Project description:PURPOSE: Infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS) is a gaze-holding disorder characterized by conjugate, uncontrolled eye oscillations that can result in significant visual acuity loss. INS is often associated with albinism, but the mechanism is unclear. Albino mice have nystagmus; however, a pigmented mouse with a tyr mutation making it phenotypically albino, the B6(CG)-Tyr(c-2J)/J (B6 albino), had not been tested. We tested optokinetic nystagmus reflexes (OKN) in B6 albino and control mice. RNA-Seq was performed on extraocular muscles (EOM), tibialis anterior muscle (TA), abducens (CN6), and oculomotor (CN3) neurons to uncover molecular differences that could account for nystagmus.
Project description:RNA sequencing of livers and gonadal fat pads obtained from an F2 intercross mice between C57BL/6JJcl and B6.Cg-Pbwg1/1Nga (SR1) strains
Project description:This experiment is one of a series of experiments on interspecific recombinant congenic strain (IRCS) mice that aimed to identify novel genes involved in male or female hyporfertility by comparing characteristics of the sperm, number of offspring, quality of implantation etc. in C57B6/J and IRCS mice. <br>The goal of this experiment was to understand the basis of female hypofertility/embryonic resorption in a mouse model of congenic strains. The IRCS strain used in this experiment is the 66H Ch13 mouse. This strain was derived by introgression of a ~6 Mb fragment of mus spretus origin inside the genome of Mus musculus (C57B6/J) (L'hôte et al, Bioessays, 2010. PMID:20091755 ) Previous ultrasonographic analysis of this line revealed an increased rate of embryonic resorption compared to the C57B6/J parent (Laissue et al, Int. J . Dev. Biol, 2009 PMID: 19488966 ). <br>In this experiment we measured gene expression in the tissues that are relevant for implantation and early development, i.e. the uterus and the placenta, in C57B6/J and 66H Chr13 mice at 12 days post-coïtus with C57B6/J males. Pools of RNA from four mice per sample were obtained and analysed using a Nimblegen mouse expression array.
Project description:A C57BL6/J (B6) x CAST/Ei (CAST) strain intercross was used to identify the first mammalian QTL for macronutrient-specific intake (carbohydrate and fat) and for total energy intake. A region on proximal Chromosome 17 revealed two significant QTL that co-localized for increased macronutrient intake-carbohydrate (Mnic1) and total kilocalorie intake (Kcal2), adjusted for body weight. An interval-specific congenic strain, B6.CAST-17, was then developed which verified the QTL. A new sub-congenic strain was developed which retained the linked traits. Important new findings emerged shows that this congenic interval confers an activity phenotype, i.e., mice carrying the differential segment have 20% higher spontaneous physical activity levels compared with the host B6 strain. We hypothesize that this Chromosome 17 QTL is either encoded by a single gene locus that determines both food intake and physical activity, or by two or more genes, each determining a sub-phenotype of energy balance. Microarray analysis of skeletal muscle and hypothalamus in congenic and wild type B6 mice was carried out to identify potential candidate genes for the activity and food intake behavior. Keywords: macronutrient-specific intake, sub-congenic strain
Project description:We have analyzed the differential expression between the obesity model lean congenic B6.C-D7Mit353 (1) and the background C57BL/6J strains, in four different tissues of male mice: Brain, GWAT (Gonadal White Adipose Tissue), liver and muscle (gastrocnemius). From the 32,381 mouse genes covered by the Applied Biosystems AB1700 microarray system, we identified 330 genes passing FDR at 5% and 188 genes passing FDR at 1%, in any one of the four tissues examined. None of the genes that passed FDR testing were in the congenic donor region. 65 genes from the 8 megabases congenic region were assayed; only six genes (Thrsp, Kctd14, Myo7a, Capn5, Dgat2 and Mtap6) passed statistical significance filtering but not FDR filtering. (1) Diament & Warden 2004: PMID 14569280. Keywords: Congenic mice whole genome gene expression survey
Project description:The 112kb congenic was identified via routine monitoring of the proximal and distal SNP sites of the heterozygous Line 4a C57Bl/6J (B6J)-DBA/2J (D2J) congenic offspring (PMID: 26658939). The 112kb congenic was identified via routine monitoring of the proximal and distal SNP sites of the heterozygous Line 4a C57Bl/6J (B6)-DBA/2J (D2) congenic offspring (Yazdani et al. 2015). Like the Line4a congenic, the original mouse of interest possessed a D2J SNP site at the proximal end of the D2J interval (rs29383600; mm9 - chr11:50,186,508, mm10 - chr11:50,373,006). To identify the distal D2J boundary of this new congenic, we generated a list of known SNPs within a roughly 55kb interval spanning downstream from the distal end of the originally characterized 206kb “critical interval” harboring Hnrnph1 and Rufy1 (mm9 - chr11:50,295,887-50,352,284, mm10 - chr11:50,482,385-50,538,782). Starting from the upstream portion of the interval, PCR primers were designed to every five SNPs, and 200bp region around each SNP was amplified, run on a 1.5% agarose gel, visualized for band specificity. Single appropriately-sized bands were then excised and gel purified (Promega Wizard SV Gel and PCR Clean-Up System, Cat A9281), and prepared for sanger sequencing (Genewiz). Using the SNP data from the Mouse Genome Project (Sanger Institute) for reference, the sequenced SNPs were deemed as either heterozygous for B6J and D2J SNPs or homozygous/wildtype B6J. The final SNP we identified as D2 was rs29459915 (mm9 - chr11:50,297,762, mm10 - chr11:50,484,260), and the first SNP we identified as B6 was rs254771403 (mm9 - chr11:50,300,250, mm10 - chr11: 50,486,748).
