t(2;17)(p23;q25) RNF213/ALK

2003-08-01   Jean-Loup Huret 

1.Genetics, Dept Medical Information, University of Poitiers, CHU Poitiers Hospital, F-86021 Poitiers, France

Clinics and Pathology

Disease

  • Anaplasic large cell lymphoma: translocations involving 2p23 are found in more than half cases of anaplasic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a high grade non Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). They involve ALK, and are therefore called ALK+ ALCL.
  • The most frequent ALK+ ALCL being the the t(2;5)(p23;q35) with NPM1 -ALK fusion protein, which localises both in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus.
  • The t(2;17)(p23;q25) has so far been described in only 1 case, and, like other t(2;Var) involving various partners and ALK, the fusion protein has a cytoplasmic localization; they are therefore called "cytoplasm only" ALK+ ALCL.

    • Clinics

    ALK+ ALCL without the t(2;5) (so called cytoplasmic only ALK cases) show clinical features similar to those of classical ALK+ ALCL: young age, male predominance, presentation with advanced disease, systemic symptoms, frequent involvement of extranodal sites, and a good prognosis. The t(2;17) case was that of a 53 yrs old man.

    Genes Involved and Proteins

    Gene name
    ALK (anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase)
    Location
    2p23.2
    Protein description
    1620 amino acids; 177 kDa; glycoprotein (200 kDa mature protein) ; membrane associated tyrosine kinase receptor
    Gene name
    RNF213 (lymphoma oligomerization partner on chromosome 17)
    Location
    17q25.3

    Result of the Chromosomal Anomaly

    Description

    5 ALO17 - 3 ALKN term ALO17 fused to the 562 C-term amino acids from ALK (i.e. the entire cytoplasmic portion of ALK with the tyrosine kinase domain)

    Expression localisation

    cytoplasmic localisation (in contrast with the t(2;5)(p23;q35) with NPM1-ALK, which localizes both in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus).

    Highly cited references

    Pubmed IDYearTitleCitations
    286593372017Anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma with the variant RNF213-, ATIC- and TPM3-ALK fusions is characterized by copy number gain of the rearranged ALK gene.14

    Bibliography

    Pubmed IDLast YearTitleAuthors

    Summary

    Fusion gene

    RNF213/ALK RNF213 (17q25.3) ALK (2p23.2) M t(2;17)(p23;q25)|RNF213/ALK RNF213 (17q25.3) ALK (2p23.2) TIC

    Citation

    Jean-Loup Huret

    t(2;17)(p23;q25) RNF213/ALK

    Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. 2003-08-01

    Online version: http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/haematological/1289/case-report-explorer/js/lib/popper.js