UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of the Tag:SS(nec) secretory signal peptide followed by two tandem copies of the Aβ (amyloid β) monomer linked together by a 22 amino acid linker peptide. Both copies of Aβ are the 42 amino acid residue form.
Flies expressing Hsap\APPT22.Aβ42.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF form significant quantities of large, SDS-insoluble deposits in the head.
Flies expressing Hsap\APPT22.Aβ42.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF have severe eye malformation with loss of the ommatidial arrays and the appearance of melanised patches of necrotic tissue.
Flies expressing one copy of Hsap\APPT22.Aβ42.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 have a significantly shorter lifespan than wild-type controls and than flies expressing two copies of Hsap\APPAβ42.Scer\UAS.att under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155.