Strain Name:

HRS/J

Stock Number:

000673

Availability:

Cryopreserved - Ready for recovery

Description

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Strain Information

Former Names Hairless    (Changed: 15-DEC-04 )
Type Mutant Strain; Spontaneous Mutation;
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Type Inbred Strain;
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Specieslaboratory mouse
H2 Haplotypek

Appearance
unpigmented, without hair
Related Genotype: Tyrp1b/Tyrp1b Tyrc/Tyrc Myo5ad/Myo5ad Hrhr/Hrhr

albino, unaffected
Related Genotype: Tyrp1b/Tyrp1b Tyrc/Tyrc Myo5ad/Myo5ad Hrhr/+

Description
Mice homozygous for the hr spontaneous mutation have a higher incidence and earlier onset of leukemia, reducible by virus-specific antibody. Deficiency of splenic T helper cells (Ly-1+) may account for low cellular immune response of homozygous mutant mice. The coat is normal on hr/hr mice up to 10 days but then hair is lost from the follicle. Waves of hair growth with few thin fuzzy hairs ocur at monthly intervals for some time but homozygotes eventually become continuously hairless. Vibrissae are repeatedly regrown and shed, becoming more abnormal with age. Toenails are long and curved. There is hyperkeratosis of stratified epithelium and the upper part of hair canals beginning at 14 days. Hair club formation is abnormal. Cysts form from the hyperkeratotic upper part of hair canals and sheaths of abnormal follicles stranded in dermis. Some cysts also form from sebaceous glands. All cysts undergo sebaceous transformation and later keratinization. HRS/J mice, fed an atherogenic diet (1.25% cholesterol, 0.5% cholic acid and 15% fat), fail to develop atherosclerotic aortic lesions in contrast to several highly susceptible strains of mice (e.g. C57BL/6J, Stock No. 000664; C57L/J, Stock No. 000668, C57BR/cdJ, Stock No. 000667, and SM/J, Stock No. 000687).

Development
The hairless mutation (Hrhr) was found in a mouse caught in an aviary in London in 1924. It was brought to The Jackson Laboratory in 1956 by Dr. E. L. Green who had received it from Dr. H. Chase at Brown University in 1952. Dr. Green crossed it to a BALB/c female and the stock was sibling mated. The genotype was fixed homozygous for brown (Tyrp1b), albino (Tyrc), dilute (Myo5ad) and kept segregating for hairless. Since the hairless females do not nurse their litters it was bred hairless males x haired females. In 1964 at generation F24 the strain was named HRS/J. Embryos were cryopreserved in 1992 from haired females mated to hairless males at F90.

Control Information

  Control
   Heterozygote from the colony
 
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Related Strains

Strains carrying   Hrhr allele
001737   B6.A-H2-T18a.HRS-Hrhr/J
002922   D2.HRS-Hrhr/J
001103   HRS/J-Hrhr Esdb/+ Esdb/J
002335   SKH2/J
000147   WLHR/LeJ
View Strains carrying   Hrhr     (5 strains)

Strains carrying   Myo5ad allele
001005   AKXD1/TyJ
001003   AKXD11/TyJ
000765   AKXD13/TyJ
000779   AKXD14/TyJ
000954   AKXD15/TyJ
001093   AKXD18/TyJ
000776   AKXD2/TyJ
001062   AKXD21/TyJ
000947   AKXD22/TyJ
000949   AKXD25/TyJ
000764   AKXD27/TyJ
000959   AKXD3/TyJ
000285   B6.Cg-Rorasg + +/+ Myo5ad Bmp5se/J
000652   BDP/J
000036   BXD1/TyJ
000013   BXD16/TyJ
000015   BXD18/TyJ
000010   BXD19/TyJ
000077   BXD21/TyJ
000043   BXD22/TyJ
000081   BXD25/TyJ
006255   BXD25/TyJRwwJ
000029   BXD29-Tlr4lps-2J/J
010981   BXD29/Ty
000037   BXD5/TyJ
000007   BXD6/TyJ
000084   BXD8/TyJ
000105   BXD9/TyJ
000284   CWD/LeJ
000670   DBA/1J
000671   DBA/2J
000963   DBA/2J-Myo5ad+17J/Myo5ad/J
000964   DBA/2J-Myo5ad+18J/Myo5ad/J
000067   DBA/2J-Myo5ad+2J/Myo5ad/J
000674   I/LnJ
001850   MEV-Q/TyJ
001855   MEV-V/TyJ
003345   MEV/2Ty-Emv64/J
000679   P/J
000644   SEA/GnJ
000390   STOCK Myo5ad Ds/J
000994   STOCK a Myo5ad Mregdsu/J
000286   STOCK a/a Myo5ad fd/+ +/J
View Strains carrying   Myo5ad     (43 strains)

Strains carrying other alleles of Hr
007621   B6.129S6-Hrtm1Cct/J
007622   B6;SJL-Tg(KRT14-Hr)551Cct/J
000758   C57BL/6J-Hbbp Hrrh-7J/J
000266   RHJ/Le
001591   RHJ/LeJ
View Strains carrying other alleles of Hr     (5 strains)

Strains carrying other alleles of Myo5a
005012   A.B6 Tyr+-Myo5ad-l31J/J
001013   B10.D2/nSnJ-Myo5ad-n/J
000502   B6 x B6CBCa Aw-J/A-Myo5aflr Gnb5flr/J
000963   DBA/2J-Myo5ad+17J/Myo5ad/J
000964   DBA/2J-Myo5ad+18J/Myo5ad/J
000067   DBA/2J-Myo5ad+2J/Myo5ad/J
000253   DLS/LeJ
View Strains carrying other alleles of Myo5a     (7 strains)

Additional Web Information

Genetic Quality Control Annual Report
JAX® NOTES, January 1989; 436. Phenotypic abnormalities in hr-locus mutants.
JAX® NOTES, October 1988; 435. Introduction of Rhino (hrrh) into Jackson Laboratory Production Colonies.
JAX® NOTES, Spring 1990; 441. Imperforate Vagina and Mucometra in Mice.

Phenotype

Phenotype Information

View Related Disease (OMIM) Terms

Related Disease (OMIM) Terms
Alopecia Universalis Congenita; ALUNC - Models with phenotypic similarity to human disease where etiologies involve orthologs.1
Atrichia with Papular Lesions; APL - Models with phenotypic similarity to human disease where etiologies involve orthologs.1
1 Human genes are associated with this disease. Orthologs of those genes appear in the mouse genotype(s).
View Mammalian Phenotype Terms

Mammalian Phenotype Terms
      assigned by genotype

Hrhr/Hrhr

        HRS/J
  • hearing/vestibular/ear phenotype
  • absent linear vestibular evoked potential (MGI Ref ID J:116914)
    • VESPs are absent at the maximum stimulus intensity used
  • tumorigenesis
  • leukemia (MGI Ref ID J:5726)
    • increased incidence
    • increased incidence
    • at 8 to 10 months of age 45% of homozygotes have lymphoid leukemia, compared with only 1% in heterozygotes, and approximately 72% of these homozygotes develop myeloid leukemia later in life up to 18 months of age
  • hematopoietic system phenotype
  • decreased T cell number (MGI Ref ID J:6087)
    • of CD5+ T cells
  • decreased T cell proliferation (MGI Ref ID J:6375)
    • to alloantigens by T helper cells
  • increased macrophage cell number (MGI Ref ID J:150402)
    • although heterozygotes and homozygotes have the same total number of peritoneal cells, the percentage expressing Mac-1 is an average of 30% in homozygotes versus an average of 14% in heterozygotes
  • immune system phenotype
  • decreased T cell number (MGI Ref ID J:6087)
    • of CD5+ T cells
  • decreased T cell proliferation (MGI Ref ID J:6375)
    • to alloantigens by T helper cells
  • increased macrophage cell number (MGI Ref ID J:150402)
    • although heterozygotes and homozygotes have the same total number of peritoneal cells, the percentage expressing Mac-1 is an average of 30% in homozygotes versus an average of 14% in heterozygotes

The following phenotype information may relate to a genetic background differing from this JAX® Mice strain.

Hrhr/Hrhr

        Background Not Specified
  • skin/coat/nails phenotype
  • abnormal skin morphology (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
    • thickened cutis
    • abnormal dermis reticular layer morphology (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
      • cystic
    • dermal cysts (MGI Ref ID J:14889)
    • epidermal hyperplasia (MGI Ref ID J:14940)
    • hyperkeratosis (MGI Ref ID J:14940)
  • alopecia (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
    • beginning ~15 days of age and progressing from nose back
  • deformed nails (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
    • curved
  • endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype
  • abnormal mammary gland morphology (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
    • small
    • nipple at bottom of cup-shaped depression in skin
    • no ducts
  • sebaceous gland atrophy (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
  • reproductive system phenotype
  • abnormal mammary gland morphology (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
    • small
    • nipple at bottom of cup-shaped depression in skin
    • no ducts
  • behavior/neurological phenotype
  • abnormal nursing (MGI Ref ID J:2409)
    • failure
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Research Applications
This mouse can be used to support research in many areas including:

Hrhr related

Cancer Research
Increased Tumor Incidence
      Leukemia: lymphocytic
      Lymphomas: thymic
      Skin Cancers: Induced
Toxicology

Cardiovascular Research
Diet-Induced Atherosclerosis
      Relatively Resistant

Dermatology Research
Skin and Hair Texture Defects

Immunology and Inflammation Research
Immunodeficiency Associated with Other Defects

Research Tools
Toxicology Research
      drug/compound testing

Myo5ad related

Dermatology Research
Color and White Spotting Defects

Mouse/Human Gene Homologs
Griscelli Syndrome

Genes & Alleles

Gene & Allele Information

 
Allele Symbol Hrhr
Allele Name hairless
Allele Type Spontaneous
Common Name(s) hr;
Gene Symbol and Name Hr, hairless
Chromosome 14
Gene Common Name(s) ALUNC; AU; FLJ98880; HSA277165; MUHH; MUHH1; N; ba; baldy; bldy; rh; rh-bmh; rhino-bald Mill Hill;
Molecular Note The hr allele is the result of a retroviral integration. Insertion of murine leukemia proviral sequences into intron 6 results in aberrant splicing of the gene. [MGI Ref ID J:19624] [MGI Ref ID J:92053] [MGI Ref ID J:9252]
 
Allele Symbol Myo5ad
Allele Name dilute
Allele Type Spontaneous
Common Name(s) d; dv; maltese dilution;
Strain of Originold mutant of the mouse fancy
Gene Symbol and Name Myo5a, myosin VA
Chromosome 9
Gene Common Name(s) 9630007J19Rik; AI413174; AI661011; D; Dbv; Dop; GS1; MVa; MYH12; MYO5; MYR12; Myo5; MyoVA; RIKEN cDNA 9630007J19 gene; d; dilute; expressed sequence AI413174; expressed sequence AI661011; flail; flailer; flr; myosin V; nmf244;
General Note Mutations at the Myo5a locus lighten coat color through an abnormal morphology of melanocytes that causes uneven pigmentation of the hair shaft (J:11005). Most of these mutations also cause severe neurological defects; in some mutant forms, these defectslead to early death (J:12978), while in others life span is normal, but convulsions and loss of equilibrium occur after about four months of age (J:16915).

Maltese dilution, as this mutation was originally called, is an old mutation of the mouse fancy. The blue-gray color of the hair produced by this mutation in nonagouti (a/a) mice is caused by clumping of the melanin pigment into a few large masses (J:12958). The melanocytes are misshapen, with fewer and thinner dendritic processes than wild-type melanocytes, and melanin granules are largely clumped around the nucleus (J:12970). Incorporation of tyrosine into melanin proceeds at a normal rate (J:12173), and the fine structure of the melanin granules is normal (J:5346). Cultured primary melanocytesfrom dilute homozygotes are normal in morphology but display clustering of melanosomes (J:37976).

Griscelli disease (Chediak-Higashi-like syndrome, OMIM 214450) is a human autosomal recessive disorder whose symptoms include pigment dilution, immunodeficiency, and acute lethal lymphocyte and macrophage activation. Melanocyte malformation is characteristic of the pigment abnormality. The immunological abnormality includes absence of cutaneous hypersensitivity and impaired function of natural-killer cells. Griscelli disease resembles the dilute-lethal mouse mutant, except for the neurological disorder in the mouse. The locus for Griscelli disease colocalizes with the locus for myosin Va, which is mutated in at least some Griscelli patients. Griscelli disease is thus the homolog of mouse Maltese dilution (J:41253).

The original Myo5ad mutation which identified the locuswas caused by insertion of an ecotropic murine leukemia virus (see Emv3) (J:6844, J:6587). All other mutations examined lack the virus. Reversions of Myo5ad to wild-type, which have been reported frequently, are caused by excision of the virusleaving exactly one long terminal repeat in place (J:7092). The virus is integrated into a noncoding region of the DNA (J:7751).

Molecular Note This mutation is the result of the integration of the ecotropic murine leukemia virus Emv-3 into the normal Myo5ad gene. [MGI Ref ID J:6587]

Genotyping

Genotyping Information

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References

References

Additional References

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Hrhr related

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