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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:5512702
Allelic
Composition
Tg(Camk2a-tTA)1Mmay/0
Tg(tetO-SNCA)0Olri/0
Genetic
Background
involves: C57BL/6
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Mouse lines carrying:
Tg(Camk2a-tTA)1Mmay mutation (8 available)
Tg(tetO-SNCA)0Olri mutation (0 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
• in the accelerated rotarod, mutants do not show short-term improvement between trial 1 and trial 2 as in controls, indicating impaired motor skill learning
• 52 week old mutants show impaired memory retention in the Morris water maze when tested 7 days later for their platform preference
• progressive impairment of motor performance that begins around 30 weeks of age
• mice show impaired performance on the rotarod as early as 18 weeks of age, however progressive decline does not start before 30 weeks of age
• progressive motor decline is not reversed by treatment with doxycycline but it does halt further decline

nervous system
• mice show a 49% reduction of newly differentiated neurons in the granular cell layer of the dentate gyrus, and a reduction of DCX-positive neuroblasts, indicating impaired neurogenesis
• doxycycline treatment to inhibit transgene expression starting at 16 weeks of age does not result in reduced neurogenesis
• dark cells in the substantia nigra and axonal pathology with condensed mitochondria and lipid droplets indicating degeneration of nigral cells
• large lipid-like drops are seen between nerve fibers of the pars reticulata
• dark degenerated pyramidal cells are scattered between unaffected neurons
• reduction of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra; degenerating cells are most prominent in the pars reticulata
• reduction of dopamine trasnporter binding sites at presynaptic terminals
• total number of neuroblasts is reduced in the hippocampus
• degenerated neurons are seen in the hippocampus and substantia nigra, with darkened nuclear and cytoplasmic appearance, slightly collapsed nuclear envelope, and increased accumulation of lysosomes
• proximal dendrites of the CA3 neurons show signs of degeneration
• dark cell degeneration in the CA1 pyramidal cells as well as in interneurons and granule cells of the dentate gyrus
• many alpha-synuclein positive mossy fiber terminals, which may show swollen vesicles and enlarged mitochondria, form asymmetric contracts with immunonegative dendritic spines
• alpha-synuclein accumulates in the stratum lacunosum moleculare and in mossy fibers and their terminals

cellular
• mice show a 49% reduction of newly differentiated neurons in the granular cell layer of the dentate gyrus, and a reduction of DCX-positive neuroblasts, indicating impaired neurogenesis
• doxycycline treatment to inhibit transgene expression starting at 16 weeks of age does not result in reduced neurogenesis

homeostasis/metabolism
• reduction of dopamine level in the olfactory bulb in aged mice

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
Parkinson's disease DOID:14330 OMIM:PS168600
J:132774


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last database update
03/12/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory