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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
The pathophysiological consequence of HIV-1 nef gene expression was investigated in transgenic mice carrying a cDNA for Nef linked to either the HIV-1 LTR or the MMTV LTR. In HIV/Nef transgenic mouse lines, nef expression was detected exclusively in the skin and a significant fraction of HIV/Nef transgenic animals (30-75%, depending on the line) spontaneously developed discrete proliferative skin lesions resembling papillomas that were often accompanied by a progressive ulceration of the epidermal cell layer. Nef protein was detected in the basal cell layer of the epidermis and was elevated in the proliferating epidermis. Epidermal cell proliferation could be induced by UV-C irradiation of HIV/Nef transgenic animals but not control mice. An increase in nef expression in the skin accompanied this proliferation. MMTV/Nef mouse lines expressed Nef RNA and protein in organs typically permissive for MMTV LTR-directed transcription but with no obvious pathological consequence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0042-6822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
197
pubmed:geneSymbol
nef
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
431-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Fetal Death, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Gene Products, nef, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Genes, nef, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-HIV Long Terminal Repeat, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Hyperplasia, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Litter Size, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-RNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:8212579-Ultraviolet Rays
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous and inducible epidermal hyperplasia in transgenic mice expressing HIV-1 Nef.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.