mortality/aging
• during a treadmill stress test at 2-3 months of age, about 1/3 of homozygotes died suddenly during the exercise
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• increase in the number of spontaneous deaths at around 6 months of age
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cardiovascular system
• coronary vessels show multiple constrictions with pre- and poststenotic dilations as well as narrow vessels with a serrated rather than smooth contour
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• progressive development of myocardial necrosis
• treadmill exercise at 2-3 months of age (when no signs of cardiac muscle necrosis are seen) initiates the development of cardiac muscle necrosis
• administration of a vascular smooth muscle relaxant prevents onset of myocardial necrosis
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• severe dilation of the heart ventricle
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• fibrosis is seen in older mice (5-6 months)
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• exhibit granular calcium deposits in myocytes at 3 months of age
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• ventricular excitation (QRS amplitude and duration) is perturbed, with significantly smaller QRS amplitudes, however resting heart rate and PR intervals are normal
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• develop severe cardiomyopathy after the age of 3 months, with focal areas of myocardial ischemic-like lesions followed by fibrotic calcification and scarring of tissue
• females that have been pregnant at least once display more widespread and advanced cardiac alterations than virgin females
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muscle
• progressive development of myocardial necrosis
• treadmill exercise at 2-3 months of age (when no signs of cardiac muscle necrosis are seen) initiates the development of cardiac muscle necrosis
• administration of a vascular smooth muscle relaxant prevents onset of myocardial necrosis
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• develop severe cardiomyopathy after the age of 3 months, with focal areas of myocardial ischemic-like lesions followed by fibrotic calcification and scarring of tissue
• females that have been pregnant at least once display more widespread and advanced cardiac alterations than virgin females
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• exhibit various stages of necrosis or regeneration
• large regions of necrosis/regeneration in the calf and thigh muscles are seen at all ages, while severe necrotic lesions in the diaphragm are seen at 1 month of age
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• exhibit severe muscular dystrophy
• dystrophic changes include severe necrotic/regenerative lesions, endomysial fibrosis, fiber splitting, hypertrophy, dystrophic calcification, fatty infiltration, and increased levels of creatine kinase
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F | DOID:0110280 |
OMIM:601287 |
J:57107 | |
dilated cardiomyopathy 1L | DOID:0110436 |
OMIM:606685 |
J:57107 |