GENES ON THE X-CHROMOSOME AFFECT DEVELOPMENT OF COLLAGEN-INDUCED ARTHRITIS IN MICE
GENES ON THE X-CHROMOSOME AFFECT DEVELOPMENT OF COLLAGEN-INDUCED ARTHRITIS IN MICE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb08218.x
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发表时间:
1993-12-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
HOLMDAHL, R
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作者:
JANSSON, L;HOLMDAHL, R
Susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice is associated with a class II gene in MHC (A(q)) but also with unknown genes outside MHC. Investigated here is the influence of genes on the X chromosome as well as the role of the X-linked immunodeficiency (xid) mutation. Reciprocal male F-1 hybrids, bred to be heterozygous or homozygous for A(q), showed a genetic influence in their susceptibility to develop CIA. Crosses were made between B10.G, B10.Q, DBA/1, SWR/J, C3H.Q and CBA/Ca, and all F-1 mice were castrated to avoid sex hormone modulation of the susceptibility. A differential timing of arthritis onset and severity were seen in the reciprocal F-1 males. An exception was the reciprocal F-1 male offspring from SWR/J and DBA/1 crosses which differed only in disease severity late in the course of the disease. The female F-1 crosses did not show the same pattern of differential susceptibility to CIA as the F-1 males. To exclude the possible influence of the Y chromosome, F-1 males of reciprocal crosses were back-crossed to the parental strains creating offspring with equal X chromosomes but divergent Y chromosomes. No difference in development of arthritis was observed in these. The influence of the xid mutation was investigated next. The xid loci from the CBA/N mouse was bred into DBA/1 strain which is highly susceptible to CIA. The resulting congenic DBA/1-xid strain was resistant to induction of CIA and did not develop an antibody response to type II collagen. We conclude that polymorphic genes on the X chromosome modulate susceptibility to CIA, The results from the experiments with mice carrying xid mutations confirm that such immune modulating genes exist on the sex chromosomes.