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Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of myc transduction in feline leukemia virus-infected cats

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Feline lymphomas are associated with the transduction and activation of cellular proto-oncogenes, such as c-myc, by feline leukemia virus (FeLV). We describe a polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of myc transduction usable in clinical diagnosis. The assay targets c-myc exons 2 and 3, which together result in a FeLV-specific fusion gene following c-myc transduction. When this assay was conducted on FeLV-infected feline tissues submitted for clinical diagnosis of tumors, myc transduction was detected in 14% of T-cell lymphoma/leukemias. This newly established system could become a useful diagnostic tool in veterinary medicine.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Hajime Tsujimoto (The University of Tokyo) for providing feline samples and FT-G cell line. We thank Katie Oakley, PhD, from Edanz Group (www.edanzediting.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript. This study was supported by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI.

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This study was funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI (Grant Number 15H04602).

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  1. Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan

    Ryosuke Sumi, Ariko Miyake, Taiji Endo & Kazuo Nishigaki

  2. Kahotechno Co., Ltd, 680-41, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-0067, Japan

    Yoshiharu Ohsato

  3. The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan

    Minh Ha Ngo & Kazuo Nishigaki

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Sumi, R., Miyake, A., Endo, T. et al. Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of myc transduction in feline leukemia virus-infected cats. Arch Virol 163, 1073–1077 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3721-1

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