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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Ccm2tm1Etl
targeted mutation 1, Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve
MGI:3837678
Summary 4 genotypes
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cn1
Ccm2tm1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl involves: 129 MGI:5297597
cn2
Ccm2tm1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl
Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln/?
B6.Cg-Ccm2tm1Etl Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln MGI:3837691
cn3
Ccm2tm1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl
Tg(Tek-cre)1Ywa/0
B6.Cg-Tg(Tek-cre)1Ywa Ccm2tm1Etl MGI:3837692
cn4
Ccm2tm1.1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl
Tg(Cdh5-cre/ERT2)1Rha/0
involves: 129 * C57BL/6 MGI:5297594


Genotype
MGI:5297597
cn1
Allelic
Composition
Ccm2tm1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl
Genetic
Background
involves: 129
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Mouse lines carrying:
Ccm2tm1Etl mutation (0 available); any Ccm2 mutation (47 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
cardiovascular system
• endothelial cells transduced with TAT-Cre recombinase to mediate Ccm2 gene ablation exhibit altered composition and organization of tight junctions and adherens junctions
• endothelial monolayer permeability is increased in cells transduced with TAT-Cre recombinase to mediate Ccm2 gene ablation in the cells




Genotype
MGI:3837691
cn2
Allelic
Composition
Ccm2tm1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl
Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln/?
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Ccm2tm1Etl Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln
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Mouse lines carrying:
Ccm2tm1Etl mutation (0 available); any Ccm2 mutation (47 available)
Tg(Nes-cre)1Kln mutation (4 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
normal phenotype

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
NOT cerebral cavernous malformation 2 DOID:0060670 OMIM:603284
J:146210




Genotype
MGI:3837692
cn3
Allelic
Composition
Ccm2tm1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl
Tg(Tek-cre)1Ywa/0
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Tg(Tek-cre)1Ywa Ccm2tm1Etl
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Mouse lines carrying:
Ccm2tm1Etl mutation (0 available); any Ccm2 mutation (47 available)
Tg(Tek-cre)1Ywa mutation (6 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• embryonic lethality occurs between E10.5 and E11.5

embryo
• E10.5 embryonic blood vessels do not invade the labyrinthine layer to the same extent as seen in control placentas
• yolk sac vessels of E10.5 embryos remain in a honeycomb pattern instead of developing into the large vitelline vessels
• 58% of E10.5 embryos have marked general delay of development
• 19% of E10.5 embryos have little to no signs of developmental delays
• 23% of E10.5 embryos have general growth arrest, a failure to complete turning and/or signs of resorption
• somite vasculature is poorly defined in E10.5 embyros
• E10.5 placenta has few nucleated red blood cells
• E9.5 homozygous embryos can be distinguished from other genotypes by their pale, wrinkled yolk sacs
• at E10.5, the different layers of the placenta are difficult to define and appear poorly organized

cardiovascular system
• at E9.5, the dorsal aorta is irregular in appearance and thinner than controls
• at E10.5, the dorsal aorta is highly irregular in appearance and has narrow lumens
• in most embryos the dorsal aorta fails to fuse and instead remain present as two stenotic DA
• mural cells are hardly detectable in the dorsal aorta of E10.5 embryos
• in the head of E10.5 embryos, the cephalic plexus vasculature fails to remodel into a hierarchical branched network
• a coarse vascular network with poorly organized vessels makes it difficult to distinguish the internal carotid artery or primary head veins
• E10.5 embryonic blood vessels do not invade the labyrinthine layer to the same extent as seen in control placentas
• cardinal veins of E10.5 embryos are dilated
• yolk sac vessels of E10.5 embryos remain in a honeycomb pattern instead of developing into the large vitelline vessels
• there is a paucity of cells in the cushions in the atrioventricular canal of E10.5 embryos
• sinus venosus of E10.5 embryos are dilated
• E10.5 embryos have enlarged atria to the degree that the more severe cases have distortion of the embryo
• in E10.5 embryos that do not have severe growth arrest, the heart is 17% bigger than controls
• ventricular trabeculations are strongly reduced in E10.5 embryos with, in some extreme cases, detachment of the endocardial cells from the myocardium
• most E10.5 embryos suffer from pericardial edema to varying degrees
• half of E10.5 embryos have hemorrhaging in the pericardial cavity and in the trunk

homeostasis/metabolism
• most E10.5 embryos suffer from pericardial edema to varying degrees
• half of E10.5 embryos have hemorrhaging in the pericardial cavity and in the trunk

nervous system
• in the head of E10.5 embryos, the cephalic plexus vasculature fails to remodel into a hierarchical branched network
• a coarse vascular network with poorly organized vessels makes it difficult to distinguish the internal carotid artery or primary head veins
• in the head of E10.5 embryos, the cephalic plexus vasculature fails to remodel into a hierarchical branched network

growth/size/body
• in E10.5 embryos that do not have severe growth arrest, the heart is 17% bigger than controls




Genotype
MGI:5297594
cn4
Allelic
Composition
Ccm2tm1.1Etl/Ccm2tm1Etl
Tg(Cdh5-cre/ERT2)1Rha/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129 * C57BL/6
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Ccm2tm1.1Etl mutation (0 available); any Ccm2 mutation (47 available)
Ccm2tm1Etl mutation (0 available); any Ccm2 mutation (47 available)
Tg(Cdh5-cre/ERT2)1Rha mutation (4 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 to induce recombination exhibit an median survival time of 17 days

cardiovascular system
• endothelial cell-cell junctions are altered in cerebellar vessels of mutants injected with tamoxifen at P1
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 do not exhibit increased endothelial cell proliferation at P6
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 develop cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) lesions within the CNS beginning at P6
• CCM lesions that develop in mutants injected with tamoxifen affect the venous bed but not the arterial compartment
• mice injected with tamoxifen at 3 weeks of age do not exhibit any gross cerebrovascular phenotype, indicating that deletion of Ccm2 at three weeks of age does not lead to cerebral cavernous malformations
• fetuses at E19.5 of pregnant mice injected with tamoxifen at E14.5, exhibit vascular anomalies on the cerebral hemispheres with irregular and tortuous rhinal cerebral veins surrounded by abnormal capillaries
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P4 show a milder phenotype compared to tamoxifen treatment at P1, with single isolated caverns located within the cerebellum without sign of hemorrhage
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 show CCM vascular malformations at the periphery of the retinal vascular plexus in both eyes
• CCM malformations at the periphery of the retinas are restricted to veins and the surrounding capillaries
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 show a thicker vascular plexus at the venous leading edge of the retina at P7, with a 29% increase in vascular coverage compared to controls and dilated main veins by P9, with abnormal capillaries at the periphery of the vascular plexus
• by 3 weeks of age, mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 do not exhibit three distinguished vascular plexuses in the retinas as seen in controls, and the vasculature from the lesion is composed by bubble like vascular structures packed together
• cerebellar lesions of tamoxifen treated mice are composed of dilated vessels full of blood cells, and in severe cases there are signs of hemorrhage
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 exhibit dilation of vessels from the pial surface of the cerebellum and dilation of vessels running along the cerebellar folia at the meningeal surface corresponding to dorsal cerebellar veins
• extensive cerebral hemorrhages are seen mostly around the multiple caverns composing cerebral cavernous malformation lesions in mice before death
• fetuses at E19.5 of pregnant mice injected with tamoxifen at E14.5, exhibit hemorrhagic skin

nervous system
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 develop cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) lesions within the CNS beginning at P6
• CCM lesions that develop in mutants injected with tamoxifen affect the venous bed but not the arterial compartment
• mice injected with tamoxifen at 3 weeks of age do not exhibit any gross cerebrovascular phenotype, indicating that deletion of Ccm2 at three weeks of age does not lead to cerebral cavernous malformations
• fetuses at E19.5 of pregnant mice injected with tamoxifen at E14.5, exhibit vascular anomalies on the cerebral hemispheres with irregular and tortuous rhinal cerebral veins surrounded by abnormal capillaries
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P4 show a milder phenotype compared to tamoxifen treatment at P1, with single isolated caverns located within the cerebellum without sign of hemorrhage
• extensive cerebral hemorrhages are seen mostly around the multiple caverns composing cerebral cavernous malformation lesions in mice before death
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 develop cerebral cavernous malformation lesions within the cerebellum beginning at P6

vision/eye
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 show CCM vascular malformations at the periphery of the retinal vascular plexus in both eyes
• CCM malformations at the periphery of the retinas are restricted to veins and the surrounding capillaries
• mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 show a thicker vascular plexus at the venous leading edge of the retina at P7, with a 29% increase in vascular coverage compared to controls and dilated main veins by P9, with abnormal capillaries at the periphery of the vascular plexus
• by 3 weeks of age, mice injected with tamoxifen at P1 do not exhibit three distinguished vascular plexuses in the retinas as seen in controls, and the vasculature from the lesion is composed by bubble like vascular structures packed together

integument
• fetuses at E19.5 of pregnant mice injected with tamoxifen at E14.5, exhibit hemorrhagic skin

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
cerebral cavernous malformation 2 DOID:0060670 OMIM:603284
J:177584





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