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Published in final edited form as: Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2020 Jan 22;33(2):264–278. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12853

TABLE 4.

Genetically engineered mouse models of uveal melanoma

Model genotype	Induction	Phenotype	Original Publication (Laboratory of origin)
Dct-rtTA/+; tet-HA-GNAQ^Q209L/+; p16p19^KO	5- to 6-week-old mice; doxycycline in food	>50% of mice developed cutaneous melanoma; no report of lesions in the uveal tract	Feng et al. (2014) (J. Silvio Gutkind)
Rosa26-floxed stop-GNAQ^Q209L/+; Mitf-cre/+	Embryonic (E15.5) activation by constitutive Cre driver	Skin hyperpigmentation overt uveal melanoma and occasional dermal melanoma at 3 months in 15/15 mice; melanocytic neoplasia of the leptomeninges, harderian gland, cochlea, and vestibular system; putative metastases in the lungs at 3 months in 18/19 mice	Huang et al. (2015) (Catherine Van Raamsdonk)
Rosa26-floxed stop-GNAQ^Q209L/+; Tyrosinase-creER/+	8-week-old mice; daily IP injection of tamoxifen and tail dip in 4-HT for 5 days	Skin hyperpigmentation; melanocytic hyperplasia of the uveal tract (but not overt melanoma) in 3/3 mice
R26-LSL-GNA11^Q209L/+; Tyrosinase-creER^T2/+	4-week-old mice; single IP injection of tamoxifen	Skin hyperpigmentation; overt uveal and dermal melanoma at 6 months in 50% of mice; melanocytic neoplasia of the leptomeninges, third ventricle, harderian gland, and heart; putative metastases in axillary lymph nodes and lungs at 3–6 months in 100% of mice	Moore et al. (2018) (Yu Chen)
R26-LSL-GNA11^Q209L/+; BAP1^lox/lox; Tyrosinase-creER^T2/+	4-week-old mice; single IP injection of tamoxifen	Compared to above: increased dermal melanoma burden and proliferative index, no change in number or size of uveal melanoma tumors or lung lesions
AAV5-CMV-Cre or AAV5-Trp2-GFPCre; Lats1^f/f; Lats2^f/f	2- to 4-month-old mice; suprachoroidal injection of AAV	Eye bulging at 2 months and uveal melanoma formation at 6 months in 12/14 and 8/10 mice, respectively	Li et al. (2019) (Junhao Mao)
AAV5-Trp2-GFPCre; Lats1^f/f; Lats2^f/f; LSL-KrasG12D	2- to 4-month-old mice; suprachoroidal injection of AAV	Compared to above: larger uveal melanoma tumors in 7/7 mice and reduced survival (<4 months)