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Shoji Konishi1, Hiroyuki Naora, Minoru Kimura
1Department of Neurosurgery, Shimane University, Department of Medicine, Izumo, Japan.
Abstract:
Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) are classified as the embryonal tumors developed in the brain, except for the cerebellum. Although many studies have been reported, the origin and pathogenesis of PNET are still unclear. In this study, we observed the development of undifferentiated tumors indistinguishable from PNET in the transgenic mice which expressed simian virus 40 T antigen (SV40-Tag) selectively in the oligodendroglia under the control of mouse myelin basic protein gene promoter. These PNET-like tumors reproducibly developed in the brain stem of the founder mice and the transgenic progeny derived from one founder mouse. Oligodendroglia-specific expression of SV40-Tag in these transgenic mice was observed by immunohistochemical analysis. Furthermore, expression of the oligodendroglia-specific marker genes was decreased in the tumors as well as in the transgenic brains. These findings suggested that tumors developed in transgenic mice were indistinguishable from PNET, and one of them showed oligodendroglia-like characteristics. Consequently, this transgenic line is a useful animal model to study the pathogenesis of undifferentiated tumor.
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