Sato H, Tamura Y, Ochiai Y, Kodama Y, Hatakeyama K, Niwa O, Kominami R. The D4Mit12 locus on mouse chromosome 4 provides susceptibility to both gamma-ray-induced and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced thymic lymphomas.
Cancer Sci 2003;
94:668-71. [PMID:
12901790 PMCID:
PMC11160264 DOI:
10.1111/j.1349-7006.2003.tb01500.x]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2003] [Revised: 05/19/2003] [Accepted: 05/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Low-penetrance genes control different susceptibilities to gamma-ray-induced thymic lymphomas in mouse strains. Our previous genetic analyses with backcross mice between BALB/c and MSM strains and congenic lines localized one such gene near the D4Mit12 locus on chromosome 4. N-Methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) is a guanine base-alkylating agent and differs from gamma-radiation in its mechanism of mutagenic action. Accordingly, in this study, we examined whether or not the locus also provides susceptibility to MNU-induced thymic lymphomas using 84 offsprings derived from congenic mice for D4Mit12. Association analysis provided a suggestive linkage at D4Mit12 (P = 0.0075) and the linkage was sustained by the peak of likelihood ratio statistical values being at the same position as that for the gamma-ray-induced lymphomas. The results strongly suggest that the BALB/c allele near D4Mit12 is associated with susceptibility to lymphomas induced by two carcinogenic agents having different mechanisms of mutagenic action.
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