muscle
• cardiac cell degeneration
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• accumulation of fat infiltrates in the muscle; fat infiltrates are more abundant in gastrocnemius and diaphragm muscles than in quadriceps and tibialis anterior muscles and marker analysis suggests that fat droplets are mostly white adipose tissue
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• muscles contain extensive fibrotic infiltrates, with the diaphragm most affected
• females show a significant increase in quadriceps and tibialis anterior muscle fibrosis
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• muscles show a shift towards smaller muscle fibers, increased expression of regeneration markers, indicating regenerative fibers, an accumulation of fat infiltrates in the muscle, and impaired muscle function
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• muscle function is impaired and declines over time
• the tibialis anterior muscle generates a lower specific force over a wide range of stimulation intensities (10-180 Hz)
• muscles generate a lower specific force than muscles from Sgcatm2Kcam homozygotes
• tibialis anterior muscles repetitively stimulated at 120 Hz and stretched to 110% of their resting length show a 10-15% drop in isometric force compared to wild-type mice
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• 14 week old mice develop signs of mild cardiomyopathy with patchy areas of fibrosis and necrosis
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• heart function is reduced with mice showing reduced fractional shortening
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behavior/neurological
• mice show a decrease in the normalized grip strength when male and female data are combined
• males hang for a shorter time period than wild-type mice in the two and four limb hanging tests
• performance in the two limb hanging test deteriorates over time
• however, no decline in performance in the four limb hanging test over time is seen
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cardiovascular system
• cardiac cell degeneration
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• hearts show an increase in Col1a1 expression and hearts from males contain higher collagen levels than females, indicating cardiac fibrosis
(J:250485)
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• 14 week old mice develop signs of mild cardiomyopathy with patchy areas of fibrosis and necrosis
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• heart function is reduced with mice showing reduced fractional shortening
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homeostasis/metabolism
respiratory system
• mice show lower respiration rates at 15 and 34 weeks of age
• however, respiration rate is higher than in Sgcatm2Kcam homozygotes
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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:250485 | |
dilated cardiomyopathy 1L | DOID:0110436 |
OMIM:606685 |
J:234761 |