PCDH10 homozygous knockout mice have defects in telencephalic axon pathways including the inability of thalamocortical and corticothalamic projections to cross the ventral telencephalon, inability of striatal axons to grow out of the ventral telencephalon, the absence of the caudal globus pallidus and the lack of axonal extensions from the striatum.
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Primary
OL-Protocadherin is essential for growth of striatal axons and thalamocortical projections.
Model Type:
Genetic
Model Genotype:
Homozygous
Mutation:
A a lacZ-neo cassette replaced the entire first exon after the initiation site.
Allele Type: Targeted (Reporter)
Strain of Origin: Not Specified
Genetic Background: C57BL/6N
ES Cell Line: Not Specified
Mutant ES Cell Line: Not Specified
Model Source: Not Specified
Model Type:
Genetic
Model Genotype:
Heterozygous
Mutation:
Pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice were generated by replacing the first exon of Pcdh10 with a lacZ-neo selection cassette. Male Pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice were crossed with female C57BL/6J (B6) mice to generate wild-type or heterozygous null animals.
Allele Type: Targeted (knockout)
Strain of Origin: C57BL/6N
Genetic Background: Mixed, C57BL/6N and C57BL/6J (B6)
ES Cell Line: Not Specified
Mutant ES Cell Line: Not Specified
Model Source: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Description: Pcdh10 homozygous knockout mice showed reporter lacz expression in the soma and axons in the striatal neurons indicating disruption of pcdh10 expression.
Exp Paradigm: Lacz staining
Description: Female pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice showed decreased motor coordination in 6 of 10 trials compared to controls. female pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice showed a slower rate of improvement in motor coordination across the trials relative to controls.
Exp Paradigm: Female only
Description: Male pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice showed decreased nmda receptors glun1 and glun2a in the postsynaptic density fraction of the amygdala, compared to controls
Exp Paradigm: Male only
Description: Male pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice showed increased filopodia-type immature spines on lateral/basolateral amygdala neurons compared to controls
Exp Paradigm: Male only
Description: Male pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice showed reduced connectivity and excitability of the basolateral amygdala compared to controls
Exp Paradigm: Male only, vsdi was used to optically record the transmission of stimulation-evoked activity from la to its functional targets in bla and str in acute ex vivo slices from juvenile mice.
Description: Male pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice showed less increase in the duration of social cylinder sniffing from phase 1 when a stimulus mouse was absent to phase 2 when a stimulus mouse was present, than did male controls
Exp Paradigm: Males only, used social cylinder sniff duration as the primary measure of sociability
Description: Pcdh10 heterozygous knockout mice showed increase in ultrasonic vocalizations when separated from their mother, compared to controls
Exp Paradigm: Isolated pups were placed alone in a glass box containing clean bedding