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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Pcdh15av-3J
Ames waltzer 3 Jackson
MGI:1856394
Summary 5 genotypes
Jump to Allelic Composition Genetic Background Genotype ID
hm1
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15av-3J C57BL/6J-Pcdh15av-3J/J MGI:3581190
ht2
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+ C57BL/6J-Pcdh15av-3J/J MGI:5425627
cx3
Myo7ash1-8J/Myo7a+
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+
B6.Cg-Myo7ash1-8J Pcdh15av-3J MGI:5425623
cx4
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+
Ush1gjs/Ush1g+
B6.Cg-Pcdh15av-3J Ush1gjs MGI:5425624
cx5
Cdh23v-2J/Cdh23+
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+
C57BL/6J-Cdh23v-2J Pcdh15av-3J MGI:3717690


Genotype
MGI:3581190
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15av-3J
Genetic
Background
C57BL/6J-Pcdh15av-3J/J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Pcdh15av-3J mutation (1 available); any Pcdh15 mutation (132 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
hearing/vestibular/ear
N
• normal endocochlear potential
• histochemistry of the organ of Corti shows the centrosomes in the normal position
• cytocauds are not observed
• diminished amounts of actin in the stereocilia and cuticular plate
• lateral links that connect stereocilia to each other are sparse and frequently disrupted
• apical links are not present in P5 mice
• E17.5 embryos have disorganized and fragmented inner hair cell (IHC) stereociliary bundles (J:135991)
• stereociliary generally assemble into two to three clumps at the cell apical surface instead of forming single V-shaped bundles (J:135991)
• kinocilia are often dissociated from the stereociliary clumps
• kinocillia show large mean deviations from the plane cell polarity axis (PCP) with only 26% of the kinocillia being within 15 degrees of the PCP compared to 84% in wild-type mice
• the mean absolute kinociliary deviation is 38 degrees compared to 8 degrees in wild-type mice
• E18.5 embryos have disorganized and fragmented outer hair cell (OHC) stereociliary bundles (J:135991)
• stereociliary generally assemble into two to three clumps at the cell apical surface instead of forming single V-shaped bundles (J:135991)
• kinocilia are often dissociated from the stereociliary clumps
• sensory cells are lost from the saccular macula by 30 to 40 days of age and there is total loss of the saccular neuroepithelium between 7 months to a year, but the crustal and utricular macula and corresponding nerve fibers are normal even at 1 year
• by 7 months to 1 year
• saccular otoconia are normal at 10 days of age, when homozygotes begin to display circling, but degenerate after 25 days of age with the crystalline layer of the saccular otoconial membrane becoming thin and the crystals demineralizing and breaking apart
• as early as 9 days of age there is no ABR response even at 20 kHz
• styryl pyridinium dye AM1-43 staining of the utricular maculae shows much less fluorescence and fewer stain-filled hair cells than in controls indicative of diminished transduction by these hair cells
• homozygotes do not response to rotation in darkness
• decreased gain relative to controls with a large phase lag at higher frequencies indicating the response to rotation derives entirely from the optikenetic system
• VESPs are absent at the maximum stimulus intensity used (J:116914)
• homozygotes fail to orient in water and lack vestibular evoked potential (J:148677)

homeostasis/metabolism
• plasma triglycerides and total cholesterol are significantly reduced in mice homozygous for this allele compared with controls, but this was not found in mice homozygous for the av-Tg2742Rpw allele

behavior/neurological
• abnormal drop reflex; mice do not demonstrate expected dorsoflexion and spread out the front paws when quickly lowered from ~20 cm above a table surface, while controls do exhibit this behavior
• homozygotes do not response to rotation in darkness
• decreased gain relative to controls with a large phase lag at higher frequencies indicating the response to rotation derives entirely from the optikenetic system
• 3 of 4 mice tested exhibit poor swimming ability; mice can not maneuver in the water and can not remain at the surface (J:116914)

nervous system
• diminished amounts of actin in the stereocilia and cuticular plate
• lateral links that connect stereocilia to each other are sparse and frequently disrupted
• apical links are not present in P5 mice
• E17.5 embryos have disorganized and fragmented inner hair cell (IHC) stereociliary bundles (J:135991)
• stereociliary generally assemble into two to three clumps at the cell apical surface instead of forming single V-shaped bundles (J:135991)
• kinocilia are often dissociated from the stereociliary clumps
• kinocillia show large mean deviations from the plane cell polarity axis (PCP) with only 26% of the kinocillia being within 15 degrees of the PCP compared to 84% in wild-type mice
• the mean absolute kinociliary deviation is 38 degrees compared to 8 degrees in wild-type mice
• E18.5 embryos have disorganized and fragmented outer hair cell (OHC) stereociliary bundles (J:135991)
• stereociliary generally assemble into two to three clumps at the cell apical surface instead of forming single V-shaped bundles (J:135991)
• kinocilia are often dissociated from the stereociliary clumps

cellular
• kinocilia are often dissociated from the stereociliary clumps
• kinocilia are often dissociated from the stereociliary clumps

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
Usher syndrome type 1F DOID:0110832 OMIM:602083
J:95655




Genotype
MGI:5425627
ht2
Allelic
Composition
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+
Genetic
Background
C57BL/6J-Pcdh15av-3J/J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Pcdh15av-3J mutation (1 available); any Pcdh15 mutation (132 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
hearing/vestibular/ear
• elevated thresholds for some frequencies in mice at 8-10 months of age




Genotype
MGI:5425623
cx3
Allelic
Composition
Myo7ash1-8J/Myo7a+
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Myo7ash1-8J Pcdh15av-3J
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Myo7ash1-8J mutation (1 available); any Myo7a mutation (118 available)
Pcdh15av-3J mutation (1 available); any Pcdh15 mutation (132 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
hearing/vestibular/ear
• slight but significant compared to single heterozygotes at some ages and frequencies




Genotype
MGI:5425624
cx4
Allelic
Composition
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+
Ush1gjs/Ush1g+
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Pcdh15av-3J Ush1gjs
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Pcdh15av-3J mutation (1 available); any Pcdh15 mutation (132 available)
Ush1gjs mutation (1 available); any Ush1g mutation (16 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
hearing/vestibular/ear
• particularly at 3-4 months of age compared to single heterozygotes




Genotype
MGI:3717690
cx5
Allelic
Composition
Cdh23v-2J/Cdh23+
Pcdh15av-3J/Pcdh15+
Genetic
Background
C57BL/6J-Cdh23v-2J Pcdh15av-3J
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Cdh23v-2J mutation (1 available); any Cdh23 mutation (280 available)
Pcdh15av-3J mutation (1 available); any Pcdh15 mutation (132 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
hearing/vestibular/ear
• exhibit a degenerated appearance to a lesser degree than that observed in the outer hair cells
• degenerated outer hair-cell stereocilia
• mid-basal and extreme basal loss of hair cells in baso-apical regions of the cochlea at 6 months of age
• not to affect the supporting cells of the organ of Corti
• significantly elevated ABR thresholds
• greatest increase at the highest frequencies tested (16 and 32 kHz)
• exhibit a progressive and preferential loss of high-frequency hearing with onset at about five months of age

nervous system
• exhibit a degenerated appearance to a lesser degree than that observed in the outer hair cells
• degenerated outer hair-cell stereocilia
• mid-basal and extreme basal loss of hair cells in baso-apical regions of the cochlea at 6 months of age
• not to affect the supporting cells of the organ of Corti
• exhibited loss of spiral ganglion cells in the mid-basal turn and more pronounced in the extreme base at 6 month of age

vision/eye
N
• eyes appear clinically normal and no evidence of anatomic defects in retinas





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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
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