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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is required for the toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), and so the AhR of CRL:WI and CRL:WI(Han) rats was characterized. Western blot showed AhR proteins of approximately 110 and approximately 97 kDa in individual rats from both strains. The AhR cDNA from a CRL:WI(Han) rat with the approximately 110-kDa protein revealed a sequence that was identical to that of the CRL:WI and SD rat. However, cloning of the AhR from a rat with the approximately 97-kDa protein revealed a point mutation, and five variants encoding two C-terminally truncated variants of the AhR protein, arising from a point mutation in the intron/exon junction and consequent differential splicing. These C-terminally truncated variants were expressed and shown to give rise to a protein of approximately 97 kDa; the recombinant AhR bound TCDD with an affinity that was not statistically different from the full-length protein. A single-nucleotide polymorphism assay was developed, and showed that both alleles were represented in a Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in samples of CRL:WI and CRL:WI(Han) populations; both alleles are abundant. Rats from two studies of TCDD developmental toxicity were genotyped, and the association with toxicity investigated using statistical analysis. There was no plausible evidence that the AhR allele had a significant effect on the toxic endpoints examined. These data show that the two AhR alleles are common in two strains of Wistar rat, and that the AhR alleles had no effect on TCDD-induced developmental toxicity in two independent studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1096-0929
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
512-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Environmental Pollutants, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Growth Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19056935-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A truncation in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor of the CRL:WI(Han) rat does not affect the developmental toxicity of TCDD.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't