Strain Name: |
PL/J |
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Stock Number: |
000680 |
Availability: | Level 3 |
General Terms and Conditions |
| Former Name |
PL/J-Pde6brd1 (Changed: 19-MAR-08
) |
| Genes & Alleles | Pde6b; Pde6brd1; |
Product Information
Strain Details
Type Inbred Strain Additional information on Inbred Strains. Mating System Sibling x Sibling (Female x Male) Species laboratory mouse H2 Haplotype u Generation F209 (03-JAN-08) Appearance
albino
Related Genotype: Tyrc/TyrcImportant Note
This strain is homozygous for the retinal degeneration allele Pde6brd1. See article "Genetic Background Effects: Can Your Mice See?", JAX Notes Spring 2002, No. 485.Strain Description
PL/J mice show a moderate susceptibility to experimental allergic encephalitis (EAE) with late onset and high mortality. Reports of leukemia incidence vary from 50% in females and 19% in males to 80-90%. In addition to a low threshold to electroconvulsive seizures, PL/J mice are susceptible to handling and rhythmic tossing-induced seizures (Kitami T, et al, 2004).Strain Development
The PL inbred strain was developed by Clara J Lynch at The Rockefeller Institute as a high-leukemia strain. PL mice were transferred to The Jackson Laboratory in 1951 at F22.
Gene & Allele Details
| Allele Symbol | Pde6brd1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Allele Name | retinal degeneration 1 | ||
| Common Name(s) | rd; rd-1; rd1; rodless retina; | ||
| Gene Symbol and Name | Pde6b, phosphodiesterase 6B, cGMP, rod receptor, beta polypeptide | ||
| Chromosome | 5 | ||
| Gene Common Name(s) | CSNB3; PDEB; Pdeb; RP40; nmf137; phosphodiesterase, cGMP, rod receptor, beta polypeptide; r; rd; rd-1; rd1; rd10; retinal degeneration; retinal degeneration 1; retinal degeneration 10; | ||
| General Note |
Pde6brd1, retinal degeneration 1, recessive. Formerly r, rd, rd1. A mutation causing retinal degeneration described by Bruckner (J:25576) and by Tansley (J:15333) in various stocks was later found to be present in many inbred strains (J:114). Keeler (J:5007) thought it to be identical with the rodless retina mutation he had described in 1924 (J:24999); the identity has recently been proven by analyses of DNA from Keeler's original slides (J:15231). Homozygotes are fully viable and fertile.Eyes develop normally up to 7 to 10 days after birth. At this stage the outer segment of the rod cell has begun to form, and in wild type mice it elongates rapidly during the 10th to 15th days. In Pde6brd1/Pde6brd1 mice the nascent outer segments and the rod cells degenerate rapidly so that by 15 days there is only a thin layer of rod cells left, and they have disappeared completely by 35 days (J:5250, J:5708). The inner nuclear layer and the retinal ganglion cells appear normal butmay show slight quantitative reduction (J:5812, J:5292). Although the eyes of Pde6brd1 homozygotes are devoid of normal rods, the mice have some visual capacity (J:5980). About 3% of cones among the visual cells degenerate at a much slower rate than do rods, so that a few cones are still present at 18 months (J:5988). The surviving cones are postulated (J:25157) as the light receptors required for the persistence of circadian responses to dawn and dusk in Pde6brd1 homozygotes past the sstage when rods have disappeared (J:29236). In fusion chimeras between wild type and Pde6brd1 homozygous embryos, the Pde6brd1 mutant acts in the photoreceptor cells rather than in the pigment epithelium of the retina (J:5708). Action within photoreceptor cells is also implied by the long term survival of wild type rod cells transplanted into Pde6brd1 homozygote retinas (J:20769). At a stage before degeneration can be seen, a deficiency of cGMP-PDE, andan excess of cGMP, appears in rod photoreceptor cells (J:5332). The rate of retinal degeneration in mutants doubly homozygous for two retinal degeneration mutations (Pde6brd1 and RdsRd2) is intermediate between those of the two homozygotes (J:12044). The double homozygote shows an intermediate level of mRNAs for the ß subunit of cGMP-PDE and for several other phototransduction related proteins, suggesting an interaction between Pde6brd1 and RdsRd2 (J:2579). Genbank ID for mutant sequence: M75166 | ||
| Molecular Note | Two mutations have been identified in rd1 mice. A murine leukimia virus (Xmv-28) insertion in reverse orientation in intron 1 is found in all mouse strains with the rd1 phenotype. Further, a nonsense mutation (C to A transversion) in codon 347 that results in a truncation eliminating more than half of the predicted encoded protein, including the catalytic domain has also been identified in all rd1 strains of mice. A specific degradation of mutant transcript during or after pre-mRNA splicing is suggested. [MGI Ref ID J:11513] [MGI Ref ID J:4366] [MGI Ref ID J:51361] | ||
Colony Maintenance
| Diet Information | LabDiet® 5K52/5K67 |
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Related Strains
Strains carrying Pde6brd1 allele
View Strains carrying Pde6brd1 (74 strains)
004297 B6.CXB1-Pde6brd10/J 002802 C3.BLiA Pde6b+-Krd/J 001979 C3A.BLiA-Pde6b+.O20-Prph2Rd2/J 001912 C3A.BLiA-Pde6b+/J 003648 C3Sn.BLiA-Pde6b+/Dn 004766 C57BL/6J-Pde6brd1-2J/J 004828 FVB.129P2-Pde6b+ Tyrc-ch/AntJ 004808 STOCK Mapttm1(EGFP)Klt Tg(MAPT)8cPdav/J
Phenotypic Data
Mouse Phenome Database
Festing Inbred Strain Characteristics: PL
Additional Web Information
Genetic Quality Control Annual Report
JAX Notes, April 1988; 433. H-2 Haplotypes of Mice from Jackson Laboratory Production Colonies.
JAX Notes, Spring 2002; 485. Genetic Background Effects: Can Your Mice See?
Animal Health Reports
Room Number AX29
Research Applications
This mouse can be used to support research in many areas including:
Pde6brd1 relatedCancer Research
Increased Tumor Incidence (Leukemia)
Immunology and Inflammation Research
Autoimmunity (experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE))
Neurobiology Research
Epilepsy
Vestibular and Hearing Defects (Age related hearing loss)
Sensorineural Research
Retinal Degeneration (Homozygous for Pde6brd1)
Mouse/Human Gene Homologs
retinitis pigmentosa, autosomal recessive
Sensorineural Research
Retinal Degeneration
References
Additional ReferencesPrice and Supply Information
| Strain Name: | PL/J |
| Stock Number: | 000680 |
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