Control of natural resistance to Salmonella typhimurium and Leishmania donovani in mice by closely linked but distinct genetic loci (original) (raw)
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Inbred strains of mice vary in their sensitivity to infection with both _Salmonella typhimurium_1,2 and _Leishmania donovani_3. In both cases, this differential susceptibility is genetically controlled. Resistance to the intracellular parasite L. donovani is determined by a single locus on chromosome 1, designated Lsh (ref. 4). The primary regulator of resistance to S. typhimurium is a single, dominant autosomal gene, named Ity (for immunity to typhimurium)5, and it has also been recently mapped to chromosome 1 (ref. 6). In addition, two other genetic loci regulate resistance to S. typhimurium in mice. These genes, _Lps_d and xid, are mutant alleles that render C3H/HeJ and CBA/N mice, respectively, salmonella susceptible7,8. Both Bradley and his colleagues3,4, and Plant and Glynn2,6, noted similar patterns of resistance or susceptibility of inbred strains of mice to L. donovani and S. typhimurium, and therefore suggested that Lsh and Ity might be the same gene. Mapping of both genes to the same region of chromosome 1 supported this hypothesis but no linkage studies have been used to test it. Since recombinant inbred (RI) mouse strains are, in effect, permanent segregant populations9, they are ideal for determining linkage between resistance genes to two different pathogens. Therefore, we determined the S. typhimurium susceptibility of five sets of RI mouse strains that had been previously typed for _Lsh_4 and conclude that Lsh and Ity are closely linked but distinct genetic loci.
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Alison D. O'Brien - Department of Medicine and Microbiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, 10046
David L. Rosenstreich - Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, 04609
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O'Brien, A., Rosenstreich, D. & Taylor, B. Control of natural resistance to Salmonella typhimurium and Leishmania donovani in mice by closely linked but distinct genetic loci.Nature 287, 440–442 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/287440a0
- Received: 29 January 1980
- Accepted: 07 August 1980
- Issue Date: 02 October 1980
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/287440a0