mortality/aging
• death at E17.5 associated with cardiovascular anomalies
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growth/size/body
cleft palate
(
J:226309
)
• in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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kidney cyst
(
J:226309
)
• glomerular and ductal cysts in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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microcephaly
(
J:226309
)
• intrauterine growth retardation (35% smaller than wild-type controls)
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cardiovascular system
• increased density of vascular plexuses in the head and abdomen at E11.5
• variable structural and hemodynamic cardiovascular defects from E11.5 to E17.5
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• variable structural heart defects
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• misoriented divisions are significantly increased in the developing cardiac septum at E12.5, and occur concomitantly with misdirected growth of the septum
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• atrial septal defects at E17.5
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• atrioventricular septal defects from E11.5 to E17.5
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• at E17.5
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hemorrhage
(
J:226309
)
• whole-body hemorrhaging from E11.5 to E17.5
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• intracranial hemorrhaging from E11.5 to E17.5
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• abnormal mitral valve regurgitation at E15.5
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• abnormal aortic regurgitation E17.5
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craniofacial
cleft palate
(
J:226309
)
• in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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digestive/alimentary system
cleft palate
(
J:226309
)
• in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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homeostasis/metabolism
• in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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limbs/digits/tail
polydactyly
(
J:226309
)
• hindlimb and forelimb polydactyly in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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syndactyly
(
J:226309
)
nervous system
• intracranial hemorrhaging from E11.5 to E17.5
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• low level expression of MAP2 (a phenotypic marker for differentiated neurons) in E17 mutant cortex and hippocampus, suggesting a delay in neuronal differentiation and/or neurogenesis defects
• reduced neuron-specific TUJ1 staining in E17 mutant neuroepithelium where nascent neurons arise
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• reduced neuron-specific TUJ1 staining in E17 mutant neuroepithelium where nascent neurons arise
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• defective brain development at E17
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• significant increase in asymmetric divisions at the ventricular zone at E13.5
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• microcephalic brains at E17
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• enlarged cerebral ventricles at E17
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• severe dysplasia of hippocampus at E17
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• thinning of the cerebral cortex at E17
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renal/urinary system
• variable structural kidney defects
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kidney cyst
(
J:226309
)
• glomerular and ductal cysts in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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• duplicated kidney in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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respiratory system
atelectasis
(
J:226309
)
• lung atelectasis in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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• lack of lung surfactant in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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vision/eye
• variable eye defects
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• in 50-100% of mutant embryos
• seen in one or both eyes
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anophthalmia
(
J:226309
)
• seen in one or both eyes
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skeleton
• misaligned sternum ribs in 50-100% of mutant embryos
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cellular
• in primary mutant MEFs, mitotic spindles show spindle misorientation and a ~4-fold decrease in both astral microtubule (MT) immunofluorescence intensity and MT length between spindle pole and cortex relative to wild-type MEFs
• the spindle angle relative to the cell-substrate adhesion plane in ~80% of mutant MEFs is >10 degrees, whereas spindles in wild-type MEFs are largely (~50%) parallel to the substratum (0 degrees)
• a unique set of centrosome proteins (ninein, Cep215, centriolin) are nearly lost from mitotic spindle poles in mutant MEFs
• asymmetric spindles and misoriented divisions are significantly increased in mutant microcephalic brains and developing hearts
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• low level expression of MAP2 (a phenotypic marker for differentiated neurons) in E17 mutant cortex and hippocampus, suggesting a delay in neuronal differentiation and/or neurogenesis defects
• reduced neuron-specific TUJ1 staining in E17 mutant neuroepithelium where nascent neurons arise
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embryo
• reduced neuron-specific TUJ1 staining in E17 mutant neuroepithelium where nascent neurons arise
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II | DOID:0060609 |
OMIM:210720 |
J:226309 |