PUBLICATION
Heritable T-cell malignancy models established in a zebrafish phenotypic screen
- Authors
- Frazer, J.K., Meeker, N.D., Rudner, L., Bradley, D.F., Smith, A.C., Demarest, B., Joshi, D., Locke, E.E., Hutchinson, S.A., Tripp, S., Perkins, S.L., and Trede, N.S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090616-53
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Leukemia 23(10): 1825-1835 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Demarest, Bradley, Frazer, Kimble, Hutchinson, Sarah, Trede, Nick
- Keywords
- lymphoma, zebrafish, T lymphocyte, genetic screen
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Disease Models, Animal*
- Flow Cytometry
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Incidence
- Mutagenesis
- Phenotype
- Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics*
- Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/pathology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transgenes/genetics*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- PubMed
- 19516274 Full text @ Leukemia
Citation
Frazer, J.K., Meeker, N.D., Rudner, L., Bradley, D.F., Smith, A.C., Demarest, B., Joshi, D., Locke, E.E., Hutchinson, S.A., Tripp, S., Perkins, S.L., and Trede, N.S. (2009) Heritable T-cell malignancy models established in a zebrafish phenotypic screen. Leukemia. 23(10):1825-1835.
Abstract
T-cell neoplasias are common in pediatric oncology, and include acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL). These cancers have worse prognoses than their B-cell counterparts, and their treatments carry significant morbidity. Although many pediatric malignancies have characteristic translocations, most T-lymphocyte-derived diseases lack cytogenetic hallmarks. Lacking these informative lesions, insight into their molecular pathogenesis is less complete. Although dysregulation of the NOTCH1 pathway occurs in a substantial fraction of cases, many other genetic lesions of T-cell malignancy have not yet been determined. To address this deficiency, we pioneered a phenotype-driven forward-genetic screen in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Using transgenic fish with T-lymphocyte-specific expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP), we performed chemical mutagenesis, screened animals for GFP(+) tumors, and identified multiple lines with a heritable predisposition to T-cell malignancy. In each line, the patterns of infiltration and morphological appearance resembled human T-ALL and T-LBL. T-cell receptor analyses confirmed their clonality. Malignancies were transplantable and contained leukemia-initiating cells, like their human correlates. In summary, we have identified multiple zebrafish mutants that recapitulate human T-cell neoplasia and show heritable transmission. These vertebrate models provide new genetic platforms for the study of these important human cancers.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping