mortality/aging
• about 60% of homozygous animals are lost prior to weaning, compared to about 2% of wild-type
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homeostasis/metabolism
• after an 18 hour fast, mutants placed at 4 degrees for 3 hours have an average rectal temperature of 23.4 degrees Celsius vs 35 degrees for wild-type; some fatalities occurred in mice (3/5) with temperatures of 16.7-19.2 degrees Celsius
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• mutants have significantly elevated levels of organic acids such as adipic, suberic and sebaic acids
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• levels of serum decenoylcarnitine are elevated 5- to 6-fold in mutants
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• serum levels are lower than in wild-type; however, this is not statistically significant
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cardiovascular system
• multifocal degeneration of elastic tissue in aorta at base of heart is observed in severely affected mice
• this is accompanied by multifocal collections of globular translucent yellow-brown pigment (ceroid lipofuscin); similar deposits are scattered within adjacent adipose tissue
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• degenerating myocytes may display swelling and replacement of myocardial fibrils with finely granular eosinophilic material
• nuclei of affected myocytes are large, pale, and vesicular with prominent nucleoli
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• some mutants show cardiomyopathy with chronic multifocal myocyte degeneration and necrosis
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• in severely affected regions, fibrosis accompanies myocyte loss
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• multiple mutants display diffuse cardiomyopathy
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liver/biliary system
• after a 24 hour fast, 6-8 week-old mutants exhibit diffuse macrovesicular hepatic steatosis
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• after a 24 hour fast, 6-8 week-old mutants exhibit diffuse microvesicular hepatic steatosis
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muscle
• degenerating myocytes may display swelling and replacement of myocardial fibrils with finely granular eosinophilic material
• nuclei of affected myocytes are large, pale, and vesicular with prominent nucleoli
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• some mutants show cardiomyopathy with chronic multifocal myocyte degeneration and necrosis
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• multiple mutants display diffuse cardiomyopathy
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency | DOID:0080153 |
OMIM:201450 |
J:115759 |