Biomedical subjects

T Odaka

Publications and source records attributed to T Odaka.

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PubMed1979

Genetic control of anti-DNP response to DNP-BSA given by continuous infusion technique.

Ten inbred strains of mice were administrated with dinitrophenyl-bovine serum albumin (DNP-BSA) at a dose of 30 or 300 microgram/day by continuous infusion technique. Anti-DNP plaque-forming cells (PFC) in their spleens were assayed 10 to 12 days after the beginning of the infusion. NZB, BALB/c, C3H/He and NC strains were high responders to both doses of DNP-BSA. KK, SII and TES strains were low responders at both doses. SJL/J, C57B1/6 and DDD strains were intermediate responders: the antibody response was low to the dose of 30 microgram/day, and high to the dose of 300 microgram/day. Breeding tests between high responder BALB/c and intermediate responder DDD mice indicated that the immune response was largely controlled by a gene linked to the H-2 complex. Similar studies with high responder NZB and low responder TES mice suggested an involvement of a few genes: at least one of the controlling genes may be linked to the H-2 complex.

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PubMed1978

Genetic resistance in Japanese wild mice (Mus musculus molossinus) to an NB-tropic Friend murine leukemia virus.

Wild mice (Sk, Hz-Vl, Hz-IV Om, Mol.A, Fu, Te, and Sn) trapped in various areas of Japan were crossed with mice of inbred strains (C57BL/6, C57L, BALB/c, and C57BL/10), and their progeny were infected with NB-tropic Friend nurine leukemia virus. Ten days after infection, the spleens were weighed, examined for macroscopic focal lesions, and assayed for infectious virus by the XC test. Genetic analysis indicated that 4 of 8 mice tested had a dominant gene that suppresses the virus replication; the gene resembles the Fv-4' allele. No mice with the Fv-2' allele were found.

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PubMed1978

Resistance of G mice to murine leukemia virus infection: apparent disparity in in vivo and in vitro resistances.

We observed a marked discordance between in vivo and in vitro sensitivities to Friend murine leukemia virus in G mice. In vivo resistance of G mice was more than 10(5)-fold relative to sensitive DDD mice, whereas in vitro resistance was only 50 to 100-fold. In vivo sensitivity to N- and NB-tropic Friend murine leukemia virus was recessive in (G X DDD)F1 mice, whereas in vitro sensitivity was dominant in the heterozygotes. The resistance of mouse fibroblasts was different from the resistance of fibroblasts of a certain NZB mouse strain.

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PubMed1977

Genetic resistance to Friend leukemia virus in mice: masking of Fv-2 phenotype by an epistatic gene, Fv-4.

Mice of strain G which have Fv-4rr genotype resemble those with Fv-2rr genotype in resisting the induction of spleen foci or splenomegaly by Friend leukemia virus. However, NB-tropic Friend virus replicates well in Fv-2rr mice, but not in G mice. To determine the Fv-2 genotype, G mice were crossed with Fv-2rr mice, and the hybrids were tested for the susceptibility to NB-tropic Friend virus. The (G X Fv-2rr) F1 hybrids were similar to G. In F1 X Fv-2rr backcross generation, three types of mice appeared; 1) G type, 2) Fv-2rr type and 3) Fv-2ss type. Mice of the last type supported virus replication and developed splenomegaly. Mice of types 1), 2) and 3) appeared with the expected ratio of 2:1:1. It will be concluded that in G mice Fv-4r gene suppresses the virus replication, and hence masks the expression of Fv-2s gene. Data of F2 generation support this conclusion.

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PubMed1976

Mouse strain resistant to N-, B-, and NB-tropic murine leukemia viruses.

Mouse strain G was studied for its susceptibility to various strains of murine leukemia and sarcoma viruses. Both N- and NB-tropic Friend leukemia viruses neither induced splenomegaly nor grew efficiently in strain G mice. Using the XC test, cultured embryo cells were found to be resistant, but not absolutely, to all the tested viruses, N-tropic AKR virus, N- and NB-tropic Friend leukemia viruses, NB-tropic Rauscher leukemia virus, B-tropic WN1802B virus, NB-tropic Moloney leukemia and sarcoma viruses, and N-tropic Kirsten sarcoma virus, although the resistance to Moloney leukemia and sarcoma viruses is sometimes not as strong as that for other viruses. Thus, the strain G mice are unique among mouse strains because they show resistance that is not related to the N-B tropism of murine leukemia viruses.

AKR murine leukemia virus↗

PubMed1975

Strain-dependent expression of endogenous mouse-tropic leukemia viruses in chemically induced murine leukemias.

The effects of two chemical carcinogens, nitrosobutylurea and 7,12-dimethylbenz-(a) anthracene, on the expression of endogenous N- and B-tropic viruses were studied. The mice used were from two inbred strains, C57BL/6 and DDD-Fvr, and from 13 partially inbred strains derived from the cross of C57BL/6 with DDD-Ffr. These mouse strains are classified into three groups by the pattern of expression of endogenous viruses in normal, aged mice: (1) negative for both viruses; (2) positive for N-tropic virus only; and (3) positive for both viruses. Mice were given the carcinogens, and were tested at various intervals by the UV-XC procedure for the viruses in the spleens and other enlarged organs. Irrespective of the presence or absence of leukemias, the carcinogen-treated mice showed the same pattern of expression of endogenous viruses as that of non-treated normal mice. It can be concluded that the activation of the endogenous viruses is dependent on the mouse strains and that the growth of the activated viruses is not a necessary step for the chemical induction of leukemias.

9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene↗

PubMed1975

Genetic transmission of endogenous N- and B-tropic murine leukemia viruses in low-leukemic strain C57BL/6.

Spontaneous expression of endogenous N- and B-tropic murine leukemia viruses was stu1bb), DDD (Fuv-1nn), DDD-Fvr (fv-1nn), (DDD or DDD-Fvr times C57BL/6)F1, and 16 partially inbredlines with either the Fv-1nn or Fv-1bb genotype, which had been established from hybrids between C57BL/6 and DDD-Fvr. When tested at middle age, virus-positive mice were found in C57BL/6, F1 hybrids, and 9 out of 16 partially inbred lines. N-tropic viruses were isolated from Fv-1nn, Fv-1bb mice, whereas B-tropic viruses, except for one isolate, were from Fv-1bb mice only. C57BL/6 mice were positive for both N- and B-tropic viruses, whereas DDD-Fvr mice were negative. With respect to the Fv-1 genotype and the presence of endogenous murine leukemia viruses, the partially inbred lines were grouped into five types: (i) Fv-1bb, both N- and B-tropic virus positive, like C57BL/6; (ii) Fv-1nn, virus negative, like DDD-Fvr; (iii) Fv-1bb, virus negative; (iv) Fv-1nn, only N-tropic virus positive; and (v) less convincingly, Fv-1bb, only B-tropic virus positive. These findings indicate that the transmission of N- and B-tropic viruses in C57BL/6 is genetically controlled and that the expression of B-tropic virus, but not of N-tropic virus, is closely associated with the Fv-1 genotype.

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PubMed1974