Strain information
 NBRP Rat No: 0004  Strain name: DON/Kyo  Commmon Name: DON, Donryu rat, DONRYU Rat Genome Database
Principal Investigator:  Tadao Serikawa  Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University       Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku    606-8501 Kyoto     JAPAN
Tel: 075-753-4360    Fax: 075-753-4409 Email: serikawa@anim.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals ../images/Photos/DON/132a%20(Large).jpg ../images/Photos/DON/132z%20(Large).jpg
Coat Color  albino (c)
Inbred Generations  F64+64 (March 2012)
Usage Restrictions  
Genetic Status
 Inbred  Segregating  Congenic  Consomic  Recombinant
 Coisogenic  Spont. Mutant  Transgene  Ind. Mutant  Category Other 
Comercial Availability
Research Category
 Diabetes Obesity  Neurobiology  Ophthalmology  Dentistry  Cardio Hypertension
 Cancer  Metabolism  Otorhinology  Immunology  Infectious
 Osteosis  Internal Organ  Dermatology  Reproduction  Development
 Behavior  Hematology  Urology  Pharmacology  Research Area Others 
 Control Strain  Marker Strain
Gene Affected
Origin Japanese albino rats > R.Sato, Nippon Rat(1950) > Kyo (1978, F64), formaly DONRYU/2
Strain characteristics Japanese reference strain.
Breeding Conditions Good breeding performance.
Genotyping
References Igarashi M, Hippo Y, Ochiai M, Fukuda H, Nakagama H.
AKT is critically involved in cooperation between obesity and the dietary carcinogen amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo [4,5-b] (PhIP) toward colon carcinogenesis in rats.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Dec 13. pii: S0006-291X(13)02128-1.

Hirayama et al.,
Genetic profile of 12 inbred rat strains for 46 microsatellite loci selected as genetic monitoring markers.
Jikken Dobutsu. 43(1),129-132, 1994.

Yamada J.
Genetic markers in the rat: importance of inbred strains and Donryu rat.
Igaku & Yakugaku 4(5):599-606,1980. (Japanese)
Additional strain information DON