The ATM protein senses DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs) and facilitates proper repair. B and T lymphocytes of ATM-deficient patients have increased antigen receptor locus translocations associated with aberrant V(D)J recombination. Correspondingly, ATM-deficient humans are predisposed to both T and B cell malignancies. However, ATM-deficiency in mice only leads to T cell lymphomas, all of which harbor T cell receptor locus translocations resulting from aberrant V(D)J recombination. The first goal of this study was to assess whether ATM-deficient B cell lymphomas occur in mice in which V(D)J recombination is targeted to the c-myc oncogene or in which B cell survival is increased via enforced expression of the anti-apoptotic Bcl2 protein. We found that, in the absence of ATM, either inserting the V(D)J substrate into c-myc or enhancing B cell survival led to the development of mature B cell lymphomas in a subset of mice. Moreover, combining both genetic alterations led to complete penetrance of mature B cell lymphomas in the ATM-deficient background.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/11744426 |
| Date | 04 February 2015 |
| Creators | Tepsuporn, Suprawee |
| Contributors | Alt, Frederick W. |
| Publisher | Harvard University |
| Source Sets | Harvard University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Rights | open |
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