seiHP21840/seiHP21840 mutant adults have a significantly reduced threshold to heat-induced seizures, compared to controls, but significantly increased survival during hydrogen peroxide exposure; mutant adults have no differences in the number of neuromuscular junction branches or boutons, compared to controls.
Homozygous seiHP21840/seiHP21840 larvae have significant alterations in locomotion behaviors at 37[o]C, but no effect on the distance they travel at 25[o]C or 13[o]C, compared to controls; they have significantly faster responses to being touched with a heated probe than controls; mutant larvae have significantly increased neuromuscular junction branches, compared to controls, with no effect on the number of boutons.
Mutant flies show more rapid paralysis in response to acute heat stress than wild-type controls.
At 38[o]C, motor neurons become hyper-excitable in mutant larvae. The larvae show increased abnormal seizure-like locomotion at this temperature compared to wild-type controls.
Compound action potentials can be evoked by sound in the antennal nerve of mutant flies, but the sound particle velocities required to elicit the response is increased compared to wild type. Nonlinear mechanical amplification is significantly reduced compared to wild type.
seiHP21840 is rescued by Scer\GAL4elav-C155/sei3'UTR.UAS
seiHP21840 is rescued by seiΔ3'UTR.UAS/Scer\GAL4elav-C155
seiHP21840 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4elav-C155/Avic\GFPEGFP.sei.3'UTR.UAS
The decreased time to total paralysis in response to heat stress which is seen in seiHP21840 flies is fully rescued by expression of either sei3'UTR.Scer\UAS or seiΔ3'UTR.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155.
The decreased time to total paralysis in response to heat stress which is seen in seiHP21840 flies is not rescued by expression of Avic\GFPE.sei.3'UTR under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155.