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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:4420974
Allelic
Composition
Ptentm1Hwu/Ptentm1Hwu
Tg(Pbsn-cre)4Prb/0
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S4/SvJae * BALB/c * C57BL/6 * DBA/2
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Mouse lines carrying:
Ptentm1Hwu mutation (16 available); any Pten mutation (81 available)
Tg(Pbsn-cre)4Prb mutation (2 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• 3 of 14 mice die by age 12 to 29 weeks
• however, all castrated mice survive from 7 to 10 months
• 12 month survival rate of mutants is 60% on the high-omega-3 diet, 10% on the low-omega-3 diet and 0% on the high-omega-6 diet
• mutants on a high-omega-6 diet do not survive beyond 10 months of age and die due to bladder obstruction by the prostate tumor compressing the urethra

reproductive system
• prostate lobes are enlarged and exhibit increased vascularity and cellularity
• at 4 weeks, epithelium cells in the lateral prostate are larger than in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes
• without cellular atypia by 4 weeks of age
• mice exhibit progressive enlargement of the prostate gland compared to in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes
• however, castration reduces prostate size
• prostate weight is higher than in controls starting at 8 weeks of age
• prostate weight gain from 5 to 24 weeks is significantly less in mice fed a high-omega-3 diet than in mice fed a high-omega-6 diet
• at 4 weeks, mice develop multifocal hyperplasia compared to in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes
• hyperplasia is initially observed in the dorsolateral and ventral lobe with subsequent involvement of the anterior lobes
• males develop prostate cancer
• mice develop invasive adenocarcinoma by 9 weeks of age in all lobes (J:93902)
• prostate cancers are metastatic (J:93902)
• castrated mice still develop invasive adenocarcinoma (J:93902)
• 80% of mutants fed a high-omega-6 diet develop invasive carcinoma while 50% of mutants fed a high-omega-3 diet develop invasive carcinoma (J:124208)
• by 6 weeks of age, all mice develop prostate intraepithelial neoplasia (J:93902)
• latency to prostate intraepithelial neoplasia is 1.5 months (J:93902)
• males develop PIN lesions after 16 months of age (J:106650)
• prostate cancer cells exhibit increased proliferation compared to in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes (J:93902)
• cancer cells induce a desmoplastic response (J:93902)
• castrated mice exhibit increased proliferation compared with similarly treated Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes (J:93902)
• higher numbers of apoptotic cells are seen in mutant prostates from mice on the high-omega-3 diet than on the high-omega-6 diet (J:124208)
• cancer cells induce inflammation

neoplasm
• males develop prostate cancer
• mice develop invasive adenocarcinoma by 9 weeks of age in all lobes (J:93902)
• prostate cancers are metastatic (J:93902)
• castrated mice still develop invasive adenocarcinoma (J:93902)
• 80% of mutants fed a high-omega-6 diet develop invasive carcinoma while 50% of mutants fed a high-omega-3 diet develop invasive carcinoma (J:124208)
• by 6 weeks of age, all mice develop prostate intraepithelial neoplasia (J:93902)
• latency to prostate intraepithelial neoplasia is 1.5 months (J:93902)
• males develop PIN lesions after 16 months of age (J:106650)
• omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) slow the progression of prostate tumors in 5- to 8-week old mutants; once carcinoma develops, omega-3 PUFAs induce apoptosis and decrease the growth of the tumor

immune system
• cancer cells induce inflammation
• mutants surviving 6 months or longer exhibit pyelonephritis

endocrine/exocrine glands
• prostate lobes are enlarged and exhibit increased vascularity and cellularity
• at 4 weeks, epithelium cells in the lateral prostate are larger than in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes
• without cellular atypia by 4 weeks of age
• mice exhibit progressive enlargement of the prostate gland compared to in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes
• however, castration reduces prostate size
• prostate weight is higher than in controls starting at 8 weeks of age
• prostate weight gain from 5 to 24 weeks is significantly less in mice fed a high-omega-3 diet than in mice fed a high-omega-6 diet
• at 4 weeks, mice develop multifocal hyperplasia compared to in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes
• hyperplasia is initially observed in the dorsolateral and ventral lobe with subsequent involvement of the anterior lobes
• males develop prostate cancer
• mice develop invasive adenocarcinoma by 9 weeks of age in all lobes (J:93902)
• prostate cancers are metastatic (J:93902)
• castrated mice still develop invasive adenocarcinoma (J:93902)
• 80% of mutants fed a high-omega-6 diet develop invasive carcinoma while 50% of mutants fed a high-omega-3 diet develop invasive carcinoma (J:124208)
• by 6 weeks of age, all mice develop prostate intraepithelial neoplasia (J:93902)
• latency to prostate intraepithelial neoplasia is 1.5 months (J:93902)
• males develop PIN lesions after 16 months of age (J:106650)
• prostate cancer cells exhibit increased proliferation compared to in Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes (J:93902)
• cancer cells induce a desmoplastic response (J:93902)
• castrated mice exhibit increased proliferation compared with similarly treated Ptentm1Hwu homozygotes (J:93902)
• higher numbers of apoptotic cells are seen in mutant prostates from mice on the high-omega-3 diet than on the high-omega-6 diet (J:124208)
• cancer cells induce inflammation

renal/urinary system
• mutants surviving 6 months or longer exhibit retention of urine in the anterior prostate lobes
• mutants surviving 6 months or longer exhibit pyelonephritis


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last database update
04/23/2024
MGI 6.23
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