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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Htttm2Szi
targeted mutation 2, Scott Zeitlin
MGI:2177755
Summary 2 genotypes
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cn1
Htttm1Szi/Htttm2Szi
Tg(Camk2a-cre)1Szi/0
involves: 129S/SvEv * 129S1/Sv * C57BL/6 * CBA MGI:3605769
cn2
Htttm1Szi/Htttm2Szi
Tg(Camk2a-cre)2Szi/0
involves: 129S/SvEv * 129S1/Sv * C57BL/6 * CBA MGI:3605770


Genotype
MGI:3605769
cn1
Allelic
Composition
Htttm1Szi/Htttm2Szi
Tg(Camk2a-cre)1Szi/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * 129S1/Sv * C57BL/6 * CBA
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Mouse lines carrying:
Htttm1Szi mutation (0 available); any Htt mutation (178 available)
Htttm2Szi mutation (0 available); any Htt mutation (178 available)
Tg(Camk2a-cre)1Szi mutation (0 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• die between 11 and 13 months of age

growth/size/body
• smaller than controls at weaning and at P60

behavior/neurological
• abnormal limb clasping at P60 that becomes progressively more severe such that mice curl their body upon clasping and maintain the posture for several seconds following return to cage
• exhibit a slight tremor at 10-12 months of age
• exhibit motor defects in mutants subjected to cage-top rotation test and elevated wire rod hanging test
• noticeably hypoactive at 10-12 months of age

nervous system
• gliosis is seen throughout the forebrain in older mutants
• reactive astocytosis in the entorhinal cortex, striatum, and frontal cortex at 4 and 10 months of age
• 4 and 8 month old mutants exhibit neurodegeneration in the external capsule fibre tracts and in fibre bundles of the internal capsule within the striatum, in the amygdala and in both the frontal and dorsal cortex

reproductive system
• exhibit a reduction in the number of spermatocytes and round spermatids in the seminiferous tubules and in mature motile sperm in the lumen of the epididymis
• disorganized and contain fewer spermatocytes and round spermatids compared to controls
• testis is about 50% the weight of controls

endocrine/exocrine glands
• disorganized and contain fewer spermatocytes and round spermatids compared to controls
• testis is about 50% the weight of controls

cellular
• exhibit a reduction in the number of spermatocytes and round spermatids in the seminiferous tubules and in mature motile sperm in the lumen of the epididymis

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
Huntington's disease DOID:12858 OMIM:143100
J:65520




Genotype
MGI:3605770
cn2
Allelic
Composition
Htttm1Szi/Htttm2Szi
Tg(Camk2a-cre)2Szi/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * 129S1/Sv * C57BL/6 * CBA
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Htttm1Szi mutation (0 available); any Htt mutation (178 available)
Htttm2Szi mutation (0 available); any Htt mutation (178 available)
Tg(Camk2a-cre)2Szi mutation (1 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• mutants that are hydrocephalic die by P35
• none survive longer than 13 months

growth/size/body
• smaller than controls at weaning and at P60

behavior/neurological
• abnormal limb clasping at P21 that becomes progressively more severe such that mice curl their body upon clasping and maintain the posture for several seconds following return to cage
• exhibit a slight tremor at 10-12 months of age
• exhibit motor defects in mutants subjected to cage-top rotation test and elevated wire rod hanging test
• noticeably hypoactive at 10-12 months of age

nervous system
• about 8% are hydrocephalic by P10
• striatum is disorganized at 8-months of age
• cortex is disorganized at 8-months of age
• gliosis is seen throughout the forebrain in young mutants
• reactive astocytosis in the entorhinal cortex, striatum, and frontal cortex at 4 and 8 months of age
• neurodegeneration in the caudal/lateral region of the cortex at 4-6 months of age and in the rostral and caudal portions of the brain adjacent to the external capsule and in the entorhinal cortex at 8 months of age
• exhibit shrunken eosinophilic neurons, indicative of neuronal damage, in the hippocampus at 8-months of age
• 8 month old mutants exhibit neurodegeneration in the external capsule fibre tracts and in fibre bundles of the internal capsule within the striatum, in the amygdala and in both the frontal and dorsal cortex
• degeneration is essentially complete by 10 months

reproductive system
• exhibit a reduction in the number of spermatocytes and round spermatids in the seminiferous tubules and in mature motile sperm in the lumen of the epididymis
• disorganized and contain fewer spermatocytes and round spermatids compared to controls
• testis is about 50% the weight of controls

endocrine/exocrine glands
• disorganized and contain fewer spermatocytes and round spermatids compared to controls
• testis is about 50% the weight of controls

cellular
• exhibit a reduction in the number of spermatocytes and round spermatids in the seminiferous tubules and in mature motile sperm in the lumen of the epididymis

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
Huntington's disease DOID:12858 OMIM:143100
J:65520





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