Overview

Also Known As:Large

LG/J mice develop antinuclear antibodies and rheumatoid factor as well as renal disease characterized by glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis, and perivasculitis. LG/J mice are often compared to SM/J (Stock No. 000687) for quantitative trait locus analysis in the areas of atherosclerosis, obesity, and mandible size . These mice are susceptible to diet-induced obesity and diet-induced atherosclerosis. This strain is among the least responsive to phytohemagglutinin.

Genetic overview

Genetic Background	Generation

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Research Applications

Developmental Biology Research
Research Tools
Neurobiology Research
Sensorineural Research
Internal/Organ Research
Immunology, Inflammation and Autoimmunity Research
Metabolism Research

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Details

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 after 10 months of age.

Detailed Description

LG/J mice develop antinuclear antibodies and rheumatoid factor as well as renal disease characterized by glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis, and perivasculitis (Peng et al., 1996). LG/J was the predominant strain used to develop the MRL/LpJ (Stock No. 000486) inbred strain, a model for autoimmunity. LG/J mice are often compared to SM/J (Stock No. 000687) for quantitative trait locus analysis in the areas of atherosclerosis, obesity, and mandible size . These mice are susceptible to diet-induced obesity and diet-induced atherosclerosis. This strain is among the least responsive to phytohemagglutinin (Heiniger et al., 1975).

Development

Developed by Goodale with selection for large body size begining in 1931. Inbred by M.N. Runner. Two substrains, J and Ckc, were separated at F27.

Selected References

Ehrich TH; Kenney JP; Vaughn TT; Pletscher LS; Cheverud JM. 2003. Diet, obesity, and hyperglycemia in LG/J and SM/J mice. Obes Res 11(11):1400-10PubMed: 14627762 MGI: J:86873
Macarthur JW. 1944. Genetics of body size and related characters. Am Naturalist 78:142-57MGI: J:25351
Macarthur JW. 1949. Selection for Small and Large Body Size in the House Mouse. Genetics 34(2):194-209PubMed: 17247310 MGI: J:2452
Petkov PM; Cassell MA; Sargent EE; Donnelly CJ; Robinson P; Crew V; Asquith S; Haar RV; Wiles MV. 2004. Development of a SNP genotyping panel for genetic monitoring of the laboratory mouse. Genomics 83(5):902-11PubMed: 15081119 MGI: J:89298

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Genetics

Gpr84^del

Allele Symbol: Gpr84^del

Allele Name	deletion
Allele Type	Spontaneous (Null/Knockout)
Allele Synonym(s)
Gene Symbol and Name	Gpr84, G protein-coupled receptor 84
Gene Synonym(s)
Strain of Origin	multiple strains
Chromosome	15
Molecular Note	This spontaneously arising frameshift deletion is located in exon 2 at position 103308576 bp (NCBI Build 37) and results in a premature stop codon. The mutation is predicted to result in a truncated protein lacking the transmembrane domains 4-7. The inbred strains BDP/J, DBA/1J, DBA/2J, I/LnJ, FVB/NJ, LG/J, MRL/MpJ, NODShi/LtJ, NOR/LtJ, P/J, PL/J, SKHIN/Sprd, SJL/J, SM/J are homozygous for the deletion. The allele is segregating in the outbred stocks ICR and CD-1.

Cdh23^ahl

Allele Symbol: Cdh23^ahl

Allele Name	age related hearing loss 1
Allele Type	Spontaneous
Allele Synonym(s)	Cdh23^753A; mdfw
Gene Symbol and Name	Cdh23, cadherin 23 (otocadherin)
Gene Synonym(s)
Strain of Origin	multiple strains
Chromosome	10
Molecular Note	Genetic complementation tests have shown allelism between the mdfw (modifier of deaf waddler) locus and the ahl locus. Further analysis has shown this is caused by a G to A transition at coding nucleotide position 753 of Cdh23 (SNP rs257098870). This hypomorphic allele changes splice donor site G-GT to A-GT, causing frame skipping of exon 7. This is predicted to delete part of the 2nd and 3rd ectodomains and cause reduced message stability. Twenty-seven strains classified with ahl and carrying the 753A allele include: CD-1, 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: 129S1/SvImJ, C3H/HeSnJ, I/LnJ, YBR/Ei, MRL/MpJ.

Ahr^d

Allele Symbol: Ahr^d

Allele Name	d variant
Allele Type	Not Applicable
Allele Synonym(s)	ah; Ah^d; Ah^k; Ahhⁿ; AhRd; in
Gene Symbol and Name	Ahr, aryl-hydrocarbon receptor
Gene Synonym(s)
Strain of Origin	Not Applicable
Chromosome	12
General Note	Strain of origin - this allele was found in DBA/2J, AKR/J, 129, SWR, RF, NZB strains
Molecular Note	This allele encodes a 104 kDa receptor that is stabilized by molybdate and has an affinity for ligand 10-100 fold lower than that of the receptor produced by the C57BL/6J allele. PCR sequencing of cDNA revealed ten nucleotide differences between the coding sequences of the DBA/2J and C57BL/6J receptors. Five of the ten differences would cause amino acid changes. One of these, an apparent T to C transition replaces the opal termination codon in the C57BL/6J allele with an arginine codon in the DBA/2J allele. This change would extend translation of the DBA/2J mRNA by 43 amino acids, accounting for the larger size of the peptide produced by this allele (104 kDa vs 95 kDa for the C57BL/6J allele). A second T to C transition changes a leucine codon in the C57BL/6J allele to a proline codon in the DBA/2J allele, and would likely change secondary structure of the peptide and thus ligand affinity.

Disease/Phenotype

Disease Terms

Research Areas By Phenotype

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

Developmental Biology Research
- Growth Defects
Research Tools
- General Purpose
Neurobiology Research
- Hearing Defects
  - Age related hearing loss
Sensorineural Research
- Hearing Defects
  - Age related hearing loss
Internal/Organ Research
- Wound Healing
  - enhanced
Immunology, Inflammation and Autoimmunity Research
- Autoimmunity
  - anti-nuclear antibodies

Genotype: Ahr^d related

Metabolism Research
Research Tools
- Toxicology Research

Genotype: Cdh23^ahl related

Neurobiology Research
- Hearing Defects
  - Age related hearing loss
Sensorineural Research
- Hearing Defects
  - Age related hearing loss

Mammalian Phenotype Terms by Genotype

Phenotype Information

Festing Inbred Strain Characteristics: LG

References

Ehrich TH; Kenney JP; Vaughn TT; Pletscher LS; Cheverud JM. 2003. Diet, obesity, and hyperglycemia in LG/J and SM/J mice. Obes Res 11(11):1400-10PubMed: 14627762 MGI: J:86873
Macarthur JW. 1944. Genetics of body size and related characters. Am Naturalist 78:142-57MGI: J:25351
Macarthur JW. 1949. Selection for Small and Large Body Size in the House Mouse. Genetics 34(2):194-209PubMed: 17247310 MGI: J:2452
Petkov PM; Cassell MA; Sargent EE; Donnelly CJ; Robinson P; Crew V; Asquith S; Haar RV; Wiles MV. 2004. Development of a SNP genotyping panel for genetic monitoring of the laboratory mouse. Genomics 83(5):902-11PubMed: 15081119 MGI: J:89298

Additional References

Heiniger HJ; Taylor BA; Hards EJ; Meier H. 1975. Heritability of the phytohemagglutinin responsiveness of lymphocytes and its relationship to leukemogenesis. Cancer Res 35(3):825-31PubMed: 163691 MGI: J:22608
Klingenberg CP; Leamy LJ; Cheverud JM. 2004. Integration and modularity of quantitative trait locus effects on geometric shape in the mouse mandible. Genetics 166(4):1909-21PubMed: 15126408 MGI: J:89613
Peng SL; Madaio MP; Craft J. 1996. Systemic autoimmunity in LG/J mice. Immunol Lett 53(2-3):153-5PubMed: 9024995 MGI: J:38082
Poland A; Glover E. 1990. Characterization and strain distribution pattern of the murine Ah receptor specified by the Ahd and Ahb-3 alleles. Mol Pharmacol 38(3):306-12PubMed: 2169579 MGI: J:34840
Routman EJ; Cheverud JM. 1995. Polymorphism for PCR-analyzed microsatellites between the inbred mouse strains LG and SM. Mamm Genome 6(6):401-4PubMed: 7647461 MGI: J:26136
Zheng QY; Johnson KR; Erway LC. 1999. Assessment of hearing in 80 inbred strains of mice by ABR threshold analyses. Hear Res 130(1-2):94-107PubMed: 10320101 MGI: J:54812

Additional - Ahr^d related

Additional - Cdh23^ahl related

Additional - Gpr84^del related

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  Related Genotype: a/a Tyr^c/Tyr^c
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