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Allele Dmel\rapsP89

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SymbolDmel\rapsP89SpeciesD. melanogaster
NameFlyBase IDFBal0104444
Feature typealleleAssociated geneDmel\raps
Also Known AspinsP89, pins89
Allele classloss of function allele
MutagenDelta2-3
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Excision of the P{EP} element resulting in a deletion which removes part of the raps coding region.
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embryonic neuroblast & spindle
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mitotic domain 9 & spindle
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raps[P62]/raps[P89] mutant neuroblasts exhibit rotation of approximately 100[o] between the first and second mitoses and a further 80[o] between the second and third. Thus, altogether, the division axis of this cell rotated ~180[o] over the course of three consecutive divisions.
The first stages of centrosome movement in raps[P89]/raps[P62]/ larval neuroblasts occur as in wild type; a highly correlated behaviour is seen, as the centrosomes move in parallel toward the cortex, where they remain until one of them starts moving around the cell. However, when this movement of one centrosome starts to occur, the mutant neuroblasts show a clear difference from wild type; in the mutant neuroblasts, although migration of the centrosome is first restricted to one side of the cell, later on migration takes place throughout the entire cell, such that the trajectories of both centrosomes become fully intermingled. At this stage in the mutant neuroblasts, the cortical aster is disassembled.
The transplantation of rapsP89/rapsP62 larval neuroblast clones into the abdomen of adult hosts causes tumor growth, with clones growing to 100 times their original size thereby severely damaging and displacing the host's organs. Although genome stability is not grossly affected shortly after transplantation, 40-day-old tumors show karyotype defects such as segmental aneuploidy. Additionally, 15-20% of cells within the tumors have supernumerary centrosomes and these cells tend to be hyperploid.
Embryos lacking both maternal and zygotic rapsP89 are antigen minus and are phenotypically indistinguishable from germline clones derived from alleles rapsP120 and rapsP17. The great majority of rapsP89 mutant neuroblasts undergo unequal divisions; however, 15% (n = 120) divide with symmetric mitotic spindles and generate equal-sized daughter cells.
Mitotic spindle in the neuroblast cells of mitotic domain 9 rapsP89 mutant embryos fail to reorient by 900. In rapsP89 mutant embryos, markers of the basal cortical crescent are mislocalized either as randomly-placed cortical crescents or are localized throughout the cell cortex. rapsP89 mutant embryos show defects in the resolution of alternative sibling cell fate. For example, in the GMC4-2a>RP2/RP2 sib sublineage, RP2sib adopts the fate of its sibling, resulting in duplication of the eve positive RP2 neurons in 60% of the hemisegments. Moreover, a small proportion of GMC4-2a cells are mis-specified, resulting in the loss of eve-expressing RP2 neurons in 15% of hemisegments.
No neuronal fate changes are evident in homozygous embryos. Spindle orientation in neuroblasts and mitotic domain 9 cells is normal. Mutant embryos derived from homozygous or rapsP62/rapsP89 females (lacking maternal and zygotic raps function) have defective mitotic spindle orientation. In cells of mitotic domain 9, the 90o reorientation which normally occurs in wild-type embryos (which results in the orientation of the spindle along the apical/basal axis) fails to occur. Mitotic spindles of neuroblasts in the segmented central nervous system also often fail to adopt an apical/basal orientation. In approximately 60% of hemisegments, duplicated RP2 neurons are found at the expense of the RP2sib neuron. These two RP2 neurons appear to have indistinguishable nuclear size. In approximately 15% of hemisegments no eve-expressing RP2/RP2sib neurons are produced due to a failure to correctly specify the GMC progenitor of these neurons.
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rapsP89 has neuroblast phenotype, enhanceable by aPKCdsRNA.cCa
rapsP89 has neuroblast phenotype, enhanceable by bazdsRNA.cCa
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rapsP89 has mitotic domain 9 & spindle phenotype, non-suppressible by Mmus\Gpsm21-369.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG
rapsP89 has mitotic domain 9 & spindle phenotype, non-suppressible by Mmus\Gpsm2366-672.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG
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High frequencies (100%, n = 50) of equal size neuroblast divisions are observed in bazdsRNA.cCa; rapsP89 mutant embryos. In these equal size divisions both spindle asymmetry and spindle displacement fail to occur. High frequencies of equal size neuroblast divisions occur in rapsP89, aPKCdsRNA.cCa (80%, n = 46) mutants. In these equal size divisions both spindle asymmetry and spindle displacement fail to occur. The cleavage furrow is equidistant to the centrosomes and both centrosomes lie close to the cortex. A low level of symmetric neuroblast divisions occur in embryos maternally and zygotically homozygous for rapsP89, expressing G-iα65AScer\UAS.cCa driven by Scer\GAL4sca-P309. The number of asymmetric divisions is dramatically higher in otherwise genetically identical embryos, zygotically heterozygous for rapsP89. The frequency of equal size neuroblast division in G-iα65AdsRNA.cCa embryos is slightly increased by homozygosity for rapsP89 (26%, n = 34).
When bazdsRNA.cFa is added to rapsP89 mutants neuroblasts form a small symmetric spindle at metaphase, both halves similar to the basal half of the wild-type spindle.
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Ectopic expressed Mmus\Gpsm2hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG is able to restore 90o spindle rotation in rapsP89 embryonic neuroblast cells of mitotic domain 9. In contrast, neither Mmus\Gpsm21-369.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG or Mmus\Gpsm2366-672.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG can restore this spindle rotation. The introduction of Mmus\Gpsm2hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG into rapsP89 mutant embryos allows basal proteins to localize as in wild-type cells. Ectopic expression of Mmus\Gpsm2hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG in rapsP89 mutant embryos recues defects in the resolution of alternative neuron sibling cell fate. For example, transformation of RP2 sib neurons to RP2 neurons is largely suppressed. Neither Mmus\Gpsm21-369.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG or Mmus\Gpsm2366-672.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG are able to mediate this rescue.Ectopic expressed Mmus\Gpsm2hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG is able to restore 90o spindle rotation in rapsP89 embryonic neuroblast cells of mitotic domain 9. In contrast, neither Mmus\Gpsm21-369.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG or Mmus\Gpsm2366-672.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG can restore this spindle rotation. The introduction of Mmus\Gpsm2hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG into rapsP89 mutant embryos allows basal proteins to localize as in wild-type cells. Ectopic expression of Mmus\Gpsm2hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG in rapsP89 mutant embryos recues defects in the resolution of alternative neuron sibling cell fate. For example, transformation of RP2 sib neurons to RP2 neurons is largely suppressed. Neither Mmus\Gpsm21-369.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG or Mmus\Gpsm2366-672.hs.2xT:Zzzz\FLAG are able to mediate this rescue.
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Research paper
Janic et al., 2010, Science 330(6012): 1824--1827
Ectopic expression of germline genes drives malignant brain tumor growth in Drosophila. [FBrf0212713]
Januschke and Gonzalez, 2010, J. Cell Biol. 188(5): 693--706
The interphase microtubule aster is a determinant of asymmetric division orientation in Drosophila neuroblasts. [FBrf0210175]
Rebollo et al., 2007, Dev. Cell 12(3): 467--474
Functionally Unequal Centrosomes Drive Spindle Orientation in Asymmetrically Dividing Drosophila Neural Stem Cells. [FBrf0194965]
Wang et al., 2006, EMBO J. 25(24): 5783--5793
Drosophila homologs of mammalian TNF/TNFR-related molecules regulate segregation of Miranda/Prospero in neuroblasts. [FBrf0192517]
Caussinus and Gonzalez, 2005, Nat. Genet. 37(10): 1125--1129
Induction of tumor growth by altered stem-cell asymmetric division in Drosophila melanogaster. [FBrf0188152]
Yu et al., 2005, Genes Dev. 19(11): 1341--1353
Locomotion defects, together with Pins, regulates heterotrimeric G-protein signaling during Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric divisions. [FBrf0187602]
Cai et al., 2003, Cell 112(1): 51--62
Apical complex genes control mitotic spindle geometry and relative size of daughter cells in Drosophila neuroblast and pI asymmetric divisions. [FBrf0155600]
Fuse et al., 2003, Curr. Biol. 13(11): 947--954
Heterotrimeric g proteins regulate daughter cell size asymmetry in Drosophila neuroblast divisions. [FBrf0159715]
Yu et al., 2003, J. Cell Biol. 162(4): 623--633
Distinct roles of Galphai and Gbeta13F subunits of the heterotrimeric G protein complex in the mediation of Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric divisions. [FBrf0162191]
Yu et al., 2003, J. Cell Sci. 116(5): 887--896
A mouse homologue of Drosophila pins can asymmetrically localize and substitute for pins function in Drosophila neuroblasts. [FBrf0155873]
Yu et al., 2000, Cell 100(4): 399--409
Analysis of partner of inscuteable, a novel player of Drosophila asymmetric divisions, reveals two distinct steps in inscuteable apical localization. [FBrf0125333]