Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences Jinan China
2. Department of Haematology The Fifth Medical centre of Chinese PLA General Hospital Beijing China
3. Sino‐US Diagnostics Lab Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of AI‐aided Hematopathology Diagnosis Tianjin China
Abstract
AbstractIntroductionAcute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is characterized by highly genetic heterogeneity, owing to recurrent fusion genes, gene mutations, intragenic deletion, and gene overexpression, which poses significant challenges in clinical detection. RNA sequencing (RNA‐seq) is a powerful tool for detecting multiple genetic abnormalities, especially cryptic gene rearrangements, in a single test.MethodsSixty samples (B‐ALL, n = 49; T‐ALL, n = 9; mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL), n = 2) and 20 controls were analyzed by targeted RNA‐seq panel of 507 genes developed by our lab. Of these, 16 patients were simultaneously analyzed for gene mutations at the DNA level using a next‐generation sequencing panel of 51 genes. Fusion genes, CRLF2 expression, and IKZF1 intragenic deletion were also detected by reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR). Karyotype analysis was performed using the R‐banding and G‐banding technique on bone marrow cells after 24 hours of culture. Partial fusion genes were analyzed using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH).ResultsCompared with the results of Karyotype analysis, FISH, and RT‐PCR, the detection rate of fusion genes by targeted RNA‐seq increased from 48.3% to 58.3%, and six unexpected fusion genes were discovered, along with one rare isoform of IKZF1 intragenic deletion (IK10). The DNA sequencing analysis of 16 ALL patients revealed that 96.2% (25/26) of gene mutations identified at the DNA level were also detectable at the RNA level, except for one mutation with a low variant allele fraction. The detection of CRLF2 overexpression exhibited complete concordance between RT‐PCR and RNA‐seq.ConclusionThe utilization of RNA‐seq enables the identification of clinically significant genetic abnormalities that may go undetected through conventional detection methods. Its robust analytical performance might bring great application value for clinical diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy in ALL.
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