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Animal Model Database
Mus musculus

Recent update from: 14.08.2002


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Species: Mus musculus

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: mnd (Motor Neuron Degeneration)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 8

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

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Species: Mus musculus

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: nr (Nervous)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 8

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

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Species: Mus musculus

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: pcd (Purkinje Cell Degeneration)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 1

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

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Species: Mus musculus

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd1 (Retinal Degeneration)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 5

Gene: pdeb

Mutation(s): C347X, Xmv-28 proviral insert

Phenotype, morphological
  • Swelling of mitochondria
  • Vacuolar inclusions of RIS at P8
  • Disruption of ordered stack of OS discs
  • Thinning of ONL
  • Slower impact on cones
  • After several month subtle changes in INL and IPL
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: PDEB

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (22)

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Species: Mus musculus

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd2 (Retinal Degeneration Slow)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 17 near H-2

Gene: rds

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Homozygotes fail to elaborate OS
  • Degeneration begins by 3 week postnatal and completes after 3 months
  • Heterozygotes show swollen discs and reduced OS length
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

Reference: (70)

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Species: Mus musculus

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: sey (Small Eye)

Inheritance: ad

Assignment:

Gene: Pax6

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • +/-:
    • Iris hypoplasia
  • -/-:
    • Lack of eyes and nasal cavity
    • Brain abnormalities
  • w/w:
    • developmental abnormalities of the eye
    • 5 different phenotypes
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

Reference: (64)

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Species: Mus musculus

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: shaker-1 (sh1)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: MyoVIIa

Mutation(s): Arg 502 Pro

Phenotype, morphological
  • Abberant distribution of pigment granules
  • Delayed development of the organ of Corti
  • Sensory hair cells degenerate immediately after birth
  • No signs of retinal degeneration
  • Melanosomes in RPE do not invade the apical process
Phenotype, clinic
  • Reduced rate of disc synthesis but no effect on disc length
  • Opsin accumulates abnormally in the connecting cilium
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • b-wave threshold of homozygous are mor or less equal to wt
  • Reduced a- (20%) and b-wave amplitudes at max. light throughout life
  • a-wave implicit times were the same in mutant and wt
  • 2 mutants showed faster implicit times
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • 9 known mutations
Human counterpart: MYOVIIA

Human disease: USH1b

Reference: (45)
(67)
(43)

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Species: Mus musculus

Race: 77-2C2a-special-rd7/rd7, C57BL/6J, B6.Cg-rd7/rd7, CAST/Ei

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd7 (Retinal Dysplasia and Degeneration)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: D9Mit4-D9Mit72-D9Mit207-D9Mit194-rd7-D9Mit174-D9Mit232-D9Mit163-D9Mit259-D9Mit11

Gene: mPNR

Mutation(s): Loss of 380 nt of the coding region

Phenotype, morphological
  • rd7/rd7 normal fundus with waves in RPE/retina lineation
  • rd7/BL6 springled fundus and severely waved RPE/retina lineation
  • ONL waves, whorls, and rosettes at 1 m
  • Waves flatten out by 5 m and disappeared by 16 m
Phenotype, clinic
  • White spots over the entire retina 1 m
  • Spots disappear with age
  • Retinal degeneration at 12 m
  • Mottled retinal pigment is observed at 16 m
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • ERG normal for 4 month, than stable decrease of responses
  • Reduction of rod and cone signals
  • Loss of 50% amplitude size at 16 m
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: Enhanced S-cone syndrome

Human disease: NR2E3

Reference: (11)
(3)

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Species: Mus musculus

Race: BALB/cBy x C57BL/6J

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: nob (no b-wave)

Inheritance: xl rezessive

Assignment: ter-[[[-DXMit55 -DXMit26 -DXMit161 -DXMit54 3.8 cM]-DXMit103 4.2 cM] -DXMit72 -Ube1x 5.7 cM] -DXMit125 -DXMit90 -DXMit81 -DXMit50 -DXMit140 -DXMit64

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • CSNB2 excluded
  • CSNB1 possibly = nob
Human counterpart:

Human disease: CSNB1

Reference: (9)

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Species: Mus musculus

Race: BALB/cGr-nr/nr

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: nob (no b-wave)

Inheritance: xl rezessive

Assignment: X

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Nonprogressive
  • Equals in all respects the retina of non-affected littermates
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Defect interferes with transmission of visual information through the retina
  • Only at high intensities a small wavelet after the initial a-wave is seen
  • ERG similiar like that after Glu agonist treatment
  • VEPs gave no response
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease: CSNB1

Reference: (53)

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Species: Mus musculus

Race: NFS/N, C58/J

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd3

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 1 proximal near D1Mit1

Gene: mG145

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: RP1

Human disease: ADRP

Reference: (28)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: (BALB/c x Tyrc) x lacZ-transgene

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: albino

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 7/X

Gene: Tyr

Mutation(s): translocation of Tyr from chr. 7 to X-chr.

Phenotype, morphological
  • melanine producing cells at:
    • choroid
    • optic stalk
    • RPE
  • Choroidal melanine bearing cells develop after the optic chiasm has developed
Phenotype, clinic
  • No relationship between:
    • pigment levels in choroid and the axon decussation pattern
    • axon position in the optic stalk relative to the pigmented cellsand the growth of the axon at the optic chiasma
Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical
  • Crossed and uncrossed RGC express lacZ transgene at equal amounts
    => albino-mutation affects cell routing in an cell-extrensic manner
  • Albino mutation acts indirectly on RGC
Remarks

Human counterpart: TYR

Human disease: Albinism

Reference: (57)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model:

Disease:

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

Reference: (61)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease:

Inheritance:

Assignment: 17

Gene: rds

Mutation(s): P216L or L185P

Phenotype, morphological
  • OS disorganization
  • Photoreceptor degeneration
  • Relatively preserved cones
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Decrease in Rmp3 of ERG by 3 weeks of age
  • Further parameters stay unaffected
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: RDS/Peripherin

Human disease:

Reference: (6) (37)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease:

Inheritance:

Assignment: 17

Gene: rds

Mutation(s): S231A, nonglycosylated on knockout background

Phenotype, morphological
  • Mildly dysplastic POS
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: RDS

Human disease:

Reference: (36) (71)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: adRP

Inheritance: ad

Assignment: 6 distal

Gene: Rho

Mutation(s): Pro 347 Ser

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

    No effect on decline of amplitudes
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Vit A supplement of 2.5 and 102.5 mg as palmitate per kg of diet
Human counterpart: RHO

Human disease: ADRP

Reference: (42) (71)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: adRP

Inheritance: ad

Assignment: 6 distal

Gene: Rho

Mutation(s): Thr 17 Met

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

    Reduced decline of a-wave and b-wave amplitudes
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Vit A supplement of 2.5 and 102.5 mg as palmitate per kg of diet
Human counterpart: RHO

Human disease: ADRP

Reference: (42) (71)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: ADRP

Inheritance: ad

Assignment: 6

Gene: Rho

Mutation(s): P23H, V20G, P27L

Phenotype, morphological
  • Progressive shortening of ROS never being of normal age-match size
  • Age-related decline of responses was paralleled by loss of rho density
  • OS are formed at equivalent times
  • OS are 50% of WT lengths
  • Pyknotic nuclei
Phenotype, clinic
  • Slow progressive degeneration of rods and cones
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Reduction in rod mediated response at 1 month
  • Normal cone-mediated ERGs up to 5 months
  • Rods do not recover after pre-bleach within 2 h
  • Cone dysfunction subsequent to rod degeneration
  • Results fit to equivalent light hypothesis
Phenotype, biochemical
  • No differences in chromophore binding and photic sensitivity
  • Rho is translated and incorporated as usual
  • Mutant and WT Rho seem to be present in ROS
  • IR shows normal pattern and enhanced activity with anti-VPP Ab
Remarks
  • Abnormalities in dics membrane organization and synthesis
Human counterpart: RHO

Human disease: ADRP

Reference: (26)
(49)
(74)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: ARRP

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 19 proximal

Gene: rom1

Mutation(s): knockout by removal of exon 1

Phenotype, morphological
  • Photoreceptors die by apoptosis
  • Death rate greater in young mice during first 6 months
  • By 18 months 40% of photoreceptors have died
  • Disorders OS after 1 month
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: ROM1

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (17)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Digenic RP

Inheritance: digenic

Assignment: 17/19

Gene: rds/rom1

Mutation(s): rds L185P in monogenic knockouts of rom1 or rds

Phenotype, morphological
  • No retinal degeneration of (rds L185P) on (rds +/+, rom1 +/-) or (rds+/-. rom1+/+) background
  • Slow progressive degeneration and significant OS dysplasia of (rds185P) on rom1-/- background
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: RDS/ROM1

Human disease: digenic RP

Reference: (69)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Cln3

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Cln3

Mutation(s): Neo cassette replaced exon 1-6

Phenotype, morphological
  • Progressive storage of autofluorescent lipopigments
  • Full fertility
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: CLN3

Human disease: CLN3

Reference: (47)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout dlx-2

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: dlx-2

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • Abnormal development of the forebrain
  • Morphogenesis of the skeletal elements from first and second visceral arches was disturbed
  • Homeobox expression pattern correlated with dlx-2 was not disturbed
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout emx

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: emx

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • Lack of discrete parts of the forebrain
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

Reference: (66)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout GC-E

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: GC-E

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Loss of cone cells
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Substantial reduction of cone ERG
  • ERG of knockout different from LCA patients
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: GUC2D

Human disease:

Reference: (7)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Gnat1

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: Gnat1

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • No morphological changes
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Homozygous cells do not produce a response
  • No clear indication of responding cells by coulour tests
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: GNAT1

Human disease: CSNB, Nougaret

Reference: (41)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Irbp

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: IRBP

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • Short OS
  • Since P11
    • Loss of photoreceptor nuclei
    • Structural integrity of POS
  • Slow progressive degeneration
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Reduced ERGs
  • Marked loss in photic sensitivity by P30
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: IRBP

Human disease:

Reference: (44)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Ndg

Inheritance: xl

Assignment: X

Gene: Ndg

Mutation(s): replacement in exon 2

Phenotype, morphological
  • Fundus morphology equals wildtype in carrier
  • Snowflake like vitreal changes in hemizygous
  • Retinoschisis
  • RPE irregularities in hemi and homozygotes
  • Vitreous showed fibrouzs tissue at slit lamp examination
  • Predominantly in GCL
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • ERG normal in carriers
  • In hemizygous severe loss of ERG b-wave
  • negatively shaped scotopic ERG
  • a-wave normal at low intensities
  • Moderate amplitude loss at brighter flashes
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: NDG

Human disease: NDG

Reference: (60)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Ndg

Inheritance: xl

Assignment: X

Gene: Ndg

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Severely atrophy spinal ganglion cells
  • Atrophy and loss of ganglion cells in the cochlea primarily in the basal turn
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: NDG

Human disease: NDG

Reference: (14)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Ndg

Inheritance: xl

Assignment: X

Gene: Ndg

Mutation(s): Lack of 58 N-terminal amino acids

Phenotype, morphological
  • Increased number of blood vessels in the interface of GCL and NFL
  • Decrease in IPL and OPL after P9
  • Fenestrated vessels occasionally penetrate the ILM
  • Disorganization and loss of cells in the GCL
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: NDG

Human disease: NDG

Reference: (58)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Otx1

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Otx1

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • -/-:
    • reduction of cerebral cortex
    • absence of sulcus rhinalis
    • shrunken hippocampus
    • enlarged inferior & superior colliculi of mesencephalon
    • absence of lacrimal and harderian gland
    • transient dwarfism and hypogonadism
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

Reference: ACAMPORA1999b

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Otx2

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Otx2

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • -/-:
    • lethal
    • embryos die early during embryogenesis
    • lack of anterior neuroectoderm
    • major abnormalities in the body plan
    • headless phenotype
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

Reference: (1)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Prkcg

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: Prkcg

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Mild deficits in spatial and contextual learning
Human counterpart: PRKCG

Human disease: ADRP

Reference: (4)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout RGR

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Rgr

Mutation(s): neo cassette

Phenotype, morphological
  • Development of -/- appears normal
  • No apparemt degeneration up to 9 months under cyclic house lighting
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Constant illumination at 900 lux for 4h
  • -/- stimulkus response histogram is significant lower
  • Scotopic ERG response consistent with lower rod sensitivity
  • No difference in baseline ERG after dark adaptation
Phenotype, biochemical
  • RGR amount in +/- equals +/+ and is absent in -/-
  • ~96% of RAl is 11cRAl in dark-adapted
  • After 4000 lux /8h significant lower amonuts of 11cRAl in -/- with reduced amount of 11cRAl
  • atRAl does not accumulate atRy overaccumulates in -/-
Remarks
  • Data obtained on free moving mice
Human counterpart: RGR

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (13)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Rho

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: Rho

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Loss of OS in homozygous animal
  • Disk moprphology is disturbed
  • Reduced size of pineal
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Model for pure cone function
Human counterpart: RHO

Human disease: ADRP, ARRP

Reference: (39)
(65)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artifcial

Disease: Knockout RmP

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: RmP

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • 4.0 kb deletion results in no abnormal histology
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Dark adaptation is normal
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: ABCR

Human disease: STGD, AMD

Reference: (73)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Rpe65

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: distal 3

Gene: Rpe65

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Histological differences to normal from 7th weeks of age on
  • By 15 weeks thinning of OS layer
  • RPE shows no major differences
  • Overaccumulation of all-trans-retinyl esters in droplets
  • +/+ and +/- mice share the same phenotype
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • -/- shows diminished b-wave
  • slow phot. Regeneration
  • Heterozygotes show standard ERG
  • In 9cRol fed mice: ERG shave larger amplitude and higher sensitivity
Phenotype, biochemical
  • Do not form 11cis-retinoids but Ry
  • 1000fold higher Ry concentration compared to +/+
  • Isomerization step is affected in -/-
  • No significant accumulation of 11cRol
  • Oxidation of 11cRAl not affected
Remarks
  • Administration of 9cRol
  • AP-1 is not activated in the absence of Rho
  • Completely protected against light induced apoptosis
  • atRAl is reduced and esterified
  • 9cRAl recovers with time
Human counterpart: RPE65

Human disease: LCA, ARRP

Reference: (56)
(27)
(15)
(72)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Rpe65/Cnga3

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Rpe65 / Cnga3

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Similiar ERGs were obtained from Rpe and Rpe/Cnga3 knockouts
Phenotype, biochemical
Remarks
  • Model rules out cone involvement in Rpe65 deficient mice
Human counterpart: RPE65 / CNGA3

Human disease:

Reference: (65)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Rpe65/Rho

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Rpe65 / Rho

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Rho knockout ERGs do not match RPE65 knockout ERGs
  • No response over the range of intensities tested
Phenotype, biochemical
Remarks
  • Model supports rod involvement in Rpe65 deficient mice
Human counterpart: RPE65 / RHO

Human disease:

Reference: (65)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Sag

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: Sag

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Cells are alive
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Very slow recovery of rod responses
  • Cone responses are more or less normal
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: SAG

Human disease:

Reference: (46)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: Microphthalmia

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: mi, Mitf

Mutation(s): 3bp deletion in the DNA-binding region

Phenotype, morphological
  • Hyperplastic RPE migth represent ectopic retina
  • Normal early retinal cell differentiation
  • Abnormal RPE development
  • After birth progressive disorganization of retina
  • OS fail to elongate
  • Significant photoreceptor loss
Phenotype, clinic
  • Pigmentation defects
Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical
  • Perturbation of retinoid metabolism
  • Increased levels of ADH2 and RA in the neural retina
Remarks
  • Neural retina has not folded in on itself
  • RPE remains immature
  • Neural retina continues to develop
  • Disrupted tissue compartimentalization is disrupted
Human counterpart:

Human disease: Microphthalmia

Reference: (8)
(21)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Oguchi disease

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Sag

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • Photoreceptor loss:
    • Cyclic light: severe progressive after 100d (<50% survive after 1y)
    • Constant dark: indistinguishable form normals
    • Constant light: 30% loss after 1w and 60% after 3w
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Light induced damage suggests that patients with sag mutations are at higher risk of damaging effects by light
Human counterpart:

Human disease:

Reference: (12)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: RBP knockout

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: Rbp

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • RBP is synthesized from 7 d.p.c. on
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Markedly reduced retinal function through first months of life
Phenotype, biochemical
  • Reduced blood Rol levels
  • With Vit A sufficient diet mice acquire normal visual function within 5 months
  • Can acquire hepatic Rol stores that cannot be mobilized
  • Vit A status depends on regular intake
  • Normal ciculating RA levels
Remarks
  • Mice were viable and fertile
  • TTR deficient mice have low circulating Rol levels
  • Rbp acts due to the absent TTR-Rbp complex and not by the reduced serum Rol level
Human counterpart: RBP4

Human disease: Fundus Xerophthalmicus

Reference: (55)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Retinal Degeneration

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: tulp1-/-

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • tulp1 is exclusively located in PIS
  • Degeneration early involves rods and cones
  • Opsins but not rds/peripherin show ectopic localization
  • Massive accumulation of extracellular vesicles surrounding the distal IS
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Defect associated with loss of polarized transport of nascent opsins
Human counterpart: TULP1

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (30)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: Snell's Waltzer

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: MyoVI

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
Human counterpart: CDH23

Human disease:

Reference: (23)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: XLRS

Inheritance: xl

Assignment: X

Gene: Xlrs1

Mutation(s): Null allele

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: XLRS1

Human disease: XLRS

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race:

    C57BL/6J-P/P
  • pun
  • p6H
  • pcp
  • pbs
  • pJ

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: pink eyed dilution

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: p-gen

Mutation(s):

  • pJ: exon 20-23 del
  • pbs: promotor mutation
  • un: tandem in-frame duplication
  • bs/cp: null mutation
Phenotype, morphological
  • un/un: drastic reduction of melanosome size and number
  • 6H/cp: drastic reduction of melanosome size and number
  • bs/J: modest diminuition in size and numbert of choroidal melanosomes
  • smaller melanin granules in hair shafts
Phenotype, clinic
  • Small unpigmented melanosomes in the folicular melanocytes of un/un
Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical
  • Diminished tyrosinase levels of newborns
  • Addition of tyrosine enhances melanine production
  • No dominant negative effect of pun
Remarks
  • Control of melanin made in melanocytes and RPE
  • P localizes at least in part to the melanosomes
  • 12 TM protein, resembling a channel or transporter (tyrosine)
Human counterpart: P-Gen

Human disease: OCA2

Reference: (52)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: B6C3xC3H; B6CBA/J; CSJL/J

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: rd

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Pdeb

Mutation(s): XMV proviral insert and Y347X

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • rd/- mice produce
  • Transcription of mutant and wt is similar but mutant transcript undergoes selective degredation during or after splicing
Human counterpart: PDE6B

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (75)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: Balb/C

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: Ames Waltzer (av)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Pcdh15

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • No retinal phenotype
  • Disorganized outer hair cell stereocilia
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Normal endocochlear potential
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
Human counterpart: PCDH15

Human disease: USH1F

Reference: (5)
(2)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: Balb/C

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rds, rd2

Inheritance: ad

Assignment:

Gene: rds/peripherin

Mutation(s): null

Phenotype, morphological
  • rd2/rd2:
    • progressive loss of photoreceptors around P7
    • complete loss after 1 y
    • maximal loss at 3 w and 4 w
  • CNTF treated:
    • significant increase of POS length
    • redistribution and increase in content of Rho
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • CNTF treated:
    • significant increase in a- and b-wave of scotopic ERG
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • AV-mediated CNTF transfer
  • AV injected into vitreous
  • Checks at 4 d and 14 d p.i.
  • CNTF-positive cells mainly in RPE centered around needle penetration
Human counterpart:

Human disease:

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C3HfB/GaCas1b

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd6

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: D9Mit2, D9Mit54, D9Mit171, D9Mit191, D9Mit197, D9Mit227, D9Mit247, D9Mit286

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Progressive changes of retina and RPE
  • Distal OS are mildly distorted by 1 m
  • Abberant cells in the subretinal space increase and contain pigment granules
  • Loss of cells in the ONL at 3 - 6 and 5 - 11 w
  • By 15 m total loss of POS
Phenotype, clinic
  • -/-:
    • small white dots apparent at 8 w
    • persist after 7 m but are more difficult to distinguish
    • retinal degeneration starting at 7 m
    • mildly pigmented granular and mottled fundus by 15 m
    • vessels are pale and attenuated by 7 m
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Slow progressive retinal dysfunction of rods and cones over 70 w
  • Dysfunction starts 1 m
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Human homologue may be on 11q23
Human counterpart:

Human disease: Retinitis punctata albescens

Reference: (31)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6

Occurrence of the model: transgenic

Disease: Knockout Crx

Inheritance: ad

Assignment:

Gene: Crx

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • No POS
  • No difference at P10
  • At P14 and P21 OS were present only in +/- not in -/-
  • Only thin ONL in -/- at P21
  • Only shortend OS in +/- at P14
  • +/- OS equal +/+ OS at P21
Phenotype, clinic
  • No gross morphological abnormalities in -/- and +/- animals
  • -/- and +/- are fertile and viable
  • Circadian entrainment was affected
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • -/-:
    • 1 m: less than 1,0 % of nomal rod activity
    • a- and b-wave completely absent
    • cone ERG reduced by 90%
  • +/-:
    • rod ERG amplitudes reduced
    • at 6 m equal to wt
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Reduced expression of several photoreceptor- and pineal-specific genes
Human counterpart: CRX

Human disease: CRD, adLCA

Reference: (24)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57Bl/6

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Rlbp1 knockout

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: Rlbp1

Mutation(s): knock-out

Phenotype, morphological
  • Number of nuclei in ONL is higher than in WT albinos indicating a protective effect
Phenotype, clinic
  • No evidence for photoreceptor degeneration in animals raised in light/dark cycle for 1y.
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Normal photosensivity
  • Delayed dark adaptation
  • Restoration of Rho after 80% bleach within 18-24h compared to ~1.5 h in WT and heterozygous knock-outs
Phenotype, biochemical
  • >10 fold delayed
    • Rho regeneration
    • 11cRAl production
  • Accumulation of Ry possibly due to impaired isomerisation of atRol to 11cRol
  • Identical amount of Rho in Rlbp1 knock-out and WT
Remarks
  • Supports involvement of CRAlBP in as an 11cRol acceptor in isomerisation
Human counterpart:

Human disease:

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57Bl/6, CAST/Ei, V/Le

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: Waltzer (v)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 10

Gene: Cdh23

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • Stereocilia disorganization occurs during early hair-cell differentiation
  • At E18.5 apical hair cells are covered in microvilli
  • OHC: Kinocilium was displaced, no stereocilia
  • IHC: disorganized stereocilia
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • 11 Amino acid variations
  • 6 Mutations
Human counterpart: CDH23

Human disease: USH1D

Reference: (20)
(19)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6; C3H/He

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Pdeb

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • 10-20% more cones surviving after 7 days of co-culture with dissociated cells from postnatal and adult retinas
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6J

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease:

Inheritance: ar

Assignment:

Gene: Tulp1

Mutation(s): Splice site

Phenotype, morphological
  • Shortening of OS and IS by 2 w
  • Greatly reduced thickness of ONL by 4 w
  • ONL reduced to 1-2 rows at 12 w
  • Loss of ONL by 20 w in some regions
  • OS fragmented and distorted
  • Fragmented IS with isolated PM bound vesicles
Phenotype, clinic
  • Early onset retinal degeneration
  • No obesity
  • Rapid loss of photoreceptors
  • Similar to P347S mice
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Reduced a- and b-wave from earliest time of testing (19 d) on
  • Consistent with hypothesis: rod loss precedes cone loss
  • Double heterozygotes (Tulp1/Tub) have normal ERG up to 6 m
Phenotype, biochemical
  • Ectopic accumulation of Rho at an early age
  • Double knockouts (Tulp1/Tub) develop photorezeptors and express photorezeptor markers until 14d
  • Thereafter fulminant degeneration
  • Double heterozygotes are normal
Remarks
  • OPL collapsed by 6 m
  • Vesicle accumulation is only transiently
  • Not a failure of disc assembly or maintenance
Human counterpart: TULP1

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (33)
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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6J

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout Oa1

Inheritance: xl

Assignment: X

Gene: Oa1

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • First pigment at E11-11.5
  • Absence of giant melanosomes from E11.5-17.5
  • Dispersion of giant and normal sized melanosomes throughout the pigment epithelium of iris, ciliary body, and retina at P1
  • At P7 majority of melanosomes were giant
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • No differences to normal mice over the full range of intensities
  • Retinal function is not impaired in OA1
  • Increased lable in the contralateral than ispilateral part of the visual pathway
  • Crossing is favored in the optic chiasm
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: OA1

Human disease: OA1

Reference: (35)
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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6J

Occurrence of the model:

Disease: rd

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • First changes at P4-8
  • In 3 w old mice most of the photoreceptors in the central retina have disappeared
  • RPE enlarged with enlongated microvilli
  • At 8 w complete loss of photoreceptors
  • At 20 m 5-10% of choriocapillaris lost
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart:

Human disease:

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6J

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd5 (tubby)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: cen 7

Gene: tub

Mutation(s): Splice site

Phenotype, morphological
  • IR correlates with onset of neuronal differentiation
Phenotype, clinic
  • Obesity
  • Diabetes
  • Sensory deficits
  • Retinal degeneration
  • Neurosensory hearing loss
  • Reminiscent of fat/fat mouse
  • slower obesity development compared to ob/ob and db/db
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • ERG extinguished at by 6 m
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Expressed selectively in generating neurons in central and peripheral nervous system
  • Expression starts at 9.5 d.p.c.
  • In adult expression in cerebral cortex, hippocampus, feeding control nuclei of the hypothalamus, inner ear and photoreceptor
Human counterpart: TULP1

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (16)
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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6J;ST/bJ;WB/ReJ-W;PL/J;SWR/J;SJR/J;BDP/J

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 5

Gene: Pdeb

Mutation(s): Y347X

Phenotype, morphological
  • Complete loss of rods by P20
  • Cones survive much longer
  • Other retinal cells remain intact
  • Heterozygotes have histologically normal photoreceptors
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Abnormal ERGs
Phenotype, biochemical
  • High levels of cGMP in rd/rd
  • Heterozygotes show a reduction of cGMP levels
  • Altered PDE kinetics are observed
  • Abnormal cGMP-binding
Remarks
  • Strains free of Y347X:
    • SM/J
    • AKR/J
    • DBA/2J
    • 129/Rr
    • I/LnJ
    • LP/J
    • NZB/BlnJ
Human counterpart: PDE6B

Human disease: ARRP

Reference: (54)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6J-tub/tub

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: rd5

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: chr 7 (Hbb-rd5-tub)

Gene:

Mutation(s):

Phenotype, morphological
  • P1 to 3 w retinal layers are discernible
  • From 3 w:
    • shortening of OS
    • loss of clear architecture of IS and OS
  • 5 w PL and ONL were reduced
  • 8 m complete loss of photoreceptors
  • No normal organized OS at any time
Phenotype, clinic
  • Initial ophthalmoscopic signs observed at 6 weeks
  • Arteriolar attenuation
  • Venous dilatation
  • Granular RPE
  • Focal and diffuse loss of RPE
  • Patches of pigment deposits
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • ERG is never normal in rd5/rd5
  • Poorly developed a-waves with reduced amplitudes
  • Progressive amplitude loss
  • ERG extinguished at 6 m
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Virtually deaf at 5-6 months
  • From 3 w on elevated ABR thresholds
Human counterpart:

Human disease: USH1

Reference: (32)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57Bl/6J-c2J, BALB/c

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: Mord1

Inheritance:

Assignment: 3

Gene: Rpe65

Mutation(s): Met 450 Leu

Phenotype, morphological

Phenotype, clinic
  • Very little photodamage in C57Bl/6J-c2J after prolonged light exposure
Phenotype, electrophysiological

Phenotype, biochemical
  • Enhanced suseptibility of damage under oxidizing conditions with M450
  • Reversible oxidization of M450 impairs RPE65 function
  • Leu 450 cannot be oxidized therefore continue to recycle retinol thus protecting the retina
Remarks
  • Primers for IVS3 of RPE65 and cDNA fragments
Human counterpart: RPE65

Human disease:

Reference: (18)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57BL/6x129v

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Knockout c-fos

Inheritance:

Assignment:

Gene: c-fos

Mutation(s): knockout

Phenotype, morphological
  • No light induced apoptosis
  • 23% fewer rods
  • c-fos is expressed in a diurnal rythm
    • Dark: ONL
    • Light: GCL and INL
    • Cell death is not confined to any retinal area
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Lower mean ERG-amplitudes
  • Marked variability
  • Prolonged latencies
  • 0.9 log unit lower b-wave
  • Electron absorbance is not depending on c-fos
Phenotype, biochemical
  • Slightly reduced SAG levels
  • 25% lower RHO level
  • Phenotype rather results from missing c-fos in apoptotic cascade than deficits in rod function
Remarks

Human counterpart: C-fos

Human disease:

Reference: (40)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57Bl6J/SJL

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease:

Inheritance: ad

Assignment: 17

Gene: Mrg4

Mutation(s): Lys 57 ter

Phenotype, morphological
  • Changes depend on age
  • Extensive vacuolation of the outer plexiform layer
  • Debris containing vacuoles
  • Distorted synapses
  • Swollen dendrites
Phenotype, clinic
  • Age and transgene expression dependent phenotype
  • Range from normal to white dots and streaks, to multiple flecks, to outright degeneration
  • Lesion start at the superior temporal region
Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • Reduced b-wave
  • c/b-wave ration is higher in the transgenics
  • Result is consistent with abnormalities in the synaptic transmission from photoreceptors to secondary neurons
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks

Human counterpart: HRG4

Human disease: CRD

Reference: (38)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: C57Bl6J/SJL

Occurrence of the model: naturally

Disease: underwhite (uw)

Inheritance: ar

Assignment: 15

Gene: Matp

Mutation(s): uwd: S435P
uwdbr: D153N

Phenotype, morphological
  • Small, crenated organelles in uw mice
Phenotype, clinic
  • Autonomous to melanocytes
  • Almost complete loss of pigmentation
Phenotype, electrophysiological
Phenotype, biochemical
  • Possibly defective osmotic regulation
Remarks
  • No Matp in uwdbr/uwdbr mice
Human counterpart: MATP

Human disease: OCA4

Reference: (51)

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Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

Race: DBA/2J

Occurrence of the model: artificial

Disease: Rd4

Inheritance: ad

Assignment: 4

Gene:

Mutation(s): Inv(4)56Rk

Phenotype, morphological
  • Reduction of retinal outer and plexiform layers at P10
  • Loss after 6 weeks
  • Retinal vessel attenuation
  • pigment spots
  • optic atrophy
Phenotype, clinic

Phenotype, electrophysiological
  • ERGs showed poorly after 3 - 6 weeks
  • ERGs were barely detected after 6 weeks
Phenotype, biochemical

Remarks
  • Excluded from RP1
  • Encompasses nearly complete chromosome 4
  • Homozygous lethal
  • Locus near by or disrupted by breakpoint of inversion
  • Breakpoints in 4A1 and 4E2 bands
Human counterpart:

Human disease: ADRP

Reference: (68)
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