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C57BR/cdJ

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000667

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Strain Common Names      BR;      Brown cd;      C57 Brown;
Genes & Alleles   Cdh23;   Cdh23ahl;

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Strain Details

Type Inbred Strain
Additional information on Inbred Strains.
Mating SystemSibling x Sibling         (Female x Male)
Specieslaboratory mouse
H2 Haplotypek2 (see, Fischer Lindahl K 1997 and Shen FW 1982)
GenerationF253 (05-DEC-07)

Appearance
brown
Related Genotype: a/a Tyrp1b/Tyrp1b

Important Note
This strain is homozygous for Cdh23ahl, the age related hearing loss 1 mutation, which on this background results in progressive hearing loss.

Strain Description
C57BR/cdJ mice develop early-onset hearing loss that is moderate at seven weeks of age, is severe by 20 weeks and progresses with increasing age (Henry 1982; Zheng et al., 1999). The loss is greatest in the higher frequency range; at 7 weeks, Henry reported 50% of the mice showed no 64 kHz auditory brainstem response (ABR), and by 100 days both the 2 kHz and 32 kHz responses were absent. Both labs found this strain to be least vulnerable to loss of the16 kHz response, which persisted through 200 days but was lost before 300 days of age (Henry 1982). C57BR/cdJ did not exhibit aberrant ABR wave patterns, suggesting that the hearing loss results from defects of the peripheral, rather than central auditory system (Zheng et al., 1999). F1 hybrid progeny from matings with the good-hearing strain CAST/Ei exhibited good hearing even at advanced ages, indicating that the allele(s) responsible for hearing loss in C57BR/cdJ are recessive. An allelism test between C57BR/cdJ and NOD.NON-H2nb1 showed the mutations responsible for hearing loss in these two strains not to be allelic; NOD.NON-H2nb1 shares the deafness allele(s) of A/J, ALR/LtJ and DBA/2J (Zheng et al., 1999).

C57BR/cdJ mice showed variable incidence of spinal cord epidermoid cysts, primarily in the leptomeninges adjacent to the posterior horn and lateral/anterior columns. The cysts comprised "a whorled mass of keratinized cells surrounded by polygonal epithelial cells," some of which contained keratohyaline granules. No basal cells were present. (Stroop 1884.)

EEG studies demonstrated that although C57BR/cd mice spend less time sleeping, a greater proportion of their sleep time is spent in paradoxical sleep (PS)(equivalent to human rapid eye movement, or REM sleep) than is true of mice of six other inbred strains tested (Pagel et al., 1973). Whereas C57BL/6 mice learn slowly, gradually improving their performance at a rate dependent upon the number of training trials, C57BR/cd mice fail to improve during the initial training, but show improvement after a delay of at least 8-10 hours; overall, C57BR/cd mice are fast learners. PS deprivation has no effect on either discriminatory or active avoidance learning in C57BL/6, BALB/c or SEC mice. In contrast, PS deprivation for 24 hours impairs learning of discriminatory tasks by C57BR/cd mice, and 6 hours' PS deprivation immediately following the initial training abolishes their time-dependent improvement in avoidance learning. Continuous PS deprivation causes C57BR/cd mice to learn at the same rate as C57BL/6 mice. Interestingly, although BALB/c mice show a time-delayed improvement in learning acquisition for an appetitive task similar to that of C57BR/cd mice for avoidance learning, neither C57BR/cd nor C57BL/6 exhibit show such time-dependent improvement in appetitive learning (Kitahama et al., 1981 and references cited therein).

Gene & Allele Details

Allele Symbol Cdh23ahl
Allele Name age related hearing loss 1
Common Name(s) Cdh23753A; mdfw;
Strain of OriginC57BL/6J
Gene Symbol and Name Cdh23, cadherin 23 (otocadherin)
Chromosome 10
Gene Common Name(s) 4930542A03Rik; DFNB12; DKFZp434P2350; FLJ00233; FLJ36499; KIAA1774; KIAA1812; MGC102761; RIKEN cDNA 4930542A03 gene; USH1D; W; age related hearing loss 1; ahl; bob; bobby; bus; bustling; mdfw; modifier of deaf waddler; neuroscience mutagenesis facility, 112; neuroscience mutagenesis facility, 181; neuroscience mutagenesis facility, 252; nmf112; nmf181; nmf252; v; waltzer;
Molecular Note Genetic complementation tests have shown allelism between the mdfw (modifier of deaf waddler) locus and the ahl locus. Further analysis has identified an association between ahl and a G to A transition at nucleotide position 753 of Cdh23. This hypomorphic allele causes in frame skipping of exon 7 and reduced message stability. Twenty-seven strains classified with ahl and carrying the 753A allele include: CD1, RBF/DnJ, PL/J, AKR/J, RF/J, BALB/cBy, A/WySnJ, P/J, SENCARA/PtJ, DBA/1J, ALS/LtJ, C58/J, C57BLKS/J, 129P1/ReJ, C57BR/cd, SKH2/J, BUB/Bn, MA/MyJ, LP/J, 129X1/SvJ, NOR/LtJ, A/J, C57BL/6, NOD/LyJ, DBA/2J, ALR/LtJ, C57L/J. Strains classified with ahl that DO NOT carry this mutation include: C3H/HeSnJ, I/LnJ,YBR/Ei, MRL/MpJ. [J:86905]

Colony Maintenance

Diet Information LabDiet® 5K54

Related Strains

Strains carrying   Cdh23ahl allele
001137   129P1/ReJ
000690   129P3/J
002065   129T2/SvEmsJ
000691   129X1/SvJ
000646   A/J
000647   A/WySnJ
003070   ALR/LtJ
003072   ALS/LtJ
004502   B6;AKR-Lxl2/J
001026   BALB/cByJ
000653   BUB/BnJ
005494   C3.129S1(B6)-Grm1rcw/J
000664   C57BL/6J
004764   C57BL/6J-Cdh23v-8J/J
003129   C57BL/6J-Epha4rb-2J/J
004820   C57BL/6J-Kcne12J/J
004703   C57BL/6J-Nmf134/J
004811   C57BL/6J-nmf110/J
004812   C57BL/6J-nmf111/J
004747   C57BL/6J-nmf118/J
004656   C57BL/6J-nmf88/J
004391   C57BL/6J-Chr 13A/J/NaJ
004385   C57BL/6J-Chr 7A/J/NaJ
000662   C57BLKS/J
000668   C57L/J
000669   C58/J
000657   CE/J
000670   DBA/1J
001140   DBA/1LacJ
000671   DBA/2J
007048   DBA/2J-Gpnmb+/SjJ
002106   KK/HlJ
000675   LG/J
000676   LP/J
000677   MA/MyJ
001976   NOD/ShiLtJ
002050   NOR/LtJ
000679   P/J
002747   SENCARB/PtJ
002335   SKH2/J
003392   STOCK Crb1rd8/J
View Strains carrying   Cdh23ahl     (41 strains)

Strains carrying other alleles of Cdh23
008288   B6(Cg)-Cdh23v-11J/J
002756   B6.CAST-Cdh23Ahl+/Kjn
002432   B6J x B6.C-H2bm1/ByJ-Cdh23v-J/J
002552   C57BL/6J-Cdh23v-2J/J
004764   C57BL/6J-Cdh23v-8J/J
004819   C57BL/6J-Cdh23v-9J/J
005016   CByJ;B6-Cdh23v-10J/J
000275   V/LeJ
View Strains carrying other alleles of Cdh23     (8 strains)

Phenotypic Data

Mouse Phenome Database
Festing Inbred Strain Characteristics: C57BR

Additional Web Information

Genetic Quality Control Annual Report
JAX Notes, April 1988; 433. H-2 Haplotypes of Mice from Jackson Laboratory Production Colonies.

Animal Health Reports

Room Number           AX11

Research Applications

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

Cardiovascular Research
Diet-Induced Atherosclerosis (Susceptible)

Neurobiology Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects (Age related hearing loss)

Research Tools
General Purpose
Neurobiology Research

Sensorineural Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects (Age related hearing loss)

Cdh23ahl related

Neurobiology Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects (Age related hearing loss)

Sensorineural Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects (Age related hearing loss)

References

Selected Reference(s)

Fischer Lindahl K. 1997. On naming H2 haplotypes: functional significance of MHC class Ib alleles. Immunogenetics 46(1):53-62. [PubMed: 9148789]  [J:41130]

Shen FW; Chorney MJ; Boyse EA. 1982. Further polymorphism of the Tla locus defined by monoclonal TL antibodies. Immunogenetics 15(6):573-8. [PubMed: 7106865]  [J:6828]

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Strain Name: C57BR/cdJ
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