PMID:10545954

Citation	de Wind, N, Dekker, M, Claij, N, Jansen, L, van Klink, Y, Radman, M, Riggins, G, van der Valk, M, van't Wout, K and te Riele, H (1999) HNPCC-like cancer predisposition in mice through simultaneous loss of Msh3 and Msh6 mismatch-repair protein functions. Nat. Genet. 23:359-62
Abstract	Cancer predisposition in hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) is caused by defects in DNA mismatch repair (MMR). Mismatch recognition is attributed to two heterodimeric protein complexes: MutSalpha (refs 2, 3, 4, 5), a dimer of MutS homologues MSH2 and MSH6; and MutSbeta (refs 2,7), a dimer of MSH2 and MSH3. These complexes have specific and redundant mismatch recognition capacity. Whereas MSH2 deficiency ablates the activity of both dimers, causing strong cancer predisposition in mice and men, loss of MSH3 or MSH6 (also known as GTBP) function causes a partial MMR defect. This may explain the rarity of MSH6 and absence of MSH3 germline mutations in HNPCC families. To test this, we have inactivated the mouse genes Msh3 (formerly Rep3 ) and Msh6 (formerly Gtmbp). Msh6-deficient mice were prone to cancer; most animals developed lymphomas or epithelial tumours originating from the skin and uterus but only rarely from the intestine. Msh3 deficiency did not cause cancer predisposition, but in an Msh6 -deficient background, loss of Msh3 accelerated intestinal tumorigenesis. Lymphomagenesis was not affected. Furthermore, mismatch-directed anti-recombination and sensitivity to methylating agents required Msh2 and Msh6, but not Msh3. Thus, loss of MMR functions specific to Msh2/Msh6 is sufficient for lymphoma development in mice, whereas predisposition to intestinal cancer requires loss of function of both Msh2/Msh6 and Msh2/Msh3.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1038/15544
Keywords	Alleles; Animals; Base Pair Mismatch/genetics; Cell Death/drug effects; Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/genetics; Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/metabolism; Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/mortality; Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis/pathology; DNA Repair/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology; Female; Gene Deletion; Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics; Incidence; Male; Methylnitronitrosoguanidine/toxicity; Mice; Mice, Transgenic; Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins; Mutagenesis, Insertional; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/genetics; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/metabolism; Stem Cells/cytology; Stem Cells/drug effects; Stem Cells/metabolism; Survival Rate; Time Factors
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