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Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2002, p. 5100-5113, Vol. 22, No. 14
0270-7306/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.14.5100-5113.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Astrocyte-Specific Inactivation of the Neurofibromatosis 1 Gene (NF1) Is Insufficient for Astrocytoma Formation

Michaela Livia Bajenaru,1 Yuan Zhu,2 Nicolé M. Hedrick,1 Jessica Donahoe,1 Luis F. Parada,2 and David H. Gutmann1*

Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri,1 Center for Developmental Biology and Kent Waldrep Foundation Center for Basic Research on Nerve Growth and Regeneration, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas2

Received 19 February 2002/ Returned for modification 4 April 2002/ Accepted 19 April 2002

Individuals with the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) inherited tumor syndrome develop low-grade gliomas (astrocytomas) at an increased frequency, suggesting that the NF1 gene is a critical growth regulator for astrocytes. In an effort to determine the contribution of the NF1 gene product, neurofibromin, to astrocyte growth regulation and NF1-associated astrocytoma formation, we generated astrocyte-specific Nf1 conditional knockout mice (Nf1GFAPCKO) by using Cre/LoxP technology. Transgenic mice were developed in which Cre recombinase was specifically expressed in astrocytes by embryonic day 14.5. Successive intercrossing with mice bearing a conditional Nf1 allele (Nf1flox) resulted in GFAP-Cre Nf1flox/flox (Nf1GFAPCKO) animals. No astrocytoma formation or neurological impairment was observed in Nf1GFAPCKO mice after 20 months, but increased numbers of proliferating astrocytes were observed in several brain regions. To determine the consequence of Nf1 inactivation at different developmental times, the growth properties of embryonic day 12.5 and postnatal day 2 Nf1 null astrocytes were analyzed. Nf1 null astrocytes exhibited increased proliferation but lacked tumorigenic properties in vitro and did not form tumors when injected into immunocompromised mouse brains in vivo. Collectively, our results suggest that loss of neurofibromin is not sufficient for astrocytoma formation in mice and that other genetic or environmental factors might influence NF1-associated glioma tumorigenesis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8111, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110. Phone: (314) 362-7379. Fax: (314) 362-2388. E-mail: gutmannd{at}neuro.wustl.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2002, p. 5100-5113, Vol. 22, No. 14
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.14.5100-5113.2002
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