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Lyall JW, Solanky N, Tiley LS. Restricted species tropism of maedi-visna virus strain EV-1 is not due to limited receptor distribution. J Gen Virol 2000; 81:2919-2927. [PMID: 11086123 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-12-2919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The distribution of receptors for maedi-visna virus (MVV) was studied using co-cultivation assays for virus fusion and PCR-based assays to detect the formation of virus-specific reverse transcription products after virus entry. Receptors were present on cell lines from human, monkey, mouse, chicken, quail, hamster and ovine sources. Thus, the distribution of the receptor for MVV is more similar to that of the amphotropic type C retroviruses than to that of other lentiviruses. The receptor was sensitive to proteolysis by papain, but was resistant to trypsin. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and lung cells (V79 TOR) did not express functional receptors for MVV. The receptor was mapped to either chromosome 2 or 4 of the mouse using somatic cell hybrids. This allowed several candidates (e.g. MHC-II, CXCR4) that have been proposed for the MVV receptor to be excluded.
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- J W Lyall
- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK1
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK1
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- Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK1
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Miyamura T, Tanaka H, Inoue M, Ichinose Y, Seino Y. The effects of bone marrow transplantation on X-linked hypophosphatemic mice. J Bone Miner Res 2000; 15:1451-8. [PMID: 10934643 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.8.1451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The genes responsible for X-linked hypophosphatemic (XLH) vitamin D-resistant rickets and the murine homolog, hypophosphatemic mice (Hyp), were identified as PHEX and Phex (phosphate-regulating gene with homology to endopeptidases on the X chromosome), respectively. However, the mechanism by which inactivating mutations of PHEX cause XLH remains unknown. We investigated the mechanisms by syngeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from wild mice to Hyp mice. The expression of the Phex gene was detected in mouse BM cells. BMT introduced a chimerism in recipient Hyp mice and a significant increase in the serum phosphorus level. The renal sodium phosphate cotransporter gene expression was significantly increased. The effect of BMT on the serum phosphorus level depended on engraftment efficiencies, which represent the dosage of normal gene. Similarly, the serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was decreased and bone mineral density was increased. Furthermore, the renal expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 24-hydroxylase, which is a key enzyme in the catabolic pathway and is increased in XLH/Hyp, was improved. From these results, we conclude that transplantation of normal BM cells improved abnormal bone mineral metabolism and deranged vitamin D metabolism in Hyp by replacing defective gene product(s) with normal gene product(s). This result may provide strong evidence for clinical application of BMT in metabolic bone disorders.
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- T Miyamura
- Department of Pediatrics, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Valentin E, Koduri RS, Scimeca JC, Carle G, Gelb MH, Lazdunski M, Lambeau G. Cloning and recombinant expression of a novel mouse-secreted phospholipase A2. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:19152-60. [PMID: 10383420 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.27.19152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Secreted phospholipases A2 (sPLA2s) form a class of structurally related enzymes that are involved in a variety of physiological and pathological effects including inflammation and associated diseases, cell proliferation, cell adhesion, and cancer, and are now known to bind to specific membrane receptors. Here, we report the cloning and expression of a novel sPLA2 isolated from mouse thymus. Based on its structural features, this sPLA2 is most similar to the previously cloned mouse group IIA sPLA2 (mGIIA sPLA2). As for mGIIA sPLA2, the novel sPLA2 is made up of 125 amino acids with 14 cysteines, is basic (pI = 8.71) and its gene has been mapped to mouse chromosome 4. However, the novel sPLA2 has only 48% identity with mGIIA and displays similar levels of identity with the other mouse group IIC and V sPLA2s, indicating that the novel sPLA2 is not an isoform of mGIIA sPLA2. This novel sPLA2 has thus been called mouse group IID (mGIID) sPLA2. In further contrast with mGIIA, which is found mainly in intestine, transcripts coding for mGIID sPLA2 are found in several tissues including pancreas, spleen, thymus, skin, lung, and ovary, suggesting distinct functions for the two enzymes. Recombinant expression of mGIID sPLA2 in Escherichia coli indicates that the cloned sPLA2 is an active enzyme that has much lower specific activity than mGIIA and displays a distinct specificity for binding to various phospholipid vesicles. Finally, recombinant mGIID sPLA2 did not bind to the mouse M-type sPLA2 receptor, while mGIIA was previously found to bind to this receptor with high affinity.
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- E Valentin
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, UPR 411, 660 route des Lucioles, Sophia Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France
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Herbarth B, Pingault V, Bondurand N, Kuhlbrodt K, Hermans-Borgmeyer I, Puliti A, Lemort N, Goossens M, Wegner M. Mutation of the Sry-related Sox10 gene in Dominant megacolon, a mouse model for human Hirschsprung disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:5161-5. [PMID: 9560246 PMCID: PMC20231 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.9.5161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The spontaneous mouse mutant Dominant megacolon (Dom) is a valuable model for the study of human congenital megacolon (Hirschsprung disease). Here we report that the defect in the Dom mouse is caused by mutation of the gene encoding the Sry-related transcription factor Sox10. This assignment is based on (i) colocalization of the Sox10 gene with the Dom mutation on chromosome 15; (ii) altered Sox10 expression in the gut and in neural-crest derived structures of cranial ganglia of Dom mice; (iii) presence of a frameshift in the Sox10 coding region, and (iv) functional inactivation of the resulting truncated protein. These results identify the transcriptional regulator Sox10 as an essential factor in mouse neural crest development and as a further candidate gene for human Hirschsprung disease, especially in cases where it is associated with features of Waardenburg syndrome.
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- B Herbarth
- Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universität Hamburg, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Fernandes M, Poirier C, Lespinasse F, Carle GF. The mouse homologs of human GIF, DDB1, and CFL1 genes are located on chromosome 19. Mamm Genome 1998; 9:339. [PMID: 9530637 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- M Fernandes
- CNRS/UNSA UMR 6549, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France
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Arrighi I, Lesage F, Scimeca JC, Carle GF, Barhanin J. Structure, chromosome localization, and tissue distribution of the mouse twik K+ channel gene. FEBS Lett 1998; 425:310-6. [PMID: 9559671 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00260-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We have recently discovered a new class of potassium channels with two pore-forming domains and four membrane-spanning domains. When heterologously expressed, these channels produce time- and voltage-independent currents that classify them as background or leak channels. TWIK (for tandem of P domains in a weak inwardly rectifying K+ channel) was the first member of this family to be cloned. Here, we describe the genomic organization of TWIK in the mouse. The coding sequence as well as the untranslated sequences are contained in three exons. The twik gene (or KCNK1) has been mapped to chromosome 8, consistent with its localization to 1q42-43 in human. The twik gene is expressed in virtually all mouse tissues. It is most abundantly expressed in brain and moderately in other organs such as kidney. The level of expression is increased in brain and kidney from neonate to adult animals, but the TWIK message is also detected during embryogenesis, as early as day 7 post conception.
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- I Arrighi
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UPR 411, Valbonne, France
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Matena K, Boehm T, Dear N. Genomic organization of mouse Capn5 and Capn6 genes confirms that they are a distinct calpain subfamily. Genomics 1998; 48:117-20. [PMID: 9503024 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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CAPN5 and CAPN6 are recently identified human and mouse genes lacking a calmodulin-like domain with homology to the calpain family of proteases. To clarify their relationship to the known calpains, we have compared their genomic organization and chromosome location with other human calpain gene family members. In the mouse, both genes have 11 introns of identical location, with 6 of these being similar in location to those of the known vertebrate members. Surprisingly, there were no splice junctions in common with the nematode gene tra-3, the calpain with highest homology to CAPN5 and CAPN6. CAPN5 is localized on human chromosome 11, closely linked to the mu-calpain gene CAPN1. CAPN6, which is expressed only in the placenta, is localized on the X chromosome, to which no other calpain has yet been mapped.
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- K Matena
- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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This review is intended to provide an overview of techniques and a source of reagents for physical mapping of the mouse genome. It focuses on those applications, methods, or resources unique to the mouse and on the generation of comparative physical maps. The reference list is not comprehensive; rather, recent reviews on each topic and selected representative examples are given.
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- G E Herman
- Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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Langston AA, Mellersh CS, Neal CL, Ray K, Acland GM, Gibbs M, Aguirre GD, Fournier RE, Ostrander EA. Construction of a panel of canine-rodent hybrid cell lines for use in partitioning of the canine genome. Genomics 1997; 46:317-25. [PMID: 9441734 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.5009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We have constructed a collection of canine-rodent microcell hybrid cell lines by fusion of canine fibroblast microcell donors with immortalized rodent recipient cells. Characterization of the hybrid cell lines using a combination of fluorescence in situ hybridization and PCR analysis of canine microsatellite repeat sequences allowed selection of a panel of hybrids in which most canine chromosomes are represented. Approximately 90% of genetic markers and genes that were tested could be assigned to 1 of 31 anonymous canine chromosome groups, based on common patterns of retention in the hybrid set. Many of these putative chromosome groups have now been validated by linkage analysis. This panel of cell lines provides a tool for development of genetic, physical, and comparative maps of the canine genome.
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- A A Langston
- Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104, USA
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Palmer S, Perry J, Kipling D, Ashworth A. A gene spans the pseudoautosomal boundary in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:12030-5. [PMID: 9342357 PMCID: PMC23693 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.22.12030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The X and Y chromosomes of the mouse, like those of other mammals, are heteromorphic over most of their length, but at the distal ends of the chromosomes is a region of sequence identity, the pseudoautosomal region (PAR), where the chromosomes pair and recombine during male meiosis. The point at which the PAR diverges into X- and Y-specific sequences is called the pseudoautosomal boundary. We have completed a genomic walk from the X-specific Amelogenin gene to the PAR. Analysis of this region revealed that the pseudoautosomal boundary of mice is located within an intron of a transcribed gene that encodes a novel RING finger protein. The first three of the exons of the gene are located on the X chromosome whereas the 3' exons of the gene are located on both X and Y chromosomes. This unusual arrangement may indicate that the gene is in a state of transition from pseudoautosomal to X-unique and provides evidence for a process of attrition of the pseudoautosomal region on the Y chromosome.
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- S Palmer
- Cancer Research Campaign Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology, Chester Beatty Laboratories, The Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
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Fernandes M, Poirier C, Lassam NJ, Larsson C, Guénet J, Gaudray P, Carle GF. The mouse homologs of RELA and MLK3 are located within a 120-kb fragment on chromosome 19. Mamm Genome 1997; 8:513-5. [PMID: 9195998 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- M Fernandes
- CNRS/UNSA UMR 6549, Faculté de Médecine, F-06107 Nice, France
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Grewal PK, van Deutekom JC, Mills KA, Lemmers RJ, Mathews KD, Frants RR, Hewitt JE. The mouse homolog of FRG1, a candidate gene for FSHD, maps proximal to the myodystrophy mutation on chromosome 8. Mamm Genome 1997; 8:394-8. [PMID: 9166581 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The human autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is associated with deletions within a complex tandem DNA repeat (D4Z4) on Chromosome (Chr) 4q35. The molecular mechanism underlying this association of FSHD with DNA rearrangements is unknown, and, thus far, no gene has been identified within the repeat. We isolated a gene mapping 100 kb proximal to D4Z4 (FSHD Region Gene 1:FRG1), but were unable to detect any alterations in total or allele-specific mRNA levels of FRG1 in FSHD patients. Human Chr 4q35 exhibits synteny homology with the region of mouse Chr 8 containing the gene for the myodystrophy mutation (myd), a possible mouse homolog of FSHD. We report the cloning of the mouse gene (Frg1) and show that it maps to mouse Chr 8. Using a cross segregating the myd mutation and the European Collaborative Interspecific Backcross, we showed that Frg1 maps proximal to the myd locus and to the Clc3 and Ant1 genes.
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- P K Grewal
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, 3.239 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Grewal PK, Hewitt JE. Fath, the murine homolog of the Drosophila fat tumor suppressor gene, maps to chromosome 8. Mamm Genome 1997; 8:383-4. [PMID: 9107695 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- P K Grewal
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, 3.239 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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Rotomondo F, Poirier C, Schmitt L, Canard B, Carle GF. Isolation and mapping of three STSs on mouse chromosome 19. Mamm Genome 1996; 7:464. [PMID: 8662219 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- F Rotomondo
- Laboratoire d'Etude du Génome Murin, C.N.R.S. URA 1462, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
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Calabi F, Rhodes M, Williamson P, Boyd Y. Identification and chromosomal mapping of a third mouse runt-like locus. Genomics 1995; 26:607-10. [PMID: 7607689 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(95)80184-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The Drosophila runt gene, which controls early events in embryogenesis, has been shown to have homologues in human and mouse. The human gene on 21q22 is involved in the t(8;21) associated with acute myeloid leukemia. Two mouse runt-like loci encoding DNA-binding proteins have been identified. We report here the isolation and partial sequence of a molecular clone of a third mouse runt-like locus. By using a panel of somatic cell hybrids and interspecific backcross mice, we map the novel locus to the telomeric region of mouse chromosome 4.
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- F Calabi
- Department of Haematology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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