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Strain
B6.129S4-Prkntm1Shn/J

Summary Data Summary
Official Name B6.129S4-Prkntm1Shn/J
Common Name PARK2 KO
Description Homozygous Parkinson disease (autosomal recessive, juvenile)
2, parkin (Park2) knock-out mice have increased
extracellular dopamine concentration in the striatum,
dysfunctional nigrostriatal pathways, and dysfunctional
mitochondria. These mice model the exon 3 deletion mutation
most common in human autosomal recessive juvenile
parkinsonism patients and may be useful in studies of
Parkinson's disease, dopamine regulation, nigrostriatal
function, mitochondrial function, and other neurobiological
research.
Development Status Phenotyping ongoing
Creation Method knockout
Breeding Type intercross
Phenotype Description Homozygous mice are viable and fertile, and exhibit grossly
normal brain morphology. Western blot analysis using
antibody specific to C-terminal sequences indicates the
absence of full length gene product. RT-PCR shows that exon
2 splices to exon 4, skipping exon 3 entirely, resulting in
a frame shift and a premature stop codon in exon 5. While
EGFP transcripts are present, little parkin-EGFP fusion
protein is detectable by Western analysis. Homozygous mice
have increased extracellular dopamine concentration in the
striatum. Further, medium-sized striatal spiny neurons
require greater currents to induce synaptic responses,
suggesting a reduction in synaptic excitability in the
absence of the endogenous gene. Homozygotes also exhibit
deficits in behavioral paradigms sensitive to dysfunction of
the nigrostriatal pathway. The numbers of dopaminergic
neurons in the substantia nigra, however, are normal up to
the age of 24 months, in contrast to the substantial loss of
nigral neurons characteristic of Parkinson's disease.
Homozygous mice and their isolated cells exhibit
mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired protection from
oxidative stress. Muscle cells isolated from homozygous mice
have defective skeletal muscle mitochondrial homeostasis and
increased sensitivity to amyloid-beta toxicity. These mice
model the exon 3 deleti on mutation most common in human
autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP) patients
and may be useful in studies of Parkinson's disease,
dopamine regulation, nigrostriatal function, mitochondrial
function, and other neurobiological research.
TypeCount
Investigators 1
Genomics - Modifications 1
Experiments 7
Publications 1


Investigators
NameInstitution
Michael JurczakUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine


Genomic Information
GeneAllele 1Allele 2Protocol
Park2knockoutknockoutNot Specified






PublicationAltmetricsSubmitted ByPubMed IDStatus
Reduced intestinal lipid absorption and body weight-independent improvements in insulin sensitivity in high-fat diet-fed Park2 knockout mice.
Costa DK, Huckestein BR, Edmunds LR, Petersen MC, Nasiri A, Butrico GM, Abulizi A, Harmon DB, Lu C, Mantell BS, Hartman DJ, Camporez JP, O'Doherty RM, Cline GW, Shulman GI, Jurczak MJ
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 2016 (311), E105 - 16
Submitted Externally
27166280
Published

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