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ArticlePloS one2015

Genetic analysis of ligation-induced neointima formation in an F2 intercross of C57BL/6 and FVB/N inbred mouse strains.

Caroline Östergren, Jeong Shim, Jens Vinther Larsen, Lars Bo Nielsen, Jacob F Bentzon

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Caroline ÖstergrenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jeong ShimDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jens Vinther LarsenDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lars Bo NielsenDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jacob F BentzonDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, and Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.

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Abstract

objectiveProliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are central for arterial diseases including atherosclerosis and restenosis. We hypothesized that the underlying mechanisms may be modeled by carotid ligation in mice. In FVB/N inbred mice, ligation leads to abundant neointima formation with proliferating media-derived SMCs, whereas in C57BL/6 mice hardly any neointima is formed. In the present study, we aimed to identify the chromosomal location of the causative gene variants in an F2 intercross between these two mouse strains. METHODS AND

resultsThe neointimal cross-sectional area was significantly different between FVB/N, C57BL/6 and F1 female mice 4 weeks after ligation. Carotid artery ligation and a genome scan using 800 informative SNP markers were then performed in 157 female F2 mice. Using quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis, we identified suggestive, but no genome-wide significant, QTLs on chromosomes 7 and 12 for neointimal cross-sectional area and on chromosome 14 for media area. Further analysis of the cross revealed 4 QTLs for plasma cholesterol, which combined explained 69% of the variation among F2 mice.

conclusionsWe identified suggestive QTLs for neointima and media area after carotid ligation in an intercross of FVB/N and C57BL/6 mice, but none that reached genome-wide significance indicating a complex genetic architecture of the traits. Genome-wide significant QTLs for total cholesterol levels were identified on chromosomes 1, 3, 9, and 12.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait LociAnimalsCarotid ArteriesCholesterolCrosses, GeneticFemaleMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMyocytes, Smooth MuscleNeointimaCholesterol

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