Temporal and molecular characteristics of mutations induced by ethylnitrosourea in germ cells isolated from seminiferous tubules and in spermatozoa of lacZ transgenic mice.
AUTOR(ES)
Douglas, G R
RESUMO
The lacZ transgenic mouse (Muta mouse) model was used to examine the timing of ethylnitrosourea (ENU)-induced mutations in germ cells. The spectrum of mutations was also determined. Animals received five daily treatments with ENU at 50 mg/kg and were sampled at times up to 55 days after treatment. In mixed germ-cell populations isolated from seminiferous tubules, there was little increase in the mutant frequency 5 days after treatment; subsequently, there was a continuous increase until the maximum (17.5-fold above background) was reached by approximately 35 days. In the spermatozoa, an increase in mutant frequency was not seen until 20 days after treatment, with the maximum (4.3-fold above background) being achieved no sooner than approximately 35 days. Based on the timing of sampling, these data demonstrate the detection of both spermatogonial and postspermatogonial, mutations. The most prominent feature of the ENU-induced base-pair mutations in testicular germ cells sampled 55 days after treatment is that 70% are induced in A.T base pairs, compared to only 16% in spontaneous mutations. These findings are consistent with comparable data from ENU studies using assays for inherited germ-cell mutations in mice. This study has demonstrated the utility and potential of the transgenic mouse lacZ model (Muta mouse) for the detection and study of germ-cell mutations and provides guidance in the selection of simplified treatment and sampling protocols.
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