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Importance of mixed chimerism to predict relapse in persistently BCR/ABL positive long survivors after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia
Authors:J Román  C Martín  A Torres  A García  P Andrés  MJ García  M Baiget
Affiliation:Department of Hematology, Reina Sofia Hospital, Córdoba, Spain.
Abstract:Determination of hematological chimerism could be helpful in understanding the biology of leukemic relapse after allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), because the detection of malignant residual cells carrying the bcr/abl message by qualitative RT-PCR is of limited value in predicting disease progression for individual patients. We have studied the chimerism pattern and the bcr/abl status by Southern-blot in 15 CML patients (M/F:6/9) transplanted with unmanipulated BM from HLA identical sibling donors, persistently bcr/abl positive by RT-PCR. The median age of the series was 31 years (18-49) and disease status at BMT was: chronic phase: 11, accelerated phase: 3 and blast crisis: 1 patient. Of the 15 patients, 9 are alive and in complete remission (CR), 4 have died in CR and 2 are alive but suffered relapse at + 19 and +26 months post-BMT. The median follow-up is 81 months (13,7-168). Rearrangement of the BCR gene was performed by Southern-blot using P32-labeled transprobe-1. PCR analysis of chimerism was assessed using primers for the following VNTR loci: D1S80, D1S111, 33.1, APO-B, YNZ-22, lambdag3 and DXS52. Seventy-nine samples were analyzed (median per patient 5 (range 2-9)). Thirteen patients showed complete chimerism and lacked BCR rearrangement over time by Southern-blot. The 2 patients who relapsed showed mixed chimera status from +9 and +5 months respectively until the end of the study. Persistent BCR rearrangement was observed in these 2 patients from +12 and +11 months respectively. Our data suggest that mixed chimerism may predict hematologic or cytogenetic relapse by several months in those patients who are persistently PCR-positive post-BMT.
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