Strain Name:
B6.Cg-Mc1re Adamts20bt-2H/Mmmh
Stock Number:
000184-MU
Citation ID:
RRID:MMRRC_000184-MU
Major Collection:

Strain Information

Mc1re
Name: melanocortin 1 receptor; recessive yellow
Synonyms: Mc1r-, MC1-, e
Type: Allele
Species: Mus musculus (mouse)
Chromosome: 8
Alteration at locus: Spontaneous Mutation
Adamts20bt-2H
Name: ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 20; belted 2 Harwell
Synonyms: Adamts20bt-9J
Type: Allele
Species: Mus musculus (mouse)
Chromosome: 15
Alteration at locus: Spontaneous Mutation
Mc1r
Name: melanocortin 1 receptor
Synonyms: e, Mcr1, Mshra, extension recessive yellow
Type: Gene
Species: Mouse
Chromosome: 8
Alteration at locus: Spontaneous Mutation
NCBI: 17199
HGNC: HGNC:6929
Homologene: 1789
Adamts20
Name: ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 20
Synonyms: bt, ADAMTS-20
Type: Gene
Species: Mouse
Chromosome: 15
Alteration at locus: Spontaneous Mutation
NCBI: 223838
Homologene: 11808
Genetic Alterations
Spontaneous mutations. The Mc1re allele mutation in MMRRC:000184 is a frameshift due to a deletion of a single nucleotide at position 549. This mutation is predicted to result in a protein that continues out of frame for 12 amino acids before terminating. The Adamts20bt-2H allele has a single C to T point mutation at nucleotide 2451, which is predicted to cause a missense mutation (Leu761Phe) in the spacer domain of ADAMTS20.
Genotype Determination
Phenotype
Recessive yellow (Mc1re) is recessive to nonyellow. In the case of C57BL/6J, nonyellow mice are black. Recessive yellow mice are pheomelanic because of a constitutive inability of the melanocortin 1 receptor, located on the cell surface of the melanocyte and of some tissues in the brain, to respond to signals.

Belted is a recessive mutation that results in white-spotting. White-spotting is defined as the absence of pigmentation that is caused by absence of melanocytes, which is distinct from albinism in which the absence of pigment results from failure of melanogenesis within the pigment cells. The belted locus encodes "a disintegrin-like and metalloprotease (reprolysin type) with thrombospondin type 1 motif, 20", that is evidently involved in survival of melanocytes. Homozygous mutants usually have a white belly patch and often a white belt across the back in the midtrunk region. The two may coalesce to form a white belt. Two phenotypic characteristics distinguish belted mice from mice mutant at other white-spotting loci. First, the background genome does not seem to influence the location of the spot. Second pheomelanogenesis of the mouse has only a small influence upon the size of the spot.
Mammalian Phenotype Terms
Allelic Composition: Mc1re/Mc1re (Genetic Background: C57BL/6 )

Allelic Composition: Mc1re/Mc1re (Genetic Background: C57BL/6Ha )

Allelic Composition: Mc1re/Mc1re (Genetic Background: C57BL/6J-Mc1re/J )

Allelic Composition: Mc1re/Mc1re (Genetic Background: involves: C57BL/6Ha )

Allelic Composition: Mc1rtaw/Mc1re (Genetic Background: involves: M. m. molossinus * C57BL/6J )

Allelic Composition: Adamts20bt-2H/Adamts20bt-2H (Genetic Background: B6.Cg-Adamts20bt-2H )

Allelic Composition: Adamts20bt-2H/Adamts20bt-2H (Genetic Background: JU.Cg-Adamts20bt-2H )

MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Genes
  • Hair Color
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL/genetics
  • Mice, Mutant Strains/genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Melanocytes/physiology
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Inbred Strains/genetics
  • Skin Pigmentation/genetics
  • ADAM Proteins
  • ADAMTS Proteins
  • Cell Movement/physiology
  • Disintegrins/chemistry
  • Disintegrins/classification
  • Disintegrins/genetics
  • Disintegrins/metabolism
  • Embryo, Mammalian/physiology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Metalloendopeptidases/chemistry
  • Metalloendopeptidases/classification
  • Metalloendopeptidases/genetics
  • Metalloendopeptidases/metabolism
  • Mutation
  • Phylogeny
  • Pigmentation/genetics
  • Skin/cytology
  • Skin/growth & development
  • Skin/metabolism
  • ADAM Proteins/genetics
  • ADAM Proteins/metabolism
  • Alleles
  • Base Sequence
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cell Movement
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cell Survival/genetics
  • Cell Survival/physiology
  • DNA Primers/genetics
  • Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology
  • Embryonic Stem Cells/metabolism
  • Female
  • Melanocytes/cytology
  • Melanocytes/enzymology
  • Mice, Mutant Strains
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Neural Crest/cytology
  • Neural Crest/embryology
  • Neural Crest/enzymology
  • Pregnancy
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Skin/embryology
  • Skin/enzymology
  • Skin Pigmentation/physiology
  • Versicans/metabolism
Strain Development
C57BL/6J-Mc1re/Mc1re was obtained from The Jackson Laboratory and was used to create parallel belted stocks MMRRC:000183 and MMRRC:000184. Belted was obtained in 1973 from MRC Radiobiology Unit on a stock that also carried Cattanach's translocation.
Suggested Control Mice
  • Belted without recessive yellow, MMRRC:000183 .
  • C57BL/6J
  • Yellow not belted (C57BL/6J-Mc1re/J, Stock Number:000060) available at The Jackson Laboratory
  • Backcross to C57BL/6J followed by selection for the desired elements of the four possible recombinants.
MMRRC Genetic QC Summary
The MMRRC Centers have developed a genetic QC pipeline using MiniMUGA array genotyping to provide additional information on strain backgrounds for MMRRC congenic and inbred strains. For more information on when data may be available, or to request genotyping for a strain of interest, please contact mmrrc@missouri.edu. Older strains may not have this information.
  • Pigmentation
  • Neural Crest Development
  • Developmental Biology
  • Eumelanin/pheomelanin differences are the result if cell/cell interactions
Donor
Dr. Lynn Lamoreux, Texas A&M University
Primary Reference
  • Lamoreux ML, Russell ES. Developmental interaction in the pigmentary system of mice. I. Interactions between effects of genes on color of pigment and on distribution of pigmentation in the coat of the house mouse (Mus musculus). J Hered. 1979 Jan-Feb;70(1):31-6. (Medline PMID: 469221)
  • Lamoreux ML. Strain-specific white-spotting patterns in laboratory mice. Pigment Cell Res. 1999 Dec;12(6):383-90. (Medline PMID: 10614578)
  • Murray JM, Snell GD. Belted, a new sixth chromosome mutation in the mouse. J Hered 1945;36:266-8 (Medline: Not Available)
  • Rao C, Foernzler D, Loftus SK, Liu S, McPherson JD, Jungers KA, Apte SS, Pavan WJ, Beier DR. A defect in a novel ADAMTS family member is the cause of the belted white-spotting mutation. Development. 2003 Oct;130(19):4665-72. (Medline PMID: 12925592)
  • Silver DL, Hou L, Somerville R, Young ME, Apte SS, Pavan WJ. The secreted metalloprotease ADAMTS20 is required for melanoblast survival. PLoS Genet. 2008 Feb 29;4(2):e1000003. (Medline PMID: 18454205)

Colony and Husbandry Information

Feed 9% fat breeder chow.

Colony Surveillance Program and Current Health Reports

Mice recovered from a cryo-archive will have health surveillance performed on recipient females. Health reports will be provided prior to shipment. If you require additional health status information, please email mmrrc@missouri.edu.
Coat Color
Yellow with white spot to belt across back and midtrunk
MMRRC Breeding System
Sib mating
Breeding Scheme(s)
Homozygous female x Homozygous male
Generation
N>10F>10
Overall Breeding Performance
Poor
Average litter size
7
Recommended wean age
3 weeks

Order Request Information

Limited quantities of breeder mice (recovered litter) are available from a cryoarchive; recovered litter usually available to ship in 3 to 4 months.

Cryopreserved material may be available upon request, please inquire to mmrrc@missouri.edu for more information.

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MMRRC Item # Description Distribution Fee / Unit (US $)
*Shipping & Handling not included*
Units Notes
000184-MU-EMBRYO Cryo-preserved embryos $1,038.00 / $2,621.00
Non-Profit / For-Profit
Aliquot Approximate quantity2 : 20-40 embryos / aliquot
000184-MU-SPERM Cryo-preserved spermatozoa $437.00 / $817.00
Non-Profit / For-Profit
Aliquot Approximate quantity3
000184-MU-RESUS Litter recovered from cryo-archive $2,016.00 / $4,103.00
Non-Profit / For-Profit
Litter Recovered litter4; additional fees for any special requests.

1 The distribution fee covers the expense of rederiving mice from a live mouse; you will receive the resulting litter. The litter will contain at minimum one mutant carrier; the actual number of animals and the gender and genotype ratios will vary. (Typically, multiple breeder pairs can be established from the recovered litter.) Prior to shipment, the MMRRC will provide information about the animals recovered. If you anticipate or find that you need to request specific genotypes, genders or quantities of mice in excess of what is likely from a resuscitated litter, you may discuss available options and pricing with the supplying MMRRC facility.

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4 The distribution fee covers the expense of resuscitating mice from the cryo-archive; you will receive the resulting litter. The litter will contain at minimum one mutant carrier; the actual number of animals and the gender and genotype ratios will vary. (Typically, multiple breeder pairs can be established from the recovered litter.) Prior to shipment, the MMRRC will provide information about the animals recovered. If you anticipate or find that you need to request specific genotypes, genders or quantities of mice in excess of what is likely from a resuscitated litter, you may discuss available options and pricing with the supplying MMRRC facility.

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