Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

DOI

10.1186/1476-4598-12-79

Publication Title

Molecular Cancer

Volume

12

Issue

1

Pages

1-6

Abstract

Background: The canonical milk-transmitted mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) of C3H mice (C3H-MMTV) rapidly induces tumors in 90% of infected animals by 8 months of age. Pro-viral insertions of C3H-MMTV into genomic DNA results in the overexpression of common core insertion site (CIS) genes, including Wnt1/10b, Rspo2, and Fgf3. Conversely, infection by either the endogenous Mtv-1 virus (in C3Hf) or the exogenous nodule-inducing virus (NIV) (in Balb/c NIV) induces premalignant mammary lesions and tumors with reduced incidence and longer latency than C3H-MMTV. Here, we asked whether Mtv-1/NIV affected the expression of core CIS genes.

Findings: We confirmed the presence of active virus in Mtv-1/NIV infected tissues and using quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) found that Mtv-1/NIV induced neoplasms (tumors and hyperplasia) commonly expressed the core CIS genes Wnt1, Wnt10b, Rspo2, Fgf3.

Conclusions: These results underscore the importance of core CIS gene expression in the early events leading to MMTV-induced mammary tumor initiation regardless of the viral variant.

ORCID

0000-0003-3329-9478 (Bruno)

Original Publication Citation

Bruno, R.D., Rosenfield, S.M., & Smith, G.H. (2013). Late developing mammary tumors and hyperplasia induced by a low-oncogenic variant of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) express genes identical to those induced by canonical MMTV. Molecular Cancer, 12(1), 1-6. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-12-79

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