The evidence of clonal evolution with monosomy 7 in aplastic anemia following granulocyte colony-stimulating factor using the polymerase chain reaction

Blood Cells Mol Dis. 1997 Aug;23(2):213-8. doi: 10.1006/bcmd.1997.0138.

Abstract

We present here the case of a Japanese female patient with aplastic anemia who developed monosomy 7 and clonal evolution following a treatment with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF). At the onset of aplastic anemia, cytogenetic analysis was 46, XX and X-inactivation/methylation analysis revealed a polyclonal pattern. After 4 months of administration of rhG-CSF, she had 45, XX, -7 and a clonal pattern, although there were no morphological evidence of a myelodysplastic syndrome or leukemia. The ratio of monosomy 7 to normal analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization decreased after discontinuation of rhG-CSF and there were still no dysplastic changes and/or increased numbers of blasts. These results indicate that the acquisition of monosomy 7 following rhG-CSF treatment dose not always cause clonal evolution to induce hematological malignancies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Aplastic / genetics*
  • Anemia, Aplastic / pathology
  • Anemia, Aplastic / therapy*
  • Biological Evolution
  • Bone Marrow Cells / pathology
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7*
  • Female
  • Genetic Markers
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Japan
  • Karyotyping
  • Monosomy*
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes / genetics
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / genetics
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Recombinant Proteins / adverse effects

Substances

  • Genetic Markers
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase