Review Article

Murine Models of B-Cell Lymphomas: Promising Tools for Designing Cancer Therapies

Table 3

Induced models of B-cell lymphoma. (m): murine origin; (h): human origin; (i): syngeneic models; (ii): syngeneic models with murine tumor cells engineered to express human antigens; (iii): xenogenic models; (iv): humanized models; CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia; DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; MALT: mucosa associated lymphatic tissue; n.d.: not determined; PCL: primary cerebral lymphoma; PCNSL: primary central nervous system lymphoma; PIOL: primary intraocular lymphoma; SCID: severe combined immune deficiency.

Injection siteNameLymphoma modelRecipient miceMajor reference
Strain (haplotype)MHC compatibilityImmune status

IntravenousB6 spontaneous model (m)High-grade B lymphomaC57Bl/6 (H-2b)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent[51]
Pi-BCL1 (m)DLBCLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [52]
38C13 (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphomaC3H/HeN (H-2k)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [53]
FL5.12 transfected by Bcl2 (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphomaBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [42]
A20 (m)DLBCLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [54]
4TOO (m)n.d.BALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [55]
BCL1 (m)CLLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent[56]
38C13 Her2/neu (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphomaC3H/HeN (H-2k)Syngeneic (ii)Immunocompetent [40]
Z138 (h)Human mantle cell lymphomaSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [57]
BJAB (h)Burkitt lymphomaSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [58]
SU-DHL-4 (h)DLBCLSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [59]

IntrasplenicA20 (m)DLBCLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [60]
A20.IIA-GFP (m)DLBCLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent[50]

IntraperitonealCH44 (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphomaB10.H-2aH-4bp/WtsSyngeneic (i)Immunocompetent[34]
BCL1 (m)DLBCLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [53]
38C13 (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphomaC3H/HeN (H-2k)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [53]
Tonsillar lymphocytes and EBV infection (h)Viro-induced lymphomaBNXhum (humanized)Allogenic (iv)Immunocompetent [61]

SubcutaneousLY-ar or LY-as (m)n.d.C3Hf/kam (H-2k)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [37]
S11 (m)Burkitt lymphomaBALB/c nude (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)T-cell deficiency [62]
LMycSN-p53null (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphomaC57Bl/6 (H-2b)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [18]
A20 (m)DLBCLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [63]
38C13 Her2/neu (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphomaC3H/HeN (H-2k)Syngeneic (ii)Immunocompetent [40]
Myc5-M5 (m)n.d.SCID mice (H-2d)AllogenicImmunodeficient [17]
Splenic Hodgkin lymphoma cells (h)Hodgkin diseaseNude mice (H-2b)Xenogenic (iii)T-cell deficiency [64]
Human hodgkin cell line (h)Hodgkin diseaseSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [47]
Ramos (h)Burkitt lymphomaSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient[58]
BJAB (h)Burkitt lymphomaSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [58]
SC-1 (h)Follicular lymphomaSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [58]
DoHH-2 (h)Follicular lymphomaSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [58]
SuDHL-4 (h)DLBCLC.B-17 SCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [65]
Granta 519 (h)Mantle cell lymphomaC.B-17 SCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [65]
HKBML (h)Brain DLBCLC.B-17 SCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [46]
Daudi (h)Burkitt lymphomaSCID/beige mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iv)Partially rebuilt [66]
Jijoye (h)Burkitt lymphomaSCID/beige mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iv)Partially rebuilt [66]

IntramuscularMSV-MuLV-M inducedWaldenstrom's macroglobulinemiaC57Bl/6 (H-2b)SyngeneicImmunocompetent [67]
Mouse lymphosarcoma cell line (m)Non-Hodgkin lymphosarcomaCBA (H-2k)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent[41]

StomachHelicobacter felisMALT lymphomaBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [48]

IntracerebralA20.IIA-GFP (m)PCL (PCNSL)BALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [50]
38C13 CD20+ (m)PCL (PCNSL)C3H/HeN (H-2k)Syngeneic (ii)Immunocompetent [68]
Raji (h)PCL (PCNSL)Nude mice (H-2b)Xenogenic (iii)T-cell deficiency [69]
Patient's cells (h)PCL (PCNSL)Nude mice (H-2b)Xenogenic (iii)T-cell deficiency [70]
MC116 (h)PCL (PCNSL)Nude rats (RT1u)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient[71]

Cisterna magnaL1210 (m)Leptomeningeal metastasesDBA/2 (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent[72]

IntraocularA20.IIA-GFP (m)PIOLBALB/c (H-2d)Syngeneic (i)Immunocompetent [45]
38C13 CD20+ (m)PIOLC3H/HeN (H-2k)Syngeneic (ii)Immunocompetent [68]
CA46 (h)PIOLSCID mice (H-2d)Xenogenic (iii)Immunodeficient [73]