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The Nakano cataract mouse (NCT) manifests a wavy coat for their first hair as a genetic trait. In this study, we explored the molecular genetic basis of the wavy coat. We revealed by crossing experiments that the wavy coat is controlled by a major gene on chromosome 7 of NCT, homozygosity of which is a prerequisite for developing the wavy coat, and by a gene on chromosome 9 with a minor effect to reinforce the manifestation of the trait. In humans, a polymorphism of the protease, serine 53 (PRSS53) gene on the homologous chromosome is known to be associated with curly scalp hair. We then investigated the Prss53 gene and discovered that NCT has an insertion of an intracisternal A particle element in the first intron of the gene. Nevertheless, the expression of the Prss53 is not altered in the NCT skin both in transcript and protein levels. Subsequently, we created C57BL/6J-Prss53em1 knockout mice and found that these mice manifest vague wavy coats. A portion of backcross and intercross mice between the C57BL/6J-Prss53em1 and NCT manifested intense or vague wavy coats. These findings demonstrate the polygenic nature of the wavy coat of NCT and Prss53 knockout mice and highlight the similarity of the trait to the curly hair of humans associated with the PRSS53 alteration.
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The NCT mouse is available from the Laboratory Animal Resource Bank, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Japan. The materials used and datasets analyzed in the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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We thank the Laboratory Animal Resource Bank, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Japan, for providing the NCT mouse. This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 19K06455 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
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This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 19K06455 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
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Mori, M., Liu, C., Yoshizawa, T. et al. Polygenic control of the wavy coat of the NCT mouse: involvement of an intracisternal A particle insertional mutation of the protease, serine 53 (Prss53) gene, and a modifier gene. Mamm Genome 33, 451–464 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00335-021-09926-9
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