Microsatellite Marker Analysis for Laboratory Mice Profiling

Cohan, Reza Ahangari; Nouri Inanlou, Davoud; Samiee Aref, Mohammad Hasan; Zeinali, Sirous; Farhoudi, Ramin

Microsatellite Marker Analysis for Laboratory Mice Profiling

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Nanobiotechnology, New Technologies Research Group, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

² Department of Quality Control, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

⁴ Department of Molecular Medicine, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background: The key point in the production procedure of inbred animals is checking the genetic purity. Skin grafting and coat color test are used traditionally to prove genetic purity, but they have some disadvantages. Recent advances in DNA profiling have enabled scientists to check easily the genetic purity of laboratory animals. In the current study, a set of microsatellite markers was designed to check the purity of inbred laboratory mice. Materials and Methods: Twenty microsatellites located on 20 chromosomes were employed to create a distinctive genetic profile for parentage analysis. Each individual primer was designed based on distinguishable colors and separable sizes. Results: Twenty specific microsatellite markers were used in the polymerase chain reaction mixture to identify inbred BALB/cJ strains. Our results confirmed that the designed microsatellites are excellent genetic markers for testing inbred BALB/cJ strain in laboratories. Conclusion: Our study showed that genetic profiling using microsatellite markers allows us to detect the genetic differences of laboratory mouse species in quality control tests and validation steps.

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