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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl
transgene insertion 1, Bradford B Lowell
MGI:4887235
Summary 3 genotypes
Jump to Allelic Composition Genetic Background Genotype ID
cn1
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(CAG-Kcnj11*,-GFP)Nich/?
Tg(CAG-Bgeo/GFP)21Lbe/0
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl/0
involves: 129S1/Sv * 129S4/SvJaeSor * 129X1/SvJ * C57BL/6 * FVB/NJ MGI:4887238
cn2
Ucp2tm2.1Lowl/Ucp2tm2.1Lowl
Tg(CAG-Bgeo/GFP)21Lbe/0
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl/0
involves: 129S1/Sv * 129S6/SvEvTac * 129X1/SvJ * C57BL/6 * FVB/NJ MGI:4887239
cn3
Ucp2tm2.1Lowl/Ucp2tm2.1Lowl
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(CAG-Kcnj11*,-GFP)Nich/?
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl/0
involves: 129S4/SvJaeSor * 129S6/SvEvTac * C57BL/6 * FVB/NJ MGI:4887257


Genotype
MGI:4887238
cn1
Allelic
Composition
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(CAG-Kcnj11*,-GFP)Nich/?
Tg(CAG-Bgeo/GFP)21Lbe/0
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S1/Sv * 129S4/SvJaeSor * 129X1/SvJ * C57BL/6 * FVB/NJ
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Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(CAG-Kcnj11*,-GFP)Nich mutation (0 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (993 available)
Tg(CAG-Bgeo/GFP)21Lbe mutation (2 available)
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl mutation (2 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
homeostasis/metabolism
N
• 8-week-old male mutants do not show differences in body weight, daily food intake, ad libitum-fed blood glucose levels, or overnight fasted blood glucose levels
• 8-week-old males display impaired glucose tolerance (elevated blood glucose after injection of glucose at 2 g/kg body weight) compared to control littermates
• no alterations in pancreatic beta cells is observed due to ectopic cre expression resulting in mutant Kcnj11 expression in beta cells

nervous system
• only about 14% of Pmch neurons show spontaneous action potentials at 5 mM glucose in brain slice preparations compared to 30% of neurons in wild-type preparations, indicating disrupted glucose-sensing
• membrane resistance of Pmch neurons is significantly reduced relative to wild-type neurons at 5 mM glucose
• almost all neurons do not hyperpolarize when extracellular glucose is reduced from 5 to 1 mM whereas around 70% of control neurons hyperpolarize under these conditions, indicating disrupted glucose-sensing
• glucose-induced depolarization is abrogated in Pmch neurons, but is readily observed in control Pmch neurons, indicating disrupted glucose-sensing




Genotype
MGI:4887239
cn2
Allelic
Composition
Ucp2tm2.1Lowl/Ucp2tm2.1Lowl
Tg(CAG-Bgeo/GFP)21Lbe/0
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S1/Sv * 129S6/SvEvTac * 129X1/SvJ * C57BL/6 * FVB/NJ
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Tg(CAG-Bgeo/GFP)21Lbe mutation (2 available)
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl mutation (2 available)
Ucp2tm2.1Lowl mutation (1 available); any Ucp2 mutation (41 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
homeostasis/metabolism
N
• 8-week-old male mutants do not show differences in body weight or daily food intake
• ad libitum-fed and overnight fasted blood glucose levels of 8-week-old male mutants are significantly reduced relative to controls
• during glucose tolerance tests, insulin levels are decreased relative to controls, suggesting that decreased glucose levels are not the result of increased insulin secretion
• 8-week-old males display improved glucose tolerance (after injection of glucose at 2 g/kg body weight), with a significantly reduced rise in blood glucose levels relative to controls
• no alterations in pancreatic beta cells is observed due to ectopic cre expression resulting in Ucp2 deletion in beta cells

nervous system
• about 44% of Pmch neurons fire spontaneously at 5 mM glucose, increased from around 30% of control neurons
• membrane potential of Pmch neurons displays enhanced glucose-induced depolarization in response to different glucose concentrations (left-shifted dose-response curve to glucose)




Genotype
MGI:4887257
cn3
Allelic
Composition
Ucp2tm2.1Lowl/Ucp2tm2.1Lowl
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(CAG-Kcnj11*,-GFP)Nich/?
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJaeSor * 129S6/SvEvTac * C57BL/6 * FVB/NJ
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(CAG-Kcnj11*,-GFP)Nich mutation (0 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (993 available)
Tg(Pmch-cre)1Lowl mutation (2 available)
Ucp2tm2.1Lowl mutation (1 available); any Ucp2 mutation (41 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
homeostasis/metabolism
• 8-week-old males display impaired glucose tolerance (elevated blood glucose at times after injection of glucose at 2 g/kg body weight) compared to control littermates; blood glucose is elevated significantly compared to mice lacking Ucp2 in Pmch neurons or to wild-type controls, indicating that mutant Kcnj11 (Kir6.2) expression blocks glucose-lowering effects of Ucp2 deficiency





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last database update
11/12/2024
MGI 6.24
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