Loci controlling plasma non-HDL and HDL cholesterol levels in a C57BL /6J x CASA /Rk intercross.
Plasma non-HDL and HDL cholesterol levels are predictors of cardiovascular diseases. We carried out a genetic cross between two laboratory inbred mouse strains, C57BL/6J and CASA/Rk, to detect loci that control the plasma levels of non-HDL and HDL cholesterol. With regard to non-HDL cholesterol, chow-fed CASA/Rk males and females had 87% and 25% higher levels, respectively, than did C57BL/6Js. The levels of non-HDL cholesterol in F1s were similar to C57BL/6J. There was no strain difference in HDL cholesterol levels. An intercross between F1s was performed, and plasma non-HDL and HDL cholesterol was measured in 185 male and 184 female mice. In both male and female F2 mice, plasma non-HDL and HDL cholesterol levels were unimodally distributed; however, in both cases the values for females were significantly lower than for males. Therefore, linkage analysis was performed with sex as a covariate. Significant linkage for non-HDL cholesterol was found on chromosome 6 at 49 cM (LOD 5.17), chromosome 4 at 55 cM (LOD 4.22), and chromosome 8 at 7 cM (LOD 3.68). Significant linkage for HDL cholesterol was found on chromosome 9 at 14 cM (LOD 7.52) and chromosome 8 at 76 cM (LOD 4.69). A significant epistatic interaction involving loci on chromosomes 2 and 5 was also observed for non-HDL cholesterol. In summary, linkage analysis in these cross-identified novel loci confirmed previously identified loci in control of plasma non-HDL and HDL cholesterol and disclosed a novel interaction in controlling non-HDL cholesterol levels in the mouse.
Sehayek
Ephraim
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Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA. sehayee@rockefeller.edu
Duncan
Elizabeth M
EM
Yu
Hannah J
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Petukhova
Lynn
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Breslow
Jan L
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D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol