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    Saito, Masumichi; Hasegawa, Hiroo; Yamauchi, Shunsuke; Nakagawa, So; Sasaki, Daisuke; Nao, Naganori; Tanio, Michikazu; Wada, Yusaku; Matsudaira, Takahiro; Momose, Haruka; Kuramitsu, Madoka; Yamagishi, Makoto; Nakashima, Makoto; Nakahata, Shingo; Iha, Hidekatsu; Ogata, Masao; Imaizumi, Yoshitaka; Uchimaru, Kaoru; Morishita, Kazuhiro; Watanabe, Toshiki; Miyazaki, Yasushi; Yanagihara, Katsunori

    International journal of hematology, 09/2020, Volume: 112, Issue: 3
    Journal Article

    Approximately 10–20 million of Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-infected carriers have been previously reported, and approximately 5% of these carriers develop adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) with a characteristic poor prognosis. In Japan, Southern blotting has long been routinely performed for detection of clonally expanded ATL cells in vivo, and as a confirmatory diagnostic test for ATL. However, alternative methods to Southern blotting, such as sensitive, quantitative, and rapid analytical methods, are currently required in clinical practice. In this study, we developed a high-throughput method called rapid amplification of integration site (RAIS) that could amplify HTLV-1-integrated fragments within 4 h and detect the integration sites in > 0.16% of infected cells. Furthermore, we established a novel quantification method for HTLV-1 clonality using Sanger sequencing with RAIS products, and the validity of the quantification method was confirmed by comparing it with next-generation sequencing in terms of the clonality. Thus, we believe that RAIS has a high potential for use as an alternative routine molecular confirmatory test for the clonality analysis of HTLV-1-infected cells.