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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2020 Oct 27;14(1):29–45. doi: 10.1002/aur.2418

Table 1.

A s.c. IGF-2 or M6P Injection Does Not Produce Adverse Effects in Either WT or Ube3am−/p+ mice

30-min test
WT Veh (n = 8) AS Veh (n = 7) WT IGF-2 (n = 6) AS IGF-2 (n = 6) WT M6P (n = 6) AS M6P (n = 6)
Physical characteristics
 Weight (males) 25.0 ± 0.55 29.0 ± 0.58 25.3 ± 0.33 29.3 ± 0.81 25.3 ± 0.88 29.0 ± 0.58
 Weight (females) 19.3 ± 0.67 22.0 ± 1.15 20.7 ± 0.81 22.3 ± 0.33 21.3 ± 0.88 22.7 ± 0.33
 Temp 36.7 ± 0.05 36.7 ± 0.03 36.8 ± 0.05 36.7 ± 0.03 36.8 ± 0.06 36.7 ± 0.03
 Whiskers (% with) 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Bald patches (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Palpebral closure (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exothalmos (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
General behavioral observations (% of subject displaying response)
 Wild running 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Freezing 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sniffing 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Licking 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Rearing 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Jumping 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Defecation 25 29 33 33 17 33
 Urination 0 0 0 0 17 0
Sensorimotor reflexes (% of subjects showing normal response)
 Righting 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Whiskers 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Eye-blink 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Ear-twitch 100 100 100 100 100 100
24-hr test
Physical characteristics
 Weight (males) 25.6 ± 0.75 29.2 ± 0.48 26.3 ± 0.88 29.7 ± 1.1 26.7 ± 1.3 29.7 ± 0.33
 Weight (females) 20.0 ± 0.58 22.0 ± 1.15 21.3 ± 0.82 22.7 ± 0.67 21.0 ± 0.58 22.7 ± 0.33
 Temp 36.7 ± 0.05 36.7 ± 0.03 36.8 ± 0.04 36.8 ± 0.07 36.7 ± 0.03 36.7 ± 0.03
 Whiskers (% with) 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Bald patches (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Palpebral closure (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exothalmos (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
General behavioral observations (% of subject displaying response)
 Wild running 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Freezing 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sniffing 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Licking 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Rearing 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Jumping 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Defecation 0 0 17 0 17 33
 Urination 0 14 0 0 0 0
Sensorimotor reflexes (% of subjects showing normal response)
 Righting 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Whiskers 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Eye-blink 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Ear-twitch 100 100 100 100 100 100
7-day test
Physical characteristics
 Weight (males) 25.6 ± 0.75 29.2 ± 0.48 26.3 ± 0.88 29.3 ± 1.08 27.3 ± 0.67 29.7 ± 0.33
 Weight (females) 20.0 ± 0.85 22.7 ± 1.2 21.7 ± 0.82 23.0 ± 0.58 21.3 ± 0.88 23.0 ± 0
 Temp 36.8± 0.04 36.7 ± 0.02 36.7 ± 0.04 36.7 ± 0.02 36.7 ± 0.03 36.7 ± 0.1
 Whiskers (% with) 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Bald patches (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Palpebral closure (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Exothalmos (% with) 0 0 0 0 0 0
General behavioral observations (% of subject displaying response)
 Wild running 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Freezing 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Sniffing 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Licking 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Rearing 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Jumping 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Defecation 13 14 33 33 33 17
 Urination 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sensorimotor reflexes (% of subjects showing normal response)
 Righting 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Whiskers 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Eye-blink 100 100 100 100 100 100
 Ear-twitch 100 100 100 100 100 100

Observational battery of general physical characteristics and motor and sensory responses of WT and Ube3am−/p+ (AS) mice injected with IGF-2, M6P, or Vehicle (Veh) tested 30 min, 24 hr and 7 days after injection.