title: Genetic analysis of nucleotide triphosphatase activity in the mouse brain.
abstract: A Ca(2+)- or Mg(2+)-stimulated ecto-ATPase is thought to regulate the hydrolysis of extracellular ATP in nervous tissues. The hydrolysis of nucleotide triphosphates (NTPs) was analyzed in brain microsomal fractions from crosses of DBA/2J (D2) and C57BL/6J (B6) mice. The nucleotide triphosphatase (NTPase) activity was significantly reduced in D2 mice as compared to B6 mice, and B6D2F1 hybrids had activities intermediate to the parentals. A significant positive correlation was found between the hydrolysis of four NTPs (ATP, CTP, GTP and UTP) in 24 B6 x D2 (BXD) recombinant inbred (RI) strains of mice and in 80 B6D2F1 x D2 backcross mice. The RI strains and backcross mice fell into two distinct groups with respect to the NTPase activity. Linkage of NTPase activity was suggested with the chromosome 2 markers, D2Mit6 and Ass-1, in the RI strains, and was confirmed by analysis of other markers in the backcross population. These data suggest that the Ca(2+)- or Mg(2+)-stimulated hydrolysis of NTPs, designated Ntp, is regulated by a single gene located on proximal chromosome 2. Although an association was observed previously between Ca(2+)-ATPase activity and susceptibility to audiogenic seizures (AGS), no significant association was observed for the expression of Ntp and AGS susceptibility.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02167.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Seyfried
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000235:genetics*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase