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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Disc1+
wild type
MGI:2447659
Summary 4 genotypes
Jump to Allelic Composition Genetic Background Genotype ID
ht1
Disc1tm1(DISC1/DISC1FP1,DISC1FP1/DISC1,DISC1)Xzho/Disc1+ (129S2/SvPasCrl x C57BL)F1 MGI:5660926
ht2
Disc1tm1Kara/Disc1+ B6.129S6-Disc1tm1Kara MGI:3623286
ht3
Disc1Rgsc1390/Disc1+ B6.Cg-Disc1Rgsc1390 MGI:3707976
ht4
Disc1Rgsc1393/Disc1+ B6.Cg-Disc1Rgsc1393 MGI:3707973


Genotype
MGI:5660926
ht1
Allelic
Composition
Disc1tm1(DISC1/DISC1FP1,DISC1FP1/DISC1,DISC1)Xzho/Disc1+
Genetic
Background
(129S2/SvPasCrl x C57BL)F1
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Mouse lines carrying:
Disc1tm1(DISC1/DISC1FP1,DISC1FP1/DISC1,DISC1)Xzho mutation (1 available); any Disc1 mutation (67 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
• males show a larger increase in total distance traveled, counts, and transitions in locomotion after ketamine injection than sibling controls
• mice show a large startle variation between individuals with a significant number of mice with low startle (<50)
• however, prepulse inhibition and habituation of acoustic startle are normal




Genotype
MGI:3623286
ht2
Allelic
Composition
Disc1tm1Kara/Disc1+
Genetic
Background
B6.129S6-Disc1tm1Kara
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Mouse lines carrying:
Disc1tm1Kara mutation (0 available); any Disc1 mutation (67 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
• working memory measured by a delayed non-match to place task was impaired compared with wild-type litter-mate controls

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
schizophrenia DOID:5419 OMIM:181500
J:107244




Genotype
MGI:3707976
ht3
Allelic
Composition
Disc1Rgsc1390/Disc1+
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Disc1Rgsc1390
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Mouse lines carrying:
Disc1Rgsc1390 mutation (2 available); any Disc1 mutation (67 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
N
• the time spent on the open arms of the elevated plus maze by heterozygous mutant and wild-type mice is similar, indicating they experience similar anxiety levels
• in tests of sociability and social novelty, both heterozygous and homozygous mutant, like wild-type, mice spend more time in a chamber with an unfamiliar mouse than in an unoccupied chamber and more time in a chamber with a new unfamiliar mouse than with one to which they previously have been introduced
• both homozygous and heterozygous mutant mice exhibit disruption in latent inhibition (LI) of fear conditioning by pre-training exposure to the conditioned neutral stimulus (CS; sound) without the noxious unconditioned stimulus (US; shock)
• the antipsychotic clozapine does not restore LI in mice heterozygous for this mutation
• both homozygous and heterozygous mutant mice that are not not pre-exposed to the unpaired neutral stimulus acquire a strong US/CS association
• in the absence of a prepulse, the amplitude of the acoustic startle response in mice heterozygous for this mutation is significantly lower (p<0.001) than in wild-type mice
• neither homozygous nor heterozygous mutants showed improvement in acoustic startle response when treated with haloperidol, clozapine, bupropion or rolipram
• the diminished startle response of mice with this mutation is not due to impaired hearing, as the auditory brainstem response (ABR) threshold of homozygous mutant mice at 16 kHz (40 +/- 2.6) is similar to that of wild type mice (46 +/- 5.1)

nervous system
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals that the brain volumes of mice homozygous or heterozygous for this mutation are 13% lower than those of wild-type mice
• MRI reveals contraction of the thalamus in heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice
• MRI reveals contraction of the entorhinal cortex in heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice
• MRI reveals contraction around the cerebral cortex, without alteration of white-matter tracts, in heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice
• MRI reveals contraction of the cerebella of heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice
• mice heterozygous for this mutation exhibit much lower prepulse inhibition (PPI; p<0.001), i.e., less reduction of the startle response following a prepulse, than do wild-type mice
• the antipsychotic haloperidol, a dopamine D2 receptor antagonist, partially alleviates the aberrant PPI of heterozygous mutant mice
• the antipsychotic clozapine, a combined dopamine D2 and serotonin receptor antagonist that also increases PPI in wild-type mice, partially alleviates the aberrant PPI in heterozygous mutant mice
• the antidepressant bupropion, a combined dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, has no effect on the abnormal PPI of heterozygous mutant mice
• the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor rolipram abolishes the PPI deficit of mice with this mutation
• the defective prepulse inhibition of mice with this mutation is not due to impaired hearing, as the auditory brainstem response (ABR) threshold of homozygous mutant mice at 16 kHz (40 +/- 2.6) is similar to that of wild-type mice (46 +/- 5.1)




Genotype
MGI:3707973
ht4
Allelic
Composition
Disc1Rgsc1393/Disc1+
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Disc1Rgsc1393
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Mouse lines carrying:
Disc1Rgsc1393 mutation (2 available); any Disc1 mutation (67 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
• in the sociability test, whereas wild-type mice spend significantly more time in a chamber with an unfamiliar mouse than in an unoccupied chamber, neither heterozygous nor homozygous mutant mice show such a preference
• in the social novelty test, whereas wild-type mice spend more time in a chamber with a new unfamiliar mouse than with one to which they previously have been introduced, both heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice show no such preference

nervous system
N
• prepulse inhibition (PPI) in mice heterozygous for this mutation does not differ significantly from that in wild-type mice; the PPI of heterozygous mutants is unaffected by treatment with the antipsychotics haloperidol and clozapine, the antidepressant bupropion or the PDE4 inhibitor rolipram
• in the absence of a prepulse, the amplitude of the acoustic startle response is similar in heterozygous mutant and wild-type mice; the acoustic startle is unaffected by haloperidol, clozapine, bupropion or rolipram
• the time spent on the open arms of the elevated plus maze by heterozygous mutant and wild-type mice is similar, indicating they experience similar anxiety levels
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals that the brain volumes of heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice are 6% lower than those of wild-type mice
• MRI reveals contraction of the thalamus in heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice
• MRI reveals contraction of the entorhinal cortex in heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice
• MRI reveals contraction around the cerebral cortex, without alteration of white-matter tracts, in heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice
• MRI reveals contraction of the cerebellum in heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice





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