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Allele Dmel\Lar5.5

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SymbolDmel\Lar5.5SpeciesD. melanogaster
NameFlyBase IDFBal0048849
Feature typealleleAssociated geneDmel\Lar
Also Known AsDlar5.5
Map ( GBrowse ) GBrowse View Helpdetailed view FBal0048849 FBal0128170 FBal0128174 FBal0048846 FBal0128172
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Mutagenethyl methanesulfonate
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reported_pr_change=W?@
pr_change=W552@|Lar-PA
reported_na_change=G1773A
evidence=experimental
na_change=G19717177A
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Protein truncated in FnII domain 3.
Introduce termination codons into the extracellular domain.
Nucleotide substitution: G1773A. (Coordinates refer to cDNA sequence). The substitution causes a W to be replaced by a TGA stop codon, resulting a a protein truncated in the extracellular domain.
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actin filament & follicle cell | somatic clone | cell non-autonomous
anterior fascicle & axon | ectopic (with Lar13.2)
photoreceptor cell R7 & axon (with Lar2127)
photoreceptor cell R7 & growth cone (with Lar2127)
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Lar[5.5] homozygous mutant embryos exhibit ISNb bypass phenotypes in 31% of hemisegments. Lar[5.5] heterozygous embryos do not exhibit ISNb guidance defects.
Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] larvae show a reduction in bouton number at the neuromuscular junction compared to wild type.
28% of Lar13.2/Lar5.5 mutants display a motor axon guidance phenotype known as "ISNb bypass" in which ISNb axons successfully split away from the ISN pathway at the exit junction, but can fail to grow into the muscle field at their normal entry point. Instead, such axons travel along parallel to the ISN, underneath the muscles, until they reach the dorsal edge of the VLM field.
Carefully nurtured Lar5.5/Lar13.2 escapers of the lethality can be raised to adulthood. Stage 14 oocytes produced by these adults are abnormally round.
Homozygous and heterozygous larvae have fewer boutons (both type Ib and type Is) at the muscle 6/7 neuromuscular junction than wild type. Overall neuromuscular junction (NMJ) ultrastructure looks normal in homozygous larvae, but 61% of individual active zones are larger than the largest active zones found in wild-type NMJs and the mean total area of the mutant active zones is 2.5-fold greater than wild type.
In Lar5.5/Lar13.2 mutants, some oocytes fail to elongate significantly. This phenotype is moderate in penetrance (14.1% defective stage 14 oocytes). No defects are seen in major aspects of oocyte patterning; both the micropyle and the dorsal appendages are formed in their correct positions, although the latter are often shortened relative to those of the wild-type. Similarly the oocyte nucleus is correctly positioned in the dorsal-anterior compartment in rounded oocytes. In Lar5.5 somatic clones in the follicle cells, defects are seen in cytoskeletal organisation. In cases where disruption in F-actin are evident, defects are always observed in both mutant cells and in wild-type cells surrounding the clone. Although global organisation of actin polarity is lost around these clones, actin filaments tend to be similarly polarised in adjacent cells.
Actin polarisation in Lar5.5 germ-line clones is almost completely normal. However, egg chambers that contain somatic clones of mutant follicle cells display severely abnormal actin polarisation. These defects affect both mutant and wild-type cells. The genotype od the polar cells is not a determinant - cases of mutant polarisation surrounding wild-type polar cells are seen, the inverse (mutant polar cells surrounded by wild-type polarisation) is also seen. In mutant germline clones, region 2b cysts never fail to become lens-shaped and never contain more than one round of follicle in the process of budding. By contrast, when most of the follicle cells in region 2b and 3 are mutant (a relatively rare phenotype) then 62% of the germaria contain such defects.
R7 growth cones extend beyond the R8 termini in Lar2127/Lar5.5 animals 15 hours after pupariation as occurs in wild type, although the R7 growth cones have a compact, club-like shape instead of the normal expanded morphology. Only 52.9% of Lar2127/Lar5.5 R7 axons select their correct target layer.
Lar5.5/Lar13.2 transheterozygous embryos have a parallel bypass phenotype in the ISNb nerve.
Homozygotes show an ISNb bypass phenotype at moderate frequency.
ISNb axons often show a "bypass" phenotype (failing to enter the normal muscle target domain just outside the ventral nerve cord and instead following the intersegmental nerve towards dorsal targets) in Larbypass/Lar5.5 embryos.
Truncation phenotypes of the ISN. Most ISNs reach PT1 (persistent twi cell 1) but have small terminal arbors. Combining Ptp69D or Ptp99A mutants increases the penetrance and severity of the ISN defects, the ISN pathway is truncated at specific branchpoint positions. Triple mutants lacking Lar, Ptp69D or Ptp99A exhibit much stronger ISN phenotypes than any single or double mutant. Mutation affects SNb guidance and synaptogenesis within the VLM (ventrolateral muscle) field, a parallel bypass phenotype is observed (SNb axons grow alongside the ISN). SNbs fail to form the normal pattern of synaptic branches and exhibit navigation errors at the muscle field entry point. Growth alongside the ISN is likely to be due to inappropriately active Ptp99A rather than a failure of Lar-mediated VLM recognition. Lar, Ptp69D or Ptp99A triple mutants also exhibit fusion bypass phenotype of the SNb axons. Fusion bypass is seldom observed in any genotype in which Ptp69D is wild type. Removal of Ptp99A or Lar produces a 10- to 20- fold increase in the frequency of fusion bypass and an increase in complete stall phenotypes.
Approximately half of the homozygotes die as late instar larvae, and the remainder die attempting to eclose. A striking number of mutant larvae initiate pupation in the food. Mature pupae struggle to eclose and die part way out of the pupal case. Mutant embryos show defects in SNb and SNd motor axon guidance (full and partial bypass phenotypes) and to a lesser extent in the CNS (thinning of the most lateral longitudinal fascicle). The penetrance of these defects in not 100%. The embryonic lethality of Lar5.5/Lar13.2 is overcome by LarScer\UAS.cKa driven by Scer\GAL4elav-C155.
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Lar5.5/Lar13.2 has anterior fascicle & axon | ectopic phenotype, enhanceable by Sdc48/Sdc10608
Lar5.5/Lar13.2 has oocyte phenotype, enhanceable by mys1/mys[+]
Lar5.5/Lar13.2 has oocyte phenotype, enhanceable by mys10/mys[+]
Lar5.5/Lar2127 has photoreceptor cell R7 & axon phenotype, enhanceable by ena[+]/enaGC1
Lar5.5/Lar2127 has photoreceptor cell R7 & axon phenotype, enhanceable by trio1/trio[+]
Lar5.5 has intersegmental nerve phenotype, enhanceable by trioS137203/trio[+]
Lar5.5 has phenotype, enhanceable by trioS137203/trio[+]
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Lar5.5/Lar2127 has photoreceptor cell R7 & axon phenotype, suppressible by trioGMR.PN
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Lar[5.5] ckn[K.Δ324-331] double mutants exhibit an increase in frequency of the ISNb bypass phenotype from 31% in Lar[5.5] single mutants to 49% in double mutants. Lar[5.5] ckn[K.Δ324-331] double heterozygous embryos display bypass phenotypes with 39% penetrance.
Lar[5.5]/+ enhances the reduction in bouton number at the neuromuscular junction which is seen in Sdc[KG06163]/Df(2R)48 larvae (carrying Sara[Ubi.PJ] to provide Sara function).
Sdc48/Sdc10608; Lar13.2/Lar5.5 mutants (in which Sara has been rescued by expression of the SaraUbi.PJ transgene) display an increased penetrance of the bypass phenotype (43% vs. 28%) relative to the corresponding Lar13.2/Lar5.5 transheterozygote. When SdcScer\UAS.cJa is expressed, under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B, in a Lar13.2/Lar5.5 background, the SNa bifurcation phenotype seen when the transgene is expressed in a wild-type background is suppressed.
The addition of mys10/+ or mys1/+ to Lar5.5/Lar13.2 increases the penetrance of the oocyte elongation phenotype from 14.1% to 48.7% and about 40% respectively.
Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp69D[1] Ptp99A[1]/Df(3R)Ptp99A[R3] triple mutant embryos show severe motor axon defects. The two inner bundles of the ventral nerve cord are very similar to that of wild-type, but the outer bundle, which develops later, is often discontinuous in late stage 16 triple mutant embryos. In addition, about one third of the ISNb nerves fail to leave the intersegmental nerve at the exit junction and continue to grow out along the common intersegmental nerve pathway in these triple mutant embryos. In most of these bypass hemisegments, only one intersegmental nerve branch is visible, and it is usually thicker than normal. In Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp99A[1]/Df(3R)Ptp99A[R3] triple mutant embryos the two inner bundles of the ventral nerve cord are very similar to that of wild-type, but the outer bundle, which develops later, is often discontinuous. The Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp69D[1] triple mutant embryonic phenotype involves ectopic midline crossing and longitudinal bundle fusion by the ventral nerve cord. The axons that abnormally cross the midline in the triple mutant embryos often grow diagonally to the other side without respecting the normal borders of the anterior and posterior commissures. In many cases, all of the connective axons appear to be rerouted across the midline, producing complete connective breaks. Most of the ventral nerve cord axons abnormally cross the midline and the longitudinal bundles are almost absent in Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp69D[1] Ptp99A[1]/Df(3R)Ptp99A[R3] quadruple mutant embryos. The longitudinal tracts are depleted of axons and the commissures are completely fused and much thicker than normal. No axons are ever observed to enter the ventrolateral muscle field in the quadruple mutant embryos. In Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] double mutant embryos, the normal SNa bifurcation is not observed in some hemisegments. This phenotype is only observed at low frequency. Approximately half of the SNa nerves fail to bifurcate in Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp69D[1] triple mutant embryos. Approximately half of the SNa nerves fail to bifurcate in Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp99A[1]/Df(3R)Ptp99A[R3] triple mutant embryos. Approximately half of the SNa nerves either do not reach the bifurcation point at all or are very thin and wandering in Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp69D[1] Ptp99A[1]/Df(3R)Ptp99A[R3] quadruple mutant embryos. Approximately half of the intersegmental nerves terminate at the second lateral branch position in Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] double mutant embryos. The remainder of the intersegmental nerves either terminate between the second lateral branch and the terminal arbor or make an abnormally small terminal arbor in these double mutant embryos. Approximately half of the intersegmental nerves terminate at the first lateral branch point position and most of the remainder stop at the second lateral branch point in Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp69D[1] Ptp99A[1]/Df(3R)Ptp99A[R3] triple mutant embryos. Only about 15% of the intersegmental nerves terminate at the first lateral branch point position and most of the remainder stop at the second lateral branch point in Ptp10D[1] Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] Ptp69D[1] Ptp99A[1]/Df(3R)Ptp99A[R3] quadruple mutant embryos.
Ptp10D1; Lar13.2/Lar5.5; Ptp69D1 Ptp99AR3/Ptp69D8ex25 Ptp99A1 quadruple mutants have severely disrupted longitudinal tracts and most axons cross the midline. The bundles that cross the midline do not respect the normal boundaries of the commissures and the anterior and posterior commissures appear fused. No central nervous system abnormalities (by Fas2 staining) are seen in Ptp10D1; Lar5.5/Lar13.2 double mutant embryos.
The Larbypass/Lar5.5 ISNb "bypass" phenotype is suppressed by Abl1.
Mutation causes synergy of the Scer\GAL4elav-C155, Rac1N17.Scer\UAS full ISNb bypass phenotype.
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Expression of Lar[Scer\UAS.cKa] under the control of Scer\GAL4[elav.PU] rescues the reduction in bouton number at the neuromuscular junction seen in Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] larvae, while expression under the control of Scer\GAL4[how-24B] does not rescue the mutant phenotype. Expression of Lar[ΔFn2-9.Scer\UAS] under the control of Scer\GAL4[elav.PU] partially rescues the reduction in bouton number at the neuromuscular junction seen in Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] larvae. Expression of either Lar[CSX2.Scer\UAS] or Lar[ΔIg123.Scer\UAS] under the control of Scer\GAL4[elav.PU] fails to rescue the reduction in bouton number at the neuromuscular junction seen in Lar[5.5]/Lar[13.2] larvae.
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Research paper
Weng et al., 2011, J. Neurosci. 31(12): 4421--4433
The Cytoplasmic Adaptor Protein Caskin Mediates Lar Signal Transduction during Drosophila Motor Axon Guidance. [FBrf0213321]
Viktorinová et al., 2009, Development 136(24): 4123--4132
The cadherin Fat2 is required for planar cell polarity in the Drosophila ovary. [FBrf0209333]
Jeon et al., 2008, Neural Dev. 3: 3
Redundancy and compensation in axon guidance: genetic analysis of the Drosophila Ptp10D/Ptp4E receptor tyrosine phosphatase subfamily. [FBrf0205151]
Johnson et al., 2006, Neuron 49(4): 517--531
The HSPGs Syndecan and Dallylike bind the receptor phosphatase LAR and exert distinct effects on synaptic development. [FBrf0191320]
Fox and Zinn, 2005, Curr. Biol. 15(19): 1701--1711
The heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan is an in vivo ligand for the Drosophila LAR receptor tyrosine phosphatase. [FBrf0190011]
Krueger et al., 2003, Mol. Cell. Biol. 23(19): 6909--6921
Functions of the ectodomain and cytoplasmic tyrosine phosphatase domains of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase Dlar in vivo. [FBrf0162244]
Kaufmann et al., 2002, Neuron 34(1): 27--38
Drosophila liprin-alpha and the receptor phosphatase Dlar control synapse morphogenesis. [FBrf0147174]
Bateman et al., 2001, Curr. Biol. 11(17): 1317--1327
The receptor tyrosine phosphatase Dlar and integrins organize actin filaments in the Drosophila follicular epithelium. [FBrf0138265]
Frydman and Spradling, 2001, Development 128(16): 3209--3220
The receptor-like tyrosine phosphatase Lar is required for epithelial planar polarity and for axis determination within Drosophila ovarian follicles. [FBrf0139630]
Maurel-Zaffran et al., 2001, Neuron 32(2): 225--235
Cell-autonomous and -nonautonomous functions of LAR in R7 photoreceptor axon targeting. [FBrf0139775]
Schindelholz et al., 2001, Development 128(21): 4371--4382
Regulation of CNS and motor axon guidance in Drosophila by the receptor tyrosine phosphatase DPTP52F. [FBrf0139642]
Sun et al., 2001, Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 17(2): 274--291
Complex genetic interactions among four receptor tyrosine phosphatases regulate axon guidance in Drosophila. [FBrf0134771]
Bateman et al., 2000, Neuron 26(1): 93--106
The guanine nucleotide exchange factor trio mediates axonal development in the Drosophila embryo. [FBrf0127003]
Sun et al., 2000, Development 127(4): 801--812
Receptor tyrosine phosphatases regulate axon guidance across the midline of the Drosophila embryo. [FBrf0125454]
Wills et al., 1999, Neuron 22(2): 301--312
The tyrosine kinase Abl and its substrate enabled collaborate with the receptor phosphatase Dlar to control motor axon guidance. [FBrf0108074]
Kaufmann et al., 1998, Development 125(3): 453--461
Drosophila Rac1 controls motor axon guidance. [FBrf0100716]
Desai et al., 1997, Development 124(10): 1941--1952
Competition and cooperation among receptor tyrosine phosphatases control motoneuron growth cone guidance in Drosophila. [FBrf0093417]
Krueger et al., 1996, Cell 84(4): 611--622
The transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase DLAR controls motor axon guidance in Drosophila. [FBrf0086508]
Supplementary material
Fox and Zinn, 2005, Curr. Biol. 15(19):
Supplemental data. [FBrf0191745]