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A high-resolution linkage map of the lethal spotting locus: a mouse model for Hirschsprung disease.

Abstract
Mice homozygous for the lethal spotting (ls) mutation exhibit aganglionic megacolon and a white spotted coat owing to a lack of neural crest-derived enteric ganglia and melanocytes. The ls mutation disrupts the migration, differentiation, or survival of these neural crest lineages during mammalian development. A human congenital disorder, Hirschsprung disease (HSCR), is also characterized by aganglionic megacolon of the distal bowel and can be accompanied by hypopigmentation of the skin. HSCR has been attributed to multiple loci acting independently or in combination. The ls mouse serves as one animal model for HSCR, and the ls gene may represent one of the loci responsible for some cases of HSCR in humans. This study uses 753 N2 progeny from a combination of three intersubspecific backcrosses to define the molecular genetic linkage map of the ls region and to provide resources necessary for positional cloning. Similar to some cases of HSCR, the ls mutation acts semidominantly, its phenotypic effects dependent upon the presence of modifier genes segregating in the crosses. We have now localized the ls mutation to a 0.8-cM region between the D2Mit113 and D2Mit73/D2Mit174 loci. Three genes, endothelin-3 (Edn3), guanine nucleotide-binding protein alpha-stimulating polypeptide 1 (Gnas), and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (Pck1) were assessed as candidates for the ls mutation. Only Edn3 and Gnas did not recombine with the ls mutation. Mutational analysis of the Edn3 and Gnas genes will determine whether either gene is responsible for the neural crest deficiencies observed in ls/ls mice.
AuthorsW J Pavan, R A Liddell, A Wright, G Thibaudeau, P G Matteson, K M McHugh, L D Siracusa
JournalMammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society (Mamm Genome) Vol. 6 Issue 1 Pg. 1-7 (Jan 1995) ISSN: 0938-8990 [Print] United States
PMID7719019 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Topics
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Genes, Lethal
  • Genetic Linkage
  • Hair Color (genetics)
  • Haplotypes (genetics)
  • Hirschsprung Disease (embryology, genetics)
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Mutant Strains (genetics)
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Muridae (genetics)
  • Neural Crest (pathology)
  • Species Specificity

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