Polytene chromosomes normal.
Less than a 2kb deletion.
insertion
lab14 is a small (<2kb) deletion which maps within a BamHI-EcoRI restriction fragment from Figure 1 of FBrf0049820.
lethal | heat sensitive (with lab2)
adult midgut (with lab2)
lab2/lab14 flies show a strong head phenotype; duplication and disarray of the postorbital bristles is seen. lab2/lab14 larvae lack midgut acidification at all temperatures. However, lab2/lab14 adults show no significant difference in midgut acidification compared to wild-type adults raised at the same temperature at 18, 25 or 31oC. Viability at 31oC is only 2-4%. The lab2/lab14 adults retain a full complement of copper cells at 31oC and the invaginated morphology of the copper cells is normal. Staining for Ank reveals that the characteristic ring-shaped profiles of the copper cells is still present, but the normal progression from large, thin rings in the anterior to smaller, thicker rings in the posterior is not seen.
Mutant embryonic brains lack the tritocerebral commissure and the longitudinal pathways between the supraesophageal and subesophageal ganglia are reduced or absent. The penetrance of the brain phenotype is 88.6%.
The tritocerebral domain is not deleted in homozygous embryos, despite the severe axonal patterning defects seen in this domain.
Nondefective in gonad assembly.
No salivary gland defects.
The second midgut constriction is initiated by lab14 but the continuation of the constricting process is impeded.
Hemizygous animals die at the embryonic/first larval instar border. A variable cuticle phenotype is seen, with the severity of the defects correlating with the degree of failure of head involution. The frontal sac appears collapsed, and the pharynx occupies a more anterior position than normal. The salivary glands are missing.
lab14 has lethal phenotype, suppressible by Ggal\Hoxb1lab
lab[+]/lab14 is a suppressor | partially of lethal | pharate adult stage phenotype of Hsap\HTTQ138.UAS.mRFP1, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
lab14 has larval tritocerebrum phenotype, suppressible by vvlUAS.cCa/Scer\GAL4lab.PH
lab14 has embryonic tritocerebrum phenotype, suppressible by pbUAS.A/Scer\GAL4lab.PH
lab14 has embryonic tritocerebrum phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4lab.PH/AntpUAS.cMb
lab14 has embryonic tritocerebrum phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4lab.PH/DfdUAS.cBa
lab14 has embryonic tritocerebrum phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4lab.PH/ScrUAS.cMa
lab14 has embryonic tritocerebrum phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4lab.PH/UbxUAS.cMa
lab14 has embryonic tritocerebrum phenotype, suppressible by abd-AUAS.cGa/Scer\GAL4lab.PH
lab14 has embryonic/larval tritocerebral commissure phenotype, non-suppressible by vvlUAS.cCa/Scer\GAL4lab.PH
lab14 has frontal connective phenotype, non-suppressible by vvlUAS.cCa/Scer\GAL4lab.PH
lab14 has embryonic tritocerebrum phenotype, non-suppressible by Abd-BUAS.cCa/Scer\GAL4lab.PH
Ggal\Hoxb1lab, lab14 has cephalopharyngeal skeleton phenotype
vvlScer\UAS.cCa; Scer\GAL4lab.PH partially suppresses the brain phenotype of lab14 homozygous embryos: longitudinal axon pathways in the tritocerebrum are restored but the tritocerebral commissure remains absent and axonal projection of the frontal connective remain abnormal.
Expression of pbScer\UAS.A under the control of Scer\GAL4lab.PH rescues the tritocerebral defects seen in lab14 embryonic brains. 41.7% of embryos show a complete rescue of the defects (taking into account that the phenotypic penetrance of the lab14 phenotype is 88.6%). Expression of DfdScer\UAS.cBa under the control of Scer\GAL4lab.PH rescues the tritocerebral defects seen in lab14 embryonic brains. 38.9% of embryos show a complete rescue of the defects (taking into account that the phenotypic penetrance of the lab14 phenotype is 88.6%). Expression of ScrScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4lab.PH rescues the tritocerebral defects seen in lab14 embryonic brains. 36.4% of embryos show a complete rescue of the defects (taking into account that the phenotypic penetrance of the lab14 phenotype is 88.6%). Expression of AntpScer\UAS.cMb under the control of Scer\GAL4lab.PH rescues the tritocerebral defects seen in lab14 embryonic brains. 34.9% of embryos show a complete rescue of the defects (taking into account that the phenotypic penetrance of the lab14 phenotype is 88.6%). Expression of UbxScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4lab.PH rescues the tritocerebral defects seen in lab14 embryonic brains. 32.6% of embryos show a complete rescue of the defects (taking into account that the phenotypic penetrance of the lab14 phenotype is 88.6%). Expression of abd-AScer\UAS.cGa under the control of Scer\GAL4lab.PH rescues the tritocerebral defects seen in lab14 embryonic brains. 28.4% of embryos show a complete rescue of the defects (taking into account that the phenotypic penetrance of the lab14 phenotype is 88.6%). Expression of Abd-BScer\UAS.cCa under the control of Scer\GAL4lab.PH does not rescue the tritocerebral defects seen in lab14 embryonic brains.
One copy of lab14 significantly rescues the lethality seen when Hsap\HTTQ138.Scer\UAS.T:Disc\RFP-mRFP is expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 using the P{UAS-HTT.Q138.mRFP}A insertion line. The number of axonal aggregates seen in the peripheral nerves of third instar larvae is not reduced.
Ggal\Hoxb1lab rescues the embryonic lethality of lab14 mutants. The head skeleton of rescued larvae resembles the wild type, though there is a slight abnormality in the mouthparts.
lab14 is rescued by Scer\GAL4lab.PH/labUAS.cMa
Diederich.
R. Diederich.