Strain Name:

B6By.Cg-KitW-v MitfMi-wh T/J

Stock Number:

000350

Availability:

Repository-Cryopreserved

Description

Strain Information

Type Congenic; Mutant Strain;
Specieslaboratory mouse
Background Strain C57BL/6By
Donor Strain KitW-v , mixed stock; MitfMi-wh DBA x C57BL; T , Dobrovolskaia-Zavadska
GenerationN30

Description
Kit mice possess pleiotropic defects in pigment-forming cells, germ cells, RBC's and mast cells. In addition, they exhibit impaired resistance to parasitic infection and an intrinsic progenitor cell defect. KitW-v homozygotes resemble KitW homozygotes in color, anemia, and germ cells, but many of them survive to maturity. The lack of germ cells in mutant mice leads to the development of some ovarian tumors (mesotheliomas and granulosa cell), associated with an overproduction of pituitary gonadotropic hormone. Mutations at the Mitf locus affect eye size, pigmentation, and the capacity for secondary bone resorption. Mice homozygous for the white allele (MitfMi-wh) display an overall absence of pigment cells with the exception of the retina which expresses a few giving the eye a small amount of pigment. Homozygotes show slight microphthalmia but a normal skeleton. Heterozygotes (MitfMi-wh/+) have a diluted coat color, light ears, a white belly spot, and in rare cases a dorsal spot. In addition, they display abnormalities of both the cochlear and vestibular portions of the inner ear. Mice heterozygous for the brachyury spontaneous mutation (T) have tail defects and associated skeletal abnormalities.

Development
The KitW-v mutation arose spontaneously at The Jackson Laboratory in strain C57BL/6J before 1937. The mutation MitfMi-wh arose spontaneously in offspring of a cross between strains DBA and C57BL at the University of Rochester about 1947. T was found by Dobrovolskaia-Zavadskaia in a laboratory stock about 1927. Both MitfMi-wh and T were imported into The Jackson Laboratory from Dr. D. Falconer of Edinburgh in 1950. Both mutations were together in a dominant testing stock that had been outcrossed to CBA and C57. At The Jackson Laboratory they were maintained together by sibling matings. In 1958 a KitW-v MitfMi-wh T linkage testing stock was constructed. The stock was sibling bred and subsequently backcrossed to C57BL/6By. In 1981 KitW-v/+ MitfMi-wh/+ T/+ males at N29F2 were bred with C57BL/6By females to generate embryos for cryopreservation.

Related Strains

Strains carrying   KitW-v allele
000599   B6 x B6CBCa Aw-J/A-T(5;13)264Ca KitW-v/J
000194   B6.Cg-Lx KitW-v/J
000049   C57BL/6J-KitW-v/J
100410   WBB6F1/J-KitW/KitW-v/J
View Strains carrying   KitW-v     (4 strains)

View Strains carrying   MitfMi-wh     (7 strains)

View Strains carrying   T     (4 strains)

View Strains carrying other alleles of Kit     (33 strains)

Strains carrying other alleles of Mitf
003046   B6(FVB)-MitfMi-Mee/J
000158   B6.Cg-MitfMi-wh/MitfMi/J
000184   B6.Cg-MitfMi-wh/Mitfmi-rw/J
000157   B6.Cg-MitfMi-wh/Mitfmi-sp/J
001573   B6C3Fe a/a-MitfMi/J
000956   B6CB-Mitfmi-rw/J
002611   C57BL/6J-Mitfmi-bws/J
002134   C57BL/6J-Mitfmi-vit/J
View Strains carrying other alleles of Mitf     (8 strains)

Strains carrying other alleles of T
004591   B6 x B6Ei.Cg-TWis/EiJ
000953   B6 x BALB/cBy-T4J/J
000567   B6.Cg-T2J +/+ Qkqk/J
001015   B6.Cg-T4Or/J
001054   B6.Cg-TOrl/EiJ
002282   BTBR T+ tf/J
001053   C3Sn.AK-Thp/EiJ
000545   C57BL/6J-T2J/J
001199   C57BL/6J-T5J/J
001814   STOCK Tc/J
View Strains carrying other alleles of T     (10 strains)

Additional Web Information

Congenic Nomenclature

Phenotype

Phenotype Information

Research Applications

This mouse can be used to support research in many areas including:

KitW-v related

Cancer Research
Growth Factors/Receptors/Cytokines
Increased Tumor Incidence (Gonadal Tumors: ovarian)
Oncogenes

Dermatology Research
Color and White Spotting Defects

Developmental Biology Research
Neural Crest Defects

Endocrine Deficiency Research
Bone/Bone Marrow Defects
Gonad Defects
Skin Defects

Immunology and Inflammation Research
Immunodeficiency (Mast Cell Deficiency)

Mouse/Human Gene Homologs
piebaldism
synpolydactyly

Neurobiology Research
Receptor Defects
Vestibular and Hearing Defects

Reproductive Biology Research
Developmental Defects Affecting Gonads (germ cell deficient)
Fertility Defects
Gonadal Tumors (ovarian)

Research Tools
Immunology and Inflammation Research (Mast Cell Deficiency)

Sensorineural Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects

MitfMi-wh related

Dermatology Research
Color and White Spotting Defects

Endocrine Deficiency Research
Bone/Bone Marrow Defects

Immunology and Inflammation Research
Immunodeficiency Associated with Other Defects

Mouse/Human Gene Homologs
Waardenburg syndrome, type IIA

Neurobiology Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects

Sensorineural Research
Eye Defects
Vestibular and Hearing Defects

T related

Developmental Biology Research
Skeletal Defects

Genes & Alleles

Gene & Allele Information

Allele Symbol KitW-v
Allele Name viable dominant spotting
Common Name(s) KitWv; Wv; Wv;
Strain of OriginC57BL
Gene Symbol and Name Kit, kit oncogene
Chromosome 5
Gene Common Name(s) Bs; C-Kit; CD117; Dominant white spotting; Fdc; Gsfsco1; Gsfsco5; Gsfsow3; PBT; SCFR; SCO1; SCO5; SOW3; Ssm; Steel Factor Receptor; Tr-kit; W; belly-spot; dominant spotting; gsf spotted coat 1; gsf spotted coat 5; phenotype like Sl or W 3; spotted sterile male;
Molecular Note A C to T point mutation at nucleotide 2007 results in a threonine to methionine substitution at amino acid 660. [MGI Ref ID J:24351]
 
Allele Symbol MitfMi-wh
Allele Name white
Common Name(s) Miwh;
Strain of Origin(C57BL x DBA)F1
Gene Symbol and Name Mitf, microphthalmia-associated transcription factor
Chromosome 6
Gene Common Name(s) MI; WS2A; bHLHe32; black eyed white; bw; mi; microphthalmia; vit; vitiligo; wh;
General Note Combination heterozygotes of MitfMi-wh/MitfMi, MitfMi-wh/MitfMi-b, and MitfMi-wh/MitfMi-ws show some interallelic complementation in that the heterozygote of the two alleles is more nearlynormal than either homozygote (J:12967, J:19656). MitfMi-b/MitfMi-wh agouti mice are light cream with white spots and ruby eyes (J:15061).
Molecular Note T to A transversion at bp 764, which leads to an isoleucine to asparagine substitution at the corresponding amino acid (212) in the encoded protein. This mutation is in the basic region of the protein. [MGI Ref ID J:19656] [MGI Ref ID J:21366]
 
Allele Symbol T
Allele Name brachyury
Strain of OriginLaboratory stock
Molecular Note Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed an altered restriction fragment size consistent with a deletion of 160-200kb. [MGI Ref ID J:21263]

Genotyping

Genotyping Information

This strain will not have a genotyping protocol or one is not currently available.

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References

References

Additional References

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