The Jeff Mouse Mutant Model for Chronic Otitis Media Manifests Gain-of-Function as Well as Loss-of-Function Effects.

Frontiers in Genetics
Oana KubinyeczHilda Tateossian

Abstract

Chronic otitis media (OM) is the most common cause of hearing loss worldwide, yet the underlying genetics and molecular pathology are poorly understood. The mouse mutant Jeff is a single gene mouse model for OM identified from a deafness screen as part of an ENU mutagenesis program at MRC Harwell. Jeff carries a missense mutation in the Fbxo11 gene. Jeff heterozygotes (Fbxo11 Jf/+ ) develop chronic OM at weaning and have reduced hearing. Homozygotes (Fbxo11 Jf/Jf ) display perinatal lethality due to developmental epithelial abnormalities. In order to investigate the role of FBXO11 and the type of mutation responsible for the phenotype of the Jeff mice, a knock-out mouse model was created and compared to Jeff. Surprisingly, the heterozygote knock-outs (Fbxo11 tm2b/+ ) show a much milder phenotype: they do not display any auditory deficit and only some of them have thickened middle ear epithelial lining with no fluid in the ear. In addition, the knock-out homozygote embryos (Fbxo11 tm2b/tm2b ), as well as the compound heterozygotes (Fbxo11 tm2b/Jf ) show only mild abnormalities compared to Jeff homozygotes (Fbxo11 Jf/Jf ). Interestingly, 3 days after intranasal inoculation of the Fbxo11 tm2b/+ mice with non-typeable Haemophilus i...Continue Reading

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