title: Involvement of the Tpl-2/cot oncogene in MMTV tumorigenesis.
abstract: We report for the first time a relationship between the Tpl-2/cot oncogene and Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) associated transformation of mammary gland cells. A sub-genomic library generated from a primary mammary gland tumor yielded a novel MMTV integration site which disrupted the Tpl-2/cot proto-oncogene between exons 7 and 8. Comparison of a cell line derived from normal mammary gland (comma-D) and a cell line established from an MMTV induced mammary tumor (GR) demonstrated similar rearrangements within Tpl-2/cot for the GR cells but not in the comma-D cells. These rearrangements in the cell line were accompanied by an increase in the level of Tpl-2/cot specific mRNA. This data suggests that Tpl-2/cot expression may be important in epithelial cell transformation or tumor progression.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Erny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peli
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Diggelmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D008324:Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; C489843:Map3k8 protein, mouse