C-Myc is one of the most common targets of genetic alterations in human cancers. Although overexpression of c-Myc in the B cell compartment predisposes to lymphomas, secondary mutations are required for disease manifestation. In this article, we show that genetic deficiencies causing arrested B cell development and accumulation of B cell progenitors lead to accelerated lymphomagenesis in E c-myc transgenic mice. This result suggests that B cell progenitors are more prone than their mature counterparts to developing secondary oncogenic lesions that complement c-Myc in promoting transformation. To investigate the nature of these oncogenic lesions, we examined E c-myc mice deficient in mismatch repair function. We report that Msh2 ؊/؊ E c-myc and Msh2 G674A/G674A E c-myc mice rapidly succumb to pro-B cell stage lymphomas, indicating that Msh2-dependent mismatch repair function actively suppresses c-Myc-associated oncogenesis during early B cell development.apoptosis ͉ mismatch repair ͉ oncogenesis ͉ p53
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