Identification of mutations through dominant screening for obesity using C57BL/6 substrains.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2-2016
JAX Source
Sci Rep 2016 Sep 2; 6:32453
Volume
6
First Page
32453
Last Page
32453
ISSN
2045-2322
PMID
27585985
Abstract
The discovery of leptin substantiated the usefulness of a forward genetic approach in elucidating the molecular network regulating energy metabolism. However, no successful dominant screening for obesity has been reported, which may be due to the influence of quantitative trait loci between the screening and counter strains and the low fertility of obese mice. Here, we performed a dominant screening for obesity using C57BL/6 substrains, C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N, with the routine use of in vitro fertilization. The screening of more than 5000 mutagenized mice established two obese pedigrees in which single nucleotide substitutions in Mc4r and Sim1 genes were identified through whole-exome sequencing. The mutation in the Mc4r gene produces a premature stop codon, and the mutant SIM1 protein lacks transcriptional activity, showing that the haploinsufficiency of SIM1 and MC4R results in obesity. We further examined the hypothalamic neuropeptide expressions in the mutant pedigrees and mice with diet-induced obesity, which showed that each obesity mouse model has distinct neuropeptide expression profiles. This forward genetic screening scheme is useful and applicable to any research field in which mouse models work. Sci Rep 2016 Sep 2; 6:32453.
Recommended Citation
Hossain M,
Asano F,
Fujiyama T,
Miyoshi C,
Sato M,
Ikkyu A,
Kanno S,
Hotta N,
Kakizaki M,
Honda T,
Kim S,
Komiya H,
Miura I,
Suzuki T,
Kobayashi K,
Kaneda H,
Kumar V,
Takahashi J,
Wakana S,
Funato H,
Yanagisawa M.
Identification of mutations through dominant screening for obesity using C57BL/6 substrains. Sci Rep 2016 Sep 2; 6:32453