Polytene chromosomes normal.
lethal (with Df(3R)Antp17)
external sensory organ & thorax
somatic muscle & mesothoracic segment
somatic muscle & metathoracic segment
Homozygous clones in second leg discs fall into two categories; those that are well integrated into the disc epithelium and whose borders are interdigitated with their wild-type neighbours and those that are rounded up and have smooth borders. The interdigitated cones occur in all regions of the leg disc and appear to develop completely normally. The rounded up clones often have borders that coincide with novel folds in the disc. These rounded up clones almost always show some connection to the proximal ring that co-expresses Dll, hth and exd and are transformed to antenna (as assayed by marker expression).
In Antp25 embryos, thoracic neuroblast 3-3 (NB3-3T) fails to enter quiescence during mid-embryogenesis. Correspondingly, NB3-3T generates an increased number of GMCs and EL neurons compared to wild type.
Single cell class IV dendrite arborisation (da) neuron clones that are homozygous for Antp25 show no significant defects in dendrite development.
Late homozygous embryos have normal oenocyte clusters.
Thoracic BrdU incorporation associated with ventrolateral/lateral neuroblasts is normal in homozygous embryos. However, additional staining is detected in ventral positions.
Severe disorganisation of T2 and T3 muscle pattern and absence of the first midgut constriction.
Expression of nub in endoderm is wild type.
Staining with antibodies reveals that Antp25 is necessary for many thoracic es organs, it is required for lch3 axonal projection and contributes to ch organs in T2 and T3.
No salivary gland defects.
Homozygous clones in the leg show deletions of structures from the femur, tibia and proximal part of the basitarsus.
Hemizygotes lack the anterior constriction of the midgut. In hemizygotes Scr expression is very much reduced.
Antp25 has prothoracic ventral denticle belt phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4arm.PS/UbxIa.VP16.UAS
Antp25 has embryonic head segment phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4arm.PS/UbxIa.VP16.UAS
Antp25, ctC145 has humeral bristle phenotype
Antp25, ctC145 has postpronotum phenotype
Antp25, ctL188 has humeral bristle phenotype
Antp25, ctL188 has postpronotum phenotype
UbxIa.Scer\UAS.T:Hsim\VP16 driven by a weak expressing line of Scer\GAL4arm.PS (arm-GAL4r), in a Antp25 mutant background, displays a normal Antp loss of function phenotype. When driven by a strong expressing line of Scer\GAL4arm.PS (arm-GAL4), the Antp25 is rescued almost to wild type; T2 and T3 are rescued to their normal appearances, though some head segments develop small patches of T2-like denticles.
In heterozygous combination with ctL188 or ctC145, ectopic structures project (usually unilaterally) from the position of the anterior spiracle on the dorsal prothorax, and are associated with malformation of absence of the two macrochaetaes on the humeral callus. The phenotype is incompletely penetrant and not as severe as for Antp11.
Antp25 is partially rescued by AntpUAS.cCa/Scer\GAL4e22c
Scer\GAL4e22c-mediated expression of AntpScer\UAS.cCa rescues the muscle defects in T2.
Wakimoto.
Reduced levels of tsh transcripts are found in parasegments 4 and 5.
The A and B glial cells do not show a pattern defect.