Phenotypes associated with this allele
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Casp2tm1Vaux mutation
(0 available);
any
Casp2 mutation
(22 available)
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cellular
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• thymocytes show normal levels and kinetics of apoptosis in response to anti-FAS antibody, dexamethasone, or gamma irradiation
• dorsal root ganglion neurons undergo apoptosis at a normal rate in response to withdrawel of nerve growth factor
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Casp2tm1Vaux mutation
(0 available);
any
Casp2 mutation
(22 available)
Casp9tm1Flv mutation
(0 available);
any
Casp9 mutation
(20 available)
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mortality/aging
nervous system
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• at E14.5 a majority of embryos display brain over-growth similar to that found in Casp9tm1Flv homozygotes
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immune system
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• thymocytes grown in wildtype hosts have only 10-20% of the DEVD-ase activity of wildtype or thymocytes deficient for only caspase 2
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hematopoietic system
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• irradiated wildtype hosts reconstituted with E14.5 Casp2tm1Vaux Casp9tm1Flv double homozygous fetal liver develop normal thymocyte numbers and sub-populations with no thymocyte upregulation of caspases 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, or 9, normal B cell and T cell apoptosis in response to cytokine withdrawal, and normal T cell sensitivity to dexamethasone
• dexamethasone induced apoptosis of T cells (grown in wildtype hosts from E14.5 fetal liver) is blocked by caspase inhibitors but not by calpain and cathepsin inhibitors
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• thymocytes grown in wildtype hosts have only 10-20% of the DEVD-ase activity of wildtype or thymocytes deficient for only caspase 2
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