behavior/neurological
• performance on the rotarod task is indistinguishable from controls when fed a selenium-adequate diet, however when mutants are fed a low-selenium diet for 4 weeks after weaning, mice exhibit impaired movement coordination on the rotarod
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homeostasis/metabolism
• serum selenium levels are reduced irrespective of the food selenium content
• levels of serum selenoprotein P are reduced
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• urinary selenium content is increased while serum selenium levels are reduced
• with adequate dietary selenium intake, renal selenium content is not significantly changed in mutants, however upon dietary selenium restriction, renal selenium content is significantly reduced in mutants
• selenium levels in liver and brain are reduced
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• selenoprotein P (SePP) is present in urine of mutants but not wild-type mice
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• urinary selenium content is increased
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• activity of the selenoenzyme glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is reduced in the plasma, in the brain, kidney, and liver
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nervous system
exencephaly
(
J:166387
)
• mild exencephaly
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renal/urinary system
• selenoprotein P (SePP) is present in urine of mutants but not wild-type mice
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• urinary selenium content is increased
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
Donnai-Barrow syndrome | DOID:0090144 |
OMIM:222448 |
J:166387 |