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Comparative analysis of basal locomotor activity-related metabolic phenotypes between C57BL/6 mice and ICR mice substrains derived from three different sources

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Animal model, as an indispensable tool for scientific purposes of biomedical researches and clinical application, is a commonly used in various researches. Regarding to this, it is necessary to establish the metabolic phenotype of animal model to minimize spurious interpretations and ensure a level of accuracy and reliability adequate for experimental research. However, the metabolic phenotype-related analysis within rodent strains derived from different source is nonexistent, especially in C57BL/6Korl mice and Korl:ICR mice (a domestic mouse strain). To compare the physiological and metabolic phenotypes over a period of time, we utilized the C57BL/6 mice (C57BL/6Korl, A:C57BL/6, and B:C57BL/6) and ICR mice (Korl:ICR, A:ICR, and B:ICR) derived from three different sources. Our data showed that average body weight, body temperature, food intake, and water consumption have a similar tendency among the C57BL/6 and ICR groups, except for the higher body weight of C57BL/6Korl mice over a period of time. Moreover, some significant differences was observed in adipose tissue mass and adipocyte size among the groups, with a higher tendency of C57BL/6Korl mice and Korl:ICR mice. Most importantly, resting metabolic rate (RMR) serves as an approximation of the metabolic phenotype showed no significant difference among the groups of C57BL/6 mice and ICR mice, except for the lower oxygen uptake of C57BL/6Korl mice compare to the A:C57BL/6 mice. Taken together, our data suggest that C57BL/6 mice and ICR mice derived from three different sources have an overall similar feature of physiological and metabolic phenotypes.

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This project was supported by a grant of BIOREIN (Laboratory Animal Bio Resources Initiative) from Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2016.

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  1. Exercise Biochemistry Laboratory, Korea National Sport University, 88-15 Oryun-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-763, Korea

    Dong-Ju Hwang & Joon Young Cho

  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, INJE University College of Medicine, Busan, 47392, Korea

    Hyun-Keun Song

  3. College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 41566, Korea

    Kil-Soo Kim

  4. College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Korea

    Young-Suk Jung

  5. Department of Biomaterials Science, College of Natural Resources & Life Science/Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang, 50463, Korea

    Dae-Youn Hwang

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Hwang, DJ., Song, HK., Kim, KS. et al. Comparative analysis of basal locomotor activity-related metabolic phenotypes between C57BL/6 mice and ICR mice substrains derived from three different sources. Lab Anim Res 33, 140–149 (2017). https://doi.org/10.5625/lar.2017.33.2.140

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Keywords

  • C57BL/6Korl
  • Korl:ICR
  • metabolic phenotype
  • resting metabolic rates

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