Cytogenetic and cellular events during radiation-induced thymic lymphomagenesis in the p53 heterozygous (±) B10 mouse

Autor: Kimio Tanaka, Masahiko Mori, H. Tsuji, Shiro Aizawa, Kazuko Yoshida, Keiko Watanabe, Tohru Inoue, Yoko Hirabayashi, Hitoko Kamisaku
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: International Journal of Radiation Biology. 78:165-172
ISSN: 1362-3095
0955-3002
DOI: 10.1080/09553000110097965
Popis: Cellular and cytogenetic events in radiation-induced thymic lymphomagenesis were investigated in the p53 heterozygous (+/-) mouse following a single dose of whole-body irradiation.The loss of the wild-type p53 allele and microsatellite markers of chromosome 11 in thymic lymphomas that developed in the p53 heterozygous (+/-) mouse after irradiation, and the stage at which prelymphoma cells appeared were analysed.The p53 heterozygous mouse developed thymic lymphomas in a dose-dependent manner. The loss of the wild-type p53 allele (loss of heterozygosity; LOH) occurred in almost all thymic lymphomas induced in the irradiated p53 heterozygous mouse. Cytogenetic analysis for the mechanism of LOH strongly suggested that the loss of the wild-type p53 gene in the lymphomas was caused by duplication of the disrupted allele through either homologous recombination or non-disjunctional chromosome duplication. The assay for prelymphoma cells suggested that a critical event in the development of prelymphoma cells occurred at least 3 weeks after irradiation.The loss of the wild-type p53 gene in thymocytes of the p53 heterozygous mouse may precede the development of prelymphoma cells after irradiation and be a valuable marker of radiation-induced leukemogenesis.
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