PMID: 6162114Aug 1, 1980Paper

Brain nucleic acids and protein in various neurological mutant mice

Neurochemical Research
M WintzerithP Mandel

Abstract

A study was made to compare alterations in the cerebral contents of nucleic acids and protein of several mouse strains affected by different neurological mutations: jimpy, msd, quaking, reeler, weaver, and dwarf. In normal and affected jimpy and msd mice the brain components analyzed were very similar. On the other hand, the cerebral hemispheres of quaking mice showed significant decreases in total RNA and DNA, when compared with those of normal littermates. In the affected reeler and weaver mice, total protein, RNA, and DNA in the cerebellum differed markedly from controls. Protein decreased slightly, whereas nucleic acids showed no significant variation in the cerebral hemispheres of the same mutants. The cerebella and cerebral hemispheres of affected dwarf mice had wet weights and total protein contents that were about 20% lower than those of their controls; DNA did not vary significantly in the various brain regions analyzed. The decrease of DNA we report in reeler and weaver mutant cerebellum in toto quantifies the lack of cell number, in contrast to histological studies which give only semiquantitative information.

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