Genetic regulation of bone traits is influenced by sex and reciprocal cross in F(2) progeny from GK and F344 rats.
A genome-wide linkage analysis to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for bone phenotypes was performed in an F(2) intercross of inbred spontaneously type 2 diabetic GK and normoglycemic F344 rats (108 males and 98 females). The aim of the study was to locate genome regions with candidate genes affecting trabecular and cortical bone and to investigate the effects of sex and reciprocal cross. pQCT was used to determine tibial bone phenotypes in the F(2) rats, comprising reciprocal crosses with divergent mitochondrial (mt) DNA. Sex and reciprocal cross-separated QTL analyses were performed followed by assessment of specific interactions. Four genome-wide significant QTLs linked to either cortical vBMD, tibia length, body length, or metaphyseal area were identified in males on chromosomes (chr) 1, 8, and 15. In females, three significant QTLs linked to cortical BMC or metaphyseal total vBMD were identified on chr 1 and 2. Several additional suggestive loci for trabecular and cortical traits were detected in both males and females. Four female-specific QTLs on chr 2, 3, 5, and 10 and four reciprocal cross-specific QTLs on chr 1, 10, and 18 were identified, suggesting that both sex and mt genotype influence the expression of bone phenotypes.
Lagerholm
Sofia
S
Department of Clinical Sciences-Malmö, Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Unit, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Li
Luo-Sheng
LS
Jiao
Hong
H
Park
Hee-Bok
HB
Ohlsson
Claes
C
Akesson
Kristina
K
Luthman
Holger
H
D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D012737:Sex Factors