Mapping of the bovine spinal muscular atrophy locus to Chromosome 24. 2003

Ivica Medugorac, and Juliane Kemter, and Ingolf Russ, and Detlef Pietrowski, and Stefan Nüske, and Horst-Dieter Reichenbach, and Wolfgang Schmahl, and Martin Förster
Lehrstuhl für Tierzucht und Allgemeine Landwirtschaftslehre, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Veterinärstr. 13, D-80539 München, Germany. Ivica.Medjugorac@gen.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de

A hereditary form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) caused by an autosomal recessive gene has been reported for American Brown-Swiss cattle and in advanced backcrosses between American Brown-Swiss and many European brown cattle breeds. Bovine SMA (bovSMA) bears remarkable resemblance to the human SMA (SMA1). Affected homozygous calves also show progressive symmetric weakness and neurogenic atrophy of proximal muscles. The condition is characterized by severe muscle atrophy, quadriparesis, and sternal recumbency as result of neurogenic atrophy. We report on the localization of the gene causing bovSMA within a genomic interval between the microsatellite marker URB031 and the telomeric end of bovine Chromosome (Chr) 24 (BTA24). Linkage analysis of a complex pedigree of German Braunvieh cattle revealed a recombination fraction of 0.06 and a three-point lod score of 11.82. The results of linkage and haplotyping analysis enable a marker-assisted selection against bovSMA based on four microsatellite markers most telomeric on BTA24 to a moderate accuracy of 89-94%. So far, this region is not orthologous to any human chromosome segments responsible for twelve distinct disease phenotypes of autosomal neuropathies. Our results indicate the apoptosis-inhibiting protein BCL2 as the most promising positional candidate gene causing bovSMA. Our findings offer an attractive animal model for a better understanding of human forms of SMA and for a probable anti-apoptotic synergy of SMN-BCL2 aggregates in mammals.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008126 Lod Score The total relative probability, expressed on a logarithmic scale, that a linkage relationship exists among selected loci. Lod is an acronym for "logarithmic odds." Lod Scores,Score, Lod,Scores, Lod
D009134 Muscular Atrophy, Spinal A group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in weakness and muscular atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts. Diseases in this category include Werdnig-Hoffmann disease and later onset SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD, most of which are hereditary. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1089) Bulbospinal Neuronopathy,Oculopharyngeal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Progressive Muscular Atrophy,Scapuloperoneal Form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Adult-Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Amyotrophy, Neurogenic Scapuloperoneal, New England Type,Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Hereditary Motor Neuronopathy,Muscular Atrophy, Adult Spinal,Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Progressive Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Progressive Proximal Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy,Proximal Myelopathic Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Scapuloperoneal Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Spinal Amyotrophy,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Distal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Oculopharyngeal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal,Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Scapuloperoneal Form,Adult Onset Spinal Muscular Atrophy,Amyotrophies, Spinal,Amyotrophy, Spinal,Atrophies, Progressive Muscular,Atrophy, Myelopathic Muscular,Atrophy, Progressive Muscular,Atrophy, Spinal Muscular,Bulbospinal Neuronopathies,Hereditary Motor Neuronopathies,Motor Neuronopathies, Hereditary,Motor Neuronopathy, Hereditary,Muscular Atrophies, Progressive,Muscular Atrophy, Myelopathic,Muscular Atrophy, Progressive,Neuronopathies, Bulbospinal,Neuronopathies, Hereditary Motor,Neuronopathy, Bulbospinal,Neuronopathy, Hereditary Motor,Progressive Muscular Atrophies,Spinal Amyotrophies
D010375 Pedigree The record of descent or ancestry, particularly of a particular condition or trait, indicating individual family members, their relationships, and their status with respect to the trait or condition. Family Tree,Genealogical Tree,Genealogic Tree,Genetic Identity,Identity, Genetic,Family Trees,Genealogic Trees,Genealogical Trees,Genetic Identities,Identities, Genetic,Tree, Family,Tree, Genealogic,Tree, Genealogical,Trees, Family,Trees, Genealogic,Trees, Genealogical
D002417 Cattle Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor. Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D002874 Chromosome Mapping Any method used for determining the location of and relative distances between genes on a chromosome. Gene Mapping,Linkage Mapping,Genome Mapping,Chromosome Mappings,Gene Mappings,Genome Mappings,Linkage Mappings,Mapping, Chromosome,Mapping, Gene,Mapping, Genome,Mapping, Linkage,Mappings, Chromosome,Mappings, Gene,Mappings, Genome,Mappings, Linkage
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D018895 Microsatellite Repeats A variety of simple repeat sequences that are distributed throughout the GENOME. They are characterized by a short repeat unit of 2-8 basepairs that is repeated up to 100 times. They are also known as short tandem repeats (STRs). Microsatellite Markers,Pentanucleotide Repeats,Simple Repetitive Sequence,Tetranucleotide Repeats,Microsatellites,Short Tandem Repeats,Simple Sequence Repeats,Marker, Microsatellite,Markers, Microsatellite,Microsatellite,Microsatellite Marker,Microsatellite Repeat,Pentanucleotide Repeat,Repeat, Microsatellite,Repeat, Pentanucleotide,Repeat, Short Tandem,Repeat, Simple Sequence,Repeat, Tetranucleotide,Repeats, Microsatellite,Repeats, Pentanucleotide,Repeats, Short Tandem,Repeats, Simple Sequence,Repeats, Tetranucleotide,Repetitive Sequence, Simple,Repetitive Sequences, Simple,Sequence Repeat, Simple,Sequence Repeats, Simple,Sequence, Simple Repetitive,Sequences, Simple Repetitive,Short Tandem Repeat,Simple Repetitive Sequences,Simple Sequence Repeat,Tandem Repeat, Short,Tandem Repeats, Short,Tetranucleotide Repeat
D033481 Chromosomes, Mammalian Complex nucleoprotein structures which contain the genomic DNA and are part of the CELL NUCLEUS of MAMMALS. Chromosome, Mammalian,Mammalian Chromosome,Mammalian Chromosomes

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