Detection of chromosome aberrations in interphase nuclei using fluorescence in situ hybridization technique
Song, H.G.; Choi, S.O.; Kang, I.B.
Journal of Korean Medical Science 8(4): 257-261
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 1011-8934 PMID: 8198762 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1993.8.4.257
Accession: 030850681
We report here several experiences of interphase cytogenetics, using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, for the detection of chromosome aberrations. FISH, using alpha satellite specific probes of 18, X, Y chromosomes, was done in interphase nuclei from peripheral blood of patients with Edwards' syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome and Turner's syndrome with healthy male and female controls, respectively. The distributions of fluorescent signals in 100 interphase nuclei were well correlated with metaphase findings. Nowadays FISH plays an increasingly important role in a variety of research areas, including cytogenetics, prenatal diagnosis, tumor biology, gene amplification and gene mapping.