Inducible chromosomal translocation of AML1 and ETO genes through Cre/loxP-mediated recombination in the mouse.
EMBO Rep
; 1(2): 133-9, 2000 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-11265752
ABSTRACT
Transgenic mice have been used to explore the role of chromosomal translocations in the genesis of tumors. But none of these efforts has actually involved induction of a translocation in vivo. Here we report the use of Cre recombinase to replicate in vivo the t(8;21) translocation found in human acute myeloid leukemia (AML). As in the human tumors, the murine translocation fuses the genes AML1 and ETO. We used homologous recombination to place loxP sites at loci that were syntenic with the break points for the human translocation. Cre activity was provided in mice by a transgene under the control of the Nestin promoter, or in cultured B cells by infecting with a retroviral vector encoding Cre. In both instances, Cre activity mediated interchromosomal translocations that fused the AML1 and ETO genes. Thus, reciprocal chromosomal translocations that closely resemble rearrangements found in human cancers can be achieved in mice.
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Colección:
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Factores de Transcripción
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Translocación Genética
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Proteínas Virales
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Proteínas de Fusión Oncogénica
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas
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Integrasas
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Proteínas de Unión al ADN
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Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
EMBO Rep
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos