Leukemia
Conditions
Keywords
adult erythroleukemia (M6a), adult pure erythroid leukemia (M6b), adult acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7), adult acute minimally differentiated myeloid leukemia (M0), adult acute monoblastic leukemia (M5a), adult acute monocytic leukemia (M5b), adult acute myeloblastic leukemia with maturation (M2), adult acute myeloblastic leukemia without maturation (M1), adult acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4), adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22), adult acute myeloid leukemia with t(16;16)(p13;q22), adult acute myeloid leukemia with inv(16)(p13;q22), adult acute myeloid leukemia with 11q23 (MLL) abnormalities, untreated adult acute myeloid leukemia
Brief summary
RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood and bone marrow from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer. PURPOSE: This research study is looking at blood and bone marrow samples from patients with previously untreated primary acute myeloid leukemia.
Detailed description
OBJECTIVES: * Determine whether calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-γ (CaMKIIγ) activation (autophosphorylation) is associated with specific clinicopathological variables and outcomes in blood and bone marrow samples from patients with previously untreated primary acute myeloid leukemia. OUTLINE: Blood and bone marrow samples are analyzed by western blot using SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting using anti-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-γ (CaMKIIγ) and anti-phosphospecific (Thr286, 287) CaMKIIγ antibodies with signals detected via chemiluminescence. CaMKIIγ activation levels are linked to clinical variables within the SWOG database.
Interventions
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
western blotting
immunologic technique
laboratory biomarker analysis
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Cryopreserved specimens of marrow or peripheral blood from patients enrolled in clinical trial SWOG-9333 and meeting the following criteria: * Diagnosis of primary acute myeloid leukemia * No M3 disease * Previously untreated disease * Randomized to remission induction chemotherapy with mitoxantrone hydrochloride and etoposide (Arm II) PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Association of specific clinicopathological variables and outcomes with calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-γ (CaMKIIγ) activation (autophosphorylation) | upon receipt of specimens |