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  • Title: Genetic variation in spontaneous and diphenylhydantoin-induced craniofacial malformations in mice.
    Author: Brown KS, Evans MI, Harne LC.
    Journal: J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol Suppl; 1985; 1():305-12. PubMed ID: 3877104.
    Abstract:
    The mouse strain CL/Fr has been produced by selection for high frequency of cleft lip. It is also sensitive to induction of cleft palate by glucocorticoids, as are its A strain relatives. "Star" strain is free of spontaneous clefts, and is resistant to glucocorticoid teratogenic effects. CL/Fr is also sensitive to toxic effects (80% death at 25 mg/kg) of diphenylhydantoin (DPH), whereas Star is not. Reciprocal crosses between CL/Fr and Star parents were followed for three generations of back-crossing to CL/Fr, with treatment by chronic subcutaneous (SC) DPH injection (20 mg/kg daily from day 0 of pregnancy). Two patterns of response were observed for facial clefts. Primary palate clefts (CL, CLP, lip scars) were not affected by DPH treatment, and showed regression on % CL/Fr genome suggestive of a two- or three-locus recessive effect with the sensitive alleles from CL/Fr. Secondary palate clefts and open eyelids, considered as a group as relatively late developmental defects, showed a pattern suggestive of a dominant gene which increases risk of malformation in DPH-treated embryos, expressed in the crosses, but not in the absence of treatment or in the presence of the full "Star" genome.
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