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Rubattu S, Stanzione R, Gigante B, Volpe M. Role of genetic factors in the etiopathogenesis of cerebrovascular accidents: from an animal model to the human disease. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2004; 24:581-8. [PMID: 15485132 DOI: 10.1023/b:cemn.0000036399.68720.bf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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1. The present work summarizes current knowledge on the genetic susceptibility to stroke, a complex cardiovascular phenotypic trait due to both gene/environment and gene/ gene interactions. 2. Evidence for the existence of genes directly contributing to stroke occurrence was first obtained in the animal model of the stroke-prone (sp) spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) through a linkage analysis approach in F2 segregating hybrid populations. In fact, several Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) were detected in different chromosomes of the rat. Candidate genes were identified (ANP, BNP, Adrenomedullin) and subsequently analyzed to obtain information on the fine disease mechanisms possibly dependent from specific sequence mutations. 3. The most important achievement was represented by the fact that the gene encoding ANP appeared to play a role in the disease of both rats and humans, thus providing a suggestive parallelism between the animal model and the human cerebrovascular disease. A more extensive analysis is required to identify the potential pathogenic role of genetic factors involved in human stroke.
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Krzywinski M, Wallis J, Gösele C, Bosdet I, Chiu R, Graves T, Hummel O, Layman D, Mathewson C, Wye N, Zhu B, Albracht D, Asano J, Barber S, Brown-John M, Chan S, Chand S, Cloutier A, Davito J, Fjell C, Gaige T, Ganten D, Girn N, Guggenheimer K, Himmelbauer H, Kreitler T, Leach S, Lee D, Lehrach H, Mayo M, Mead K, Olson T, Pandoh P, Prabhu AL, Shin H, Tänzer S, Thompson J, Tsai M, Walker J, Yang G, Sekhon M, Hillier L, Zimdahl H, Marziali A, Osoegawa K, Zhao S, Siddiqui A, de Jong PJ, Warren W, Mardis E, McPherson JD, Wilson R, Hübner N, Jones S, Marra M, Schein J. Integrated and sequence-ordered BAC- and YAC-based physical maps for the rat genome. Genome Res 2004; 14:766-79. [PMID: 15060021 PMCID: PMC383324 DOI: 10.1101/gr.2336604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2004] [Accepted: 02/16/2004] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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As part of the effort to sequence the genome of Rattus norvegicus, we constructed a physical map comprised of fingerprinted bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clones from the CHORI-230 BAC library. These BAC clones provide approximately 13-fold redundant coverage of the genome and have been assembled into 376 fingerprint contigs. A yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) map was also constructed and aligned with the BAC map via fingerprinted BAC and P1 artificial chromosome clones (PACs) sharing interspersed repetitive sequence markers with the YAC-based physical map. We have annotated 95% of the fingerprint map clones in contigs with coordinates on the version 3.1 rat genome sequence assembly, using BAC-end sequences and in silico mapping methods. These coordinates have allowed anchoring 358 of the 376 fingerprint map contigs onto the sequence assembly. Of these, 324 contigs are anchored to rat genome sequences localized to chromosomes, and 34 contigs are anchored to unlocalized portions of the rat sequence assembly. The remaining 18 contigs, containing 54 clones, still require placement. The fingerprint map is a high-resolution integrative data resource that provides genome-ordered associations among BAC, YAC, and PAC clones and the assembled sequence of the rat genome.
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- Martin Krzywinski
- Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada V5Z 4E6
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Gibbs RA, Weinstock GM, Metzker ML, Muzny DM, Sodergren EJ, Scherer S, Scott G, Steffen D, Worley KC, Burch PE, Okwuonu G, Hines S, Lewis L, DeRamo C, Delgado O, Dugan-Rocha S, Miner G, Morgan M, Hawes A, Gill R, Celera, Holt RA, Adams MD, Amanatides PG, Baden-Tillson H, Barnstead M, Chin S, Evans CA, Ferriera S, Fosler C, Glodek A, Gu Z, Jennings D, Kraft CL, Nguyen T, Pfannkoch CM, Sitter C, Sutton GG, Venter JC, Woodage T, Smith D, Lee HM, Gustafson E, Cahill P, Kana A, Doucette-Stamm L, Weinstock K, Fechtel K, Weiss RB, Dunn DM, Green ED, Blakesley RW, Bouffard GG, De Jong PJ, Osoegawa K, Zhu B, Marra M, Schein J, Bosdet I, Fjell C, Jones S, Krzywinski M, Mathewson C, Siddiqui A, Wye N, McPherson J, Zhao S, Fraser CM, Shetty J, Shatsman S, Geer K, Chen Y, Abramzon S, Nierman WC, Havlak PH, Chen R, Durbin KJ, Simons R, Ren Y, Song XZ, Li B, Liu Y, Qin X, Cawley S, Worley KC, Cooney AJ, D'Souza LM, Martin K, Wu JQ, Gonzalez-Garay ML, Jackson AR, Kalafus KJ, McLeod MP, Milosavljevic A, Virk D, Volkov A, Wheeler DA, Zhang Z, Bailey JA, Eichler EE, Tuzun E, Birney E, Mongin E, Ureta-Vidal A, Woodwark C, Zdobnov E, Bork P, Suyama M, Torrents D, Alexandersson M, Trask BJ, Young JM, Huang H, Wang H, Xing H, Daniels S, Gietzen D, Schmidt J, Stevens K, Vitt U, Wingrove J, Camara F, Mar Albà M, Abril JF, Guigo R, Smit A, Dubchak I, Rubin EM, Couronne O, Poliakov A, Hübner N, Ganten D, Goesele C, Hummel O, Kreitler T, Lee YA, Monti J, Schulz H, Zimdahl H, Himmelbauer H, Lehrach H, Jacob HJ, Bromberg S, Gullings-Handley J, Jensen-Seaman MI, Kwitek AE, Lazar J, Pasko D, Tonellato PJ, Twigger S, Ponting CP, Duarte JM, Rice S, Goodstadt L, Beatson SA, Emes RD, Winter EE, Webber C, Brandt P, Nyakatura G, Adetobi M, Chiaromonte F, Elnitski L, Eswara P, Hardison RC, Hou M, Kolbe D, Makova K, Miller W, Nekrutenko A, Riemer C, Schwartz S, Taylor J, Yang S, Zhang Y, Lindpaintner K, Andrews TD, Caccamo M, Clamp M, Clarke L, Curwen V, Durbin R, Eyras E, Searle SM, Cooper GM, Batzoglou S, Brudno M, Sidow A, Stone EA, Venter JC, Payseur BA, Bourque G, López-Otín C, Puente XS, Chakrabarti K, Chatterji S, Dewey C, Pachter L, Bray N, Yap VB, Caspi A, Tesler G, Pevzner PA, Haussler D, Roskin KM, Baertsch R, Clawson H, Furey TS, Hinrichs AS, Karolchik D, Kent WJ, Rosenbloom KR, Trumbower H, Weirauch M, Cooper DN, Stenson PD, Ma B, Brent M, Arumugam M, Shteynberg D, Copley RR, Taylor MS, Riethman H, Mudunuri U, Peterson J, Guyer M, Felsenfeld A, Old S, Mockrin S, Collins F. Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution. Nature 2004; 428:493-521. [PMID: 15057822 DOI: 10.1038/nature02426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1512] [Impact Index Per Article: 75.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2003] [Accepted: 02/20/2004] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) is an indispensable tool in experimental medicine and drug development, having made inestimable contributions to human health. We report here the genome sequence of the Brown Norway (BN) rat strain. The sequence represents a high-quality 'draft' covering over 90% of the genome. The BN rat sequence is the third complete mammalian genome to be deciphered, and three-way comparisons with the human and mouse genomes resolve details of mammalian evolution. This first comprehensive analysis includes genes and proteins and their relation to human disease, repeated sequences, comparative genome-wide studies of mammalian orthologous chromosomal regions and rearrangement breakpoints, reconstruction of ancestral karyotypes and the events leading to existing species, rates of variation, and lineage-specific and lineage-independent evolutionary events such as expansion of gene families, orthology relations and protein evolution.
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- Richard A Gibbs
- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, MS BCM226, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu
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Kouprina N, Larionov V. Exploiting the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the study of the organization and evolution of complex genomes. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2004; 27:629-49. [PMID: 14638416 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6445(03)00070-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) cloning systems have advanced the analysis of complex genomes considerably. They permit the cloning of larger fragments than do bacterial artificial chromosome systems, and the cloned material is more easily modified. We recently developed a novel YAC cloning system called transformation-associated recombination (TAR) cloning. Using in vivo recombination in yeast, TAR cloning selectively isolates, as circular YACs, desired chromosome segments or entire genes from complex genomes. The ability to do that without constructing a representative genomic library of random clones greatly facilitates analysis of gene function and its role in disease. In this review, we summarize how recombinational cloning techniques have advanced the study of complex genome organization, gene expression, and comparative genomics.
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- Natalay Kouprina
- National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bldg. 37, Room 5032, 90000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Gösele C, Hong L, Kreitler T, Rossmann M, Hieke B, Gross U, Kramer M, Himmelbauer H, Bihoreau MT, Kwitek-Black AE, Twigger S, Tonellato PJ, Jacob HJ, Schalkwyk LC, Lindpaintner K, Ganten D, Lehrach H, Knoblauch M. High-throughput scanning of the rat genome using interspersed repetitive sequence-PCR markers. Genomics 2000; 69:287-94. [PMID: 11056046 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We report the establishment of a hybridization-based marker system for the rat genome based on the PCR amplification of interspersed repetitive sequences (IRS). Overall, 351 IRS markers were mapped within the rat genome. The IRS marker panel consists of 210 nonpolymorphic and 141 polymorphic markers that were screened for presence/absence polymorphism patterns in 38 different rat strains and substrains that are commonly used in biomedical research. The IRS marker panel was demonstrated to be useful for rapid genome screening in experimental rat crosses and high-throughput characterization of large-insert genomic library clones. Information on corresponding YAC clones is made available for this IRS marker set distributed over the whole rat genome. The two existing rat radiation hybrid maps were integrated by placing the IRS markers in both maps. The genetic and physical mapping data presented provide substantial information for ongoing positional cloning projects in the rat.
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- C Gösele
- Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, Berlin-Dahlem, D-14195, Germany
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Hornum L, Markholst H. A sequence-ready PAC contig of a 550-kb region on rat chromosome 4 including the diabetes susceptibility gene Lyp. Genomics 2000; 69:305-13. [PMID: 11056048 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Lyp locus controls diabetes development in rats. The diabetogenic allele in diabetes-prone BB rats is responsible for T cell lymphopenia characterized by the absence of regulatory T cells. We present refined genetic and radiation hybrid maps of the Lyp region on rat chromosome 4, a single 800-kb rat yeast artificial chromosome and a rat P1-derived artificial chromosome (PAC) contig corresponding to approximately 550 kb, both encompassing the entire candidate region. The contig, consisting of 48 PACs, gives 3- to 12-fold coverage. Genetic, radiation hybrid, and physical data were all in agreement and supported the same marker order. Nine genes and ESTs were identified in the contig in addition to a rat EST from the University of Iowa rat EST database-all possible candidate genes for Lyp. Alignment of our rat PAC contig with sequenced human PAC/BAC contigs confirms the position within the region of 3 of the 10 candidates and identifies an additional 8 genes/ESTs as candidates. These data will facilitate identification of Lyp.
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- L Hornum
- Hagedorn Research Institute, Niels Steensens Vej 6, Gentofte, DK-2820, Denmark
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Kaisaki PJ, Rouard M, Danoy PA, Wallis RH, Collins SC, Rice M, Levy ER, Lathrop M, Bihoreau MT, Gauguier D. Detailed comparative gene map of rat chromosome 1 with mouse and human genomes and physical mapping of an evolutionary chromosomal breakpoint. Genomics 2000; 64:32-43. [PMID: 10708516 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.6107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We report the localization of 92 new gene-based markers assigned to rat chromosome 1 by linkage or radiation hybrid mapping. The markers were chosen to enrich gene mapping data in a region of the rat chromosome known to contain several of the principal quantitative trait loci in rodent models of human multifactorial disease. The composite map reported here provides map information on a total of 139 known genes, including 80 that have been localized in mouse and 109 that have been localized in human, and integrates the gene-based markers with anonymous microsatellites. The evolutionary breakpoints identifying 16 segments that are homologous regions in the human genome are defined. These data will facilitate genetic and comparative mapping studies and identification of novel candidate genes for the quantitative trait loci that have been localized to the region.
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- P J Kaisaki
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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Dominiczak AF, Negrin DC, Clark JS, Brosnan MJ, McBride MW, Alexander MY. Genes and hypertension: from gene mapping in experimental models to vascular gene transfer strategies. Hypertension 2000; 35:164-72. [PMID: 10642293 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.35.1.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Human essential hypertension is a complex, multifactorial, quantitative trait under a polygenic control. Several strategies have been developed over the last decade to dissect genetic determinants of hypertension. Of these, the most successful have been studies that identified rare mendelian syndromes in which a single gene mutation causes high blood pressure. The attempts to identify multiple genes, each with a small contribution to the common polygenic form of hypertension, have been less successful. Several laboratories focused their attention on rat models of genetic hypertension, which can be considered as a reductionist paradigm for human disease. Using numerous crosses between hypertensive and normotensive strains, investigators identified several quantitative trait loci (QTL) for blood pressure subphenotypes and for cardiovascular complications such as left ventricular hypertrophy, kidney failure, stroke, and insulin resistance. Furthermore, congenic strains have been produced to confirm the existence of some of these QTL and to narrow down the chromosomal regions of interest. A number of interesting strategies have been developed, including a "speed" congenic strategy perfected by our group in Glasgow. However, the limit of congenic strategy is estimated at 1 cM, which corresponds to 2x10(6) base pairs of DNA and approximately 50 candidate genes. It is envisaged that gene expression profiling with cDNA microarrays might allow a quick progression toward the gene identification within cardiovascular QTL. In parallel experimental effort, several laboratories have been developing gene transfer/therapy strategies with adenoviral or adeno-associated viral vectors used, for example, to overexpress protective vascular genes such as vascular endothelial growth factor or endothelial nitric oxide synthase. It is anticipated that further developments in positional cloning of susceptibility and severity genes in hypertension and its complications will lead to a direct transfer of these discoveries to essential hypertension in humans and will ultimately produce novel targets for local and systemic gene therapy in cardiovascular disease.
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- A F Dominiczak
- BHF Blood Pressure Group, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Blood pressure is a quantitative trait that has a strong genetic component in humans and rats. Several selectively bred strains of rats with divergent blood pressures serve as an animal model for genetic dissection of the causes of inherited hypertension. The goal is to identify the genetic loci controlling blood pressure, i.e., the so-called quantitative trait loci (QTL). The theoretical basis for such genetic dissection and recent progress in understanding genetic hypertension are reviewed. The usual paradigm is to produce segregating populations derived from a hypertensive and normotensive strain and to seek linkage of blood pressure to genetic markers using recently developed statistical techniques for QTL analysis. This has yielded candidate QTL regions on almost every rat chromosome, and also some interactions between QTL have been defined. These statistically defined QTL regions are much too large to practice positional cloning to identify the genes involved. Most investigators are, therefore, fine mapping the QTL using congenic strains to substitute small segments of chromosome from one strain into another. Although impressive progress has been made, this process is slow due to the extensive breeding that is required. At this point, no blood pressure QTL have met stringent criteria for identification, but this should be an attainable goal given the recently developed genomic resources for the rat. Similar experiments are ongoing to look for genes that influence cardiac hypertrophy, stroke, and renal failure and that are independent of the genes for hypertension.
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- J P Rapp
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
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Kren V, Pravenec M, Moisan MP, Krenova D, Szpirer C, Lezin ES. Report on rat chromosome 8. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0939-8600(99)80009-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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1. The rapid advancement of the human genome within the next 5-7 years begins a new era for biological research. The structure of all approximately 100,000 genes will be known, but the function of the majority of these genes will remain unknown. This paper outlines a 'physiological genetics' strategy for determining the genetic basis of hypertension by combining a variety of techniques (e.g. genetics, molecular biology, bioinformatics and physiology), to help identify gene function and the pathways involved in the development of hypertension in the rat. 2. Using comparative gene mapping, these regions can be used to implicate susceptibility loci for hypertension in humans, resulting in rapid conversion of basic research in animal models to relevant clinical assessment. The present study outlines some new strategies (i.e. whole-animal physiological genetics) as a means to study disease aetiology in polygenic disorders and to facilitate gene identification in the ascent of functional genomics.
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- H J Jacob
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA
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The laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) is a key animal model for biomedical research. However, the genetic infrastructure required for connecting phenotype and genotype in the rat is currently incomplete. Here, we report the construction and integration of two genomic maps: a dense genetic linkage map of the rat and the first radiation hybrid (RH) map of the rat. The genetic map was constructed in two F2 intercrosses (SHRSP × BN and FHH × ACI), containing a total of 4736 simple sequence length polymorphism (SSLP) markers. Allele sizes for 4328 of the genetic markers were characterized in 48 of the most commonly used inbred strains. The RH map is a lod ≥ 3 framework map, including 983 SSLPs, thereby allowing integration with markers on various genetic maps and with markers mapped on the RH panel. Together, the maps provide an integrated reference to >3000 genes and ESTs and >8500 genetic markers (5211 of our SSLPs and >3500 SSLPs developed by other groups). [Bihoreau et al. (1997); James and Tanigami, RHdb (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/RHdb/index.html); Wilder (http://www.nih.gov/niams/scientific/ratgbase); Serikawa et al. (1992); RATMAP server (http://ratmap.gen.gu.se)] RH maps (v. 2.0) have been posted on our web sites at http://goliath.ifrc.mcw.edu/LGR/index.htmlor http://curatools.curagen.com/ratmap. Both web sites provide an RH mapping server where investigators can localize their own RH vectors relative to this map. The raw data have been deposited in the RHdb database. Taken together, these maps provide the basic tools for rat genomics. The RH map provides the means to rapidly localize genetic markers, genes, and ESTs within the rat genome. These maps provide the basic tools for rat genomics. They will facilitate studies of multifactorial disease and functional genomics, allow construction of physical maps, and provide a scaffold for both directed and large-scale sequencing efforts and comparative genomics in this important experimental organism.
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Nadeau JH. Rattus norvegicus and the Industrial Revolution. Nat Genet 1999; 22:3-4. [PMID: 10319846 DOI: 10.1038/8703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Watanabe TK, Bihoreau MT, McCarthy LC, Kiguwa SL, Hishigaki H, Tsuji A, Browne J, Yamasaki Y, Mizoguchi-Miyakita A, Oga K, Ono T, Okuno S, Kanemoto N, Takahashi E, Tomita K, Hayashi H, Adachi M, Webber C, Davis M, Kiel S, Knights C, Smith A, Critcher R, Miller J, Thangarajah T, Day PJ, Hudson JR, Irie Y, Takagi T, Nakamura Y, Goodfellow PN, Lathrop GM, Tanigami A, James MR. A radiation hybrid map of the rat genome containing 5,255 markers. Nat Genet 1999; 22:27-36. [PMID: 10319858 DOI: 10.1038/8737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A whole-genome radiation hybrid (RH) panel was used to construct a high-resolution map of the rat genome based on microsatellite and gene markers. These include 3,019 new microsatellite markers described here for the first time and 1,714 microsatellite markers with known genetic locations, allowing comparison and integration of maps from different sources. A robust RH framework map containing 1,030 positions ordered with odds of at least 1,000:1 has been defined as a tool for mapping these markers, and for future RH mapping in the rat. More than 500 genes which have been mapped in mouse and/or human were localized with respect to the rat RH framework, allowing the construction of detailed rat-mouse and rat-human comparative maps and illustrating the power of the RH approach for comparative mapping.
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- T K Watanabe
- Otsuka GEN Research Institute, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, Tokushima, Japan
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Bottoli AP, Kertesz-Chaloupková K, Boulianne RP, Granado JD, Aebi M, Kües U. Rapid isolation of genes from an indexed genomic library of C. cinereus in a novel pab1+ cosmid. J Microbiol Methods 1999; 35:129-41. [PMID: 10192045 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(98)00109-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this study we present an indexed genomic library of homokaryon AmutBmut constructed within a novel cosmid carrying pab1+ as a selectable Coprinus marker. The average insert size per cosmid comprises 41 kb. We screened the library and detected copies of known (a1-2, beta-tub, cgl1, ras, trp1) and of new Coprinus genes (cac, lac1, lac2, lac3). Screening was performed either by Southern blot hybridisation or more efficiently by non-radioactive PCR amplification. We successfully applied PCR with specific and with degenerate primers, multiplex PCR and colony PCR in library screening. Our results suggest a new, more efficient pooling strategy for future high throughput screenings to be used in PCR with pooled cosmid DNAs, or in a less laborious approach using pooled Escherichia coli colonies for PCR.
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- A P Bottoli
- Mikrobiologisches Institut, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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Woon PY, Osoegawa K, Kaisaki PJ, Zhao B, Catanese JJ, Gauguier D, Cox R, Levy ER, Lathrop GM, Monaco AP, de Jong PJ. Construction and characterization of a 10-fold genome equivalent rat P1-derived artificial chromosome library. Genomics 1998; 50:306-16. [PMID: 9676425 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A rat PAC library was constructed in the vector pPAC4 from genomic DNA isolated from female Brown Norway rats. This library consists of 215,409 clones arrayed in 614,384-well microtiter plates. An average insert size of 143 kb was estimated from 217 randomly isolated clones, thus representing approximately 10-fold genome coverage. This coverage provides a very high probability that the library contains a unique sequence in genome screening. Tests on randomly selected clones demonstrated that they are very stable, with only 4 of 130 clones showing restriction digest fragment alterations after 80 generations of serial growth. FISH analysis using 70 randomly chosen PACs revealed no significant chimeric clones. About 7% of the clones analyzed contained repetitive sequences related to centromeric regions that hybridized to some but not all centromeres. DNA plate pools and superpools were made, and high-density filters each containing an array of 8 plates in duplicate were prepared. Library screening on these superpools and appropriate filters with 10 single-locus rat markers revealed an average of 8 positive clones, in agreement with the estimated high genomic coverage of this library and representation of the rat genome. This library provides a new resource for rat genome analysis, in particular the identification of genes involved in models of multifactorial disease. The library and high-density filters are currently available to the scientific community.
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- P Y Woon
- Wellcome Trust Centre For Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Headington, United Kingdom
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Schibler L, Vaiman D, Oustry A, Guinec N, Dangy-Caye AL, Billault A, Cribiu EP. Construction and extensive characterization of a goat bacterial artificial chromosome library with threefold genome coverage. Mamm Genome 1998; 9:119-24. [PMID: 9457672 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A goat Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) library of 61,440 independent clones was constructed and characterized. The average size of the inserts was estimated at 153 kilobases by analyzing almost 500 clones using Not1 digestion followed by FIGE (Field Inverted Gel Electrophoresis) analysis. The library represents about three genome equivalents, which yields a theoretical probability of 0.95 of isolating a particular DNA sequence. After individual growth, the clones were arrayed in 40 superpools, which were organized in three dimension pools. A rapid technique for pool DNA preparation by microwave treatment was set up. This technique was compatible with PCR analysis. Primer pairs from 166 sequences (microsatellites, coding sequences from goat, and conserved Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) from humans) enabled the library to be successfully searched in 165 cases, with an average of 3.52 positive superpools. Only one sequence could not be found. The degree of chimerism was evaluated by FISH analysis with DNA from over 110 clones and was estimated at 4%. This BAC library will constitute an invaluable tool for positional cloning in ruminants, as well as for more general comparative mapping studies in mammals.
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- L Schibler
- Département de Génétique Animale, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Lee MA, Cai L, Hübner N, Lee YA, Lindpaintner K. Tissue- and development-specific expression of multiple alternatively spliced transcripts of rat neuronal nitric oxide synthase. J Clin Invest 1997; 100:1507-12. [PMID: 9294118 PMCID: PMC508331 DOI: 10.1172/jci119673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) functions as an intercellular messenger and mediates numerous biological functions. Among the three isoforms of NO synthase that produce NO, the ubiquitously expressed neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) is responsible for a large part of NO production, yet its regulation is poorly understood. Recent reports of two alternative spliceforms of nNOS in the mouse and in man have raised the possibility of spatial and temporal modulation of expression. This study demonstrates the existence of at least three transcripts of the rat nNOS gene designated nNOSa, nNOSb, and nNOSc, respectively, with distinct 5' untranslated first exons that arise from alternative splicing to a common second exon. Expression of the alternative transcripts occurs with a high degree of tissue and developmental specificity, as demonstrated by RNase protection assays on multiple tissues from both fetal and adult rats. Furthermore, terminal differentiation of rat pheochromocytoma-derived PC12 cells into neurons is associated with induction of nNOSa, suggesting, likewise, development- and tissue-specific transcriptional control of nNOS isoform expression. Physical mapping using a rat yeast artificial chromosome clone shows that the alternatively spliced first exons 1a, 1b, and 1c are separated by at least 15-60 kb from the downstream coding sequence, with exons 1b and 1c being positioned within 200 bp of each other. These findings provide evidence that the biological activity of nNOS is tightly and specifically regulated by a complex pattern of alternative splicing, indicating that the notion of constitutive expression of this isoform needs to be revised.
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- M A Lee
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Bihoreau MT, Gauguier D, Kato N, Hyne G, Lindpaintner K, Rapp JP, James MR, Lathrop GM. A linkage map of the rat genome derived from three F2 crosses. Genome Res 1997; 7:434-40. [PMID: 9149940 DOI: 10.1101/gr.7.5.434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We report the construction of a dense linkage map of the rat genome integrating 767 simple sequence length polymorphism markers, combined over three crosses with high rates of polymorphism. F2 populations from WKY x S (n = 159), BN x S (n = 91), and BN x GK (n = 139) were selected and genotyped for combinations of microsatellite markers. The loci define 21 linkage groups corresponding to the 20 rat autosomal chromosomes and the X chromosome. The map spans a genetic length of 1998 cM. This combined linkage map should facilitate the advancement of genetic studies for a wide variety of rat models characterized for complex phenotypes.
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- M T Bihoreau
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK.
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