Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice.
Background Trypanosoma brucei brucei infects livestock, with severe effects in horses and dogs. Mouse strains differ greatly in susceptibility to this parasite. However, no genes controlling these differences were mapped. Methods We studied the genetic control of survival after T. b. brucei infectio...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5c390e675c114dcd956262f108f03994 2023-05-15T15:16:52+02:00 Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice. Matyáš Síma Helena Havelková Lei Quan Milena Svobodová Taťána Jarošíková Jarmila Vojtíšková Alphons P M Stassen Peter Demant Marie Lipoldová 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001173 https://doaj.org/article/5c390e675c114dcd956262f108f03994 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21666791/pdf/?tool=EBI https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001173 https://doaj.org/article/5c390e675c114dcd956262f108f03994 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 5, Iss 6, p e1173 (2011) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001173 2022-12-31T09:23:19Z Background Trypanosoma brucei brucei infects livestock, with severe effects in horses and dogs. Mouse strains differ greatly in susceptibility to this parasite. However, no genes controlling these differences were mapped. Methods We studied the genetic control of survival after T. b. brucei infection using recombinant congenic (RC) strains, which have a high mapping power. Each RC strain of BALB/c-c-STS/A (CcS/Dem) series contains a different random subset of 12.5% genes from the parental "donor" strain STS/A and 87.5% genes from the "background" strain BALB/c. Although BALB/c and STS/A mice are similarly susceptible to T. b. brucei, the RC strain CcS-11 is more susceptible than either of them. We analyzed genetics of survival in T. b. brucei-infected F(2) hybrids between BALB/c and CcS-11. CcS-11 strain carries STS-derived segments on eight chromosomes. They were genotyped in the F(2) hybrid mice and their linkage with survival was tested by analysis of variance. Results We mapped four Tbbr (Trypanosoma brucei brucei response) loci that influence survival after T. b. brucei infection. Tbbr1 (chromosome 3) and Tbbr2 (chromosome 12) have effects on survival independent of inter-genic interactions (main effects). Tbbr3 (chromosome 7) influences survival in interaction with Tbbr4 (chromosome 19). Tbbr2 is located on a segment 2.15 Mb short that contains only 26 genes. Conclusion This study presents the first identification of chromosomal loci controlling susceptibility to T. b. brucei infection. While mapping in F(2) hybrids of inbred strains usually has a precision of 40-80 Mb, in RC strains we mapped Tbbr2 to a 2.15 Mb segment containing only 26 genes, which will enable an effective search for the candidate gene. Definition of susceptibility genes will improve the understanding of pathways and genetic diversity underlying the disease and may result in new strategies to overcome the active subversion of the immune system by T. b. brucei. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5 6 e1173 |
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Matyáš Síma Helena Havelková Lei Quan Milena Svobodová Taťána Jarošíková Jarmila Vojtíšková Alphons P M Stassen Peter Demant Marie Lipoldová Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice. |
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Background Trypanosoma brucei brucei infects livestock, with severe effects in horses and dogs. Mouse strains differ greatly in susceptibility to this parasite. However, no genes controlling these differences were mapped. Methods We studied the genetic control of survival after T. b. brucei infection using recombinant congenic (RC) strains, which have a high mapping power. Each RC strain of BALB/c-c-STS/A (CcS/Dem) series contains a different random subset of 12.5% genes from the parental "donor" strain STS/A and 87.5% genes from the "background" strain BALB/c. Although BALB/c and STS/A mice are similarly susceptible to T. b. brucei, the RC strain CcS-11 is more susceptible than either of them. We analyzed genetics of survival in T. b. brucei-infected F(2) hybrids between BALB/c and CcS-11. CcS-11 strain carries STS-derived segments on eight chromosomes. They were genotyped in the F(2) hybrid mice and their linkage with survival was tested by analysis of variance. Results We mapped four Tbbr (Trypanosoma brucei brucei response) loci that influence survival after T. b. brucei infection. Tbbr1 (chromosome 3) and Tbbr2 (chromosome 12) have effects on survival independent of inter-genic interactions (main effects). Tbbr3 (chromosome 7) influences survival in interaction with Tbbr4 (chromosome 19). Tbbr2 is located on a segment 2.15 Mb short that contains only 26 genes. Conclusion This study presents the first identification of chromosomal loci controlling susceptibility to T. b. brucei infection. While mapping in F(2) hybrids of inbred strains usually has a precision of 40-80 Mb, in RC strains we mapped Tbbr2 to a 2.15 Mb segment containing only 26 genes, which will enable an effective search for the candidate gene. Definition of susceptibility genes will improve the understanding of pathways and genetic diversity underlying the disease and may result in new strategies to overcome the active subversion of the immune system by T. b. brucei. |
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Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice. |
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Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice. |
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Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice. |
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Genetic control of resistance to Trypanosoma brucei brucei infection in mice. |
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