B6.129S4-Cyb5r4^tm1Hfb/HfbJ

Stock number: 005517
Product name: B6.Ncb5or,sup>null
Research areas: Diabetes and Obesity Research, Endocrine Deficiency Research, Metabolism Research, Research Tools

Description

Homozygous Cyb5r4^tm1Hfb mice exhibit clinical diabetes and reduction in the number of islets in the pancreas.

Detailed description

Mice heterozygous for the targeted mutation are viable and fertile, glucose tolerant, have normal blood sugar levels, serum lipid profiles and white adipose tissue mass.

No protein from the targeted gene was detected by Western Blot analysis of mice homozygous for the allele. Homozygous mice consume more food, have decreased adipose tissue mass and are hyperlipidemic compared to wildtype controls post-weaning. At 4 weeks of age glucose levels are normal but insulin levels are 40% of wildtype controls. At 7 weeks of age clinical diabetes is present in both male and female of homozygous mice. Histological evaluation of pancreas from 21 week old homozygote animals revealed a significant reduction in the number of islets and decreased cytoplasmic to nuclear ratio in the islet cells and there was no insulitis nor phagocytosis of necrotic beta cell fragments. While there is a progressive loss of beta cells in aging homozygous mice, there is no loss of alpha, delta or PP cells. Electron microscopy reveals degranulated beta cells and hypertrophic and hyperplastic mitochodria.

This strain is useful in islet transplantation research, stem cell research and as a tool for studying the role of oxidative stress in diabetes.

Development

A construct containing a hygromycin expression cassette replaces a region extending from the 3' end of exon 3 to the 5' end of intron 4 of Cyb5r4 (cloned from a 129/Sv mouse), deleting exon 4 the heme binding domain crucial to enzyme stability and biochemical properties, was transfected into 129S4/SvJae embryonic stem cells (ES cells). These ES cells were injected into C57BL/6 blastocysts. Chimeric founders were mated to C57BL/6 and subsequently intercrossed to generate homozygotes. In 2005, the Type 1 Diabetes Resource received heterozygous B6.129S4-Cyb5r4^tm1Hfb/HfbJ at generation N9.

Allele

Symbol: Cyb5r4^tm1Hfb
Name: targeted mutation 1, H Franklin Bunn
MGI accession ID: MGI:3050973
Generation method: Targeted
Attributes: Null/Knockout
Marker symbol: Cyb5r4
Marker name: cytochrome b5 reductase 4
Chromosome: 9
Strain of origin: 129S4/SvJae
Molecular note: Exon 4, which contains sequence encoding the heme-binding domain, was replaced with a PGK-hygromycin gene. Mutant mice did not express full length mRNA or protein, as shown by Northern blot and Western blot, respectively.