Three mouse models of human thalassemia

Journal Article · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.78.8.5056· OSTI ID:5952744

Martinell, J ^[1]; Whitney, J B; Popp, R A; Russell, L B; Anderson, W F

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1. National Institutes of Health, Betheseda, MD

Three types of mice with globin gene mutations, called 352HB, 27HB, and Hba/sup th-J/, appear to be true animal models of human thalassemia. Expression of the ..cap alpha..-globin genes in three stocks of mice, each one heterozygous for one of the ..cap alpha..-globin mutations, was examined at the polypeptide, RNA, and DNA levels. ..cap alpha..-globin polypeptide chains, relative to ..gamma..-globin chains in heterozygous thalassemic mice, are present at approximately 80% of normal. The ratios of ..cap alpha..-globin to ..gamma..-globin RNA sequences are also 75 to 80% normal, exactly reflecting the ..cap alpha..-globin to ..gamma..-globin chain ratios. In the case of mutant 352HB, at least one ..cap alpha..-globin gene is deleted. Thalassemic mouse erythroid cells appear to compensate partially for the loss of half of their ..cap alpha..-globin genes.

• OSTI ID: 5952744
• Journal Information: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States), Vol. 78:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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