Cancers, Vol. 13, Pages 1026: The Japanese Wild-Derived Inbred Mouse Strain, MSM/Ms in Cancer Research

Cancers, Vol. 13, Pages 1026: The Japanese Wild-Derived Inbred Mouse Strain, MSM/Ms in Cancer Research Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers13051026 Authors: Kazuhiro Okumura Megumi Saito Eriko Isogai Yuichi Wakabayashi MSM/Ms is a unique inbred mouse strain derived from the Japanese wild mouse, Mus musculus molossinus, which has been approximately 1 million years genetically distant from standard inbred mouse strains mainly derived from M. m. domesticus. Due to its genetic divergence, MSM/Ms has been broadly used in linkage studies. A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library was constructed for the MSM/Ms genome, and sequence analysis of the MSM/Ms genome showed approximately 1% of nucleotides differed from those in the commonly used inbred mouse strain, C57BL/6J. Therefore, MSM/Ms mice are thought to be useful for functional genome studies. MSM/Ms mice show unique characteristics of phenotypes, including its smaller body size, resistance to high-fat-diet-induced diabetes, high locomotive activity, and resistance to age-onset hearing loss, inflammation, and tumorigenesis, which are distinct from those of common inbred mouse strains. Furthermore, ES (Embryonic Stem) cell lines established from MSM/Ms allow the MSM/Ms genome to be genetically manipulated. Therefore, genomic and phenotypic analyses of MSM/Ms reveal novel insights into gene functions that were previously not obtained from research on common laboratory strains. Tumorigenesis-related MSM/Ms-specific gene...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research