To test the transforming potential of deregulated P40/Interleukin 9 expression, we transfected a mouse P40-dependent T cell line with P40 cDNA, and examined the tumorigenicity of the resulting transfectants. When the cells, which grew autonomously in vitro, were injected intraperitoneally or subcutaneously into syngeneic mice, a very high tumor incidence was observed with as few as 10(4) cells per inoculum. Animals died as a result of widespread dissemination of lymphomatous tissue to abdominal and thoracic organs. The same P40-dependent cell line transfected with a control construct did not form tumors even after injection of 10(7) cells. These results indicate that uncontrolled expression of P40 can support T cell proliferation in vivo, and may be a transforming event involved in the development of certain T cell tumors.
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February 01 1991
Autonomous growth and tumorigenicity induced by P40/interleukin 9 cDNA transfection of a mouse P40-dependent T cell line.
C Uyttenhove,
C Uyttenhove
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
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C Druez,
C Druez
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
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J C Renauld,
J C Renauld
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
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M Hérin,
M Hérin
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
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H Noël,
H Noël
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
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J Van Snick
J Van Snick
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
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C Uyttenhove
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
C Druez
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
J C Renauld
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
M Hérin
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
H Noël
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
J Van Snick
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels Branch, Belgium.
Online Issn: 1540-9538
Print Issn: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1991) 173 (2): 519–522.
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C Uyttenhove, C Druez, J C Renauld, M Hérin, H Noël, J Van Snick; Autonomous growth and tumorigenicity induced by P40/interleukin 9 cDNA transfection of a mouse P40-dependent T cell line.. J Exp Med 1 February 1991; 173 (2): 519–522. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.173.2.519
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