PUBLICATION
Myc-induced T cell leukemia in transgenic zebrafish
- Authors
- Langenau, D.M., Traver, D., Ferrando, A.A., Kutok, J.L., Aster, J.C., Kanki, J.P., Lin, S., Prochownik, E., Trede, N.S., Zon, L.I., and Look, A.T.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-030211-10
- Date
- 2003
- Source
- Science (New York, N.Y.) 299(5608): 887-890 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kanki, John, Langenau, David, Lin, Shuo, Look, A. Thomas, Traver, David, Trede, Nick, Zon, Leonard I.
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Kidney/pathology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Luminescent Proteins/metabolism
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Fertilization in Vitro
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell*/genetics
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell*/pathology
- Mice
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Animals
- Genes, myc*
- Female
- Zebrafish*/embryology
- Zebrafish*/genetics
- Leukemic Infiltration
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic*
- Thymus Gland/pathology
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology*
- T-Lymphocytes/physiology
- Mutation
- Disease Models, Animal*
- Cell Lineage
- Male
- Transgenes
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Clone Cells
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Spleen/pathology
- Olfactory Bulb/pathology
- PubMed
- 12574629 Full text @ Science
Citation
Langenau, D.M., Traver, D., Ferrando, A.A., Kutok, J.L., Aster, J.C., Kanki, J.P., Lin, S., Prochownik, E., Trede, N.S., Zon, L.I., and Look, A.T. (2003) Myc-induced T cell leukemia in transgenic zebrafish. Science (New York, N.Y.). 299(5608):887-890.
Abstract
The zebrafish is an attractive model organism for studying cancer development because of its genetic accessibility. Here we describe the induction of clonally derived T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in transgenic zebrafish expressing mouse c-myc under control of the zebrafish Rag2 promoter. Visualization of leukemic cells expressing a chimeric transgene encoding Myc fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) revealed that leukemias arose in the thymus, spread locally into gill arches and retro-orbital soft tissue, and then disseminated into skeletal muscle and abdominal organs. Leukemic cells homed back to the thymus in irradiated fish transplanted with GFP-labeled leukemic lymphoblasts. This transgenic model provides a platform for drug screens and for genetic screens aimed at identifying mutations that suppress or enhance c-myc- induced carcinogenesis.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping