cytogenetic (CC) G banding. Results: In the 10cases of CLL, 2 cases were found with abnormalities, including t (5, 9) and t ( 10, 12) in 1 case and﹢12in 1 case. Seven cases had at least one type of molecular cytogenetic aberrations detected by FISH. Four cases were detected with del (11q22.3), and 2 of them showed homogenous deletion. Seven cases were found with del (13q14) and 2 of them showed homogenous deletion. Of the 10CLL cases, 4 had both del (11q22.3) and del ( 13q14). Conclusion: FISH is a rapid, accurate and sensitive technique in detecting chromosome aberration and can provide valuable information of molecular cytogenetics of CLL.