title: Effect of the jimpy mutation on expression of myelin proteins in heterozygous and hemizygous mouse brain.
abstract: The levels of myelin basic protein, proteolipid protein, and 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphohydrolase (EC 3.1.4.37) in cerebral hemispheres of wild-type, heterozygous jp/+, and hemizygous jp/Y mice of different ages were determined by radioimmunoassay and immunoblotting. In jp/Y brain the level of myelin basic protein was 8% that of wild-type at all ages. All forms of the protein were reduced although the 21.5K Mr form was relatively spared at early ages compared to the 18.5K, 17K, and 14K Mr forms. The level of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphohydrolase was 8% that of wild-type at all ages, and proteolipid protein was undetectable at any age. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the jimpy mutation blocks myelin morphogenesis subsequent to incorporation of 21.5K Mr myelin basic protein but prior to incorporation of proteolipid protein. In jp/+ brain the levels of the three proteins were reduced commensurately to 60-70% those of wild-type. The deficit was apparent as early as 10 days after birth and remained proportionately constant throughout development. These results suggest that in jp/+ mice, X-chromosome inactivation produces a mosaic population of functionally wild-type and functionally jimpy oligodendrocytes. The former elaborate normal amounts of myelin but do not completely compensate for the myelin deficit due to the latter.
mesh_terms: D063309:2',3'-Cyclic Nucleotide 3'-Phosphodiesterase; D015087:2',3'-Cyclic-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006579:Heterozygote; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008816:Mice, Jimpy / Q000378:metabolism*; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018991:Myelin Proteolipid Protein; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
chemical_list: D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D018991:Myelin Proteolipid Protein; D015087:2',3'-Cyclic-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D063309:2',3'-Cyclic Nucleotide 3'-Phosphodiesterase; C571338:Cnp protein, mouse