JAX has the most comprehensive portfolio of MASH (formerly called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH) mouse models to support your preclinical research needs. Leverage both traditional and novel MASH models to test your unique research questions, and gain confidence in your study results by utilizing the models that are right for you.
MASH is a complex metabolic disease which can require the use of multiple mouse models to evaluate mechanistic details. Utilize JAX’s expansive portfolio of MASH models to support your research needs and validate key phenotypic endpoints including hepatic steatosis, ballooning, inflammation, and fibrosis.
Name & Stock Number |
NEW!
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B6.Cg-Lepob/J
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B6.BKS(D)-Leprdb/J
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C57BL/6J
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Common Name |
MS-NASH |
B6 ob; Ob/Ob |
B6 db; Db/Db |
B6 |
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Genetic Profile |
Polygenic |
Monogenic |
Monogenic |
Polygenic |
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Relative Time to Induction (Scale from 1 to 5) |
High Fat, High Cholesterol, and High Fructose |
High Fat, High Cholesterol, and High Fructose Methionine and Choline Deficient (MCD) |
High Calorie Methionine and Choline Deficient (MCD) |
High Fat, High Cholesterol, and High Fructose Methionine and Choline Deficient (MCD) STZ + High Fat |
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Differentiating Features |
·MS-NASH is a polygenic mouse model with an intact leptin pathway that develops many of the features associated with metabolic syndrome ·Progression of NASH can be induced by feeding with an obesogenic diet, resulting in steatosis, inflammation, hepatocellular ballooning, and fibrosis. |
·Leptin-deficient ob/ob mice have a genetic predisposition to hyperphagy and obesity. ·Ob/ob mice fed obesogenic and MCD diets exhibit several key NASH features including steatosis and hepatocellular ballooning, but rarely develop significant fibrosis |
·Leptin-resistant db/db mice exhibit similar metabolic features to ob/ob mice, but have normal to elevated levels of leptin. ·In contrast to ob/ob mice, db/db mice fed high calorie and MCD diets often develop moderate to severe liver fibrosis. |
·C57BL/6J mice are frequently used in NASH research due to their intrinsic predilection to metabolic syndrome and an intact leptin pathway. ·Mice fed specialized diets display a number of key NASH phenotypes, however, obesogenic models typically have incomplete penetrance and require a significant amount of time for induction |
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References |
Van Herck MA et al., 2017; Denk H et al., 2019; Lau JK et al., 2017; Mann JP et al., 2016; Hansen HH et al., 2017; Bertola A, 2018; Kristiansen MN et al., 2016; Sahai A et al., 2004 |
Van Herck MA et al., 2017; Denk H et al., 2019; Ibrahim SH et al., 2016; Mann JP et al., 2016; Hansen HH et al., 2017; Bertola A, 2018; Trak-Smayra V et al., 2011; Wortham M et al., 2008 |
Van Herck MA et al., 2017; Denk H et al., 2019; Lau JK et al., 2017; Ibrahim SH et al., 2016; Hansen HH et al., 2017; Bertola A, 2018 |
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B6;129S4-Mc4rtm1Lowl/J
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B6.129P2-Apoetm1Unc/J (002052); B6.129S7-Ldlrtm1Her/J (002207) |
B6;SJL-Tg(aP2-SREBF1c)9884Reh/J
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B6.Cg-PtprcaMir223tm1Fcam/J
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Common Name |
loxTB |
ApoE KO; Ldlr KO |
aP2-SREBP-1c |
miR-233-, Mir223 KO |
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Genetic Profile |
Monogenic |
Monogenic |
Monogenic |
Monogenic |
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Relative Time to Induction (Scale from 1 to 5) |
High Fat |
High Fat, High Cholesterol Methionine and Choline Deficient (MCD) |
None |
High Fat Methionine Choline Deficient (MCD) |
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Differentiating Features |
·Mc4r-/- mice exhibit hyperphagic obesity in the context of an intact leptin pathway, resulting in a number of key features that are consistent with metabolic syndrome ·When fed a High Fat Diet, these mice have been observed to develop steatosis, inflammation, hepatocellular ballooning, and fibrosis. |
- Apoe-/- and Ldlr-/- mice contain genetic mutations in key genes involved with lipoprotein metabolism, resulting in hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, and obesity |
·The SREB-1C gene is involved in glucose metabolism, and the synthesis and uptake of cholesterol, fatty acids, and triglycerides. ·Though the liver histology of this model recapitulate many features of human NASH, it exhibits decreased adipose tissue over time. |
·MiR-223 is involved in the differential expression of several key inflammation genes in a number of cell types including neutrophils and hepatocytes. ·MiR-223 -/- have been shown to exhibit steatosis, hepatocellular ballooning, inflammation and fibrosis following induction with high fat diet. |
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References |
Hansen HH et al., 2017; Schierwagen R, et al, 2015; Gupte AA et al., 2010; Bieghs V et al., 2012
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Denk H et al., 2019; Ip M et al., 2003; Abdelmegeed MA et al., 2011 |
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