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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:6414873
Allelic
Composition
Wnk4em1Cjc/Wnk4em1Cjc
Genetic
Background
Not Specified
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Mouse lines carrying:
Wnk4em1Cjc mutation (0 available); any Wnk4 mutation (56 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
cardiovascular system
• mice exhibit higher blood pressure at 8 weeks of age

homeostasis/metabolism
• mice fed a high-potassium diet develop hypokalemia as in wild-type mice but plasma potassium levels are higher than in wild-type mice
• potassium gavage causes a higher rise in plasma potassium concentration than in wild-type mice
• while plasma potassium levels do decrease after feeding a potassium-deficient diet, levels remain higher than in wild-type mice
• plasma potassium concentration is increased
• lower total carbon dioxide levels
• fractional excretion of potassium is lower, and this together with increased plasma potassium levels indicates that tubular potassium secretion is impaired
• however, mice show normal stead-state urinary potassium excretion rate
• mice fed a potassium-deficient diet show a slightly, but significant, slower rate of decrease of urinary potassium excretion
• the urinary fractional excretion of potassium (reflecting tubular potassium excretory ability) remains depressed in mutants fed a potassium-deficient diet
• mice fed a high-potassium diet exhibit a higher urinary potassium excretion rate in the first 0-24 hours of the diet compared to wild-type mice but remains similar to wild-type mice during days 2-4 of the diet
• mice show a lower amiloride-sensitive urinary sodium excretion rate than wild-type mice
• on a potassium-deficient diet, sodium excretion remains stable compared to a gradual decline in wild-type mice
• mice fed a high-potassium diet show a similar increase in urinary sodium excretion within 6 hours of the diet and this natriuresis partially subsides, but remains at a level higher than 2-fold of controls
• mice show a higher thiazide-sensitive urinary sodium excretion rate than wild-type mice
• a potassium-deficient diet does not further increase thiazinde-sensitive urinary sodium excretion rate
• however, mice show normal urinary sodium excretion rate in the steady state
• hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis
• however, blood pH is normal

renal/urinary system
• fractional excretion of potassium is lower, and this together with increased plasma potassium levels indicates that tubular potassium secretion is impaired
• however, mice show normal stead-state urinary potassium excretion rate
• mice fed a potassium-deficient diet show a slightly, but significant, slower rate of decrease of urinary potassium excretion
• the urinary fractional excretion of potassium (reflecting tubular potassium excretory ability) remains depressed in mutants fed a potassium-deficient diet
• mice fed a high-potassium diet exhibit a higher urinary potassium excretion rate in the first 0-24 hours of the diet compared to wild-type mice but remains similar to wild-type mice during days 2-4 of the diet
• mice show a lower amiloride-sensitive urinary sodium excretion rate than wild-type mice
• on a potassium-deficient diet, sodium excretion remains stable compared to a gradual decline in wild-type mice
• mice fed a high-potassium diet show a similar increase in urinary sodium excretion within 6 hours of the diet and this natriuresis partially subsides, but remains at a level higher than 2-fold of controls
• mice show a higher thiazide-sensitive urinary sodium excretion rate than wild-type mice
• a potassium-deficient diet does not further increase thiazinde-sensitive urinary sodium excretion rate
• however, mice show normal urinary sodium excretion rate in the steady state

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
pseudohypoaldosteronism DOID:4479 J:274218


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