Conditional biallelic Nf2 mutation in the mouse promotes manifestations of human neurofibromatosis type 2
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- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Genes & Development
- Vol. 14 (13) , 1617-1630
- https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.14.13.1617
Abstract
Hemizygosity for the NF2 gene in humans causes a syndromic susceptibility to schwannoma development. However, Nf2hemizygous mice do not develop schwannomas but mainly osteosarcomas. In the tumors of both species, the second Nf2 allele is inactivated. We report that conditional homozygous Nf2 knockout mice with Cre-mediated excision of Nf2 exon 2 in Schwann cells showed characteristics of neurofibromatosis type 2. These included schwannomas, Schwann cell hyperplasia, cataract, and osseous metaplasia. Thus, the tumor suppressor function of Nf2, here revealed in murine Schwann cells, was concealed in hemizygousNf2 mice because of insufficient rate of second allele inactivation in this cell compartment. The finding of this conserved function documents the relevance of the present approach to model the human disease.Keywords
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