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- Title
Rats deficient for p53 are susceptible to spontaneous and carcinogen-induced tumorigenesis.
- Authors
Yan, He-Xin; Wu, Hong-Ping; Ashton, Charles; Tong, Chang; Ying, Qi-Long
- Abstract
The p53 tumor suppressor gene is highly mutated in human cancers. Individuals who inherit one p53 mutant allele are susceptible to a wide range of tumor types, including breast cancer and sarcoma. We recently generated p53 knockout rats through gene targeting in embryonic stem cells. Here we show that rats homozygous for the null allele are prone to early onset spontaneous sarcomas and lymphoma with high incidence of metastases. Heterozygous rats are also highly predisposed to cancer, but with a delayed onset and a wider spectrum of tumor types compared with homozygotes. Importantly, up to 20% of female heterozygotes developed breast cancer and about 70% of the tumors were positive for estrogen receptor. Exposing p53-deficient rats to a low dose of the carcinogen diethylnitrosamine dramatically decreased the latency for sarcoma development and survival time compared with equivalently treated wild-type rats. These unique features make this knockout line a valuable model for investigating human malignancy and in vivo carcinogenicity of chemicals and therapeutic compounds.
- Subjects
CARCINOGENESIS; TUMOR suppressor genes; LABORATORY rats; BREAST cancer; HOMOZYGOSITY; GENETIC carriers; SARCOMA; P53 protein
- Publication
Carcinogenesis, 2012, Vol 33, Issue 10, p2001
- ISSN
0143-3334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/carcin/bgs238