Characterization of pal-1, a common proviral insertion site in murine leukemia virus-induced lymphomas of c-myc and Pim-1 transgenic mice

J Virol. 1997 Jan;71(1):9-16. doi: 10.1128/JVI.71.1.9-16.1997.

Abstract

Insertional mutagenesis with Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV) in c-myc and Pim-1 transgenic mice permits the identification of oncogenes that collaborate with the transgenes in lymphomagenesis. The recently identified common insertion site pal-1, in MoMLV-induced lymphomas, is located in a region in which several independent integration clusters are found: eis-1, gfi-1, and evi-5. Proviral insertions of MoMLV in the different integration clusters upregulate the transcriptional activity of the Gfi-1 gene, which is located within the pal-1 locus. The eis-1/pal-1/gfi-1/evi-5 locus serves as a target for MoMLV proviral insertions in pre-B-cell lymphomas of Emu-myc transgenic mice (20%) and in T-cell lymphomas of H-2K-myc (75%) and Emu-pim-1 (93%) transgenic mice. Many tumors overexpress both Gfi-1 as well as Myc and Pim gene family members, indicating that Gfi-1 collaborates with Myc and Pim in lymphomagenesis. Proviral integrations in the previously identified insertion site bmi-1 are, however, mutually exclusive with integrations in the eis-1/pal-1/gfi-1/evi-5 locus. This finding suggests that Bmi-1 and Gfi-1 belong to the same complementation group in lymphoid transformation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA, Complementary
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • Female
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / metabolism*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Moloney murine leukemia virus / genetics*
  • Moloney murine leukemia virus / physiology
  • Multigene Family*
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Polycomb Repressive Complex 1
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1
  • Proviruses / genetics
  • Repressor Proteins*
  • Transcription Factors*
  • Up-Regulation
  • Virus Integration*

Substances

  • Bmi1 protein, mouse
  • DNA, Complementary
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Gfi1 protein, mouse
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Polycomb Repressive Complex 1
  • Pim1 protein, mouse
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1

Associated data

  • GENBANK/U58972
  • GENBANK/U58973