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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:3783296
Allelic
Composition
Stat3tm1Flv/Stat3tm1Flv
Tg(Tek-cre)12Flv/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129 * C3H * C57BL/6
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Mouse lines carrying:
Stat3tm1Flv mutation (0 available); any Stat3 mutation (70 available)
Tg(Tek-cre)12Flv mutation (1 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype

Crohn's disease-like pathogenesis in Stat3tm1Flv/Stat3tm1Flv Tg(Tek-cre)12Flv/0 mice

mortality/aging
• die within 4-6 weeks after birth, and none survive more than 8 weeks

growth/size/body
• mutants are smaller at 3-4 weeks of age
• reduced body weight is seen at 3-4 weeks of age

behavior/neurological
• mutants appear fragile and weak by 4-6 weeks of age

immune system
• bone marrow shows an expansion of GR-1+Mac1+ neutrophil lineage (20% in controls vs. 35% in mutants), indicating an abnormal expansion of a myeloid lineage in the bone marrow
• lethally irradiated recipients of mutant bone marrow show much higher numbers of attached Mac1+ cells than controls and mutant bone marrow cultured in the presence of CSF-1 shows an increase in the generation of attached macrophages than controls indicating cell autonomous overproduction of myeloid cells
• deregulated T helper 1-type immune response
• increase in TNF-alpha levels
• massive infiltration of the intestine with neutrophils, macrophages, and eosinophils
• myeloid cells, rather than lymphocytes, are the major cell populations in the inflammatory infiltrates of the gastrointestinal tract
• a transmural inflammation of all layers of the cecum is observed
• a transmural inflammation of all layers of the colon is observed
• transmural inflammation
• granuloma-like structures in the ileocecal area
• the liver shows infiltration of granulocytes around the portal vein
• mutants show overly pseudoactivated innate immune responses

digestive/alimentary system
• intestine shows ulceration, bowel wall thickening, granuloma formation, and segmental inflammatory cell infiltration
• ulceration and a transmural inflammation of all layers of the cecum is observed
• cecum exhibits crypt abscesses with necrotic neutrophils and monocytes, high frequency of mitosis in the epithelium, edema of the lamina propria and epithelioid cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm
• colon of 4-week old mutants shows bowel wall thickening, mucosal erosion, transmural inflammation affecting all layers, edema in the submucosa, and serosa thickening
• ileum is fused to the peritoneal wall in severely sick mutants
• ileum shows ulceration, loss of mucosal texture, transmural inflammation, granuloma-like structures and abnormal changes in the mucosa, submucosa, smooth muscle and serosa
• massive infiltration of the intestine with neutrophils, macrophages, and eosinophils
• myeloid cells, rather than lymphocytes, are the major cell populations in the inflammatory infiltrates of the gastrointestinal tract
• a transmural inflammation of all layers of the cecum is observed
• a transmural inflammation of all layers of the colon is observed
• transmural inflammation

hematopoietic system
• bone marrow shows an expansion of GR-1+Mac1+ neutrophil lineage (20% in controls vs. 35% in mutants), indicating an abnormal expansion of a myeloid lineage in the bone marrow
• lethally irradiated recipients of mutant bone marrow show much higher numbers of attached Mac1+ cells than controls and mutant bone marrow cultured in the presence of CSF-1 shows an increase in the generation of attached macrophages than controls indicating cell autonomous overproduction of myeloid cells
• deregulated T helper 1-type immune response

homeostasis/metabolism
• increase in TNF-alpha levels
• NADPH oxidase activity of neutrophils is reduced to 45% compared to more than 90% in controls

liver/biliary system
• the liver shows infiltration of granulocytes around the portal vein

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
inflammatory bowel disease DOID:0050589 OMIM:PS266600
J:81973


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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
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