The immune response to sporadic colorectal cancer in a novel mouse model

Item Type:	Article
Title:	The immune response to sporadic colorectal cancer in a novel mouse model
Creators Name:	Czeh, M. and Loddenkemper, C. and Shalapour, S. and Schoen, C. and Robine, S. and Goldscheid, E. and Stein, H. and Schueler, T. and Willimsky, G. and Blankenstein, T.
Abstract:	Current mouse models do not reflect the sporadic nature of colon cancer and do not allow the analysis of antitumor immune response because of the lack of known tumor-specific antigens. Two transgenic mouse models with spontaneous tumor development were generated, directing the expression of SV40T antigen (Tag) either constitutively (Vil-Cre x LoxP-Tag-transgenic mice) or stochastically (Vil-Cre-ER(T2) x LoxP-Tag-transgenic mice) into the putative stem cell region of the crypt of Lieberkühn. Tumor development and antitumor immune response were monitored. Vil-Cre x LoxP-Tag mice developed multiple adenocarcinomas of the small intestine and colon at an average age of 6 months. During the tumor development, Tag-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies were induced in half of the mice, although they had developed neonatal cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) tolerance. This model shows similarity to hereditary colon cancer but not to the sporadic tumor development. Therefore, the conditional Vil-Cre-ER(T2) x LoxP-Tag mice were established, in which expression of the dormant Tag was induced by stochastic, tissue-specific activation of Cre recombinase. These mice spontaneously developed highly invasive, metastasizing colon carcinomas at an average age of 20 months. Colon carcinomas expressed epithelial and/or neuroendocrine markers depending on the grade of differentiation. Young Vil-Cre-ER(T2) x LoxP-Tag mice had retained CTL responses against epitope IV of Tag. The tumors induced strong anti-Tag IgG responses. We report, for the first time, a mouse model based on stochastic, tissue-specific activation of a dormant oncogene in the colon allowing the analysis of antitumor immune response against primary colorectal cancer.
Keywords:	Colorectal Cancer, Sporadic Cancer, Mouse Model, Antitumor Immune Response, Animals, Mice
Source:	Oncogene
ISSN:	0950-9232
Publisher:	Nature Publishing Group
Volume:	29
Number:	50
Page Range:	6591-6602
Date:	16 December 2010
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2010.388
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