title: Pim-2 transgene induces lymphoid tumors, exhibiting potent synergy with c-myc.
abstract: Evidence from proviral tagging experiments has suggested that pim-2 is similar in oncogenic behavior to its well characterized relative pim-1. While the basal expression in tissues differs, both genes are highly expressed in mitogenically stimulated hematopoietic cells and their transcription is induced in response to the same cytokines. Expression of a pim-2 transgene in lymphoid cells predisposed mice to T-cell lymphomas like those promoted by pim-1 transgenes. Moreover, strong collaboration with an E mu-myc transgene was manifested as pre-B cell leukemia in neonate bi-transgenic animals. Remarkably, this collaboration was attenuated but not prevented by X-inactivation of one of the transgenes. The addition of pim-2 to the fold increases the prominence of the pim proto-oncogene family in tumorigenesis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Domen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Valk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berns
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D004303:Dosage Compensation, Genetic; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte; D015329:Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte; D016259:Genes, myc; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009857:Oncogenes; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; C094167:Pim2 protein, mouse; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases