Abstract
Mice of the DBA/2 (D2) strain are highly susceptible to sound-induced seizures at 21 days of age; whereas, mice of the C57BL/6 (B6) strain are resistant to these seizures. Although the difference in susceptibility to audiogenic seizures (ASs) between these two strains is inherited as a multiple-factor trait, an association was observed between susceptibility to ASs and the Ah locus. The Ah locus controls the inducibility of aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) activity by a number of aromatic hydrocarbons. B6 mice carry the Ahb allele and have inducible AHH activity; whereas, D2 mice carry the Ahd allele and have noninducible activity. Inducibility is inherited as a Mendelian dominant trait in crosses between these strains. Mice carrying the Ahb allele are generally less susceptible to ASs at 21 days of age than are mice carrying the Ahd allele. The combined results from B6 x D2 recombinant inbred strains, congenic strains (where the Ahb allele was placed into the D2 genome and the Ahd allele placed into the B6 genome), the B6D2F1 x D2 backcross generation, and a random survey of various inbred strains, suggest that the association between these two traits is due to genetic linkage, rather than to pleiotrophy or to chance. A major gene that inhibits susceptibility to ASs appears to be closely linked to the Ah locus. This gene has been designated Ias, for inhibition of ASs. A large portion of the genetic variability of AS susceptibility may be due to the segregation of Ias.
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