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1 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and University of Colorado Cancer Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262; and 2 Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
Strain A/J mice, which
are predisposed to experimentally induced asthma and adenocarcinoma,
have the lowest pulmonary protein kinase (PK) C activity and content
among 22 inbred mouse strains. PKC in neonatal A/J mice is similar to
that in other strains, so this difference reflects strain-dependent
postnatal regulation. PKC activity is 60% higher in C57BL/6J (B6) than
in A/J lungs, and the protein and mRNA concentrations of PKC-
, the
major pulmonary PKC isozyme, are two- to threefold higher in B6 mice.
These differences result from more than a single gene as assessed in
F1, F2, and backcross progeny of B6 and A/J
parents. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of 23 A×B and B×A
recombinant inbred strains derived from B6 and A/J progenitors
indicates a major locus regulating lung PKC-
content that maps near
the Pkc
structural gene on chromosome 11 (D11MIT333; likelihood ratio statistic = 12.5) and a
major locus controlling PKC activity that maps on chromosome 3 (D3MIT19; likelihood ratio statistic = 15.4). The
chromosome 11 QTL responsible for low PKC-
content falls within QTLs
for susceptibilities to lung tumorigenesis and ozone-induced toxicity.
protein kinase C; inbred mouse strains; developmental regulation; genetic mapping; lung tumor susceptibility
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