Our experience with detection of JAK2 mutations in paraffin-embedded trephine bone marrow biopsies of patients with chronic myeloproliferative disorders

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Authors: T. Burjanivová ^1*; J. Marcinek ^2,3*; G. Minárik ⁴; Z. Lasabová ¹; P. Szépe ^2,3; T. Balhárek ^2,3; A. Vaňochová ¹; L. Plank ^2,3*
Authors place of work: T. B, J. M a L. P prispeli k tejto práci rovnako ^*; Ústav molekulovej biológie JLF UK v Martine ¹; Ústav patologickej anatómie a Konzultačné centrum bioptickej diagnostiky ochorení krvotvorby JLF UK a UNM v Martine ²; Martinské bioptické centrum, s. r. o. v Martine ³; Ústav molekulárnej biomedicíny LF UK v Bratislave ⁴
Published in the journal: Čes.-slov. Patol., 47, 2011, No. 3, p. 115-117
Category: Původní práce

Summary

Polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) are Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) characterized by JAK2 mutation. The exon 14 V617F mutation is present in almost all patients with PV and in approx. 60¨% of patients with ET and PMF. The importance of JAK2V617F in the differential diagnostic considerations is still unclear and here the BM morphology examination still represents an important diagnostic tool. In the WHO classification of Ph1-negative MPNs, the identification of JAK2 mutations represents a major diagnostic criterion of these diseases. Therefore we decided to implement the examination of JAK2V617F mutation in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens of patients with Ph1-negative MPN using allele-specific PCR. In addition, in all JAK2 V617F negative patients with PV we sequenced the whole JAK2 exon 12. Until now we examined up to 200 patients with clinically confirmed MPN and our results in all three categories PV, ET and PMF are in agreement with earlier published data. Paraffin embedded tissues represent a valuable source of DNA which can be used in the diagnostics of both JAK2 exon 12 and exon 14 mutations. It is of particular importance if the fresh material is not available and there is a clinical and/or research utility for the performance of PCR on archival bone marrow samples with PV, ET or PMF suspicion.

Keywords:
myeloproliferative neoplasms – JAK2 mutations – paraffin blocks

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