mortality/aging
• mice show a more rapid mortality beginning at 10 weeks of age, with a median survival of 40 weeks
• mice die of sudden cardiac death without signs of prior illness
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cardiovascular system
• loss of cardiac muscle in the right ventricular wall
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• accumulation of fat droplets is only seen at sites of fibrosis in all hearts
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• E16.5 and E18.5 hearts show severe disruption of the myocardial structure, with a variegated pattern of muscle damage
• loss of myocardial integrity that includes the interventricular septum is seen by E18.5
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• interaction between the desmin-containing intermediate filaments is disrupted in desmosomes
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• intercalated discs of cardiomyocytes show abnormal distribution of proteins
• 12 week old mice show irregularly shaped intercalated discs with widened gaps between the two-electron dense desmosomal plates
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• myocardial disarray and increased intercellular spaces between myocytes in myocardial regions
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• E16.5 and E18.5 hearts show erosion and thinning of the right ventricular wall
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• both the left and right ventricles are dilated in 12 week old mice
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• right ventricular dilation in E16.5 hearts
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• in 12 week old mice
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• in 12 week old mice
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• increase in end-systolic volumes and decrease in ventricular ejection fraction at 12 weeks of age
• contraction of the ventricles is minimal as indicated by minimal change in the cross-sectional area between end-diastolic and end-systolic frames at midpapillary level
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• increase in end-systolic volumes and decrease in stroke volume, ventricular ejection fraction, and cardiac output at 12 weeks of age
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• young adult mice show frequent spontaneous runs of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia
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• young adult mice show frequent multifocal ventricular ectopy
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• heart exhibit features of human arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
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homeostasis/metabolism
• blood clots are seen in E16.5 and E18.5 hearts
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muscle
• E16.5 and E18.5 hearts show severe disruption of the myocardial structure, with a variegated pattern of muscle damage
• loss of myocardial integrity that includes the interventricular septum is seen by E18.5
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• interaction between the desmin-containing intermediate filaments is disrupted in desmosomes
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• intercalated discs of cardiomyocytes show abnormal distribution of proteins
• 12 week old mice show irregularly shaped intercalated discs with widened gaps between the two-electron dense desmosomal plates
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• myocardial disarray and increased intercellular spaces between myocytes in myocardial regions
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• loss of cardiac muscle in the right ventricular wall
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• increase in end-systolic volumes and decrease in ventricular ejection fraction at 12 weeks of age
• contraction of the ventricles is minimal as indicated by minimal change in the cross-sectional area between end-diastolic and end-systolic frames at midpapillary level
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• heart exhibit features of human arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy | DOID:0050431 |
OMIM:PS107970 |
J:220162 |