Quantitative trait loci affecting phenotypic variation in the vacuolated lens mouse mutant, a multigenic mouse model of neural tube defects

Physiological Genomics - Tập 35 Số 3 - Trang 296-304 - 2008
Ron Korstanje1, Jigar Desai2, Gloria Lazar2, Benjamin L. King1, Jarod Rollins1, Melissa Spurr1, Jamie Joseph2, Sindhuja Kadambi2, Yang Li3, Allison E. Cherry1, Paul Matteson2, Beverly Paigen1, James H. Millonig2,4,5
1Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
2Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey
3Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Haren, The Netherlands
4Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey
5Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey

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The vacuolated lens ( vl) mouse mutant arose spontaneously on the C3H/HeSn background and exhibits neural tube defects (NTDs), congenital cataract, and occasionally a white belly spot. We previously reported that 1) the vl phenotypes are due to a mutation in an orphan G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), Gpr161; 2) the penetrance of the vl NTD and cataract phenotypes are affected by genetic background, allowing three unlinked quantitative trait loci (QTL) to be mapped (modifiers of vacuolated lens, Modvl1-3); and 3) phenotype-based bioinformatics followed by genetic and molecular analysis identified a lens-specific transcription factor that contributes to the cataract-modifying effect of Modvl3. We now extend this analysis in three ways. First, using the Gpr161 mutation to unequivocally identify mutant adults and embryos, we determined that ∼50% of vl/vl NTD-affected embryos die during development. Second, the MOLF/Ei genetic background suppresses this embryonic lethality but increases the incidence of the adult belly spot phenotype. Additional QTL analysis was performed, and two novel modifiers were mapped [ Modvl4, logarithm of odds ratio (LOD) 4.4; Modvl5, LOD 5.0]. Third, phenotype-based bioinformatics identified candidate genes for these modifiers including two GPCRs that cause NTD or skin/pigmentation defects ( Modvl4: Frizzled homolog 6; Modvl5: Melanocortin 5 receptor). Because GPCRs form oligomeric complexes, these genes were resequenced and nonsynonymous coding variants were identified. Bioinformatics and protein modeling suggest that these variants may be functional. Our studies further establish vl as a multigenic mouse model for NTDs and identify additional QTL that interact with Gpr161 to regulate neurulation.

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Physiological Genomics

Tập 35 Số 3

296-304

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