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18379869

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
The way in which animals respond to stressful environments correlates with anxiety-related behaviour. To begin identifying the genetic factors that influence anxiety, we have studied the stress-responsiveness of inbred mouse strains using a modified form of the open field activity test (OFA), termed the elevated (e) OFA. In particular, two strains show high (DBA/2J) or low (C57BL/6J) stress-responsiveness in the eOFA. Genetic studies of an F(2) intercross between these two strains previously identified two regions, on chromosomes (Chr) 1 and 12, linked to anxiety-related behaviour. To confirm that these regions contain loci for stress-responsiveness, we established separate congenic mouse strains for the linked Chr1 and Chr12 regions. Each congenic strain harbours a DBA/2J-derived interval encompassing the linked region on the C57BL/6J genetic background: the congenic intervals are between, but not including approximately 48.6 Mb and approximately 194.8 Mb on Chr1, and approximately 36.2 Mb and the distal end of Chr12. Cohorts of DBA/2J, C57BL/6J and congenic mice were analysed for a series of stress-responsive phenotypes using the eOFA test. Both congenic strains had significantly different stress-responsive phenotypes compared to the low-stress C57BL/6J parental strain, but the DBA/2J-derived Chr12 interval had a greater genetic effect than the DBA/2J-derived Chr1 interval for changing the behavioral phenotype of the parental C57BL/6J mouse strain. These results confirmed the presence of stress-responsive loci on Chr1 and Chr12. New stress-related phenotypes were also identified, which aided in comparing and differentiating DBA/2J, C57BL/6J and congenic mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0001-8244
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
407-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Behavioural analysis of congenic mouse strains confirms stress-responsive Loci on chromosomes 1 and 12.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article