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Gajović, S. et al.

Gajović, Mitrecić, Augustincić, Iaconcig, Muro,

Unexpected Rescue of Alpha-synuclein and Multimerin1 Deletion in C57BL/6JOlaHsd Mice by Beta-adducin Knockout.

Uniform genetic background of inbred mouse strains is essential in experiments with genetically modified mice. In order to assess Add2 (beta-adducin) function, its null mutation was produced in embryonic stem cells derived from 129Sv mouse and the subsequently obtained mouse mutants were backcrossed for 6 generations with C57BL/6JOlaHsd strain. Comparison of brain proteins between mutated and control animals by two-dimensional gels linked to mass spectroscopy analysis showed expression of Snca (alpha-synuclein) in the mutated animals, but unexpectedly not in the control C57BL/6JOlaHsd mice. Comparison between C57BL/6JOlaHsd and C57BL/6NCrl mice confirmed the presence of a deletion encompassing Snca and in addition Mmrn1 (multimerin1) loci in C57BL/6JOlaHsd strain. The segregation of mutated Add2 together with an adjacent part of the chromosome 6 derived from 129Sv mice, rescued the loss of these two genes in knockout mice on C57BL/6JOlaHsd background. The fact that Add2 knockout was compared with the C57BL/6JOlaHsd mouse strain, which is actually a double knockout of Snca and Mmrn1 emphasizes a need for information provided by commercial suppliers and of exact denominations of substrains used in research.[1]

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Unexpected Rescue of Alpha-synuclein and Multimerin1 Deletion in C57BL/6JOlaHsd Mice by Beta-adducin Knockout. Gajović, S., Mitrecić, D., Augustincić, L., Iaconcig, A., Muro, A.F. Transgenic Res. (2006) [Pubmed]

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