Ku70: A candidate tumor suppressor gene for murine T cell lymphoma

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作者
Li, GC
Ouyang, HH
Li, XL
Nagasawa, H
Little, JB
Chen, DJ
Ling, CC
Fuks, Z
Cordon-Cardo, C
机构
[1] Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Radiat Oncol, New York, NY 10021 USA
[2] Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Phys Med, New York, NY 10021 USA
[3] Mem Sloan Kettering Canc Ctr, Dept Pathol, New York, NY 10021 USA
[4] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Radiobiol Lab, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[5] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80108-2
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present evidence that inactivation of the Ku70 gene leads to a propensity for malignant transformation both in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, Ku70(-/-) mouse fibroblasts displayed an increased rate of sister chromatid exchange and a high frequency of spontaneous neoplastic transformation. In vivo, Ku70(-/-) mice, known to be defective in B but not T lymphocyte maturation, developed thymic and disseminated T cell lymphomas at a mean age of 6 months with CD4(+)CD8(+) tumor cells. These findings directly demonstrate that Ku70 deficiency facilitates neoplastic growth and suggest a novel role of the Ku70 locus in tumor suppression.
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