Hemizygous embryos have a dorsalised cuticle containing extremely truncated denticles, a completely U-shaped body, herniated head and Filzkorper defects.
Dorsalisation: Cuticles of sogY506 hemizygous embryos show reduction of the dorsal extent of the ventral denticle belts.
A reduction in salivary gland placode is seen in these embryos. The anterior rows of denticle belts are not reduced in these mutants.
sogY506/Y embryos are abnormally shaped due to a failure in germ band extension. The ventral denticle belts are reduced in size (the reduction is less severe than in brkM68/Y embryos). Defects are seen in the outer row of sna-expressing neuroblasts in the ventral neurogenic region. Only a small number of scattered amnioserosa cells are produced.
Ventralized embryos: rings or patches of ventral denticles along dorsoventral axis. Disruption of germ band extension that leads to the invagination of posterior segments into the interior of the embryo.
sogY506 has larval dorsal hair phenotype, enhanceable by Smurf15C
sogY506 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle phenotype, enhanceable by Smurf15C
sogY506 has ventral denticle belt phenotype, enhanceable by Smurf15C
sogY506 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle phenotype, suppressible by dpphr4/dpp[+]
sogY506 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle phenotype, suppressible by Med[+]/Med15
sogY506 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle phenotype, suppressible by fafFO8/faf[+]
sogY506 has amnioserosa phenotype, suppressible by Dp(2;2)DTD48
brkM68, sogY506 has ventral denticle belt phenotype
brkM68, sogY506 has ventral neurectoderm phenotype
Dp(2;2)DTD48, sogY506 has amnioserosa phenotype
Dp(2;2)DTD48, sogY506 has ventral neurectoderm phenotype
dpphr4/+ partially suppresses the cuticle phenotype of sogY506 hemizygous embryos, partially restoring denticles and producing a curved body.
Med15/+ partially suppresses the cuticle phenotype of sogY506 hemizygous embryos. The embryos have partially restored denticles, a normal body shape and misplaced, misshapen Filzkorper.
fafFO8/+ partially suppresses the cuticle phenotype of sogY506 hemizygous embryos. The embryos have partially restored denticles, a normal body shape and poorly developed Filzkorper.
The mesoderm is able to spread out over the ectoderm after mesoderm invagination in sogY506 brkM68 double mutant embryos. The mesoderm is able to spread out over the ectoderm after mesoderm invagination in Egfrtop-18A sogY506 brkM68 triple mutant embryos.
The ectoderm of brkM68 sogY506/Y double mutant embryos forms only dorsal-type cuticle hairs and completely lacks ventral denticles. The ventral neurogenic region is deleted. The amnioserosa defect seen in sogY506/Y single mutant embryos is not rescued in the double mutant embryos. sogY506/Y Dp(2;2)DTD48/Dp(2;2)DTD48 embryos have a cuticle phenotype resembling that of brk mutants and on average only one row of sna-expressing neuroblasts is left in the ventral neurogenic region. The amnioserosa defect seen in sogY506/Y single mutant embryos is rescued in the double mutant embryos and there is a large increase in the number of amnioserosa cells compared to wild type.