Review Article

Mouse Models of Prostate Cancer

Table 4

Conditional knockout models.

ModelYearOther tissues affectedHighest stage of neoplasiaCastration resistanceReferences

PSACreNkx3.1flox2002NonePINNot determined[176]
PSACrePtenflox2005NoneInfrequent LN metastasisNo[177]
PBCre4Ptenflox2003NoneLN & lung metastasisYes[178, 179]
PBCreRbflox2004NoneHyperplasiaNot determined[180, 181]
PBCre4LSL-Ph15LO-1 (FLiMP) 2006NonePINNot determined[182]
PBCre4p53floxRbflox2006NoneLN, lung, liver & adrenal glands metastasisYes[180, 181]
PBCre4Apcflox2007NoneAdenocarcinomaYes[183]
PBCre4IGF-1flox2008NoneHyperplasiaNo[184]
PBCre4Catnblox(ex3); K-rasLSLV122009Bulbourethral gland, preputial gland, and urethral gland metaplasias, testesAdenocarcinomaPutative[185]
PBCre4Catnblox(ex3) & Nkx3.1CreCatnblox(ex3)2009NoneHGPINYes[186]
PBCre4Brca2floxp53flox2010NoneHGPINYes[187]
MMTVCreCatnblox(ex3)2003Skin, salivary glands, epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicle, spleen, mammary tissueHyperplasia & metaplasiaNo[188]
MMTVCrePtenflox2004Mammary tissue, skin, lymphocytes, oocytes, seminal vesicles, salivary glandsHGPINNo[189]
FSP1CreTGFβ flox2004Fibroblasts, particularly in skin and stomachPINNot determined[190]
Nkx3.1CreERT2Ptenflox2009UnknownAdenocarcinomaYes[16]