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Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
 
 
 
 

Tetrasomy 8 is associated with a major cellular proliferative advantage and a poor prognosis. two cases of myeloid hematologic disorders and review of the literature.

We report two cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with tetrasomy 8 detected in patients' bone marrow samples using chromosome GTG-banding, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and primed in situ labeling (PRINS) techniques. Case 1 was a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in transition to AML-M4 and case 2 was an AML-M2. In case 1, the tetrasomy 8 was found in 40% of metaphase cells and constituted the only chromosome abnormality. In case 2, it was accompanied by a double Ph, trisomy 18 and disomy Y and was found in 68% of metaphase cells. However, FISH and PRINS techniques revealed the coexistence of tetrasomy 8 and trisomy 8 in interphase nuclei of both cases. When the proportion of cells with tetrasomy 8 was compared between metaphases and interphase nuclei, it showed a much higher percentage of cells with tetrasomy 8 in metaphases than in interphase nuclei. Moreover, in case 2, although multi-PRINS and FISH-PRINS techniques showed other populations of interphase nuclei with different combinations of chromosome anomalies with respect to the copy numbers for chromosomes 8, 18, Y and Ph, only cells that contained either a single Ph or tetrasomy 8 plus trisomy 18, disomy Y, and double Ph could be seen in metaphases. This strongly suggests that tetrasomy 8 confers a higher proliferative advantage to cells. Our cases also show that the tetrasomy 8 is associated with a poor prognosis.[1]

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