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  • Title: Metastasizing neuroblastomas in mice transgenic for simian virus 40 large T (SV40T) under the olfactory marker protein gene promoter.
    Author: Servenius B, Vernachio J, Price J, Andersson LC, Peterson PA.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 1994 Oct 01; 54(19):5198-205. PubMed ID: 7923140.
    Abstract:
    The olfactory marker protein (OMP) is a M(r) 19,000 polypeptide originally considered a selective marker for differentiated olfactory receptor neurons. In an attempt to induce neoplastic proliferation in the olfactory cells, we made mice transgenic for the simian virus 40 large T-antigen gene linked to the OMP gene promoter. Four independent lines of transgenic mice were established. Despite a high expression of the transgene in the olfactory receptor neurons, no evidence of tumor growth was observed. Instead, starting from an age of 4 months, animals of all four lines presented with highly metastatic tumors originating in the adrenal medullas or sympathetic ganglia. The histological, ultrastructural, and immunohistochemical features of the tumors were identical to those of human infant neuroblastoma. Five independent neuroblastoma cell lines were established from tumors of different transgenic animals. All cell lines constitutively express the endogenous OMP gene. The transgene product, simian virus 40 large T-antigen, associates with the product of the anti-oncogene p53 in these cell lines. This transgene system not only offers a biologically faithful model for investigations on the pathogenesis of neuroblastoma, the most common solid neoplasia of infancy, it also raises intriguing questions about the role of the OMP gene for the differentiation of the sympathetic neurons.
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