The XL ATM/TP53 probe is a qualitative, non-automated test for the detection of deletions of the ATM gene region at 11q22.3 and the TP53 gene region at 17p13 by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The product is intended as a diagnostic aid and assists in disease monitoring. The test population for the detection of deletions of the ATM gene region at 11q22.3 consists of patients with confirmed or suspected chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) and non-Hodgkin-lymphomas (NHL). The test population for the detection of deletions of the TP53 gene region consists of patients with confirmed or suspected acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), multiple myeloma (MM) and non-Hodgkin-lymphomas (NHL). Hybridization is to be performed on methanol/acetic-acid fixed cells derived from bone marrow or peripheral blood for ALL, AML, CLL, T-PLL and MDS, on methanol/acetic-acid fixed plasma cells for MM and on methanol/acetic-acid fixed cells derived from involved lymph node, involved bone marrow or other involved tissue for NHL.
The XL ATM/TP53 probe consists of a green-labeled probe hybridizing to the ATM gene region at 11q22.3 and an orange-labeled probe hybridizing to the TP53 gene region at 17p13.
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XL ATM/TP53 hybridized to bone marrow cells. Four interphases are shown of which two show a normal signal pattern. The two other interphases show aberrant signal patterns with a deletion of ATM in one cell and a deletion of TP53 in the other one.