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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
The oncogene v-akt was isolated from a retrovirus that induced naturally occurring thymic lymphomas in AKR mice. We hypothesized that constitutive activation of Akt2 could serve as a first hit for the clonal expansion of malignant T-cells by promoting cell survival and genomic instability, leading to chromosome alterations. Furthermore, genes that cooperate with Akt2 to promote malignant transformation may reside at translocation/inversion junctions found in spontaneous thymic lymphomas from transgenic mice expressing constitutively active Akt2 specifically in T cells. Cytogenetic analysis revealed that thymic tumors from multiple founder lines exhibited either of two recurrent chromosomal rearrangements, inv(6)(A2B1) or t(14;15)(C2;D1). Fluorescence in situ hybridization, array CGH, and PCR analysis were used to delineate the inv(6) and t(14;15) breakpoints. Both rearrangements involved T-cell receptor loci. The inv(6) results in robust upregulation of the homeobox/transcription factor gene Dlx5 because of its relocation near the Tcrb enhancer. The t(14;15) places the Tcra enhancer in the vicinity of the Myc proto-oncogene, resulting in upregulated Myc expression. These findings suggest that activation of the Akt pathway can act as the initial hit to promote cell survival and genomic instability, whereas the acquisition of T-cell-specific overexpression of Dlx5 or Myc leads to lymphomagenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1098-2264
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
786-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Chromosome Breakage, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Comparative Genomic Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck), pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Lymphoma, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:19530243-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Recurrent chromosomal rearrangements implicate oncogenes contributing to T-cell lymphomagenesis in Lck-MyrAkt2 transgenic mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Genetics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural