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- Title
A quantitative-trait locus controlling peripheral B-cell deficiency maps to mouse Chromosome 15.
- Authors
Hoag, Kathleen A.; Clise-Dwyer, Karen; Lim, Yen-Hong; Nashold, Faye E.; Gestwicki, Jason; Cancro, Michael P.; Hayes, Colleen E.
- Abstract
Peripheral B-lymphocyte homeostasis is determined through incompletely defined positive and negative regulatory processes. The A/WySnJ mouse, but not the related A/J strain, has disturbed homeostasis leading to peripheral B-lymphocyte deficiency. B lymphopoeisis is normal in A/WySnJ mice, but the B cells apoptose rapidly in the periphery. This B cell-intrinsic defect segregated as a single locus, Bcmd, in (A/WySnJ×A/J)F2 mice. Here we mapped a quantitative-trait locus (QTL) that contributes to the A/WySnJ B-cell deficiency by examining the F2 progeny of a cross between strains A/WySnJ and CAST/Ei. In this cross, minimally 1.9 QTLs controlling peripheral B lymphocyte deficiency segregated. The (A/WySnJ×CAST/Ei)F2 mice were phenotyped for splenic B-cell percentage and the DNA from progeny with extreme phenotypes was used to map the QTL by the simple-sequence length polymorphism method. A genome scan showed linkage between peripheral B-cell deficiency and Chromosome (Chr) 15 markers. When closely spaced Chr 15 markers were analyzed, the 99% confidence interval for the QTL map position extended along the entire chromosome length. The peak lod scores >17 occurred between 30 and 45 cM. We conclude that a significant QTL segregating in (A/WySnJ×CAST/Ei)F2 mice resides in this middle region of Chr 15.
- Subjects
B cells; LYMPHOCYTES; HOMEOSTASIS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; GENETIC polymorphisms
- Publication
Immunogenetics, 2000, Vol 51, Issue 11, p924
- ISSN
0093-7711
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s002510000223