Construct: Amino acid replacement: K379Q. Amino acid replacement: K380Q. Amino acid replacement: K384Q.
There is no difference in τ values in Syt1AD4/Syt1N13; Syt1KQ.Scer\UAS Scer\GAL4elav.PLu flies in response to a 50Hz, 10s stimulus, indicating that endocytosis rate is normal at Syt1KQ.Scer\UAS synapses.
Syt1AD4/Syt1N13; Syt1KQ.Scer\UAS Scer\GAL4elav.PLu synapses at rest have a mean vesicle diameter equivalent to controls. Following stimulation, however, they show a significant further increase in mean vesicle diameter. Vesicles with diameters in excess of 80nm are observed.
Syt1KQ.UAS/Scer\GAL4elav.PLu partially rescues Syt1AD4
Expression of sytKQ.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu partially rescues the lethality of sytAD4 flies. The rescued animals are distinctly uncoordinated; sytAD4 homozygous larvae which are also expressing sytKQ.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu crawl sluggishly and move their mouth hooks at a slower frequency than normal. sytAD4 homozygous adults which are also expressing sytKQ.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu show slow, uncoordinated and arrhythmic limb placement when climbing. The mean excitatory junction potential (EJP) amplitude at the neuromuscular junction of sytAD4 homozygous larvae which are also expressing sytKQ.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu is significantly reduced compared to the mean EJP amplitude of sytAD4 homozygous larvae which are also expressing sytScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu. The mean miniature EJP (mEJP) amplitude at the neuromuscular junction of sytAD4 homozygous larvae which are also expressing sytKQ.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu is not significantly different from the mean mEJP amplitude of sytAD4 homozygous larvae which are also expressing sytScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu. The mean mEJP frequency at the neuromuscular junction of sytAD4 homozygous larvae which are also expressing sytKQ.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu is approximately twice that of sytAD4 homozygous larvae which are also expressing sytScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu.