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Human papilloma virus 16 E7 oncogene does not cooperate with RET/PTC 3 oncogene in the neoplastic transformation of thyroid cells in transgenic mice.

par Portella, Giuseppe;Borselli, C;Santoro, Massimo;Gerbasio, D;D'Armiento, M R;Dumont, Jacques Emile ;Ledent, Catherine ;Rothstein, Jay;Vecchio, G;Fusco, A.
Référence Oncology research, 12, 8, page (347-354)
Publication Publié, 2001

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We have previously reported that the thyroid-targeted expression of the RET/PTC3 oncogene (Tg-RET/PTC3) in transgenic mice induces follicular hyperplasia with papillary architecture, resulting in a modest increase of the thyroid gland volume, followed by the appearance of papillary carcinomas in approximately 1-year-old animals. In order to analyze the genetic alterations that may cooperate with RET/PTC3 in the development or progression of thyroid tumors, we interbred Tg-RET/PTC3 mice with Tg-E7 transgenic mice, which express the E7 oncogene of the human papilloma virus 16 in thyroid cells. Tg-E7 mice develop large colloid goiters with small papillae and well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas in older animals. Here we show that thyroid lesions in Tg-RET/PTC3-Tg-E7 double transgenics were morphologically different from those occurring in Tg-RET/PTC3 mice, while they were virtually indistinguishable from those occurring in Tg-E7 mice. In addition, the coexpression of RET/PTC3 and E7 oncogenes neither enhanced the malignant phenotype nor reduced the latency period of thyroid lesions with respect to parental transgenic lines. We conclude that the coexpression of RET/PTC3 and E7 lacks any cooperative effect in the neoplastic transformation of thyroid cells and that the E7-induced thyroid phenotype is dominant with respect to the RET/PTC3 one.