Transgenic Expression of Walleye Dermal Sarcoma Virus rv-cyclin Gene in Zebrafish and Its Suppressive Effect on Liver Tumor Development After Carcinogen Treatment |
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Authors: | Huiqing Zhan Jan M Spitsbergen Wei Qing Yi Lian Wu Thomas A Paul James W Casey Guor Muor Her Zhiyuan Gong |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 117543;(2) Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center and Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA;(3) Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA;(4) Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan; |
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Abstract: | A retrovirus homologue gene of cellular cyclin D
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, walleye dermal sarcoma virus rv-cyclin gene (orf A or rv-cyclin), was expressed in the livers of zebrafish under the control of liver fatty acid-binding protein (lfabp) promoter. To prevent possible fatality caused by overexpression of the oncogene, the GAL4/upstream activation sequence (GAL4/UAS)
system was used to maintain the transgenic lines. Thus, both GAL4-activator Tg(lfabp:GAL4)] and UAS-effector Tg(UAS:rvcyclin)] lines were generated, and the rv-cyclin gene was activated in the liver after crossing these two lines. Since no obvious neoplasia phenotypes were observed in the
double-transgenic line, cancer susceptibility of the transgenic fish expressing rv-cyclin was tested by carcinogen treatment. Unexpectedly, transgenic fish expressing rv-cyclin gene (rvcyclin+) were more resistant to the carcinogen than siblings not expressing this gene (rvcyclin–). Lower incidences
of multiple and malignant liver tumors were observed in rvcyclin+ than in rvcyclin– fish, and the liver tumors in the rvcyclin+
group appeared later and were less malignant. These results suggest that expression of rv-cyclin protects the fish liver from carcinogen damage and delays onset of malignancy. These findings indicate that transgenic fish
models are powerful systems for investigating mechanisms of inhibition and regression of liver tumors. |
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