Description

Strain Information

Former Names 129/J    (Changed: 15-DEC-04 ) Type Segregating Inbred; Type Inbred Strain; Additional information on Inbred Strains. Visit our online Nomenclature tutorial. Mating System Sibling x Sibling         (Female x Male)   01-MAR-06 Species laboratory mouse H2 Haplotype bc (see, Fischer Lindahl K 1997) Generation F178 (03-JAN-08)

Appearance
pink-eyed, light-bellied, light chinchilla
Related Genotype: A^w/A^w Oca2^p Tyr^c-ch/Oca2^p Tyr^c

albino
Related Genotype: A^w/A^w Oca2^p Tyr^c/Oca2^p Tyr^c

Important Note
This strain is homozygous for Cdh23^ahl, the age related hearing loss 1 mutation, which on this background results in progressive hearing loss with onset prior to three months of age.

Description
Historically, the 129 inbred mice are known for the high incidence of spontaneous testicular teratomas, though the incidence differs between substrains. (1-3% in 129 parental substrains; 30% in teratoma substrains.) More recently, 129 mice are widely used in the production of targeted mutations due to the availability of multiple embryonic stem cell lines derived from them. There is major genetic variation within the 129 "family", which has led to an update of the nomenclature and a division of the substrains into three major groups: parental substrains (129P), steel substrains (129S) and "teratoma" substrains (129T). Investigators using 129 substrains for targeted mutagenesis should be careful in the selection of the appropriate 129 substrain to match the embryonic stem cell line. For a complete history of the numerous 129 substrains, see Simpson et al. 1997.

Related Strains

129 Strains

001137	129P1/ReJ
002357	129P3/JEmsJ
001198	129P4/RrRkJ
002448	129S1/SvImJ
009104	129S4/SvJaeJ
002064	129T2/SvEms
002065	129T2/SvEmsJ
000691	129X1/SvJ
001924	B6EiC3Sn a/A-Ts(1716)65Dn

View 129 Strains     (9 strains)

Strains carrying   Cdh23^ahl allele

001137	129P1/ReJ
000691	129X1/SvJ
000646	A/J
000647	A/WySnJ
003070	ALR/LtJ
003072	ALS/LtJ
004502	B6;AKR-Lxl2/GrsrJ
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/GrsrJ
004820	C57BL/6J-Kcne12J/J
004703	C57BL/6J-Kcnq2Nmf134/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
000667	C57BR/cdJ
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   Cdh23^ahl     (40 strains)

Strains carrying   Disc1^del allele

001137	129P1/ReJ
001198	129P4/RrRkJ
002448	129S1/SvImJ
002064	129T2/SvEms
002065	129T2/SvEmsJ
000691	129X1/SvJ
002282	BTBR T+ tf/J
000676	LP/J

View Strains carrying   Disc1^del     (8 strains)

Strains carrying   Poli^d allele

001137	129P1/ReJ
000691	129X1/SvJ

View Strains carrying   Poli^d     (2 strains)

Strains carrying   Rmcf^r allele

000765	AKXD13/TyJ
000954	AKXD15/TyJ
001093	AKXD18/TyJ
000947	AKXD22/TyJ
000763	AKXD9/TyJ
000654	CBA/CaJ
000670	DBA/1J

View Strains carrying   Rmcf^r     (7 strains)

Strains carrying other alleles of Cdh23

002756	B6.CAST-Cdh23Ahl+/Kjn
002432	B6J x B6.C-H2-Kbm1/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     (7 strains)

Strains carrying other alleles of Rmcf

000646	A/J
000648	AKR/J
000779	AKXD14/TyJ
000780	AKXD23/TyJ
000764	AKXD27/TyJ
000777	AKXD6/TyJ
000667	C57BR/cdJ
000668	C57L/J
000669	C58/J
000682	RF/J
000644	SEA/GnJ
000686	SJL/J
000688	ST/bJ

View Strains carrying other alleles of Rmcf     (13 strains)

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 1990; 441. Coat Colors of Sublines of 129 Mice.
New 129 Nomenclature Bulletin

Phenotype

Phenotype Information

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Phenotypic Data

Mouse Phenome Database
Festing Inbred Strain Characteristics: 129

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Research Applications

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

Cancer Research
Increased Tumor Incidence
      Gonadal Tumors: testicular teratomas

Cardiovascular Research
Diet-Induced Atherosclerosis
      Relatively Resistant

Neurobiology Research
Angelman syndrome
Neurodevelopmental Defects
      callosal agenesis, incomplete penetrance
Vestibular and Hearing Defects
      Age related hearing loss

Reproductive Biology Research
Gonadal Tumors
      testicular teratomas

Research Tools
General Purpose
Genetics Research
      Mutagenesis and Transgenesis: Production of Targeted Mutations ("Knockouts")

Sensorineural Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects
      Age related hearing loss

Cdh23^ahl related

Neurobiology Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects
      Age related hearing loss

Sensorineural Research
Vestibular and Hearing Defects
      Age related hearing loss

Genes & Alleles

Gene & Allele Information

Allele Symbol		Cdh23ahl
Allele Name		age related hearing loss 1
Allele Type		QTL
Common Name(s)		Cdh23753A; mdfw;
Strain of Origin		multiple strains
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; sals; salsa; 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/LtJ, 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. [MGI Ref ID J:86905]
Allele Symbol		Disc1del
Allele Name		deletion
Allele Type		Spontaneous
Common Name(s)		Disc1129S6;
Strain of Origin		various
Gene Symbol and Name		Disc1, disrupted in schizophrenia 1
Chromosome		8
Gene Common Name(s)		C1orf136; FLJ13381; FLJ21640; FLJ25311; FLJ41105; KIAA0457; SCZD9;
General Note		This deletion appears in multiple strains of the 129 superfamily. See J:111837 for details. This deletion has further been identified in the following strains:101/RI, BTBR T+ tf/J and LP/J J:118317
Molecular Note		A 25 bp deletion of the locus causes a frame shift in the reading frame, resulting in 13 novel amino acids and a premature stop codon at exon 7. [MGI Ref ID J:107244]
Allele Symbol		Polid
Allele Name		polymerase iota deficient
Allele Type		Spontaneous
Common Name(s)		Poli-;
Strain of Origin		129
Gene Symbol and Name		Poli, polymerase (DNA directed), iota
Chromosome		18
Gene Common Name(s)		RAD30 (S. cerevisiae) homolog B; RAD30B; RAD3OB; Rad30b;
Molecular Note		A nonsense mutation changes codon 27 from serine (TCG) to an amber stop codon (TAG), and results in a truncated protein lacking any catalytic function. The allele was present in every 129 strain analyzed, including 129P3/J, 129X1/SvJ, 129P1/ReJ and 129P2/Ola. C57BL/6J mice did not contain the mutation. [MGI Ref ID J:85061]
Allele Symbol		Rmcfr
Allele Name		MCF resistant
Allele Type		Spontaneous
Strain of Origin		multiple strains
Gene Symbol and Name		Rmcf, resistance to MCF virus
Chromosome		5
General Note		This locus controls resistance and susceptibility of cells in tissue culture to infection by mink cell focus-forming murine leukemia viruses. The allele Rmcfr determines resistance and occurs in strains DBA/1, DBA/2, and CBA/Ca; the allele Rmcfs determines susceptibility and occurs in strains AKR/J, C57BL/6, BALB/c, CBA/J, NFS, NZB, 129/J, and many others. Heterozygotes are as resistant as the resistant parent or nearly so. Rmcf is different from and independent of Fv1,a locus that controls susceptibility to infection by ecotropic viruses. Rmcf is located on Chr 5 close to Hm near the centromeric end (J:7108). Rmcfr protects (AKR x CBA/Ca)F1 and (AKR x DBA/2)F1 hybrids from development of spontaneous thymic lymphomas and reduces the incidence of MCF-induced thymic lymphomas (J:7175). It also reduces susceptibility of cells of Sxvs/Sxvr mice to exogenous xenotropic viruses (J:7951). In addition, in strains susceptible to Friend virus-induced erythroleukemia, a condition thought to be due to the replication of MCF virus, Rmcfr increases resistance to the virus-induced erythroleukemia. It may cause resistance by coding for or regulating the production of an MCF-related envelope glycoprotein that blocks the receptor for MCF viruses (J:8074). This conclusion is reinforced by the findings of Buller et al. (J:8497), who showed that the Rmcfr allele contains an endogenous MCF gp70 env gene and that theRmcfs allele, at least in some strains (C57BL/6, CBA/J, and A/WySn), contains a xenotropic gp70 env gene. Presumably the MCF gp70 inhibits exogenous MCF infection in vitro by a mechanism of viral interference.
Molecular Note		This locus controls resistance of cells to infection by mink cell focus-forming murine leukemia viruses. The dominant r (resistance) allele is found in strains DBA/1, DBA/2 and CBA/Ca.

Genotyping

Genotyping Information

Inbred mouse strains are maintained through sibling (sister x brother) matings; no genotyping required.

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References

References

Selected Reference(s)

Festing MF; Simpson EM; Davisson MT; Mobraaten LE. 1999. Revised nomenclature for strain 129 mice. Mamm Genome 10(8):836. [PubMed: 10430671]  [MGI Ref ID J:56500]

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

Paigen B; Ishida BY; Verstuyft J; Winters RB; Albee D. 1990. Atherosclerosis susceptibility differences among progenitors of recombinant inbred strains of mice. Arteriosclerosis 10(2):316-23. [PubMed: 2317166]  [MGI Ref ID J:22615]

Simpson EM; Linder CC; Sargent EE; Davisson MT; Mobraaten LE; Sharp JJ. 1997. Genetic variation among 129 substrains and its importance for targeted mutagenesis in mice. Nat Genet 16(1):19-27. [PubMed: 9140391]  [MGI Ref ID J:40222]

Stevens LC. 1973. A new inbred subline of mice (129-terSv) with a high incidence of spontaneous congenital testicular teratomas. J Natl Cancer Inst 50(1):235-42. [PubMed: 4692863]  [MGI Ref ID J:29502]

Threadgill DW; Yee D; Matin A; Nadeau JH; Magnuson T. 1997. Genealogy of the 129 inbred strains: 129/SvJ is a contaminated inbred strain. Mamm Genome 8(6):390-3. [PubMed: 9166580]  [MGI Ref ID J:40661]

Additional References

Clapcote SJ; Roder JC. 2006. Deletion polymorphism of disc1 is common to all 129 mouse substrains: implications for gene-targeting studies of brain function. Genetics 173(4):2407-10. [PubMed: 16751659]  [MGI Ref ID J:111837]

Smith BK; Andrews PK; West DB. 2000. Macronutrient diet selection in thirteen mouse strains. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 278(4):R797-805. [PubMed: 10749765]  [MGI Ref ID J:61602]

Cdh23^ahl related

Davis RR; Newlander JK; Ling X; Cortopassi GA; Krieg EF; Erway LC. 2001. Genetic basis for susceptibility to noise-induced hearing loss in mice. Hear Res 155(1-2):82-90. [PubMed: 11335078]  [MGI Ref ID J:69679]

Di Palma F; Pellegrino R; Noben-Trauth K. 2001. Genomic structure, alternative splice forms and normal and mutant alleles of cadherin 23 (Cdh23). Gene 281(1-2):31-41. [PubMed: 11750125]  [MGI Ref ID J:73941]

Johnson KR; Erway LC; Cook SA; Willott JF; Zheng QY. 1997. A major gene affecting age-related hearing loss in C57BL/6J mice Hear Res 114(1-2):83-92. [PubMed: 9447922]  [MGI Ref ID J:44966]

Johnson KR; Longo-Guess C; Gagnon LH; Yu H; Zheng QY. 2008. A locus on distal chromosome 11 (ahl8) and its interaction with Cdh23 ahl underlie the early onset, age-related hearing loss of DBA/2J mice. Genomics 92(4):219-25. [PubMed: 18662770]  [MGI Ref ID J:139223]

Johnson KR; Zheng QY; Bykhovskaya Y; Spirina O; Fischel-Ghodsian N. 2001. A nuclear-mitochondrial DNA interaction affecting hearing impairment in mice. Nat Genet 27(2):191-4. [PubMed: 11175788]  [MGI Ref ID J:67312]

Johnson KR; Zheng QY; Noben-Trauth K. 2006. Strain background effects and genetic modifiers of hearing in mice. Brain Res 1091(1):79-88. [PubMed: 16579977]  [MGI Ref ID J:110459]

Johnson KR; Zheng QY; Weston MD; Ptacek LJ; Noben-Trauth K. 2005. The Mass1(frings) mutation underlies early onset hearing impairment in BUB/BnJ mice, a model for the auditory pathology of Usher syndrome IIC. Genomics 85(5):582-90. [PubMed: 15820310]  [MGI Ref ID J:97534]

Keithley EM; Canto C; Zheng QY; Fischel-Ghodsian N; Johnson KR. 2004. Age-related hearing loss and the ahl locus in mice. Hear Res 188(1-2):21-8. [PubMed: 14759567]  [MGI Ref ID J:87783]

Liu X; Bulgakov OV; Darrow KN; Pawlyk B; Adamian M; Liberman MC; Li T. 2007. Usherin is required for maintenance of retinal photoreceptors and normal development of cochlear hair cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(11):4413-8. [PubMed: 17360538]  [MGI Ref ID J:118927]

Mathews CE; Leiter EH. 1999. Resistance of ALR/Lt islets to free radical-mediated diabetogenic stress is inherited as a dominant trait. Diabetes 48(11):2189-96. [PubMed: 10535453]  [MGI Ref ID J:109893]

Nadeau JH. 2003. Modifier genes and protective alleles in humans and mice. Curr Opin Genet Dev 13(3):290-5. [PubMed: 12787792]  [MGI Ref ID J:88012]

Noben-Trauth K; Zheng QY; Johnson KR. 2003. Association of cadherin 23 with polygenic inheritance and genetic modification of sensorineural hearing loss. Nat Genet 35(1):21-3. [PubMed: 12910270]  [MGI Ref ID J:86905]

Noben-Trauth K; Zheng QY; Johnson KR; Nishina PM. 1997. mdfw: a deafness susceptibility locus that interacts with deaf waddler (dfw). Genomics 44(3):266-72. [PubMed: 9325047]  [MGI Ref ID J:38429]

Vazquez AE; Jimenez AM; Martin GK; Luebke AE; Lonsbury-Martin BL. 2004. Evaluating cochlear function and the effects of noise exposure in the B6.CAST+Ahl mouse with distortion product otoacoustic emissions. Hear Res 194(1-2):87-96. [PubMed: 15276680]  [MGI Ref ID J:117746]

Zheng QY; Johnson KR. 2001. Hearing loss associated with the modifier of deaf waddler (mdfw) locus corresponds with age-related hearing loss in 12 inbred strains of mice. Hear Res 154(1-2):45-53. [PubMed: 11423214]  [MGI Ref ID J:70964]

Disc1^del related

Clapcote SJ; Roder JC. 2006. Deletion polymorphism of disc1 is common to all 129 mouse substrains: implications for gene-targeting studies of brain function. Genetics 173(4):2407-10. [PubMed: 16751659]  [MGI Ref ID J:111837]

Clapcote SJ; Roder JC. 2007. Inbred mouse strains 101/RI, BTBR T tf/J and LP/J have a deletion in Disc1 MGI Direct Data Submission :.  [MGI Ref ID J:118317]

Koike H; Arguello PA; Kvajo M; Karayiorgou M; Gogos JA. 2006. Disc1 is mutated in the 129S6/SvEv strain and modulates working memory in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(10):3693-7. [PubMed: 16484369]  [MGI Ref ID J:107244]

Poli^d related

Delbos F; De Smet A; Faili A; Aoufouchi S; Weill JC; Reynaud CA. 2005. Contribution of DNA polymerase {eta} to immunoglobulin gene hypermutation in the mouse. J Exp Med 201(8):1191-6. [PubMed: 15824086]  [MGI Ref ID J:98037]

Dumstorf CA; Clark AB; Lin Q; Kissling GE; Yuan T; Kucherlapati R; McGregor WG; Kunkel TA. 2006. Participation of mouse DNA polymerase iota in strand-biased mutagenic bypass of UV photoproducts and suppression of skin cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(48):18083-8. [PubMed: 17114294]  [MGI Ref ID J:117079]

Lee GH; Matsushita H. 2005. Genetic linkage between Pol iota deficiency and increased susceptibility to lung tumors in mice. Cancer Sci 96(5):256-9. [PubMed: 15904465]  [MGI Ref ID J:101114]

Martomo SA; Yang WW; Vaisman A; Maas A; Yokoi M; Hoeijmakers JH; Hanaoka F; Woodgate R; Gearhart PJ. 2006. Normal hypermutation in antibody genes from congenic mice defective for DNA polymerase iota. DNA Repair (Amst) 5(3):392-8. [PubMed: 16443401]  [MGI Ref ID J:107217]

McDonald JP; Frank EG; Plosky BS; Rogozin IB; Masutani C; Hanaoka F; Woodgate R; Gearhart PJ. 2003. 129-derived strains of mice are deficient in DNA polymerase iota and have normal immunoglobulin hypermutation. J Exp Med 198(4):635-43. [PubMed: 12925679]  [MGI Ref ID J:85061]

Ohkumo T; Kondo Y; Yokoi M; Tsukamoto T; Yamada A; Sugimoto T; Kanao R; Higashi Y; Kondoh H; Tatematsu M; Masutani C; Hanaoka F. 2006. UV-B radiation induces epithelial tumors in mice lacking DNA polymerase eta and mesenchymal tumors in mice deficient for DNA polymerase iota. Mol Cell Biol 26(20):7696-706. [PubMed: 17015482]  [MGI Ref ID J:115000]

Shimizu T; Azuma T; Ishiguro M; Kanjo N; Yamada S; Ohmori H. 2005. Normal immunoglobulin gene somatic hypermutation in Pol kappa-Pol iota double-deficient mice. Immunol Lett 98(2):259-64. [PubMed: 15860226]  [MGI Ref ID J:105111]

Rmcf^r related

Buller RS; Ahmed A; Portis JL. 1987. Identification of two forms of an endogenous murine retroviral env gene linked to the Rmcf locus. J Virol 61(1):29-34. [PubMed: 3023705]  [MGI Ref ID J:8497]

Buller RS; Sitbon M; Portis JL. 1988. The endogenous mink cell focus-forming (MCF) gp70 linked to the Rmcf gene restricts MCF virus replication in vivo and provides partial resistance to erythroleukemia induced by Friend murine leukemia virus. J Exp Med 167(5):1535-46. [PubMed: 2835418]  [MGI Ref ID J:27618]

Frankel WN; Stoye JP; Taylor BA; Coffin JM. 1989. Genetic identification of endogenous polytropic proviruses by using recombinant inbred mice. J Virol 63(9):3810-21. [PubMed: 2547997]  [MGI Ref ID J:9925]

Hartley JW; Yetter RA; Morse HC 3d. 1983. A mouse gene on chromosome 5 that restricts infectivity of mink cell focus-forming recombinant murine leukemia viruses. J Exp Med 158(1):16-24. [PubMed: 6306133]  [MGI Ref ID J:7108]

Jung YT; Lyu MS; Buckler-White A; Kozak CA. 2002. Characterization of a polytropic murine leukemia virus proviral sequence associated with the virus resistance gene Rmcf of DBA/2 mice. J Virol 76(16):8218-24. [PubMed: 12134027]  [MGI Ref ID J:78083]

Kozak CA. 1985. Susceptibility of wild mouse cells to exogenous infection with xenotropic leukemia viruses: control by a single dominant locus on chromosome 1. J Virol 55(3):690-5. [PubMed: 2991590]  [MGI Ref ID J:7951]

Rowe WP; Hartley JW. 1983. Genes affecting mink cell focus-inducing (MCF) murine leukemia virus infection and spontaneous lymphoma in AKR F1 hybrids. J Exp Med 158(2):353-64. [PubMed: 6224881]  [MGI Ref ID J:7175]

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Mating System	Sibling x Sibling         (Female x Male)   01-MAR-06
Diet Information	LabDiet® 5K52/5K67

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Acceptance of delivery of MICE, PRODUCTS or services shall be deemed agreement to these terms and conditions. No purchase order or other document transmitted by purchaser or recipient that may modify the terms and conditions hereof, shall be in any way binding on JACKSON, and instead the terms and conditions set forth herein, including any special terms and conditions set forth separately, shall govern the sale of MICE, PRODUCTS or services by JACKSON.