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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
Outbred New Zealand white rabbits exhibit two phenotypes, 21H and 21L, corresponding to rates greater than or less than 1 nmol/min/mg, respectively, for liver microsomal progesterone 21-hydroxylase activity. In contrast, the inbred strain III/J exhibits only the 21L phenotype. Two 21H male New Zealand white rabbits were mated with several female III/J rabbits to produce a total 46 progeny. Both the 21H and 21L phenotypes were evident among male and female offspring in roughly equal numbers. Backcrosses between 21L progeny and III/J rabbits exhibit only the 21L phenotype, whereas 21H offspring yield both 21H and 21L progeny when backcrossed to the 21L inbred strain III/J. These results are consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance of the 21H phenotype. Analysis of Southern blots of genomic DNA digested with the restriction endonuclease KpnI reveals 20-, 13-, and 9-kb fragments that hybridize with a probe derived from the 3'-untranslated region of the 21-hydroxylase cDNA. The 13-kb band is not observed for strain III/J or 21L progeny of strain III/J crossed with 21H rabbits, but it is detected for both 21H fathers and 21H progeny indicating that the genetically determined difference of 21-hydroxylase expression is inherited cis to the gene for P450IIC5, the hepatic progesterone 21-hydroxylase. Electrophoretic analysis of P450IIC5 synthesized in vitro from mRNA isolated from 21L and 21H rabbits reveals that little or no P450IIC5 is synthesized from 21L mRNAs. A second immunoreactive, electrophoretically distinct protein is synthesized from both 21L and 21H mRNAs to a similar extent but in lesser amounts than P450IIC5. The second protein could represent either an allozymic form of the enzyme or the product of a distinct locus. Thus, it is likely that distinct structural genes for P450IIC5 contribute to the differences in P450-mediated metabolism in 21L as compared to 21H rabbits.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
273-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Genetic contributions to the variation among rabbits of liver microsomal deoxycorticosterone synthesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Basic and Clinical Research, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't