cellular
• cardiomyocytes show increased ROS levels
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• pups from matings of homozygous Pccatm1Tmiy mice harboring the Tg(CAG-PCCA*A138T,-EGFP)#Maba transgene are much smaller than pups from matings of heterozygous Pccatm1Tmiy mice harboring the Tg(CAG-PCCA*A138T,-EGFP)#Maba transgene; phenotypic data reported below is for mice produced from PccatmTmiy/Pccatm1Tmiy Tg(CAG-PCCA*A138T,-EGFP)#Maba/0 parents
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mortality/aging
• marginally decreased survival over 3 months after birth, with more than 75% survival beyond 90 days
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growth/size/body
• heart mass is increased in 8 month old mice
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• pups are smaller
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• pups show delayed growth throughout neonatal development
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homeostasis/metabolism
• increase in levels of propionylcarnitine/acetylcarnitine (C3/C2) ratio and methyl citrate beginning at 4 weeks of age, with an 18-fold increase in both on average
• 10 week old mice treated with adenoviral vectors expressing codon-optimized human PCCA show increases in growth and partial correction of C3/C2 and methyl citrate levels, however the effects are transient
• mice treated with AAV8 vectors expressing codon-optimized human PCCA show a rapid drop in C3/C2 and methyl citrate that is maintained for at least 13 weeks; treated 5 week old mice show a stronger effect than 10 week old mice
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• plasma ammonia levels are elevated in 8 month old mice
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• livers show 2.2% of wild-type propionyl-CoA carboxylase activity
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cardiovascular system
• heart mass is increased in 8 month old mice
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• 58% of mice show depressed cardiac function due to a decrease in ejection fraction
• failure of hearts to complete the systolic cycle, with an increase in left ventricular volume at the end of systole indicating impaired cardiac contractility
• however, no evidence of cardiac hypertrophy development and cardiomyocyte surface and cell capacitance are normal
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• 40% of mice show spontaneous premature ventricular beats
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• cardiomyocytes show depressed cell shortening and slower cell contraction velocity
• systolic calcium release in field-stimulated isolated cardiomyocytes is impaired, with lower amplitude of intracellular calcium transients elicited at 2 or 4 Hz
• cardiomyocytes show irregular diastolic calcium release, showing an increase in cytosolic calcium levels at rest
• the frequency of calcium sparks normalized to sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium load is higher in cardiomyocytes
• the percentage of cardiomyocytes presenting proarrhythmogenic calcium release is higher than in controls
• cardiomyocytes show impaired sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium load
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• sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)-calcium uptake is impaired in cardiomyocytes, with slower decay time of intracellular transients and lower values of Tau/peak intracellular transients ratio
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muscle
• 58% of mice show depressed cardiac function due to a decrease in ejection fraction
• failure of hearts to complete the systolic cycle, with an increase in left ventricular volume at the end of systole indicating impaired cardiac contractility
• however, no evidence of cardiac hypertrophy development and cardiomyocyte surface and cell capacitance are normal
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
propionic acidemia | DOID:14701 |
OMIM:606054 |
J:282292 , J:286218 |