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Allele Symbol Allele Name Allele ID |
Olig2tm1(cre)Tmj targeted mutation 1, Thomas M Jessell MGI:3774124 |
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8 genotypes
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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• about 70% of mutants survive to about 12 months of age
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• about 30% of mutants die before 12 months of age
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• by the second day after birth, mutants show a 15% decrease in weight compared to controls
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• mutants exhibit reduced grip strength, indicating weakness
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• reduced muscle mass
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• average size of mutant fibers is larger than controls
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• muscle fiber loss occurs after P7
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• atrophic fibers are seen in proximal (triceps) and distal (gastrocnemius) muscles
• small but significant proportion of muscle fibers exhibit centrally located nuclei, suggesting an ongoing regenerative process in muscle
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• in an impaired righting ability test, mutants are noticeably weaker by postnatal day 2
• impaired righting reflex gradually subsides so that by the end of the second week of life, differences between mutants and controls are no longer seen
• however mutants continue to display weakness as adults
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• neonates exhibit a reduction of vGlut1 bouton numbers and their areas on motor neurons and a reduction of the total numbers of puncta in the ventral horn, indicating an aberration in the projection of proprioceptive sensory neurons onto ventral horns
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• by P40, mutants exhibit an approximate 40% and 25% reduction in cervical and lumbar motor neurons, respectively
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• the number of boutons juxtaposed against ChAT-positive motor neurons is reduced
• mean area of these synaptic boutons is reduced, suggesting an alteration in the synaptic coverage of the ventral horn motor neurons by Ia sensory terminals
• at the presynapse, neurofilament aggregates infiltrate nerve terminals and terminal arbors are swollen
• abnormal amounts of neurofilament protein persist in the nerve terminals of both proximal and distal muscles
• abnormal localization of synaptic vesicles in mutant terminals at P8 but no longer visible at P12
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• NMJs in the triceps muscle are smaller, misshapen, and less mature than in controls or in mutant gastrocnemius muscle, indicating delayed maturation
• fragmented NMJs are seen in both triceps and gastrocnemius muscles
• at the postsynapse, more than 75% of gastrocnemial acetylcholine receptor clusters attain the normal pretzel-like conformation, but more than half of them appear fragmented and are measurably larger than in control NMJs
• acetylcholine receptor clusters of the triceps fail to attain the level of complexity as gastrocnemial muscle
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• mutants exhibit severe defects of neuromuscular transmission at P8 but these defects are attenuated by P12 as disease progresses
• at P8, 100 Hz nerve stimulation of muscle is only able to produce 34% of the tension produced by direct muscle stimulation compared to 72% in controls, indicating that many junctions fail to active muscle fibers to threshold[?]
• at 100 Hz asynchronous release of calcium disappears at mutant NMJs undergoing numerous failures, suggesting there is little calcium entry into the nerve terminals during these events
• at P8, a decrease in the mean quantal content of the mutant junctions compared with controls, but at P10 and P12 mutant NJMs, the quantal content increases to control levels
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• mean mEPP amplitude at mutant NMJs is 50-100% greater than at control junctions at P8, P10 and P12
• semitendinosus muscle of 3 month old mutants shows an increase in mEPP amplitude despite a decrease in input resistance, indicating that neuromuscular transmission defects persist at the NMJs of adults
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
| Werdnig-Hoffmann disease | DOID:13137 |
OMIM:253300 |
J:164292 | |
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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• mice only survive until E14.5
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• at E14.5, motor neuron dendrite length and primary branch number are reduced 2- to 3-fold compared with control dendrites
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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• mice survive until E10.5 and E13.5
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• mice exhibit normal lumbar motor column neuron specification, lateral migration, and segregation
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• some motor neurons fail to migrate away from the ventricular zone unlike in control mice
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• in the spinal cord medial motor column
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• mice exhibit a 2.5-fold increase in En1+ V1 interneurons and 3-fold increase in Chx10+ V2a interneurons compared to in control mice
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• mice exhibit a 3-fold increase in Chx10+ V2a interneurons compared to in control mice
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• at E11.5, mice exhibit intermixing of medial and lateral lumbar motor column neurons unlike in control mice
• at E13.5, preganglionic column neurons are scattered in ectopic ventral position unlike in control mice
• mice exhibit disorganization of intrasegmental neuron pools compared with control mice
• however, organization of rostro-caudal neurons are normal
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• Foxp1+ neurons are less densely packed than in control mice
• however, overall neuron packing is normal
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• reduced number of neurons
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• some motor neurons fail to migrate away from the ventricular zone unlike in control mice
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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• in the spinal cord medial motor column
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• reduced number of neurons
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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• normal medial motor column (MMC) and hypaxial motor column (HMC) development at age E12.5
• normal proliferation of neural stem cells and overall spinal cord dorsal-ventral patterning at age E12.5
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• at age E12.5
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• ~30% decrease in LMCm (medial) and LMCl (lateral) neurons at age E12.5
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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• mice die between E15.5 and P0
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• mice die between E15.5 and P0
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• migration and settling of preganglionic neurons in the intermediate spinal cord is defective compared to in control mice
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• migration and settling of preganglionic neurons in the intermediate spinal cord is defective compared to in control mice
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• mice exhibit a 2-fold increase in mixing of medial and lateral lumbar motor column compared with control mice
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• migration and settling of preganglionic neurons in the intermediate spinal cord is defective compared to in control mice
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| ♀ | phenotype observed in females |
| ♂ | phenotype observed in males |
| N | normal phenotype |
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• normal proprioceptive sensory axonal projection to the ventral spinal cord
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• decrease in monosynaptic sensory-motor connections from sensory neurons innervating the hamstring knee flexor muscle
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• number of boutons on the soma of motor neurons innervating the hamstring knee flexor muscle are reduced while the density of boutons in the vicinity remains normal
• normal vGlut+ boutons on Glu motor neurons
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• mean amplitudes of the monosynaptic EPSPs in motor neurons innervating the hamstring knee flexor muscle are reduced comparing to wild-type
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO) |
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