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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
A metabolic screening program of inbred strains of mice has detected a marked organic aciduria in the BALB/cByJ strain. Gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric analysis identified large quantities of n-butyrylglycine plus lesser quantities of ethylmalonic acid. Crosses with the nonexcreting C57BL/6J strain indicate that this condition is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Independently from this screening a variant with no detectable enzyme activity of butyryl CoA dehydrogenase (BCD) in liver and kidney of the BALB/cByJ strain but not other BALB/c sublines was discovered. Data from a three-point cross indicated that the null variant maps to the structural locus for the enzyme, Bcd-1, on chromosome 5. The findings indicate that a mutation at or near Bcd-1 in the BALB/cByJ strain resulted in a biochemical abnormality manifest as the BCD deficiency. It is concluded that accumulation of butyryl CoA due to a block in the oxidation of short-chain fatty acids results in an overproduction of organic metabolites leading to the observed organic aciduria. The fact that other BALB/c substrains do not exhibit this abnormality further suggests that this disorder reflects subline divergence within the BALB/c family.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-2928
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Organic aciduria and butyryl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in BALB/cByJ mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. 20007.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't