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J Lipid Res ; 41(4): 573-82, 2000 Apr.
Article de Anglais | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10744778

RÉSUMÉ

Dietary cholesterol is known to raise total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in humans and experimental animals, but the response among individuals varies greatly. Here we describe a mouse strain, C57BL/6ByJ (B6By), that is resistant to diet-induced hypercholesterolemia, in contrast to the phenotype seen in other common strains of mice including the closely related C57BL/6J (B6J) strain. Compared to B6J, B6By mice exhibit somewhat lower basal cholesterol levels on a chow diet, and show a relatively modest increase in absolute levels of total and LDL/VLDL cholesterol in response to an atherogenic diet containing 15% fat, 1.25% cholesterol, and 0.5% cholate. Correspondingly, B6By mice are also resistant to diet-induced aortic lesions, with less than 15% as many lesions as B6J. Food intake and cholesterol absorption are similar between B6By and B6J mice. To investigate the gene(s) underlying the resistant B6By phenotype, we performed genetic crosses with the unrelated mouse strain, A/J. A genome-wide scan revealed a locus, designated Diet1, on chromosome 2 near marker D2Mit117 showing highly significant linkage (lod = 9.6) between B6By alleles and hypo-response to diet. Examination of known genes in this region suggested that this locus represents a novel gene affecting plasma lipids and atherogenesis in response to diet.


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Artériosclérose/génétique , Cholestérol alimentaire/métabolisme , Cholestérol/sang , Hypercholestérolémie/génétique , Lignées consanguines de souris/génétique , Animaux , Aorte/anatomopathologie , Cholestérol LDL/sang , Cholestérol VLDL/sang , Cartographie chromosomique , Liaison génétique , Prédisposition génétique à une maladie , Absorption intestinale , Souris
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Mol Microbiol ; 14(4): 785-95, 1994 Nov.
Article de Anglais | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7891564

RÉSUMÉ

Myxococcus xanthus cells can glide both as individual cells, dependent on Adventurous motility (A motility), and as groups of cells, dependent upon Social motility (S motility). Tn5-lac mutagenesis was used to generate 16 new A- and nine new S- mutations. In contrast with previous results, we find that subsets of A- mutants are defective in fruiting body morphogenesis and/or myxospore differentiation. All S- mutants are defective in fruiting body morphogenesis, consistent with previous results. Whereas some S- mutants produce a wild-type complement of spores, others are defective in the differentiation of myxospores. Therefore, a subset of the A genes and all of the S genes are critical for fruiting body morphogenesis. Subsets of both A and S genes are essential for sporulation. Three S::Tn5-lac insertions result in surprising phenotypes. Colonies of two S- mutants glide on 'swim' (0.35% agar) plates to form fractal patterns. These S- mutants are the first examples of a bacterium in which mutations result in fractal patterns of colonial spreading. An otherwise wild-type strain with one S- insertion resembles the frz- sglA1- mutants upon development, suggesting that this S- gene defines a new chemotaxis component in M. xanthus.


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Gènes bactériens , Myxococcus xanthus/génétique , Mouvement cellulaire/génétique , Chimiotaxie/génétique , Régulation de l'expression des gènes bactériens , Liaison génétique , Génotype , Température élevée , Opéron lac , Mutagenèse par insertion , Myxococcus xanthus/croissance et développement , Myxococcus xanthus/physiologie , Phénotype , Spores bactériens/génétique , Spores bactériens/croissance et développement , Spores bactériens/physiologie , beta-Galactosidase/génétique
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