mortality/aging
• neonatal lethality with few mice surviving to weaning
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• most pups die between P5 and P8, with the few survivors dying by 15 weeks of age
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growth/size/body
• mice that survive to 15 weeks of age have enlarged hearts
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• mice that survive to 15 weeks of age exhibit decreased body size
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• body weight is lower at P5 but not at P1
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cardiovascular system
• mice that survive to 15 weeks of age have enlarged hearts
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cellular
• heart mitochondria exhibit inclusions
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• surviving mice exhibit heart mitochondria that are longer but tend to have decreased caliber and thus smaller in volume
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• megamitochondria, massively swollen mitochondria with lighter matrix density, are seen in hearts of 14-week-old mice
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