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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Tg(Tg-cre/ERT2)#Mmcm
transgene insertion, Martin McMahon
MGI:5780075
Summary 2 genotypes
Jump to Allelic Composition Genetic Background Genotype ID
cn1
Braftm1Mmcm/Braf+
Tg(Tg-cre/ERT2)#Mmcm/0
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd MGI:5780077
cn2
Krastm4Tyj/Kras+
Tg(Tg-cre/ERT2)#Mmcm/0
involves: 129S4/SvJae * FVB/NCr MGI:5780080


Genotype
MGI:5780077
cn1
Allelic
Composition
Braftm1Mmcm/Braf+
Tg(Tg-cre/ERT2)#Mmcm/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd
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Mouse lines carrying:
Braftm1Mmcm mutation (3 available); any Braf mutation (60 available)
Tg(Tg-cre/ERT2)#Mmcm mutation (0 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
neoplasm
• mice develop extensive papillary thyroid carcinomas by 12 months of tamoxifen treatment, first showing enlarged follicles within 7 days of tamoxifen treatment, a squamous morphology of thyrocytes accompanied by a large increase in follicle size and loss of colloid by 14 days of tamoixfen treatment, and tumor cells with characteristic papillary structure by 6 months of tamoxifen administration
• occasionally localized tumor invasion into the surrounding muscle is seen, however frank metastasis to lymph nodes or distant organs is not observed
• although mice have palpable thyroid tumors by 13 months of tamoxifen treatment, mice are not overtly sick
• mice not treated with tamoxifen show regions of papillary thyroid cancer with adjacent histologically normal thyroid architecture at 12 months of age, however these mice exhibit normal TSH and T4 levels
• treatment with PD0325901, an MEK1/2 inhibitor, results in regression of papillary thyroid cancer in tamoxifen-administered mutants
• treatment with PD0325901 and T3 results in further papillary thyroid cancer regression in tamoxifen-administered mutants

endocrine/exocrine glands
• mice not treated with tamoxifen exhibit increased thyroid volume, however thyroid architecture is normal, indicating some leakiness of the cre transgene
• within 7 days of tamoxifen treatment, mice show enlarged follicles throughout the entire gland
• treatment with PD0325901 leads to decreased thyroid size of tamoxifen-administered mice
• tamoxifen treated mice develop an enlarged, goiterous, hypercellular thyroid that is up to 10 times larger than controls at 1 month and up to 300 times larger at 12 months after tamoxifen treatment
• mice develop extensive papillary thyroid carcinomas by 12 months of tamoxifen treatment, first showing enlarged follicles within 7 days of tamoxifen treatment, a squamous morphology of thyrocytes accompanied by a large increase in follicle size and loss of colloid by 14 days of tamoixfen treatment, and tumor cells with characteristic papillary structure by 6 months of tamoxifen administration
• occasionally localized tumor invasion into the surrounding muscle is seen, however frank metastasis to lymph nodes or distant organs is not observed
• although mice have palpable thyroid tumors by 13 months of tamoxifen treatment, mice are not overtly sick
• mice not treated with tamoxifen show regions of papillary thyroid cancer with adjacent histologically normal thyroid architecture at 12 months of age, however these mice exhibit normal TSH and T4 levels
• treatment with PD0325901, an MEK1/2 inhibitor, results in regression of papillary thyroid cancer in tamoxifen-administered mutants
• treatment with PD0325901 and T3 results in further papillary thyroid cancer regression in tamoxifen-administered mutants
• mice develop hypothyroidism by 1-3 months of tamoxifen treatment

homeostasis/metabolism
• mice exhibit a decrease in serum T4 levels at 1 and 3 months of tamoxifen treatment
• mice not treated with tamoxifen exhibit normal T4 levels
• 100-fold increase in serum TSH levels at 1 and 3 months of tamoxifen treatment
• mice not treated with tamoxifen exhibit normal levels of TSH

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
papillary thyroid carcinoma DOID:3969 OMIM:188550
J:172205




Genotype
MGI:5780080
cn2
Allelic
Composition
Krastm4Tyj/Kras+
Tg(Tg-cre/ERT2)#Mmcm/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * FVB/NCr
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Krastm4Tyj mutation (9 available); any Kras mutation (84 available)
Tg(Tg-cre/ERT2)#Mmcm mutation (0 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
endocrine/exocrine glands
N
• tamoxifen treated mice do not exhibit thyroid size abnormalities or abnormal levels of TSH or T4





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last database update
11/12/2024
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