Abstract
We have used elevated levels of plasma creatine phosphokinase activity to identify muscular dystrophy phenotypes in mice and to screen the progeny of chemical mutagen-treated male mice for X chromosome-linked muscular dystrophy mutations. We were not successful in identifying heterozygous carriers of these induced muscular dystrophy mutations in greater than 8000 progeny. However, we were highly successful in identifying three additional alleles of the characterized mdx locus. These alleles of mdx were recovered from various mutagen-treated males and they occur on an X chromosome that carries flanking markers that allow us to follow the mutations in genetic crosses and in the development of corresponding mutant stocks. These alleles have been designated as mdx2Cv, mdx3Cv, and mdx4Cv. Preliminary data show that mice with mdx2Cv and mdx3Cv mutations have muscular dystrophic phenotypes that do not grossly differ from the characterized mdx mutation. These additional mdx mutations expand the value of mouse models of X chromosome-linked muscular dystrophy and potentially define additional sites of mutation that impair dystrophin expression.
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