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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Tg(RHO-SCA7)R7EJman
transgene insertion R7E, Jean-Louis Mandel
MGI:2447845
Summary 1 genotype
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tg1
Tg(RHO-SCA7)R7EJman/0 involves: C57BL/6 * SJL MGI:3774852


Genotype
MGI:3774852
tg1
Allelic
Composition
Tg(RHO-SCA7)R7EJman/0
Genetic
Background
involves: C57BL/6 * SJL
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phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype

Aberrant retinal rod chromatin remodeling and segment loss in Tg(RHO-SCA7)R7EJman/0 mice compared to normal retinas in Tg(RHO-SCA7)R7NJman/0 mice

vision/eye
• rod-bipolar cell dendrites in the outer plexiform layer infiltrate the outer nuclear layer
• processes of horizontal cells extend within the width of the outer nuclear layer
• photoreceptor nuclei are mislocalized in the inner and outer segment layers
• thickness of the inner segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
• thickness of the outer segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
• progressive degeneration such that at 13 months of age, photoreceptors almost completely lose their outer segments
• rod photoreceptors exhibit progressive and severe chromatic decondensation, associated with a massive increase in nuclear volume; rod nuclei show more euchromatin and resemble cone nuclei
• loss of segments, however retinal epithelium appears normal
• rods undergoing chromatin decondensation have completely silenced rhodopsin expression
• outer nuclear layer shows variations in thickness, having a wavy appearance
• at 2.7 months of age, the outer nuclear layer is totally disorganized, with some parts almost adjacent to the pigmental epithelium
• outer plexiform layer is disorganized at 13 months of age
• progressive retinal degeneration starting at 1 month of age
• white spots over the retina are seen at 10 weeks of age
• mutants exhibit a non-progressive reduced a-wave response in the ERG as early as 5 weeks of age, with the a-wave amplitude decreased by about 1/3 of the normal amplitude

nervous system
• rod-bipolar cell dendrites in the outer plexiform layer infiltrate the outer nuclear layer
• processes of horizontal cells extend within the width of the outer nuclear layer
• photoreceptor nuclei are mislocalized in the inner and outer segment layers
• thickness of the inner segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
• thickness of the outer segment layer is reduced at 1 month of age
• progressive degeneration such that at 13 months of age, photoreceptors almost completely lose their outer segments
• rod photoreceptors exhibit progressive and severe chromatic decondensation, associated with a massive increase in nuclear volume; rod nuclei show more euchromatin and resemble cone nuclei
• loss of segments, however retinal epithelium appears normal
• rods undergoing chromatin decondensation have completely silenced rhodopsin expression
• progressive formation of ubiquitin and proteasome-immunoreactive nuclear inclusions composed of the N-terminal fragment of the mutant protein

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 DOID:0050958 OMIM:164500
J:65411





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last database update
12/10/2024
MGI 6.24
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