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Molecular Genetics of Ulcerative Colitis-associated Colon Cancer in the Interleukin 2- and ß₂-Microglobulin-deficient Mouse¹

Departments of Medicine [K-J. S., J. C., Y-I. K.] and Nutritional Sciences [S. R., M. C., Y-I. K.], University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8 Canada; Division of Gastroenterology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8 Canada [Y-I. K.]; Division of Gastroenterology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02904 [S. A. S.]; and Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 [M. C., C. T.]

Mice deficient in ß₂-microglobulin and interleukin 2 (ß₂m^null x IL-2^null) spontaneously develop colon cancer in the setting of chronic ulcerative colitis (UC). We investigated mutations of the Apc and p53 genes and microsatellite instability in colonic adenocarcinomas arising in this model. Mutations of the Apc and p53 genes in the regions corresponding to mutation hot spots in human colorectal cancer were determined by sequencing in 11 colonic adenocarcinomas. Microsatellite instability was determined in matched normal and neoplastic DNA at five loci. All 11 adenocarcinomas harbored Apc mutations. Of these 11 tumors, 5 harbored truncating mutations. A total of 67 Apc mutations were found in these 11 tumors; 59 were missense mutations, whereas 8 were frameshift or nonsense mutations. Six of the 11 adenocarcinomas harbored p53 mutations. A total of seven p53 mutations were found in these 11 tumors; all mutations were transitions, 4 of which were C:GT:A transitions occurring in codon 229 at cytosine-guanine dinucleotides. Nine adenocarcinomas exhibited microsatellite instability in at least one of the five loci examined; 1 tumor had microsatellite instability in two loci. Molecular genetics, as well as clinical features, of colon cancer in the ß₂m^null x IL-2^null mice are similar to those of human UC-associated colorectal cancer. As such, this model appears to be an excellent animal model to study UC-associated colorectal carcinogenesis.

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