Confirmation of the mapping of a 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate promotion susceptibility locus, Psl1, to distal mouse chromosome 9.

Susceptibility to two-stage skin carcinogenesis in the mouse is affected by several genes. In addition, studies suggest that genes that modify the response of mice to skin tumor promotion by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) also may influence histologic changes in the skin as the result of TPA treatment. One TPA susceptibility locus, Psl1, previously was mapped to distal chromosome 9. The mapping of this locus was confirmed by marker-based genotypic selection. Furthermore, Psl1 or a gene closely linked to Psl1 influenced epidermal hyperplasia and epidermal labeling index of mice treated with TPA. Copyright 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.