Identification of a common viral integration region in Cas-Br-E murine leukemia virus-induced non-T-, non-B-cell lymphomas

J Virol. 1991 Jan;65(1):7-15. doi: 10.1128/JVI.65.1.7-15.1991.

Abstract

The Cas-Br-E murine leukemia virus is a nondefective retrovirus that induces non-T-, non-B-cell lymphomas in susceptible NIH/Swiss mice. By using a DNA probe derived from Cas-Br-E provirus-flanking sequences, we identified a DNA region, originally called Sic-1, rearranged in 16 of 24 tumors analyzed (67%). All proviruses were integrated in a DNA segment smaller than 100 bp and were in the same 5'-to-3' orientation. Ecotropic as well as mink cell focus-forming virus types were found integrated in that specific DNA region. On the basis of Southern blot analysis of somatic cell hybrids and progeny of an interspecies backcross, the Sic-1 region was localized on mouse chromosome 9 near the previously described proto-oncogenes or common viral integration sites: Ets-1, Cbl-2, Tpl-1, and Fli-1. Restriction map analysis shows that this region is identical to the Fli-1 locus identified in Friend murine leukemia virus-induced erythroleukemia cell lines and thus may contain sequences also responsible for the development of mouse non-T-, non-B-cell lymphomas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Blotting, Southern
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA Probes
  • DNA, Neoplasm / genetics
  • DNA, Neoplasm / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • DNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Gene Rearrangement
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / genetics
  • Leukemia Virus, Murine / genetics*
  • Leukemia Virus, Murine / pathogenicity
  • Lymphoma / genetics
  • Lymphoma / microbiology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / genetics
  • Restriction Mapping

Substances

  • DNA Probes
  • DNA, Neoplasm
  • DNA, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell