STOCK Whrnwi/H

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EMMA IDEM:01296
International strain nameSTOCK Whrnwi/H
Alternative namewi
Strain typeSpontaneous
Allele/Transgene symbolWhrnwi
Gene/Transgene symbolWhrn

Information from provider

ProviderPhilomena Mburu
Provider affiliationMRC Mammalian Genetics Unit
Phenotypic informationHomozygotes are deaf, show head tossing, circling and pale agouti colour. Heterozygotes and wild-type are both hearing and do not head toss or circle.
References
  • Defects in whirlin, a PDZ domain molecule involved in stereocilia elongation, cause deafness in the whirler mouse and families with DFNB31.;Mburu Philomena, Mustapha Mirna, Varela Anabel, Weil Dominique, El-Amraoui Aziz, Holme Ralph H, Rump Andreas, Hardisty Rachel E, Blanchard Stéphane, Coimbra Roney S, Perfettini Isabelle, Parkinson Nick, Mallon Ann-Marie, Glenister Pete, Rogers Mike J, Paige Adam J, Moir Lee, Clay Jo, Rosenthal Andre, Liu Xue Zhong, Blanco Gonzalo, Steel Karen P, Petit Christine, Brown Steve D M, ;2003;Nature genetics;34;421-8; 12833159
  • Alternative Splice Forms Influence Functions of Whirlin in Mechanosensory Hair Cell Stereocilia.;Ebrahim Seham, Ingham Neil J, Lewis Morag A, Rogers Michael J C, Cui Runjia, Kachar Bechara, Pass Johanna C, Steel Karen P, ;2016;Cell reports;15;935-943; 27117407

Information from EMMA

Archiving centreMary Lyon Centre at MRC Harwell, Oxford, United Kingdom

Disease and phenotype information

MGI allele-associated human disease models

Orphanet associated rare diseases, based on orthologous gene matching

IMPC phenotypes (gene matching)
  • increased thermal nociceptive threshold / IMPC
MGI phenotypes (allele matching)
  • abnormal cochlear inner hair cell morphology / MGI
  • short inner hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • circling / MGI
  • head bobbing / MGI
  • impaired righting response / MGI
  • deafness / MGI
  • absent cochlear microphonics / MGI
  • absent cochlear nerve compound action potential / MGI
  • short vestibular hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • short cochlear hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • abnormal outer hair cell stereociliary bundle morphology / MGI
  • abnormal auditory summating potential / MGI
  • increased or absent threshold for auditory brainstem response / MGI
  • decreased leukocyte cell number / MGI
  • enlarged adrenal glands / MGI
  • decreased body weight / MGI
  • abnormal maternal nurturing / MGI
  • hyperactivity / MGI
  • abnormal gait / MGI
  • impaired swimming / MGI
  • increased circulating corticosterone level / MGI
  • increased heart weight / MGI
  • increased liver weight / MGI
  • increased kidney weight / MGI
  • cochlear hair cell degeneration / MGI
  • cochlear inner hair cell degeneration / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear outer hair cell morphology / MGI
  • cochlear outer hair cell degeneration / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear hair cell stereociliary bundle morphology / MGI
  • decreased outer hair cell stereocilia number / MGI
  • short outer hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • decreased uterus weight / MGI
  • decreased seminal vesicle weight / MGI
  • decreased thymus weight / MGI
  • increased oxygen consumption / MGI
  • head tossing / MGI
  • decreased glycogen level / MGI
  • decreased circulating glucose level / MGI
  • decreased total body fat amount / MGI
MGI phenotypes (gene matching)
  • decreased leukocyte cell number / MGI
  • enlarged adrenal glands / MGI
  • abnormal retinal photoreceptor morphology / MGI
  • decreased body weight / MGI
  • retinal degeneration / MGI
  • abnormal maternal nurturing / MGI
  • circling / MGI
  • hyperactivity / MGI
  • abnormal gait / MGI
  • head bobbing / MGI
  • impaired swimming / MGI
  • impaired righting response / MGI
  • increased circulating corticosterone level / MGI
  • deafness / MGI
  • increased thermal nociceptive threshold / MGI
  • increased heart weight / MGI
  • increased liver weight / MGI
  • increased kidney weight / MGI
  • abnormal rod electrophysiology / MGI
  • abnormal cone electrophysiology / MGI
  • cochlear hair cell degeneration / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear inner hair cell morphology / MGI
  • cochlear inner hair cell degeneration / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear outer hair cell morphology / MGI
  • cochlear outer hair cell degeneration / MGI
  • decreased cochlear hair cell number / MGI
  • absent cochlear microphonics / MGI
  • absent cochlear nerve compound action potential / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear outer hair cell physiology / MGI
  • abnormal vestibular hair cell stereociliary bundle morphology / MGI
  • short vestibular hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear hair cell stereociliary bundle morphology / MGI
  • short cochlear hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • abnormal outer hair cell stereociliary bundle morphology / MGI
  • decreased outer hair cell stereocilia number / MGI
  • short outer hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • short inner hair cell stereocilia / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear hair bundle transient lateral links morphology / MGI
  • abnormal distortion product otoacoustic emission / MGI
  • absent distortion product otoacoustic emissions / MGI
  • decreased uterus weight / MGI
  • decreased seminal vesicle weight / MGI
  • decreased thymus weight / MGI
  • increased oxygen consumption / MGI
  • head tossing / MGI
  • hearing/vestibular/ear phenotype / MGI
  • behavior/neurological phenotype / MGI
  • decreased glycogen level / MGI
  • decreased circulating glucose level / MGI
  • impaired hearing / MGI
  • abnormal cochlear frequency tuning / MGI
  • abnormal auditory summating potential / MGI
  • thin retinal outer nuclear layer / MGI
  • short photoreceptor outer segment / MGI
  • decreased total body fat amount / MGI
  • increased or absent threshold for auditory brainstem response / MGI

Literature references

  • Defects in whirlin, a PDZ domain molecule involved in stereocilia elongation, cause deafness in the whirler mouse and families with DFNB31.;Mburu Philomena, Mustapha Mirna, Varela Anabel, Weil Dominique, El-Amraoui Aziz, Holme Ralph H, Rump Andreas, Hardisty Rachel E, Blanchard Stéphane, Coimbra Roney S, Perfettini Isabelle, Parkinson Nick, Mallon Ann-Marie, Glenister Pete, Rogers Mike J, Paige Adam J, Moir Lee, Clay Jo, Rosenthal Andre, Liu Xue Zhong, Blanco Gonzalo, Steel Karen P, Petit Christine, Brown Steve D M, ;2003;Nature genetics;34;421-8; 12833159
  • Alternative Splice Forms Influence Functions of Whirlin in Mechanosensory Hair Cell Stereocilia.;Ebrahim Seham, Ingham Neil J, Lewis Morag A, Rogers Michael J C, Cui Runjia, Kachar Bechara, Pass Johanna C, Steel Karen P, ;2016;Cell reports;15;935-943; 27117407

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