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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Pou4f1tm1Nat
targeted mutation 1, Jeremy Nathans
MGI:2387665
Summary 4 genotypes
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hm1
Pou4f1tm1Nat/Pou4f1tm1Nat involves: 129S7/SvEvBrd MGI:3697698
hm2
Pou4f1tm1Nat/Pou4f1tm1Nat involves: 129S7/SvEvBrd * C57BL/6J MGI:3040967
ht3
Pou4f1tm1Et/Pou4f1tm1Nat involves: 129/Sv * 129S4/SvJae * 129S7/SvEvBrd MGI:3718048
cn4
Pou4f1tm1Nat/Pou4f1tm2.1Nat
Tg(Pax6-cre,GFP)2Pgr/0
involves: 129 * 129S7/SvEvBrd MGI:3842429


Genotype
MGI:3697698
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Pou4f1tm1Nat/Pou4f1tm1Nat
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S7/SvEvBrd
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Mouse lines carrying:
Pou4f1tm1Nat mutation (0 available); any Pou4f1 mutation (13 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
nervous system
• by E11.5 abnormal axon bundles emerge from trigeminal ganglia
• premature branching of nerves, particularly the ophthalmic and maxillary branches
• sensory neurons from the maxillary division fail to encircle whisker follicles in a normal fashion




Genotype
MGI:3040967
hm2
Allelic
Composition
Pou4f1tm1Nat/Pou4f1tm1Nat
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S7/SvEvBrd * C57BL/6J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Pou4f1tm1Nat mutation (0 available); any Pou4f1 mutation (13 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype

Behavioral differences between +/+ wild-type and Pou4f1tm1Nat/Pou4f1tm1Nat mice at birth

mortality/aging
• homozygotes die within the first 24 hours after birth

behavior/neurological
• as a result of a lack of coordinated limb and trunck movements

nervous system
• reduced cell number in the caudal region of the olivary nucleus
• large neurons of the red nucleus are missing
• 2 fold reduction in cell numbers in the medial habenula
• 30% reduction of neurons in the spiral ganglion
• neurons are scattered and some are not well separated from the vestibular ganglion
• losses of sensory neurons in the cochlea as well as of afferent innervation
• misdirected fibers throughout the cochlea
• 30-50% reduction of neurons at E18.5
• volume of trigeminal ganglion about 1/2 normal just before birth (J:35877)
• increased density of smaller cells (J:35877)
• increased incidence of apoptotic cell death at E15.5 (J:54859)
• neuronal number begins to drop between E11.5 and E15.5 (J:54859)
• at birth neuron number about 30% normal (J:54859)
• volume is decreased and the size of neurons is decreased




Genotype
MGI:3718048
ht3
Allelic
Composition
Pou4f1tm1Et/Pou4f1tm1Nat
Genetic
Background
involves: 129/Sv * 129S4/SvJae * 129S7/SvEvBrd
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Pou4f1tm1Et mutation (0 available); any Pou4f1 mutation (13 available)
Pou4f1tm1Nat mutation (0 available); any Pou4f1 mutation (13 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging

vision/eye
N
• no differences are seen in the optic chiasm or tracts at E16.5 or in retinofungal projections at E18.5




Genotype
MGI:3842429
cn4
Allelic
Composition
Pou4f1tm1Nat/Pou4f1tm2.1Nat
Tg(Pax6-cre,GFP)2Pgr/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129 * 129S7/SvEvBrd
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Pou4f1tm1Nat mutation (0 available); any Pou4f1 mutation (13 available)
Pou4f1tm2.1Nat mutation (1 available); any Pou4f1 mutation (13 available)
Tg(Pax6-cre,GFP)2Pgr mutation (1 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
nervous system
• the ratio of bistratified:monostratified retinal ganglion cells (RGC) increases from 0.22 in controls to 1.5 in these mice
• there is an absence of RGC dendrites in a narrow stripe of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) that coincides with the boundary between the ON and OFF RGC subtypes
• this gap in RGC dendrites is evident at P4 before the IPL has completely differentiated

vision/eye
• the ratio of bistratified:monostratified retinal ganglion cells (RGC) increases from 0.22 in controls to 1.5 in these mice
• there is an absence of RGC dendrites in a narrow stripe of the inner plexiform layer (IPL) that coincides with the boundary between the ON and OFF RGC subtypes
• this gap in RGC dendrites is evident at P4 before the IPL has completely differentiated





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last database update
11/19/2024
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