Spontaneous and carcinogen-induced tumorigenesis in p53-deficient mice - PubMed (original) (raw)

Spontaneous and carcinogen-induced tumorigenesis in p53-deficient mice

M Harvey et al. Nat Genet. 1993 Nov.

Abstract

Using gene targeting techniques, mice that have been generated with two germ-line p53 null alleles (homozygotes) develop normally but are highly susceptible to early onset spontaneous tumours. Here, we show that mice with a single null p53 allele (heterozygotes) produced in the same way are also susceptible to spontaneous tumours, but with a delayed onset compared to homozygotes. The most frequent tumour type in homozygotes was malignant lymphoma; in heterozygotes, osteosarcomas and soft tissue sarcomas predominated. Heterozygous mice treated with a liver carcinogen, dimethylnitrosamine, showed a decreased survival time in comparison to treated wild type mice, suggesting that the p53-deficient mice may be useful for some in vivo carcinogenesis assays.

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