Molecular characterization of ENU mouse mutagenesis and archives

Y Sakuraba, H Sezutsu, KR Takahasi… - Biochemical and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Y Sakuraba, H Sezutsu, KR Takahasi, K Tsuchihashi, R Ichikawa, N Fujimoto, S Kaneko…
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2005Elsevier
The large-scale mouse mutagenesis with ENU has provided forward-genetic resources for
functional genomics. The frozen sperm archive of ENU-mutagenized generation-1 (G1) mice
could also provide a “mutant mouse library” that allows us to conduct reverse genetics in any
particular target genes. We have archived frozen sperm as well as genomic DNA from 9224
G1 mice. By genome-wide screening of 63 target loci covering a sum of 197Mbp of the
mouse genome, a total of 148 ENU-induced mutations have been directly identified. The …
The large-scale mouse mutagenesis with ENU has provided forward-genetic resources for functional genomics. The frozen sperm archive of ENU-mutagenized generation-1 (G1) mice could also provide a “mutant mouse library” that allows us to conduct reverse genetics in any particular target genes. We have archived frozen sperm as well as genomic DNA from 9224 G1 mice. By genome-wide screening of 63 target loci covering a sum of 197Mbp of the mouse genome, a total of 148 ENU-induced mutations have been directly identified. The sites of mutations were primarily identified by temperature gradient capillary electrophoresis method followed by direct sequencing. The molecular characterization revealed that all the identified mutations were point mutations and mostly independent events except a few cases of redundant mutations. The base-substitution spectra in this study were different from those of the phenotype-based mutagenesis. The ENU-based gene-driven mutagenesis in the mouse now becomes feasible and practical.
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