Publication Date:
1996-05-03
Description:
A mouse model of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) was generated by the introduction of an Arg 403 --〉 Gln mutation into the alpha cardiac myosin heavy chain (MHC) gene. Homozygous alpha MHC 403/403 mice died 7 days after birth, and sedentary heterozygous alpha MHC 403/+ mice survived for 1 year. Cardiac histopathology and dysfunction in the alpha MHC 403/+ mice resembled human FHC. Cardiac dysfunction preceded histopathologic changes, and myocyte disarray, hypertrophy, and fibrosis increased with age. Young male alpha MHC 403/+ mice showed more evidence of disease than did their female counterparts. Preliminary results suggested that exercise capacity may have been compromised in the alpha MHC 403/+ mice. This mouse model may help to define the natural history of FHC.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Geisterfer-Lowrance, A A -- Christe, M -- Conner, D A -- Ingwall, J S -- Schoen, F J -- Seidman, C E -- Seidman, J G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 May 3;272(5262):731-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8614836" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Base Sequence
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Cardiac Output
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/*genetics/pathology/physiopathology
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*Disease Models, Animal
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Female
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Gene Transfer Techniques
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Heart/*physiopathology
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Heterozygote
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Homozygote
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Humans
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Male
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Mice
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Mice, Mutant Strains
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutation
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Myocardium/chemistry/*pathology
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Myosin Heavy Chains/*genetics
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Physical Exertion
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Sex Characteristics
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Ventricular Function, Left
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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