Title |
Comprehensive behavioral analysis of ENU-induced Disc1-Q31L and -L100P mutant mice
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Published in |
BMC Research Notes, February 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-5-108 |
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Authors |
Hirotaka Shoji, Keiko Toyama, Yoshihiro Takamiya, Shigeharu Wakana, Yoichi Gondo, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa |
Abstract |
Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is considered to be a candidate susceptibility gene for psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. A recent study reported that N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-induced mutations in exon 2 of the mouse Disc1 gene, which resulted in the amino acid exchange of Q31L and L100P, caused an increase in depression-like behavior in 31 L mutant mice and schizophrenia-like behavior in 100P mutant mice; thus, these are potential animal models of psychiatric disorders. However, remaining heterozygous mutations that possibly occur in flanking genes other than Disc1 itself might induce behavioral abnormalities in the mutant mice. Here, to confirm the effects of Disc1-Q31L and Disc1-L100P mutations on behavioral phenotypes and to investigate the behaviors of the mutant mice in more detail, the mutant lines were backcrossed to C57BL/6JJcl through an additional two generations and the behaviors were analyzed using a comprehensive behavioral test battery. |
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