Carcinogenesis, Vol 18, 975-980, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
ED Kroese, PM Dortant, H van Steeg, CT van Oostrom, CW van der Houven van Oordt, HJ van Kranen, A de Vries, PW Wester and CF van Kreijl
E mu-pim-1 transgenic mice are predisposed to develop lymphomas. Due to
their low spontaneous tumour incidence and their increased sensitivity
towards the lymphomagen ethylnitrosourea these mice may present an
interesting model for short-term carcinogenicity testing. Here, we report
on the further exploration of this transgenic mouse model with two
additional carcinogens known to have, among others, the
lymphohaematopoietic system as target, i.e. benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and
12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). B[a]P, given three times a week
(by gavage) for 13 weeks at 4.3, 13 or 39 mg/kg body weight, resulted in a
dose-related increase in lymphomas up to a 90% incidence in E(mu)-pim-1
mice during the observation period of 40 weeks. B[a]P also induced tumours
of the forestomach within this observation period, though at a lower
incidence and apparently equally effective in wildtype and transgenic mice.
TPA, on the other hand, was unable to induce lymphomas (or tumours in any
other organ) in either transgenic or wildtype animals within the
observation period of 44 weeks, when applied dermally at the maximum
tolerated dose of 3 microg/mouse, twice a week for 35 weeks. Molecular
analysis showed that B[a]P-induced lymphomas in transgenic mice were of
T-cell origin, 80% of which had elevated levels of c-myc expression. None
of the lymphomas had increased N-myc expression and mutation analysis of
the ras-gene family revealed a K-ras mutation in only one out of eight
tumours investigated. Also, none of the lymphomas showed aberrant
expression of p53 as determined by immunohistochemistry. It is concluded
that the E mu-pim-1 mouse model will not be very suitable for short-term
carcinogenicity testing in general: only genotoxic chemicals that have the
lymphohaematopoietic system as target for carcinogenesis in wild- type
mice, appear to be efficiently identified.
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Use of E mu-PIM-1 transgenic mice short-term in vivo carcinogenicity testing: lymphoma induction by benzo[a]pyrene, but not by TPA
Department of Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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