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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Gene Ther. 2012 Aug;12(4):307–314. doi: 10.2174/156652312802083585

Table 2.

Current Engineered Mouse Models with CAV3 Mutations

Reference CAV3 mutation Model intended for: Actual phenotype hetero- or
hemizygous
Homozygous
Hagiwara, el al. 2000;
Woodman, el al. 2002
Null AR-caveolinopathy Normal Skeletal myopathy after 8
wks; progressive cardiomy-
opathy beginning at 8 wks
Galbiati, et al. 2000; Aravamuden, et al. 2003 CAV3 over-expression using
CAG promoter
Model of CAV3 over-
expression seen in DMD
and mdx mice
Skeletal myopathy by 3–4 wks;
cardiomyopathy by 6–10 wks;
death by 10–12 months
NA
Tsutsumi, et al. 2008; Horikawa, et al. 2011 CAV3 over-expression using a-
MHC promoter to drive cardio-
myocyte expression
Examining effects of
CAV3 on natriuretic pep-
tide signaling
Normal to beneficial NA
Sunada, el al. 2001; Ohsawa, et al. 2004 P104L transgenic using MCK
promoter
LGMD1C Skeletal myopathy by 6 wks;
hindlimb paralysis by 12 wks;
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
by 6 wks
NA