| Quantitative assessment of minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia carrying nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene mutations (2006) | |||||||||||||
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| Mutations in exon 12 of the nucleophosmin (NPM1) gene occur in about 60% of adult AML with normal karyotype. By exploiting a specific feature of NPM1 mutants, that is insertion at residue 956 or deletion/insertion at residue 960, we developed highly sensitive, real-time quantitative (RQ) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, either in DNA or RNA, that are specific for various NPM1 mutations. In all 13 AML patients carrying NPM1 mutations at diagnosis, cDNA RQ-PCR showed >30 000 copies of NPM1-mutated transcript. A small or no decrease in copies was observed in three patients showing partial or no response to induction therapy. The number of NPM1-mutated copies was markedly reduced in 10 patients achieving complete hematological remission (five cases: . Institute of Hematology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy. | |||||||||||||
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