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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:8220064
Allelic
Composition
Pou4f3tm1Wagq/Pou4f3+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129S6/SvEvTac * C57BL/6J
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Mouse lines carrying:
Pou4f3tm1Wagq mutation (0 available); any Pou4f3 mutation (26 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
hearing/vestibular/ear
N
• rotarod tests indicate vestibular function is intact
• decreased mitochondrial density and mitochondrial vacuolization
• at 6 months of age stereociliary bundles are fused and elongated at both turns
• decreased mitochondrial density and mitochondrial vacuolization
• some outer hair cells are missing at the 32 kHz region
• many OHCs are lost in the middle-basal turn and replaced with filled flat epithelium in mice at 6 months of age
• remaining OHCs appear to have fewer steriocilia bundles at 6 months of age
• selective degeneration of outer but not inner hair cells at the 32 kHz region at 4-6 months of age
• utricular sensory epithelia appears smaller compared to wild-type controls
• reduced peak 1 amplitudes at 32 kHz at 2 months of age
• at 3 and 7 months of age P1 amplitudes are significantly and progressively altered from high to low cochlear frequencies
• at 3 and 7 months of age ABR thresholds are significantly and progressively altered from high to low cochlear frequencies
• at 3 and 7 months of age DPOAE thresholds are significantly and progressively altered from high to low cochlear frequencies
• adult onset, progressive hearing loss starting with high frequencies
• Background Sensitivity: hearing loss is earlier compared to mice crossed onto an FVB/N background
• treatment with 4-diethylaminobenzaldehyde (an aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor) protected hearing function during the treatment period

cellular
• decreased mitochondrial density and mitochondrial vacuolization in cochlear inner and outer hair cells

nervous system
• decreased mitochondrial density and mitochondrial vacuolization
• at 6 months of age stereociliary bundles are fused and elongated at both turns
• decreased mitochondrial density and mitochondrial vacuolization
• some outer hair cells are missing at the 32 kHz region
• many OHCs are lost in the middle-basal turn and replaced with filled flat epithelium in mice at 6 months of age
• remaining OHCs appear to have fewer steriocilia bundles at 6 months of age
• selective degeneration of outer but not inner hair cells at the 32 kHz region at 4-6 months of age

Mouse Models of Human Disease
DO ID OMIM ID(s) Ref(s)
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness 15 DOID:0110546 OMIM:602459
J:296699


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last database update
03/18/2025
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory