CONSTRUCTION OF A BALB C CONGENIC MOUSE, C.C3H-LPS(D), THAT EXPRESSESTHE LPS(D) ALLELE - ANALYSIS OF CHROMOSOME-4 MARKERS SURROUNDING THE LPS GENE/

Citation
Sn. Vogel et al., CONSTRUCTION OF A BALB C CONGENIC MOUSE, C.C3H-LPS(D), THAT EXPRESSESTHE LPS(D) ALLELE - ANALYSIS OF CHROMOSOME-4 MARKERS SURROUNDING THE LPS GENE/, Infection and immunity, 62(10), 1994, pp. 4454-4459
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
62
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
4454 - 4459
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1994)62:10<4454:COABCC>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Development of a congenic BALB/c mouse strain that contains a segment of chromosome 4 including the Lps(d) allele of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ strain is presented. On the basis of LPS- induced spleen cell mitogenesis, macrophage tumor necrosis factor secr etion, and tyrosine-phosphorylation in vitro and lethality in galactos amine-sensitized mice in vivo, the C.C3H-Lps(d) strain provides a mode l of LPS hyporesponsiveness that is comparable to that of the parental C3H/HeJ strain. Analysis of markers in this region indicates that len gth of the donor fragment is similar to 5.5 centimorgans. Thus, the C. C3H-Lps(d) strain provides an important genetic tool for analysis of m arkers in this region and for examining functional effects of Lps(d) e xpression on the BALB/c background.