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M_MECP2_20_KI_HE_T158A
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Phenotypic Profile
Category Entity Quantity Experimental Paradigm Age at Testing
Motor phenotype General locomotor activity1
Decreased
Description: Decreased locomotor activity
Exp Paradigm: Open field test

Open field test 9, 11 weeks
Motor phenotype Motor coordination and balance1
Decreased
Description: Decreased motor coordination and motor learning
Exp Paradigm: Rotarod test

Accelerating rotarod test Unreported
Neuroanatomy / Ultrastructure / Cytoarchitecture Brain size1
Decreased
Description: Decreased size and weight of brains
Exp Paradigm: NA

Measurement of tissue weight 4,13 weeks
Neuroanatomy / Ultrastructure / Cytoarchitecture Brain cytoarchitecture1
Decreased
Description: Decreased soma size in hippocampal ca1 region
Exp Paradigm: Confocal imaging anlysis of gfp-positive pyramidal neurons

Confocal microscopy 4,13 weeks
Neurophysiology Event related potential (erp) in electroencephalography (eeg)1
Increased
Description: Increased latency of initial positive peak, negative peak and a subsequent second positive peak
Exp Paradigm: Eeg recordings following presentatino of a series of white noise clicks

Electroencephalogram (eeg) 3 months
Neurophysiology Event related potential (erp) in electroencephalography (eeg)1
Decreased
Description: Decreased reduction in event related power in low frequency gamma, theta, and alpha
Exp Paradigm: Time frequency analysis on eeg recordings

Electroencephalogram (eeg) 4 weeks
Neurophysiology Event related potential (erp) in electroencephalography (eeg)1
Decreased
Description: Decreased event-related power in both low and high frequency oscillations
Exp Paradigm: Time frequency analysis on eeg recordings

Electroencephalogram (eeg) 13 weeks
Neurophysiology Event related potential (erp) in electroencephalography (eeg)1
Abnormal
Description: Abnormal eeg recordings indicated by increased power of high-gamma frequency oscillations
Exp Paradigm: Eeg recordings in awake, freely mobile

Electroencephalogram (eeg) 3 months
Developmental profile Mortality/lethality1
Increased
Description: Increased lethality
Exp Paradigm: Male mice: general observation

General observations 16 weeks
Developmental profile Developmental trajectory1
Abnormal
Description: Abnormal developmental trajectory with progressive symptomology
Exp Paradigm: Male mice: general observation

General observations 5 weeks
Developmental profile Size/growth1
Decreased
Description: Decreased body weight
Exp Paradigm: Male mice: general observation

General observations 4 weeks
Emotion Anxiety1
Decreased
Description: Decreased anxiety indicated by more time spent in open vs. closed arm
Exp Paradigm: Elevated zero maze test

Elevated zero maze test 9 weeks
Learning & memory Cued or contextual fear conditioning1
Decreased
Description: Decreased learning and memory indicated by decreased context-dependent and cue-dependent freezing
Exp Paradigm: Contextual and cued fear-conditioning procedure

Fear conditioning test 10 weeks
Molecular profile Gene expression1
Decreased
Description: Decreased transcription of bdnf and crh in hypothalamus but not striatum
Exp Paradigm: Transcriptional profiling

Quantitative pcr (qrt-pcr) Unreported
Molecular profile Protein-dna complex assembly1
Decreased
Description: Decreased binding of of mecp2 across the entire locus
Exp Paradigm: Mecp2 binding

Quantitative pcr (qrt-pcr) Unreported
Molecular profile Targeted expression1
Decreased
Description: Decreased interaction with hdac1 and sin3a
Exp Paradigm: Mecp2 immunoreactivity-immunoprecipitation

Immunoprecipitation Unreported
Molecular profile Protein-dna complex assembly1
Decreased
Description: Decreased affinity of mecp2 to methylated dna indicated by more readily extraction under low salt conditions
Exp Paradigm: Mecp2 affinity to methylated dna

Western blot Unreported
Molecular profile Targeted expression1
Decreased
Description: Decreased interaction with hdac1 and sin3a
Exp Paradigm: Mecp2 immunoreactivity- western blot: anti-mecp2 antibody/anti-hdac1 or anti-sin3a antibody

Western blot Unreported
Molecular profile Protein expression level evidence1
Decreased
Description: Decreased mecp2 protein expression
Exp Paradigm: Mecp2 protein expression

Western blot P2, 1, 3 months
Molecular profile Targeted expression1
Abnormal
Description: Abnormally diffuse mecp2 immunoreactivity throughout nucleus with clear absence of co-localization with dna
Exp Paradigm: Mecp2 immunoreactivity

Confocal microscopy 1 month, 3 months
Developmental profile General characteristics1 No change General observations 4 weeks
Developmental profile Size/growth1 No change General observations 8 weeks
Molecular profile Gene expression1 No change Quantitative pcr (qrt-pcr) P0, 1,3 months
Motor phenotype General locomotor activity1 No change Open field test 3 weeks
Neuroanatomy / Ultrastructure / Cytoarchitecture Brain anatomy1 No change Histology Unreported
Neurophysiology Event related potential (erp) in electroencephalography (eeg)1 No change Electroencephalogram (eeg) 4 weeks
Neurophysiology Event related potential (erp) in electroencephalography (eeg)1 No change Electroencephalogram (eeg) 4 weeks
Sensory Hearing1 No change Auditory brainstem response test 1-3 months
Not Reported: Circadian sleep/wake cycle,  Communications,  Immune response,  Maternal behavior,  Physiological parameters,  Repetitive behavior,  Seizure,  Social behavior,  
 
References: 1:  Goffin D , et al. 2011
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