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CELL
Volume 109, Issue 3, Pages 321-334Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00738-9
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To explore the role of c-Myc in carcinogenesis, we have developed a reversible transgenic model of pancreatic beta cell oncogenesis using a switchable form of the c-Myc protein. Activation of c-Myc in adult, mature beta cells induces uniform beta cell proliferation but is accompanied by overwhelming apoptosis that rapidly erodes beta cell mass. Thus, the oncogenic potential of c-Myc in beta cells is masked by apoptosis. Upon suppression of c-Myc-induced beta cell apoptosis by coexpression Of Bcl-X-L, c-Myc triggers rapid and uniform progression into angiogenic, invasive tumors. Subsequent c-Myc deactivation induces rapid regression associated with vascular degeneration and beta cell apoptosis. Our data indicate that highly complex neoplastic lesions can be both induced and maintained in vivo by a simple combination of two interlocking molecular lesions.
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