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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky
targeted mutation 1, Richard M Locksley
MGI:3829362
Summary 8 genotypes
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hm1
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky involves: 129P2/OlaHsd MGI:3829363
cn2
Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky/Il13+
Il4tm1(CD2)Mmrs/Il4+
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S4/SvJae MGI:5435903
cn3
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky/Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S4/SvJae MGI:5435902
cn4
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Myf5tm3(cre)Sor/Myf5+
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S4/SvJaeSor MGI:7345612
cn5
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/?
Il5tm1.1(icre)Lky/Il5+
Rag1tm1Mom/Rag1tm1Mom
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S7/SvEvBrd * C57BL/6 MGI:5558890
cn6
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Tg(LHX3-cre)#Sjr/0
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * BALB/c * C3H * C57BL/6 MGI:5576239
cn7
Epxtm1.1(cre)Jlee/Epx+
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6 MGI:5500049
cn8
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky
Tg(Cd4-cre)1Cwi/0
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6 * DBA/2 MGI:3829364


Genotype
MGI:3829363
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd
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Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
cellular
• T cells infected with a retroviral cre exhibit cell death without inducing cell death in uninfected cells




Genotype
MGI:5435903
cn2
Allelic
Composition
Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky/Il13+
Il4tm1(CD2)Mmrs/Il4+
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S4/SvJae
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Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky mutation (1 available); any Il13 mutation (29 available)
Il4tm1(CD2)Mmrs mutation (0 available); any Il4 mutation (42 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
immune system
• in the lungs of mice infected with N. brasiliensis
• mice exhibit reduced helminthes Nippostrongylus brasiliensis expulsion compared with control mice

hematopoietic system
• in the lungs of mice infected with N. brasiliensis




Genotype
MGI:5435902
cn3
Allelic
Composition
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky/Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S4/SvJae
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
Il13tm1(YFP/cre)Lky mutation (1 available); any Il13 mutation (29 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
immune system
• in the lungs of mice infected with N. brasiliensis
• slightly less in an anti-NP response
• in lung CD4+ T cells of mice infected with N. brasiliensis
• in lung CD4+ T cells of mice infected with N. brasiliensis
• mice fail to expel the helminth Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

hematopoietic system
• in the lungs of mice infected with N. brasiliensis
• slightly less in an anti-NP response




Genotype
MGI:7345612
cn4
Allelic
Composition
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Myf5tm3(cre)Sor/Myf5+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S4/SvJaeSor
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
Myf5tm3(cre)Sor mutation (1 available); any Myf5 mutation (17 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging

craniofacial
• palatal shelves are smaller
• at E15.5 almost all soft palates are fusing with the degenerating epithelial beam at the tensor veli palatini muscle level
• absence of levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, and palatopharyngeus muscles
• absence of levator veli palatini muscle
• absence of palatopharyngeus muscle
• absence of tensor veli palatini muscle

muscle
• absence of levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, and palatopharyngeus muscles
• absence of levator veli palatini muscle
• absence of palatopharyngeus muscle
• absence of tensor veli palatini muscle
• absence of superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle

digestive/alimentary system
• palatal shelves are smaller
• at E15.5 almost all soft palates are fusing with the degenerating epithelial beam at the tensor veli palatini muscle level
• absence of levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, and palatopharyngeus muscles
• absence of levator veli palatini muscle
• absence of palatopharyngeus muscle
• absence of tensor veli palatini muscle

growth/size/body
• palatal shelves are smaller
• at E15.5 almost all soft palates are fusing with the degenerating epithelial beam at the tensor veli palatini muscle level
• absence of levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, and palatopharyngeus muscles
• absence of levator veli palatini muscle
• absence of palatopharyngeus muscle
• absence of tensor veli palatini muscle

respiratory system
• absence of superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle




Genotype
MGI:5558890
cn5
Allelic
Composition
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/?
Il5tm1.1(icre)Lky/Il5+
Rag1tm1Mom/Rag1tm1Mom
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * 129S7/SvEvBrd * C57BL/6
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
Il5tm1.1(icre)Lky mutation (1 available); any Il5 mutation (32 available)
Rag1tm1Mom mutation (49 available); any Rag1 mutation (120 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
immune system
• no increase in type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) or induction of eotaxin-1 (Ccl11) is detected in lungs in response to administration of Il2 and Il33 in contrast to control mice lacking DTA expression which have a higher ILC2 population and Ccl11 expression




Genotype
MGI:5576239
cn6
Allelic
Composition
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Tg(LHX3-cre)#Sjr/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * BALB/c * C3H * C57BL/6
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
Tg(LHX3-cre)#Sjr mutation (0 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• viable double mutant embryos are recovered in significantly reduced numbers at E14.5 and E17.5 compared to cre-negative/R26DTA embryos

growth/size/body
• the few animals surviving past birth are smaller than littermates

endocrine/exocrine glands
N
• ACTH hormone levels are not significantly altered in mutants at E14.5
• at E17.5 and P0, numbers of ACTH, TPIT, PIT-1 (ie. thyrotropes, somatotropes, and lactotropes), PRL, and GH-positive cells in the anterior pituitary are not significantly reduced compared to controls
• at E14.5, cells positive for alphaGSU expression (ie. gonadotrophs) are reduced in the caudomedial portion of the anterior pituitary
• GATA2-positive cells are absent from the caudomedial region of the pituitary but are still present in the rostral tip
• at E14.5, cells positive for alphaGSU expression (ie. gonadotropes) are reduced in the caudomedial portion of the anterior pituitary
• in animals at P0, LH beta-positive gonadotrope cells are decreased by about 90% compared to controls; FSH beta-positive gonadotrope cells are decreased slightly also
• at P0, numbers of LH/SF1 or FSH/SF1 double positive cells are significantly decreased
• at P0, about 90% of bihormonal (LH beta/FSH beta positive) cells are missing compared to controls

nervous system
• at E14.5, cells positive for alphaGSU expression (ie. gonadotrophs) are reduced in the caudomedial portion of the anterior pituitary
• GATA2-positive cells are absent from the caudomedial region of the pituitary but are still present in the rostral tip
• at E14.5, cells positive for alphaGSU expression (ie. gonadotropes) are reduced in the caudomedial portion of the anterior pituitary
• in animals at P0, LH beta-positive gonadotrope cells are decreased by about 90% compared to controls; FSH beta-positive gonadotrope cells are decreased slightly also
• at P0, numbers of LH/SF1 or FSH/SF1 double positive cells are significantly decreased
• at P0, about 90% of bihormonal (LH beta/FSH beta positive) cells are missing compared to controls
• numbers of Lhx-positive interneurons are decreased in the V2 interneuron region of the spinal cord at E14.5, but populations of motorneurons (ventral) are not affected
• at E14.5, V2a interneurons expressing LHX3 and CHX10 are reduced in number

reproductive system
• of 2 surviving male mutants, one was infertile




Genotype
MGI:5500049
cn7
Allelic
Composition
Epxtm1.1(cre)Jlee/Epx+
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Epxtm1.1(cre)Jlee mutation (0 available); any Epx mutation (34 available)
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
hematopoietic system
• peripheral blood is deficient in eosinophils relative to wild-type (0.19% vs 1.85%)
• other non-eosinophilic circulating cell populations are unchanged in cell number and relative composition in mutants

immune system
• peripheral blood is deficient in eosinophils relative to wild-type (0.19% vs 1.85%)
• other non-eosinophilic circulating cell populations are unchanged in cell number and relative composition in mutants




Genotype
MGI:3829364
cn8
Allelic
Composition
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky/Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky
Tg(Cd4-cre)1Cwi/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * C57BL/6 * DBA/2
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(DTA)Lky mutation (3 available); any Gt(ROSA)26Sor mutation (942 available)
Tg(Cd4-cre)1Cwi mutation (10 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
immune system
N
• despite the reduction in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, the pool of memory T cells is normal
• CD8+ cells exhibit an immature phenotype due to incomplete thymic maturation
• T cells exhibit incomplete repertoires of TCR specificities with a biased Vbeta chain usage unlike in wild-type cells
• the naive T cell population in the peripheral pool is depleted and mice remain lymphopenic over time
• CD4+ cells in the thymus are almost completely absent
• fewer CD4+ and CD8+ cells are found in the lymph, nodes, spleen and blood compared to in wild-type mice with remaining cells accounted for by incomplete recombination
• fewer immature CD8+ T cells are found in the thymus compared to in wild-type mice
• fewer CD4+ and CD8+ cells are found in the lymph, nodes, spleen and blood compared to in wild-type mice with remaining cells accounted for by incomplete recombination
• mice exhibit a loss of CD4+ NK T cells in the liver compared to in wild-type mice
• the spleen has a smaller T cell zone than in wild-type mice
• however, overall architecture is normal
• following infection with N. brasiliensis, CD4+ T cells preferentially differentiate towards Th1 and Th17 cells unlike similarly treated wild-type mice whose CD4+ T cells preferentially differentiate towards Th2 cells
• the lymph nodes have smaller T cell zones than in wild-type mice
• however, overall architecture is normal
• mice infected with N. brasiliensis exhibit impaired effector cell recruitment and worm expulsion with 4-fold higher worm counts in the small intestine compared to in similarly treated wild-type mice
• nine days after infection with N. brasiliensis, mice exhibit reduced basophil and eosinophil frequencies in the blood and lungs compared to similarly treated wild-type mice
• after infection with N. brasiliensis, total numbers of eosinophils, basophils and CD4+ T cells in the lungs are 5- to 10-fold lower than in similarly treated wild-type mice
• following infection with N. brasiliensis, CD4+ T cells preferentially differentiate towards Th1 and Th17 cells unlike similarly treated wild-type mice whose CD4+ T cells preferentially differentiate towards Th2 cells
• however, IgE levels in mice infected with N. brasiliensis are normal

hematopoietic system
• CD8+ cells exhibit an immature phenotype due to incomplete thymic maturation
• T cells exhibit incomplete repertoires of TCR specificities with a biased Vbeta chain usage unlike in wild-type cells
• the naive T cell population in the peripheral pool is depleted and mice remain lymphopenic over time
• CD4+ cells in the thymus are almost completely absent
• fewer CD4+ and CD8+ cells are found in the lymph, nodes, spleen and blood compared to in wild-type mice with remaining cells accounted for by incomplete recombination
• fewer immature CD8+ T cells are found in the thymus compared to in wild-type mice
• fewer CD4+ and CD8+ cells are found in the lymph, nodes, spleen and blood compared to in wild-type mice with remaining cells accounted for by incomplete recombination
• mice exhibit a loss of CD4+ NK T cells in the liver compared to in wild-type mice
• the spleen has a smaller T cell zone than in wild-type mice
• however, overall architecture is normal
• following infection with N. brasiliensis, CD4+ T cells preferentially differentiate towards Th1 and Th17 cells unlike similarly treated wild-type mice whose CD4+ T cells preferentially differentiate towards Th2 cells





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