title: A locus on chromosome 7 determines myocardial cell necrosis and calcification (dystrophic cardiac calcinosis) in mice.
abstract: Dystrophic cardiac calcinosis, an age-related cardiomyopathy that occurs among certain inbred strains of mice, involves myocardial injury, necrosis, and calcification. Using a complete linkage map approach and quantitative trait locus analysis, we sought to identify genetic loci determining dystrophic cardiac calcinosis in an F2 intercross of resistant C57BL/6J and susceptible C3H/HeJ inbred strains. We identified a single major locus, designated Dyscalc, located on proximal chromosome 7 in a region syntenic with human chromosomes 19q13 and 11p15. The statistical significance of Dyscalc (logarithm of odds score 14.6) was tested by analysis of permuted trait data. Analysis of BxH recombinant inbred strains confirmed the mapping position. The inheritance pattern indicated that this locus influences susceptibility of cells both to enter necrosis and to subsequently undergo calcification.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095-1679, USA.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Ivandic
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Machleder
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lusis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D010641:Phenotype; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers