Neoplastic transformation of T lymphocytes through transgenic expression of a virus host modification protein.

PloS One
Sílvia Cristina Paiva AlmeidaRobert Michael Parkhouse

Abstract

Virus host evasion genes are ready-made tools for gene manipulation and therapy. In this work we have assessed the impact in vivo of the evasion gene A238L of the African Swine Fever Virus, a gene which inhibits transcription mediated by both NF-κB and NFAT. The A238L gene has been selectively expressed in mouse T lymphocytes using tissue specific promoter, enhancer and locus control region sequences for CD2. The resulting two independently derived transgenic mice expressed the transgene and developed a metastasic, angiogenic and transplantable CD4(+)CD8(+)CD69(-) lymphoma. The CD4(+)CD8(+)CD69(-) cells also grew vigorously in vitro. The absence of CD69 from the tumour cells suggests that they were derived from T cells at a stage prior to positive selection. In contrast, transgenic mice similarly expressing a mutant A238L, solely inhibiting transcription mediated by NF-κB, were indistinguishable from wild type mice. Expression of Rag1, Rag2, TCRβ-V8.2, CD25, FoxP3, Bcl3, Bcl2 l14, Myc, IL-2, NFAT1 and Itk, by purified CD4(+)CD8(+)CD69(-) thymocytes from A238L transgenic mice was consistent with the phenotype. Similarly evaluated expression profiles of CD4(+)CD8(+) CD69(-) thymocytes from the mutant A238L transgenic mice were co...Continue Reading

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Nov 21, 2012·Virus Research·Sílvia CorreiaRobert Michael Parkhouse
Apr 13, 2015·Archives of Virology·Sílvia Cristina de Paiva e AlmeidaRobert Michael Evans Parkhouse

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BETA
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acetylation
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flow cytometry
Genotyping
biopsies
FCS

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FlowJo
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