Mohd-Zin, SW;
Abdullah, N-L;
Abdullah, A;
Greene, NDE;
Cheah, P-S;
Ling, K-H;
Yusof, H;
... Abdul-Aziz, NM; + view all
(2016)
Identification of the genomic mutation in Epha4rb-2J/rb-2J mice.
Genome
, 59
(7)
pp. 439-448.
10.1139/gen-2015-0142.
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Abstract
The EphA4 receptor tyrosine kinase is involved in numerous cell-signalling activities during embryonic development. EphA4 has the ability to bind to both types of ephrin ligands, the ephrinAs and ephrinBs. The C57BL/6J-Epha4rb-2J/GrsrJ strain, denoted Epha4rb-2J/rb-2J, is a spontaneous mouse mutant that arose at The Jackson Laboratory. These mutants exhibited a synchronous hind limb locomotion defect or “hopping gait” phenotype, which is also characteristic of EphA4 null mice. Genetic complementation experiments suggested that Epha4rb-2J corresponds to an allele of EphA4, but details of the genomic defect in this mouse mutant are currently unavailable. We found a single base-pair deletion in exon 9 resulting in a frame shift mutation that subsequently resulted in a premature stop codon. Analysis of the predicted structure of the truncated protein suggests that both the kinase and sterile α motif (SAM) domains are absent. Definitive determination of genotype is needed for experimental studies of mice carrying the Epha4rb-2J allele, and we have also developed a method to ease detection of the mutation through RFLP. Eph-ephrin family members are reportedly expressed as numerous isoforms. Hence, delineation of the specific mutation in EphA4 in this strain is important for further functional studies, such as protein–protein interactions, immunostaining and gene compensatory studies, investigating the mechanism underlying the effects of altered function of Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases on phenotype.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Identification of the genomic mutation in Epha4rb-2J/rb-2J mice |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1139/gen-2015-0142 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2015-0142 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright remains with the author(s) or their institution(s). |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology, Genetics & Heredity, EphA4, hopping gait, spontaneous mutation, knockout mouse, rb-2J strain, TYROSINE KINASE, EPH RECEPTOR, CELL BEHAVIOR, IN-VIVO, MECHANISMS, TRACT |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1482783 |
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