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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:5577182
Allelic
Composition
Tg(Thy1-FUS*)19Vlb/0
Genetic
Background
B6.Cg-Tg(Thy1-FUS*)19Vlb
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phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• mice do not survive past 5 months of age
• after developing the first signs of unstable gait, mice reach the terminal stage of disease within a maximum of 2 weeks

behavior/neurological
• at around 2.5-4.5 months of age, mice abruptly develop severe motor dysfunction
• lose righting reflex and the ability to move freely within several days of onset
• impaired gait caused by asymmetrical pareses and eventual complete paralysis of limbs
• mice first show paresis and eventually complete paralysis of limbs

nervous system
• rapidly developing muscle paralysis and muscle atrophy
• rapidly developing muscle paralysis and muscle atrophy
• loss of spinal motor neurons
• at the symptomatic stage, mice lose approximately half of their spinal motor neurons and the remaining neurons are shrunken and/or chromatolytic
• selective loss of lower motor neuron populations in the brainstem, including in the motor trigeminal, hypoglossal, and facial nuclei but not in the nucleus abducens
• FUS-positive inclusions are seen primarily in the lower motor neuron cell bodies, axons and, in a subset of cells, in the nucleus
• inclusions are also seen in other neurons throughout the nervous system, including upper motor neurons in the motor cortex
• large eosinophilic inclusions are occasionally seen in the spinal cord
• both cytoplasmic and nuclear inclusions in neurons are resistant to proteinase K treatment, however they are not stained by amyloid-detecting dyes Congo Red or thioflavin S
• ubiquitin-positive inclusions of various sizes and morphology are often observed in motor neurons
• however, only a fraction of FUS-positive inclusions are ubiquitinated
• FUS-positive inclusions are seen primarily in the lower motor neuron cell bodies, axons and, in a subset of cells, in the nucleus
• both cytoplasmic and nuclear inclusions in neurons are resistant to proteinase K treatment, however they are not stained by amyloid-detecting dyes Congo Red or thioflavin S
• loss of peripheral nerve fibers
• significant neuronal loss and damage of myelinated fibers in peripheral nerves is only seen at the late, generalized stage of the disease

homeostasis/metabolism
• mice become dehydrated

immune system
• rapidly developing muscle paralysis and muscle atrophy

muscle
• rapidly developing muscle paralysis and muscle atrophy

hematopoietic system
• rapidly developing muscle paralysis and muscle atrophy

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 6 DOID:0060198 OMIM:608030
J:203550


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last database update
03/19/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory