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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
Sera from 73 strains of mice were tested for hemolytic activity through the classical and the alternative pathways (CP and AP) in a single radial hemolysis assay. Sera from 16 out of 45 laboratory inbred strains had no lytic activity, and Ouchterlony analysis with anti-C5 serum showed them to be C5-deficient. Sera from 2 out of 28 strains derived from wild mice also had no lytic activity, but the C5 molecule was detectable in both. The hemolytic activity of sera from these strains can be restored by the addition of partially purified human C8 or human serum deficient in C8 alpha-gamma, leading us to conclude that strains M.MOL-MSM (MSM) and Mae are deficient in the beta subunit of C8. Typing of (DBA/2J X MSM)F1 hybrids and of progeny of a backcross to MSM showed that this C8 deficiency is controlled by a single recessive gene, designated C8b; the allele with hemolytic activity is C8b1; and the allele with no activity C8b0. Because of synteny homologies in mouse and human, we looked for and found close linkage between C8b and Pgm-2. Typing of recombinant mice for Mup-1 mapped the C8b locus 2.3 centimorgans (cM) telomeric to Pgm-2 on mouse chromosome 4.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0093-7711
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Gene responsible for deficient activity of the beta subunit of C8, the eighth component of complement, is located on mouse chromosome 4.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Laboratory Animal Science, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't