Tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.

<h4>Background</h4>The TH-MYCN transgenic neuroblastoma model, with targeted MYCN expression to the developing neural crest, has been used to study neuroblastoma development and evaluate novel targeted tumor therapies.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed tumor development in 395 TH-MY...

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Autores principales: Agnes Rasmuson, Lova Segerström, Maria Nethander, Jennie Finnman, Lotta H M Elfman, Niloufar Javanmardi, Staffan Nilsson, John Inge Johnsen, Tommy Martinsson, Per Kogner
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:89af299f753e489b805ad0201041887c2021-11-18T08:04:51ZTumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0051297https://doaj.org/article/89af299f753e489b805ad0201041887c2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23284678/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>The TH-MYCN transgenic neuroblastoma model, with targeted MYCN expression to the developing neural crest, has been used to study neuroblastoma development and evaluate novel targeted tumor therapies.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed tumor development in 395 TH-MYCN (129X1/SvJ) mice (125 negative, 206 hemizygous and 64 homozygous mice) by abdominal palpations up to 40 weeks of age. DNA sequencing of MYCN in the original plasmid construct and mouse genomic DNA was done to verify the accuracy. Copy number analysis with Affymetrix® Mouse Diversity Genotyping Arrays was used to characterize acquired genetic aberrations.<h4>Results</h4>DNA sequencing confirmed presence of human MYCN cDNA in genomic TH-MYCN DNA corresponding to the original plasmid construct. Tumor incidence and growth correlated significantly to transgene status with event-free survival for hemizygous mice at 50%, and 0% for homozygous mice. Hemizygous mice developed tumors at 5.6-19 weeks (median 9.1) and homozygous mice at 4.0-6.9 weeks (5.4). The mean treatment window, time from palpable tumor to sacrifice, for hemizygous and homozygous mice was 15 and 5.2 days, respectively. Hemizygous mice developing tumors as early as homozygous mice had a longer treatment window. Age at tumor development did not influence treatment window for hemizygous mice, whereas treatment window in homozygous mice decreased significantly with increasing age. Seven out of 10 analysed tumors had a flat DNA profile with neither segmental nor numerical chromosomal aberrations. Only three tumors from hemizygous mice showed acquired genetic features with one or more numerical aberrations. Of these, one event corresponded to gain on the mouse equivalent of human chromosome 17.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Hemizygous and homozygous TH-MYCN mice have significantly different neuroblastoma incidence, tumor growth characteristics and treatment windows but overlap in age at tumor development making correct early genotyping essential to evaluate therapeutic interventions. Contrasting previous studies, our data show that TH-MYCN tumors have few genetic aberrations.Agnes RasmusonLova SegerströmMaria NethanderJennie FinnmanLotta H M ElfmanNiloufar JavanmardiStaffan NilssonJohn Inge JohnsenTommy MartinssonPer KognerPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 12, p e51297 (2012)
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Agnes Rasmuson
Lova Segerström
Maria Nethander
Jennie Finnman
Lotta H M Elfman
Niloufar Javanmardi
Staffan Nilsson
John Inge Johnsen
Tommy Martinsson
Per Kogner
Tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.
description <h4>Background</h4>The TH-MYCN transgenic neuroblastoma model, with targeted MYCN expression to the developing neural crest, has been used to study neuroblastoma development and evaluate novel targeted tumor therapies.<h4>Methods</h4>We followed tumor development in 395 TH-MYCN (129X1/SvJ) mice (125 negative, 206 hemizygous and 64 homozygous mice) by abdominal palpations up to 40 weeks of age. DNA sequencing of MYCN in the original plasmid construct and mouse genomic DNA was done to verify the accuracy. Copy number analysis with Affymetrix® Mouse Diversity Genotyping Arrays was used to characterize acquired genetic aberrations.<h4>Results</h4>DNA sequencing confirmed presence of human MYCN cDNA in genomic TH-MYCN DNA corresponding to the original plasmid construct. Tumor incidence and growth correlated significantly to transgene status with event-free survival for hemizygous mice at 50%, and 0% for homozygous mice. Hemizygous mice developed tumors at 5.6-19 weeks (median 9.1) and homozygous mice at 4.0-6.9 weeks (5.4). The mean treatment window, time from palpable tumor to sacrifice, for hemizygous and homozygous mice was 15 and 5.2 days, respectively. Hemizygous mice developing tumors as early as homozygous mice had a longer treatment window. Age at tumor development did not influence treatment window for hemizygous mice, whereas treatment window in homozygous mice decreased significantly with increasing age. Seven out of 10 analysed tumors had a flat DNA profile with neither segmental nor numerical chromosomal aberrations. Only three tumors from hemizygous mice showed acquired genetic features with one or more numerical aberrations. Of these, one event corresponded to gain on the mouse equivalent of human chromosome 17.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Hemizygous and homozygous TH-MYCN mice have significantly different neuroblastoma incidence, tumor growth characteristics and treatment windows but overlap in age at tumor development making correct early genotyping essential to evaluate therapeutic interventions. Contrasting previous studies, our data show that TH-MYCN tumors have few genetic aberrations.
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author Agnes Rasmuson
Lova Segerström
Maria Nethander
Jennie Finnman
Lotta H M Elfman
Niloufar Javanmardi
Staffan Nilsson
John Inge Johnsen
Tommy Martinsson
Per Kogner
author_facet Agnes Rasmuson
Lova Segerström
Maria Nethander
Jennie Finnman
Lotta H M Elfman
Niloufar Javanmardi
Staffan Nilsson
John Inge Johnsen
Tommy Martinsson
Per Kogner
author_sort Agnes Rasmuson
title Tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.
title_short Tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.
title_full Tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.
title_fullStr Tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.
title_full_unstemmed Tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the TH-MYCN mouse model of neuroblastoma.
title_sort tumor development, growth characteristics and spectrum of genetic aberrations in the th-mycn mouse model of neuroblastoma.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2012
url https://doaj.org/article/89af299f753e489b805ad0201041887c
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