title: Analysis of the role of AML1-ETO in leukemogenesis, using an inducible transgenic mouse model.
abstract: As reported previously, AML1-ETO knock-in mice were generated to investigate the role of AML1-ETO in leukemogenesis and to mimic the progression of t(8;21) leukemia. These knock-in mice died in midgestation because of hemorrhaging in the central nervous system and a block of definitive hematopoiesis during embryogenesis. Therefore, they are not a good model system for the development of acute myeloid leukemia. Therefore, mice were generated in which the expression of AML1-ETO is under the control of a tetracycline-inducible system. Multiple lines of transgenic mice have been produced with the AML1-ETO complementary DNA controlled by a tetracycline-responsive element. In the absence of the antibiotic tetracycline, AML1-ETO is strongly expressed in the bone marrow of AML1-ETO and tet-controlled transcriptional activator double-positive transgenic mice. Furthermore, the addition of tetracycline reduces AML1-ETO expression in double-positive mice to nondetectable levels. Throughout the normal murine lifespan of 24 months, mice expressing AML1-ETO have not developed leukemia. In spite of this, abnormal maturation and proliferation of progenitor cells have been observed from these animals. These results demonstrate that AML1-ETO has a very restricted capacity to transform cells. Either the introduction of additional genetic changes or the expression of AML1-ETO at a particular stage of hematopoietic cell differentiation will be necessary to develop a model for studying the pathogenesis of t(8;21).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rhoades
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hetherington
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harakawa
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Yergeau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Tenen
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C107844:AML1-ETO fusion protein, human; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D000075142:RUNX1 Translocation Partner 1 Protein; C493726:Runx1 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors