RRC ID 33274
著者 Takano M, Ogawa E, Saitou T, Yamaguchi Y, Asano Y, Serikawa T, Kuramoto T.
タイトル Morphological features of adult rats of IS/Kyo and IS-Tlk/Kyo strains with lumbar and caudal vertebral anomalies.
ジャーナル Exp Anim
Abstract IS-Tlk/Kyo, a mutant derived from IS/Kyo strain, exhibits a kinked and/or short tail, in addition to the congenital lumbar vertebral anomaly. Homozygotes of Tlk dominant gene are known to die during embryonic development. We previously reported the morphological features of the skeleton in IS/Kyo and IS-Tlk/Kyo fetuses and of the heart in IS/Kyo fetuses [19]. This study was conducted to clarify the morphological features of the skeleton in both adult rats and of the heart in adult IS/Kyo rats. Ventricular septal defect (VSD) was observed in 3 out of 10 IS/Kyo rats. Neither splitting of lumbar vertebra and supernumerary rib (in both strains) nor fused or absent caudal cartilage (in IS-Tlk/Kyo strain) was detected in adult rats. Fusion of lumbar vertebrae was observed in almost all specimens together with lumbarization of sacral vertebrae in a few specimens in both adult rats as well as fusion of sacral and caudal vertebrae only in adult IS-Tlk/Kyo rats. In addition, a severe reduction in the ossified sacral and caudal vertebrae was noted in adult IS-Tlk/Kyo rats (mean number: 20.6) and IS/Kyo rats (31.8), and the difference was similar to that in the length of sacral and caudal vertebrae. These results suggest that the Tlk gene may be involved in both the congenital and acquired abnormal formation of the lower vertebral centra as well as the persistent occurrence of VSD by the background gene in IS/Kyo strain.
巻・号 63(3)
ページ 269-75
公開日 2014-1-1
DOI 10.1538/expanim.63.269
PII DN/JST.JSTAGE/expanim/13-0071
PMID 25077756
PMC PMC4206730
MeSH Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics* Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology Animals Bone and Bones / abnormalities* Female Genes, Dominant Genes, Lethal / genetics* Heart Septal Defects / genetics Heart Septal Defects / pathology Lumbar Vertebrae / abnormalities* Rats, Inbred WKY / abnormalities* Rats, Inbred WKY / genetics* Rats, Mutant Strains / abnormalities* Rats, Mutant Strains / genetics* Sacrococcygeal Region Tail / abnormalities
IF 1.574
引用数 1
WOS 分野 VETERINARY SCIENCES ZOOLOGY
リソース情報
ラット IS/Kyo(strainID=5) IS-Tlk/Kyo(strainID=25)