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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:3770516
Allelic
Composition
Krastm3Tyj/Kras+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * C57BL/6
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Mouse lines carrying:
Krastm3Tyj mutation (2 available); any Kras mutation (76 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• Background Sensitivity: mean age at death is ~200 days

neoplasm
• all animals at time of death/sacrifice have extensive tumor burden
• mice display a more rapid tumor phenotype than Krastm2Tyj heterozygotes
• Background Sensitivity: animals are prone to thymic lymphomas (seen in ~40% of animals)
• Background Sensitivity: animals are prone to skin papillomas (seen in ~20% of animals); tumors typically arising on ears and snout are predominantly pedunculated and show limited tendency to progress to squamous cell carcinoma
• 100% of animals show multifocal tumors at time of death/sacrifice
• tumors are detectable at 1 week of age as small pleural nodules; multiplicity and size of tumors increases with age, and ultimately result in respiratory distress and death
• tumors range from mild hyperplasia/dysplasia to overt carcinoma; small lesions consist of hyperplastic alveolar epithelium
• in older mice, infrequent metastases to thoracic lymph nodes, the kidney and other visceral organs
• as lesions enlarge, they form small alveolar adenomas; some show areas of glandular differentiation
• 5-10% of tumors have features of well-differentiated human papillary adenocarcinoma

digestive/alimentary system
• mutants have multiple aberrant crypt foci (ACF) of the colon

endocrine/exocrine glands
• mutants have multiple aberrant crypt foci (ACF) of the colon
• Background Sensitivity: animals are prone to thymic lymphomas (seen in ~40% of animals)

integument
• Background Sensitivity: animals are prone to skin papillomas (seen in ~20% of animals); tumors typically arising on ears and snout are predominantly pedunculated and show limited tendency to progress to squamous cell carcinoma

respiratory system
• 100% of animals show multifocal tumors at time of death/sacrifice
• tumors are detectable at 1 week of age as small pleural nodules; multiplicity and size of tumors increases with age, and ultimately result in respiratory distress and death
• tumors range from mild hyperplasia/dysplasia to overt carcinoma; small lesions consist of hyperplastic alveolar epithelium
• in older mice, infrequent metastases to thoracic lymph nodes, the kidney and other visceral organs
• as lesions enlarge, they form small alveolar adenomas; some show areas of glandular differentiation
• 5-10% of tumors have features of well-differentiated human papillary adenocarcinoma

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
lung cancer DOID:1324 OMIM:211980
OMIM:608935
OMIM:612571
OMIM:612593
OMIM:614210
J:68981


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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory