mortality/aging
• homozygotes die between E9.0 and E10.0
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cardiovascular system
• at E9.5, homozygotes exhibit normal blood islands, indicating normal embryonic hematopoiesis; however, mutant capillaries appear dilated
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• at E9.5, homozygotes lack identifiable vitelline blood vessels
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• at E9.5, mutant hearts contain significantly fewer ventricular cardiomyocytes, with some cells exhibiting nuclear condensation and cell shrinkage
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• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes exhibit swollen mitochondria of irregular shape land ow electron-dense matrix
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• t E9.5, mutant hearts contain significantly fewer ventricular cardiomyocytes
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• at E9.5, homozygotes show severe disorganization of cardiac myofibrils, with swollen mitochondria and myofilaments distributed at random or aligned with Z-lines
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• at E9.5, homozygotes display a very thin ventricular wall
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• at E9.5, homozygotes exhibit enlarged pericardial sacs
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• at E9.5, mutant hearts fail to show fast Ca2+ transients and do not respond to either removal or reapplication of Na+, indicating loss of reverse mode of Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity
• in addition, mutant hearts exhibit a delay in the decay phase of caffeine-induced Ca2+ transients; the decay phase is not affected by the presence of Na+, indicating loss of the forward mode Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity
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• at E9.5, homozygotes display absence of erythrocyte circulation in the yolk sacs, placental labyrinth, and chorionic plate as a result of heartbeat deficiency
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• at E9.5, ~70% of mutant embryos fail to exhibit spontaneous rhythmic contractions (no heartbeats)
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• at E9.5, ~30% of mutant embryos exhibit very slow and arrhythmic contractions
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embryo
• at E9.5, homozygotes exhibit normal blood islands, indicating normal embryonic hematopoiesis; however, mutant capillaries appear dilated
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• at E9.5, homozygotes lack identifiable vitelline blood vessels
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• at E9.5, homozygotes are smaller than wild-type embryos; however, mutant limb buds, cranial neural tube, and somites appear unaffected
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• at E9.5, mutant yolk sacs exhibit a honeycomb-like vasculature but lack branching vitelline vessels and have an enlarged capillary plexus
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growth/size/body
• at E9.5, homozygotes are smaller than wild-type embryos; however, mutant limb buds, cranial neural tube, and somites appear unaffected
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muscle
• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes exhibit swollen mitochondria of irregular shape land ow electron-dense matrix
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• at E9.5, homozygotes exhibit a significant number of TUNEL-positive apoptotic cardiomyocytes
• apoptosis of neuroepithelial cells is also observed in the neural tube, possibly secondary to ischemia caused by absence of blood circulation
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• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes show reduced myofilament bundles that form no or single Z-lines; intercalated-disk-like structures are associated with myofilament bundles which have no Z-lines
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cellular
• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes exhibit swollen mitochondria of irregular shape land ow electron-dense matrix
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• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes exhibit dilated cristae
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• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes exhibit low electron-dense matrix
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• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes exhibit swollen mitochondria of irregular shape
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• at E9.5, mutant cardiomyocytes exhibit swollen mitochondria of irregular shape
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• at E9.5, homozygotes exhibit a significant number of TUNEL-positive apoptotic cardiomyocytes
• apoptosis of neuroepithelial cells is also observed in the neural tube, possibly secondary to ischemia caused by absence of blood circulation
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