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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Arxtm5Kki
targeted mutation 5, Kunio Kitamura
MGI:5559563
Summary 2 genotypes
Jump to Allelic Composition Genetic Background Genotype ID
ot1
Arxtm5Kki/Y involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6J MGI:5559579
ot2
Arxtm5Kki/Y involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6NHsd MGI:6196031


Genotype
MGI:5559579
ot1
Allelic
Composition
Arxtm5Kki/Y
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Arxtm5Kki mutation (0 available); any Arx mutation (20 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
nervous system
N
• no increased apoptosis is detected in the ganglionic eminence at E12
• mice do not develop intranuclear inclusions
• no ChAT+ interneurons are present in the striatum




Genotype
MGI:6196031
ot2
Allelic
Composition
Arxtm5Kki/Y
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S/SvEv * C57BL/6NHsd
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Mouse lines carrying:
Arxtm5Kki mutation (0 available); any Arx mutation (20 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• only 15% survive to P70
• first death occurs at P15, with only 64% of mice being successfully weaned, and with only 15% surviving to P70
• a large cohort of males die around weaning age

growth/size/body
• lower body weight throughout development and growth, with weight fluctuations often seen pre- and post-seizure
• mice weigh 80% of control at P5, 71% of control at weaning, and 80-90% of control between P35 and P70

behavior/neurological
• mice travel less total distance and spend less time in the inner quadrants of the open field compared to controls, suggesting decreased exploratory behavior
• mice travel greater distance and spend more time on the open arm of the elevated zero maze indicating increased exploratory behavior
• mice exhibit reduced spatial learning and memory in the Y-maze and Barnes maze, showing no preference for the novel arm in the Y-maze, an increase in time to locate the escape hole in the Barns maze and no preference towards the previously learned (familiar) or rotated (novel) location of the escape hole
• mice travel less total distance and spend less time in the inner quadrants of the open field, suggesting increased anxiety
• mice often freeze up during testing in the Barnes maze, indicative of increased anxiety-like behavior to open spaces and often find the escape hole through non-directed movement rather than exploration
• mice exhibit decreased fear response in the elevated zero maze, traveling a greater distance and spending more time in the open arm
• 47% of mice show one or more movement phenotypes (such as jumpy or erratic movements when handled or provoked, rapid uncontrolled movement around the cage, twitching ears, straight tail, or increased facial grooming), either singularly or in combination with a myoclonic seizure at 1 month of age which progresses to 76% of mice at P70
• mice show reduced locomotor activity in the open field
• mice show reduced sociability and social novelty, showing reduced interaction time within the chamber, regardless of the occupant
• mice show reduced social novelty, showing reduced interaction time with the novel mouse
• any interaction with a stranger or familiar mouse is at a greater distance
• spontaneous electrographic seizures are seen in all mice
• the electrographic seizure discharge is accompanied behaviorally by myoclonic jerks and/or repetitive forelimb clonus, and in some cases, continuous convulsive motor activity
• first myoclonic seizures are seen at P19 during handling of mice
• by P21, 42% of mice exhibit myoclonic seizures
• at P70, 97% of mice exhibit spontaneous seizure activity

muscle
• first myoclonic seizures are seen at P19 during handling of mice
• by P21, 42% of mice exhibit myoclonic seizures
• at P70, 97% of mice exhibit spontaneous seizure activity

nervous system
• spontaneous electrographic seizures are seen in all mice
• the electrographic seizure discharge is accompanied behaviorally by myoclonic jerks and/or repetitive forelimb clonus, and in some cases, continuous convulsive motor activity
• first myoclonic seizures are seen at P19 during handling of mice
• by P21, 42% of mice exhibit myoclonic seizures
• at P70, 97% of mice exhibit spontaneous seizure activity

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
early infantile epileptic encephalopathy DOID:0050709 J:260340





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04/09/2024
MGI 6.23
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