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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Smad4tm1.1Rob
targeted mutation 1.1, Elizabeth J Robertson
MGI:3624263
Summary 7 genotypes
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hm1
Smad4tm1.1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob involves: 129S/SvEv * CD-1 MGI:3624714
ht2
Smad4tm1.1Rob/Smad4+ involves: 129S/SvEv * CD-1 MGI:3624715
ht3
Smad4tm1.1Rob/Smad4tm2.1Rob involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6 MGI:3819927
cn4
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
Tg(Hoxb7-cre)1Rob/0
involves: 129S/SvEv MGI:3628945
cn5
Amhr2tm3(cre)Bhr/Amhr2+
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6J MGI:3624725
cn6
Bmp7tm6(cre)Rob/Bmp7+
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6 * SJL MGI:3628946
cn7
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
Edil3Tg(Sox2-cre)1Amc/Edil3+
involves: 129S/SvEv * CD-1 MGI:3624716


Genotype
MGI:3624714
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Smad4tm1.1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * CD-1
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Mouse lines carrying:
Smad4tm1.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
embryo
• at E6.5 mutants have a thickened endoderm
• at E6.5, homozygotes have a shortened proximal-distal axis
• disorganization of epiblast is observed at E6.5
• disorganization of epiblast and overlying visceral endoderm is observed at E6.5




Genotype
MGI:3624715
ht2
Allelic
Composition
Smad4tm1.1Rob/Smad4+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * CD-1
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Mouse lines carrying:
Smad4tm1.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
neoplasm
• aged heterozygotes develop gastric tumors

digestive/alimentary system
• aged heterozygotes develop gastric tumors




Genotype
MGI:3819927
ht3
Allelic
Composition
Smad4tm1.1Rob/Smad4tm2.1Rob
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6
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Mouse lines carrying:
Smad4tm1.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
Smad4tm2.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
normal phenotype




Genotype
MGI:3628945
cn4
Allelic
Composition
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
Tg(Hoxb7-cre)1Rob/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv
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Mouse lines carrying:
Smad4tm1.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
Smad4tm1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
Tg(Hoxb7-cre)1Rob mutation (0 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• by 8 weeks of age 3 of 8 mice had died

renal/urinary system
N
• at E16.5 kidneys appear morphologically similar to control mice




Genotype
MGI:3624725
cn5
Allelic
Composition
Amhr2tm3(cre)Bhr/Amhr2+
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Amhr2tm3(cre)Bhr mutation (1 available); any Amhr2 mutation (29 available)
Smad4tm1.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
Smad4tm1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
cellular
• superovulated mutant females show a significant reduction in numbers of oocytes collected from the oviducts compared to controls

homeostasis/metabolism

reproductive system
• superovulated mutant females show a significant reduction in numbers of oocytes collected from the oviducts compared to controls
• ovaries of knockout animals often contain small follicles with luteinizing cells surrounding either oocytes or oocyte remnants
• some secondary stage follicles show oocytes without associated granulosa cells
• in knockout mice, there are fewer large antral follicles
• in knockout females, large follicle-like structures enclosing a trapped oocyte are observed
• in superovulated females, some follicles show oocytes lacking cumulus cells
• in superovualated females, half as many intact cumulus-oocyte complexes are recovered from large antral follicles after 44 hours compared to controls
• cumulus-oocyte complexes isolated from mutant females show reduced or absent cumulus expansion when cultured in the presence of serum and FSH
• cumulus-oocyte complexes isolated from mutant females may show absent cumulus expansion when cultured in the presence of serum and FSH
• some secondary stage follicles show oocytes without associated granulosa cells
• in knockout mice, there are more preantral follicles
• mutant females ovulate about half as much as wild-type
• null mice have an average of 1.3 pups per litter over a 6-month period, compared to 10.4 pups/litter for control Smad4tm1.1Rob/Smad4tm1Rob animals which is not different from wild-type litter size
• at 3 months of age, 25% of breeding females are infertile; by 6 months of age, 50% are infertile

endocrine/exocrine glands
• ovaries of knockout animals often contain small follicles with luteinizing cells surrounding either oocytes or oocyte remnants
• some secondary stage follicles show oocytes without associated granulosa cells
• in knockout mice, there are fewer large antral follicles
• in knockout females, large follicle-like structures enclosing a trapped oocyte are observed
• in superovulated females, some follicles show oocytes lacking cumulus cells
• in superovualated females, half as many intact cumulus-oocyte complexes are recovered from large antral follicles after 44 hours compared to controls
• cumulus-oocyte complexes isolated from mutant females show reduced or absent cumulus expansion when cultured in the presence of serum and FSH
• cumulus-oocyte complexes isolated from mutant females may show absent cumulus expansion when cultured in the presence of serum and FSH
• some secondary stage follicles show oocytes without associated granulosa cells
• in knockout mice, there are more preantral follicles




Genotype
MGI:3628946
cn6
Allelic
Composition
Bmp7tm6(cre)Rob/Bmp7+
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6 * SJL
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Mouse lines carrying:
Bmp7tm6(cre)Rob mutation (0 available); any Bmp7 mutation (37 available)
Smad4tm1.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
Smad4tm1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• at 1 week of age no pups are found
• only 7% of pups at P1 are homozygous rather than the expected 25%

renal/urinary system
• sporadic cysts at E17.5 sometimes occurring in Bowman's space
• the number of collecting ducts is reduced to 8 +/- 1 and 9 +/- 2 compared to 20 +/- 2 and 28 +/- 2 in wild-type mice at E14.5 and E16.5, respectively
• abnormal clustering of the glomeruli
• at E12.0, E14.5, and E16.5 increased cell death is seen in thickened areas of the mesenchyme at the periphery of the kidney; however around the collecting duct tips cell death is similar to wild-type
• at E12.5 expression patterns indicate that few foci of nephrogenic mesenchyme condensations are formed, the stromal cell population is increased, the number of epithelial structures is reduced, and the normal segregation of stoma and mesenchyme is incomplete
• at E12.5 the cortical cell layer is thicker than in wild-type and increased cell death is seen in the cortical regions
• at E14.5 the cell layer between the nephrogenic mesenchyme and the kidney capsule is thicker than in wild-type
• at E14.5 and E16.5 the tips of the collecting ducts are surrounded by variably reduced amounts of nephrogenic mesenchyme with about 50% lacking any surrounding nephrogenic mesenchyme
• about half the volume of wild-type kidneys at E17.5
• at E17.5

growth/size/body
• sporadic cysts at E17.5 sometimes occurring in Bowman's space




Genotype
MGI:3624716
cn7
Allelic
Composition
Smad4tm1Rob/Smad4tm1.1Rob
Edil3Tg(Sox2-cre)1Amc/Edil3+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * CD-1
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Edil3Tg(Sox2-cre)1Amc mutation (5 available); any Edil3 mutation (43 available)
Smad4tm1.1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
Smad4tm1Rob mutation (0 available); any Smad4 mutation (48 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• at E9.5, mutant embryos show significant degeneration; no mutants are recovered at E10

embryo
• at E8.5, mutants shave a flattened ventral surface with no visible fore- or hindgut formation and caudally displaced bulbous neural tissue
• after E7, the anterior-posterior axis is broadened
• at E7.5 and early head fold stages, embryo adopts and elongated and distorted 'boot-shaped' morphology; mutants show rudimentary anterior neural development with no visible headfolds and recognizable foregut invagination
• mutant embryos exhibit abnormal rhombomere morphology
• somites form, but are fused across the midline
• all mutants show an allantois-like outgrowth of variable size and in 70% of the cases associates with the stalk-like chorionic ectoderm while in the remaining embryos, the allantois terminates blindly in the exocoelomic cavity

nervous system
• mutant embryos exhibit abnormal hindbrain development
• mutant embryos exhibit abnormal rhombomere morphology

reproductive system
• most embryos lack primordial germ cells which form at the base of the primordial allantois

digestive/alimentary system
• no visible formation of foregut at E8.5
• no visible formation of hindgut at E8.5

cellular
• most embryos lack primordial germ cells which form at the base of the primordial allantois





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last database update
12/10/2024
MGI 6.24
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