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dc.contributor.authorWooton, Sarah K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMetzger, Michael J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHudkins, Kellyen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlpers, Charles E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYork, Denisen_US
dc.contributor.authorDeMartini, James C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMiller, A. Dustyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-21T15:54:27Z
dc.date.available2010-04-21T15:54:27Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.identifier.citationWootton S, Metzger M, Hudkins K, et al. Lung cancer induced in mice by the envelope protein of jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) closely resembles lung cancer in sheep infected with JSRV. Retrovirology. 2006;3(1):94.en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1186/1742-4690-3-94en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.retrovirology.com/content/3/1/94en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/15761
dc.descriptionResearcher. Authors Alpers and Miller are also UW professors/researchers. Seven authors.en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) causes a lethal lung cancer in sheep and goats. Expression of the JSRV envelope (Env) protein in mouse lung, by using a replication-defective adeno-associated virus type 6 (AAV6) vector, induces tumors resembling those seen in sheep. However, the mouse and sheep tumors have not been carefully compared to determine if Env expression alone in mice can account for the disease features observed in sheep, or whether additional aspects of virus replication in sheep are important, such as oncogene activation following retrovirus integration into the host cell genome. Results: We have generated mouse monoclonal antibodies (Mab) against JSRV Env and have used these to study mouse and sheep lung tumor histology. These Mab detect Env expression in tumors in sheep infected with JSRV from around the world with high sensitivity and specificity. Mouse and sheep tumors consisted mainly of well-differentiated adenomatous foci with little histological evidence of anaplasia, but at long times after vector exposure some mouse tumors did have a more malignant appearance typical of adenocarcinoma. In addition to epithelial cell tumors, lungs of three of 29 sheep examined contained fibroblastic cell masses that expressed Env and appeared to be separate neoplasms. The Mab also stained nasal adenocarcinoma tissue from one United States sheep, which we show was due to expression of Env from ovine enzootic nasal tumor virus (ENTV), a virus closely related to JSRV. Systemic administration of the AAV6 vector encoding JSRV Env to mice produced numerous hepatocellular tumors, and some hemangiomas and hemangiosarcomas, showing that the Env protein can induce tumors in multiple cell types. Conclusion: Lung cancers induced by JSRV infection in sheep and by JSRV Env expression in mice have similar histologic features and are primarily characterized by adenomatous proliferation of peripheral lung epithelial cells. Thus it is unnecessary to invoke a role for insertional mutagenesis, gene activation, viral replication, or expression of other viral gene products in sheep lung tumorigenesis, although these processes may play a role in other clinically less important sequelae of JSRV infection such as metastasis observed with variable frequency in sheep.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipOverall funding was primarily provided by a pilot and feasibility grant from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.en_US
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dc.titleLung cancer induced in mice by the envelope protein of jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) closely resembles lung cancer in sheep infected with JSRVen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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