title: Peripheral T-cell lymphoma in lckpr-bcl-2 transgenic mice.
abstract: t(14;18) is the most common translocation in human lymphoid malignancy and results in bcl-2 overexpression. Bcl-2 blocks apoptosis and constitutes the initial member of a new category of oncogenes, ie, regulators of cell death. Bcl-2-Ig transgenic mice develop follicular hyperplasia and progress to malignant B-cell lymphoma. To assess the oncogenic potential of bcl-2 in the T-cell lineage, a cohort of 68 lckpr-bcl-2 transgenic mice and 56 control littermates were monitored for signs of malignancy over a 24-month period. Eighteen (26%) lckpr-bcl-2 mice developed diffuse, predominantly large-cell lymphomas at a mean age of 18 months. In contrast, only one nontransgenic control mouse developed lymphoma. CD3 surface expression and clonal T-cell receptor beta rearrangements support the T-lineage classification of these neoplasms. lckpr-bcl-2-enforced lymphomas are predominantly CD4+CD8-, consistent with a mature peripheral T-cell phenotype. These data provide support for the thesis that violation of homeostasis through the repression of cell death can be a primary mechanism of tumorigenesis in multiple lineages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Washington University, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Linette
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sentman
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Korsmeyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D015870:Gene Expression; D015333:Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck); D016411:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)