Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
We describe here a spontaneous, autosomal recessive mutant mouse suffering from skin and hair defects, which arose in the outbred Kunming strain. By haplotype analysis and direct sequencing of PCR products, we show that this mutation is a new allele of the asebia locus with a naturally occurring mutation in the Scd1 gene (a CCC insertion at nucleotide position 835 in exon 5), which codes for stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1. This mutation introduces an extra proline residue at position 279 in the Scd1 protein. The mutant mice, originally designated km/km but now assigned the name Scd1ab-Xyk (hereafter abbreviated as abXyk/abXyk), have a similar gross and histological phenotype to that reported for previously characterized allelic asebia mutations (Scd1ab, Scd1abJ, Scd1ab2J, and Scd1tm1Ntam). Histological analysis showed they were also characterized by hypoplasic sebaceous glands and abnormal hair follicles. In a cross between Kunming- abXyk/abXyk and ABJ/Le-abJ/abJ mice, all the progeny showed the same phenotype, indicating that the two mutations were non-complementing and therefore allelic. Comparisons with the other four allelic mutants indicate that the Scd1ab-Xyk mutation causes the mildest change in Scd1 function. This new mouse mutant is a good model not only for the study of scarring alopecias in humans, which are characterized by hypoplasic sebaceous glands, but also for studying the structure and function of the Scd1 protein.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1617-4615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Alopecia, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Hair, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Sebaceous Glands, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Skin Abnormalities, pubmed-meshheading:15278437-Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Scd1ab-Xyk: a new asebia allele characterized by a CCC trinucleotide insertion in exon 5 of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 gene in mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Health Science Center, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Second Medical University, 200025, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't