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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
targeted mutation 1, Kerry Lee Tucker
MGI:2670768
Summary 5 genotypes
Jump to Allelic Composition Genetic Background Genotype ID
hm1
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt B6.129S4-Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt MGI:5604725
hm2
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6 MGI:2670770
cx3
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Tg(MAPT)8cPdav/0
B6.Cg-Tg(MAPT)8cPdav Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/J MGI:5008417
cx4
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd/0
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6 * CBA MGI:4940110
cx5
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Tg(MAPT)8cPdav/?
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6 * Swiss Webster MGI:3663749


Genotype
MGI:5604725
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Genetic
Background
B6.129S4-Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
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Mouse lines carrying:
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt mutation (4 available); any Mapt mutation (430 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
• 6 month old male mice freeze less during contextual fear conditioning as compared to wild-type
• 6 month old male mice freeze less during cued fear conditioning as compared to wild-type
• no improvement in motor skills or learning is observed in 6 month old male mice on accelerating rotarod as compared to wild-type
• however, latency to fall is similar to wild-type
• improved performance in spatial navigation (escape latency and path length)is observed in 6 month old male mice, but only in the second week (days 6-10) of Morris water maze testing

nervous system
• mice display a brief episode of potentiation but fail to develop long term potentiation following 3 repetitive theta bursts




Genotype
MGI:2670770
hm2
Allelic
Composition
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6
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Mouse lines carrying:
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt mutation (4 available); any Mapt mutation (430 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
normal phenotype
• homozygotes are viable and fertile with no detectable abnormalities in morphology of the central or peripheral nervous systems

behavior/neurological
N
• mice show no significant motor deficits up to 12 months of age
• spatial working memory is not impaired




Genotype
MGI:5008417
cx3
Allelic
Composition
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Tg(MAPT)8cPdav/0
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Tg(MAPT)8cPdav Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt mutation (4 available); any Mapt mutation (430 available)
Tg(MAPT)8cPdav mutation (2 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype

Beta-amyloid plaques in Tg(APPswe,PSEN1dE9)85Dbo/0 mice and neurofibrillary tangles in Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt Tg(MAPT)8cPdav/0 mice

behavior/neurological
• 6 month old mutants exhibit slower visuospatial learning than control mice
• in the visuospatial re-learning test performed at 7, 8, 9, and 15 months of age, mutants exhibit a decrease in the speed of re-learning the task compared to controls
• however, mutants perform better than Tg(APPswe,PSEN1dE9)85Dbo mice on the visuospatial re-learning test at 9 and 18 months of age

taste/olfaction
N
• mutants do not exhibit Alzheimer's disease-related impairment in olfactory performance in tests based on an operant conditioning procedure and in tests based on a habituation/dishabituation procedure

nervous system

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
Alzheimer's disease DOID:10652 J:172426




Genotype
MGI:4940110
cx4
Allelic
Composition
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6 * CBA
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Mouse lines carrying:
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt mutation (4 available); any Mapt mutation (430 available)
Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd mutation (0 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• mice show reduced survival relative to wild-type, with almost 100% mortality observed by 16 months
• accelerated mortality is observed before 3 months of age (after 1 month of age) compared to wild-type or Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd single mutant animals

nervous system
N
• at 12 months, neuronal cell numbers are similar in the hippocampal CA1-CA3 sectors and spinal cord to those in Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd mice; volumes of brain, cortex, hippocampal formation and cervical spinal cord are similar
• mice show significantly increased proportion of insoluble tau protein relative to sarkosyl-soluble tau compared to Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd single mutants
• soluble tau shows decreased phosphorylation compared to single transgenics, while insoluble tau displays significantly elevated phosporylation levels
• GSK-3 kinase activation in the brain is increased compared to wild-type and single mutants
• NFTs are detected in the hippocampus, cortex, subcortical areas, brainstem, and spinal cord at 12 months, while no tangles are found in wild-type or Mapt mutants
• density (number) of NFTs is significantly increased in the hippocampus (subiculum and CA1 region) compared to Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd single mutants, but is similar between lines in the spinal cord
• mice display axonal loss and reduction in cross-sectional area and axon density in the sciatic nerve compared to wild-type or Mapt mutants
• mice develop numerous pericaryal rounded inclusions in the spinal cord; these are composed to abnormal filaments mixed with abundant neurofilaments; these are more numerous than seen in single transgenics

behavior/neurological
N
• in Y-maze tests, percentage of alternations observed is not significantly different from single transgenics, Mapt mutants or wild-type at 3-6 months of age
• mice show a progressive motor deficit, significant from 6 to 12 months compared to wild-type or Mapt mutants; impairment is much more severe than in Tg(Thy1-MAPT*)30Schd single mutants




Genotype
MGI:3663749
cx5
Allelic
Composition
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt/Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt
Tg(MAPT)8cPdav/?
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6 * Swiss Webster
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt mutation (4 available); any Mapt mutation (430 available)
Tg(MAPT)8cPdav mutation (2 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
nervous system
• phosphorylated tau accumulates in neuronal cell bodies and dendrites of the hippocampus and neocortex as early as 3 months of age
• in particular, accumulations occur in entorhinal cortex, ventromedial hypothalamus, medial septum and the nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band
• increase in tau phosphorylation occurs at serine 202, threonine 231 and serine 235 as determined by immunoblot
• tau aggregates in the proximal dendrites have an average width of 15 nm and are not densely packed
• insoluble tau is present in both 2 and 9 month old mice
• paired helical filaments are observed in 9, 12 and 14 month old mice
• cells in the cortex and hippocampus appear irregularly shaped, often with distorted processes in 13 month old mice

hematopoietic system
• splenic red pulp is largely obliterated
• splenic white pulp contains follicles that are larger and more irregular in shape than normal follicles and are often fused with adjacent follicles

immune system
• splenic red pulp is largely obliterated
• splenic white pulp contains follicles that are larger and more irregular in shape than normal follicles and are often fused with adjacent follicles

renal/urinary system
• kidney glomeruli are dilated probably due to obstruction from the amyloid in the lumen or walls of medullary tubules especially in the papilla

neoplasm
• malignant lymphoma in the spleen and lymph nodes are seen in some mutants
• megakaryocytes are numerous is some spleens, suggesting a relation to megakaryocytic leukemia
• splenic architecture is replaced by proliferated immature mononuclear cells arranged in follicular aggregates indicating follicular lymphoma

homeostasis/metabolism
• some mutants older than 18 months exhibit amyloid deposits in the spleen, kidneys, liver, ovary and/or heart
• amyloid is deposited concentrically in the perifollicular sheath, partly or completely encircling the follicles in the spleen
• in the liver, amyloid deposit is in the walls of sinusoids or central veins
• in the kidney, amyloid deposits are seen in the glomeruli
• amyloid deposits in the heart are not composed of amyloid-beta peptide, but rather amyloid A

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
Alzheimer's disease DOID:10652 J:84638 , J:174270





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