FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Allele: Dmel\wupAhdp-2
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Dmel\wupAhdp-2
Species
D. melanogaster
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FBal0033188
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hdp2, hdp2, heldup2, wupAhdp2
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    Amino acid replacement: A116V. A116V change falls in the constitutive exon 5.

    Nucleotide substitution: C?T. Amino acid replacement: A55V. Codon 55 is an invariant residue in troponin-I isoforms, including those of vertebrates.

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    Nucleotide change:

    C18113362T

    Reported nucleotide change:

    C?T

    Amino acid change:

    A55V | wupA-PA; A55V | wupA-PB; A55V | wupA-PC; A55V | wupA-PD; A55V | wupA-PE; A55V | wupA-PF; A116V | wupA-PG; A116V | wupA-PH; A55V | wupA-PI; A55V | wupA-PJ; A31V | wupA-PK; A31V | wupA-PL; A31V | wupA-PM

    Reported amino acid change:

    A55V, A116V

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    Phenotypic Data
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    dorsal medial muscle & sarcomere

    dorsal medial muscle & striated muscle thick filament

    dorsal medial muscle & striated muscle thin filament

    embryonic somatic muscle & Z disc (with wupAD3)

    indirect flight muscle & striated muscle thick filament

    indirect flight muscle & striated muscle thin filament

    indirect flight muscle & Z disc (with wupAD3)

    Detailed Description
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    wupAhdp-2 mutants exhibit held-up wings.

    Homozygous wupAhdp-2 mutant flies show indirect flight muscle hypercontraction.

    Raman spectroscopy reveals that, as flies age, wupAhdp-2 mutant muscles show signs of denaturation and overall decay in protein levels, which is not observed in wild-type controls.

    wupAhdp-2/+ mutant adults exhibit cardiac dilation and reduced fractional shortening, as compared to controls.

    wupAhdp-2 mutant flies have significantly reduced cardiac function compared to controls. Heart rate is also mildly reduced.

    wupAhdp-2 hearts have normal fractional shortening but diminished systolic and diastolic wall velocities compared with wild-type pre-pupal hearts.

    wupAhdp-2 mutant hearst exhibit abnormalities in myocardial Ca[2+] handling that include an increase in the duration of the 50% rise in intensity to peak intensity, the half-time of fluorescence decline from peak, the full duration at half-maximal intensity, and decreases in the linear slope of decay from 80% to 20% intensity decay.

    Hearts from wupAhdp-2 mutants exhibit a reduction in caffeine-induced Ca[2+] elevation.

    The jump muscle output of 4 day old wupAhdp-2 flies (measured using displacement of an ergometer) is decreased compared to control flies.

    wupAhdp-2 mutant heterozygotes demonstrate impaired systolic function with preserved distolic dimensions, whereas wupAhdp-2 mutant homozygotes exhibit both impaired systolic function and cardiac enlargement (recapitulating the clinical phenotype of human dilated cardiomyopathy). The outer and inner muscle layers of the cardiac chamber of homozygote wupAhdp-2 mutants are markedly abnormal. The outer muscle layer is considerably thinner than in controls with redundant basal lamina in the space between the outer and inner walls. The mutant myocardium shows considerable disorientation of myofibrils throughout the inner layer and displays swollen sarcoplasmic reticulum when compared to controls. However, the T-tubule dyads appear unaffected in the mutant, and the ratio of thin and thick filaments in the myocardium of homozygous wupAhdp-2 mutants is similar to controls. The myofibrils of the indirect flight muscles exhibit marked deterioration in wupAhdp-2 homozygotes compared to controls.

    wupAhdp-2/wupAD3 embryos have only subtle abnormalities in the somatic muscles, such as disordered alignment of Z discs and failure to anchor all thin filaments from a sarcomere. The indirect flight muscles of wupAhdp-2/wupAD3 adults show abnormalities in the central part of some Z discs.

    The thick and thin filaments of the indirect flight muscles of hemizygous animals are normal before 78 hours after puparium formation (APF), but are hypercontracted after 78 hours APF. The fibres are bunched at one end of the thorax in 2-4 day old adults. 100% of hemizygous male adults have an upheld wing phenotype and show hypercontraction of the indirect flight muscle filaments. wupAhdp-2 flies show age-related myopathy in their walking behaviour.

    Indirect flight muscles (IFMs) progressively hypercontract in mutant flies (hypercontraction begins 78 hours after puparium formation), so that myofibrillar material remains only near the muscle attachment sites in newly emerged flies. 2-3 day old mutant flies show an almost complete absence of wild-type myofibrillar structure in the IFMs. The fibres contain disorganised thick and thin filaments with only small islands of myofibrillar lattice. Homozygous and hemizygous flies hold their wings vertically. The walk speed of wupAhdp-2 flies is reduced in young flies compared to wild type and reduces further with age. Older flies appear crippled, continually fall over or show a propensity to fall off vertical surfaces. Most leg muscles of 12 day old mutant flies lack myofilaments and have large intracellular vacuoles and electron dense staining of cells and nuclei. Detachment of muscles from apodemes is seen. Crawling behaviour of wupAhdp-2 larvae is very different from wild type. Many appear paralysed in their posterior segments; often the posterior is raised. The larvae "roll" as they crawl. The number of larval feeding movements/minute is reduced compared to wild type.

    The six dorsolongitudinal muscles (DLMs) appear torn apart from the centre in wupAhdp-2 mutant flies. In the remaining muscle material near the attachment sites, the length of the sarcomere is reduced by 40% and the thick-thin filament pattern is destroyed (mainly due to the collapse of the thin filaments). Hemizygous males have heldout wings.

    Indirect flight muscles (IFM) show near normal development during metamorphosis. During the first day posteclosion, the muscles collapse and only hypercontracted stumps are left near the attachment points to the cuticle. As a result, the flies hold their wings in an up position with full penetrance and expressivity. Tubular muscles in the body wall have minor or unnoticeable defects and still allow proper function. The TDT shows an intermediate degree of alteration that most likely explains the absence of the jump response. Sarcomere length is about half of wild type, the M band is not detected. Males and females of wupAhdp-2/wupAD3 genotype show a normal wing position in 95% cases, the remaining 5% still show a variety of abnormal wing positions. The IFM and TDT muscles are restored to a great extent. Sarcomere structure is also restored thought they are about 25% longer than wild type. Flight performance and jump ability demonstrate a functional recovery of the muscles.

    Alters the dorso-longitudinal muscles (DLM) and dorso-ventral muscles (DVM) and slightly alters the tergal depressor of the trochanter muscle (TDT). This phenotype becomes more extreme when transheterozygous with l(1)16Fe1.

    In flight muscles of recently eclosed adults myofibrils are recognizable, but disruptions of sarcomeric organization are readily apparent. Myofibrils form normally until they are approximately two-thirds of their final diameter. Viewed longitudinally, a slight perturbation of Z-disc morphology is evident. Viewed in cross section, myofilament lattices are fairly normal, though inconsistencies in packing arrangement are frequent. During the final day of adult muscle development the myofibrils progressively degenerate. By the time the adult ecloses thick and thin filaments have moved out of lateral register, causing skewing of M-lines and Z-discs.

    Normal electroretinogram.

    Homozygotes are flightless, and have an abnormal wing posture.

    Muscle degeneration mutant. DVMs, DLMs and TDT are reduced. Myofibrillar structure is disrupted and Z bands are highly disturbed.

    wupAhdp-2 mutants show 60% viability.

    wupAhdp-2 flies hold their wings up vertically but are otherwise morphologically normal, except for bent femurs in 5% of mutants. Mutants are flightless, jumpless and are only able to walk weakly. Excitation results in folding of the mesothoracic legs and walking on only the pro- and metathoracic legs. When wupAhdp-2 flies are etherized, the mesothoracic legs remain extended, while all three pairs of legs fold up in wild-type flies.

    wupAhdp-2 flies are lacking many indirect flight muscles. Only the insertions of the dorsal longitudinal fibres are present and occasionally fibres 5 and 6 are present, although these are very abnormal. In all flies, dorsoventral fibres (DVMs) 7, 8 and 9 are absent, while some of the posterior DVMs are present in many wupAhdp-2 mutants. All of the remaining muscle fibres lack glycogen and contain grossly distorted sarcomeres, thick and thin filaments and Z-bands.

    During the first 60 hours after pupariation the muscles of wupAhdp-2 flies appear to develop normally but at 60 hours the indirect flight muscle fibres extend to approximately three-quarters of the length of the thorax and then degenerate rapidly so that by emergence little of the flight musculature remains.

    The tergal depressor of the trochanters (TDTs) are very abnormal in the majority of wupAhdp-2 flies, although 1-2% of these flies have TDTs of wild-type appearance. In some wupAhdp-2 flies, the TDTs are absent, while in others the fibres are detached from each other and the normally hollow core is filled with material.

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    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc2B

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc2D/Mhc2D

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc2D

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc2F

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by MhcD1/Mhc[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcD41

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcD45

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcD62

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcR57-24.Act88F

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Su(2)E[+]/Su(2)EE

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc10

    wupAhdp-2 has abnormal jumping phenotype, suppressible by Tm2D53/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has abnormal locomotor behavior phenotype, suppressible by Tm2D53/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Tm2[+]/Tm2DL2

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, suppressible by Tm2C10/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has visible | recessive phenotype, suppressible by MhcD1

    wupAhdp-2 has visible | recessive phenotype, suppressible by MhcD41

    wupAhdp-2 has visible | recessive phenotype, suppressible by MhcD45

    wupAhdp-2 has visible | recessive phenotype, suppressible by MhcD62

    NOT suppressed by
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    wupAhdp-2 has abnormal size | dominant | adult stage phenotype, non-suppressible by GalkMB10638/Galk[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has flightless phenotype, non-suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc10

    wupAhdp-2 has flightless phenotype, non-suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcR57-24.Act88F

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, non-suppressible by +/Df(3R)ea-5022rx1

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, non-suppressible by Tm2[+]/Tm2J8

    wupAhdp-2 has visible phenotype, non-suppressible by Tm2L2/Tm2[+]

    Suppressor of
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    wupAhdp-2 is a suppressor of flightless phenotype of Act88F6, Act88FD292V

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    wupAhdp-2 has indirect flight muscle cell phenotype, suppressible by Su(2)E[+]/Su(2)EE

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc2B

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc2D/Mhc2D

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc10

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc2D

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/Mhc2F

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by MhcD1/Mhc[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcD41

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcD45

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcD62

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Mhc[+]/MhcR57-24.Act88F

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Su(2)E[+]/Su(2)EE

    wupAhdp-2 has indirect flight muscle cell phenotype, suppressible by Tm2D53/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has indirect flight muscle cell phenotype, suppressible by Tm2[+]/Tm2DL2

    wupAhdp-2 has indirect flight muscle cell phenotype, suppressible by Tm2C10/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has indirect flight muscle cell phenotype, suppressible by Tm2[+]/Tm2J8

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Tm2[+]/Tm2DL2

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, suppressible by Tm2C10/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has phenotype, suppressible by Tm2D53

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    wupAhdp-2 has adult heart phenotype, non-suppressible by GalkMB10638/Galk[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, non-suppressible by Tm2[+]/Tm2J8

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, non-suppressible by Tm2L2/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has indirect flight muscle cell phenotype, non-suppressible by Tm2L2/Tm2[+]

    wupAhdp-2 has wing phenotype, non-suppressible by +/Df(3R)ea-5022rx1

    wupAhdp-2 has phenotype, non-suppressible by Df(2L)H20

    wupAhdp-2 has phenotype, non-suppressible by Mhc6

    wupAhdp-2 has phenotype, non-suppressible by Mhc8

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    wupAhdp-2/+ shows indirect flight muscle tearing in a trans-heterozygous condition with up101/+.

    GalkMB10638/+ fails to rescue the cardiac dilation and reduced fractional shortening phenotypes of wupAhdp-2/+ mutants.

    Expression of two copies of Ca-P60Awt.tinC significantly rescues the cardiac function phenotype seen in wupAhdp-2 mutant flies. Heart rate is still reduced.

    Flight ability is largely rescues in flies carrying one copy of Act88FD292V in a Act88F6/+ background if they are also hemizygous for wupAhdp-2.

    wupAhdp-2; MhcD41/+ male adults show little defects in their indirect flight muscles; sarcomeres are almost normal, although some thin filaments bypass a Z disc and continue to the adjacent sarcomere.

    Hemizygous flies for wupAhdp-2 and heterozygous for MhcS1 or MhcS2 are synthetic lethal, whereas double heterozygous females have femur hypercontraction defects.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2/Y flies are partially suppressed by Mhc10/+; 49% of the double mutant adults have an upheld wing

    phenotype and 51% have their wings held down. 29% of the indirect

    flight muscle fibres are hypercontracted, 71% show a partial hypercontraction

    phenotype.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2/Y flies are partially suppressed

    by MhcR57-24.Act88F/+; 51% of the double mutant adults have an

    upheld wing phenotype, 39% have their wings held down and 10% hold

    their wings in the normal position. 61% of the indirect flight muscle

    fibres are hypercontracted, 39% show a partial hypercontraction phenotype.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2/Y flies are almost completely suppressed

    by Mhc10/+ ; MhcR57-24.Act88F/+ - 13% of the double mutant

    adults have an upheld wing phenotype, 0% have their wings held down

    and 87% hold their wings in the normal position. 13% of the indirect

    flight muscle fibres show a partial hypercontraction phenotype and

    87% are normal.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2/Y flies are partially suppressed

    by Mhc2D/+; 49% of the double mutant adults have an upheld wing

    phenotype and 51% hold their wings in the normal position. 10% of

    the indirect flight muscle fibres are hypercontracted, 85% show a partial

    hypercontraction phenotype and 5% are normal.

    The wing and indirect flight muscle defects are completely suppressed

    in wupAhdp-2/Y ; Mhc2D/Mhc2D flies, although the sarcomeres

    are still shorter than normal. For 6-7 days after eclosion the muscle

    structure remains completely normal, but after this the central myofibrillar

    lattice becomes disordered, with characteristic Z-band streaming and

    gaps in the lattice.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2/Y flies are partially suppressed

    by Mhc2F/+; 28% of the double mutant adults have an upheld wing

    phenotype and 72% hold their wings in the normal position. 11% of

    the indirect flight muscle fibres show a partial hypercontraction phenotype

    and 89% are normal. Sarcomere structure is comparable to wild type

    in these flies, but sarcomere length is significantly shorter than

    normal, and a few days after eclosion muscle fibres become thin in

    many areas and contract.

    Su(2)EE is a very weak suppressor of the wing and muscle phenotype

    of wupAhdp-2.

    wupAhdp-2/Y ; Mhc2B/+ flies show a complete recovery of wild-type

    myofibrillar structure in the indirect flight muscles, although the

    sarcomere length remains slightly, but significantly shorter than that

    of wild type.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2 flies are suppressed by MhcD1/+;

    7% of the double mutant adults have an upheld wing phenotype and 93%

    hold their wings in the normal position. The indirect flight muscle

    fibres have normal morphology.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2 flies are suppressed by MhcD41/+;

    4% of the double mutant adults hold their wings down, 2% have an upheld

    wing phenotype and 94% hold their wings in the normal position. The

    indirect flight muscle fibres have normal morphology.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2 flies are suppressed by MhcD45/+;

    7% of the double mutant adults have an upheld wing phenotype and 93%

    hold their wings in the normal position. The indirect flight muscle

    fibres have normal morphology.

    The defects seen in wupAhdp-2 flies are suppressed by MhcD62/+;

    16% of the double mutant adults have an upheld wing phenotype and 84%

    hold their wings in the normal position. The indirect flight muscle

    fibres have normal morphology.

    96% of up101 +/+ wupAhdp-2 flies have an upheld wing phenotype

    and 4% hold their wings down. The indirect flight muscle fibres show

    a hypercontraction phenotype. 92% are flightless.

    The hypercontraction of indirect flight muscles seen in wupAhdp-2 flies is completely suppressed by Tm2D53/+. IFMs of 2-3 day old wupAhdp-2 ; Tm2D53/+ flies show an almost complete restoration of wild-type myofibrillar structure. However, some myofibrils show small areas of disorganised filament lattice at their centres. By 6-7 days, all of the myofibrils contain extensive disorganised areas. wupAhdp-2 myofibrillar defects are completely suppressed by Tm2D53/Tm2D53. wupAhdp-2 flies that also carry one or two copies of Tm2D53 hold their wings in the resting position. Young wupAhdp-2 ; Tm2D53/+ or wupAhdp-2 ; Tm2D53/Tm2D53 flies can fly, but less well than wild type. By 6-7 days old, the flight ability of wupAhdp-2 ; Tm2D53/+ but not wupAhdp-2 ; Tm2D53/Tm2D53 flies is dramatically reduced. wupAhdp-2 ; Tm2D53/+ flies show some suppression of the wupAhdp-2 leg muscle phenotype. The larval locomotory and feeding behaviour defects of wupAhdp-2 larvae are suppressed by Tm2D53. The upheld wing phenotype of wupAhdp-2 flies is partially suppressed by Tm2DL2/+ or Tm2C10/+ but is not suppressed by Tm2J8/+ or Tm2L2/+. The IFM hypercontraction phenotype seen in wupAhdp-2 flies is partially suppressed by Tm2DL2/+, Df(3R)ea-5022rx1/+, Tm2J8/+ or Tm2C10/+ but is not suppressed by Tm2L2/+.

    The DLM and heldout wing defects of wupAhdp-2 flies are dominantly suppressed by MhcD1, MhcD41, MhcD45 or MhcD62. wupAhdp-2/Y ; MhcD1/+ males have a near normal wing position, but cannot jump or fly. DLM fibres a to d appear almost normal in these flies, but DLM muscles e and f are collapsed. The number of thick filaments per fibril is reduced compared to wild type. wupAhdp-2/Y ; MhcD41/+ males have a near normal wing position, but cannot jump or fly. DLM fibres a to d appear almost normal in these flies, but DLM muscles e and f have structural defects near the posterior end. The number of thick filaments per fibril is reduced compared to wild type. wupAhdp-2/Y ; MhcD45/+ males have a near normal wing position, but cannot jump or fly. DLM fibres a to c appear almost normal in these flies, but DLM muscles e and f have structural defects near the posterior end, and muscle d also appears abnormal. The number of thick filaments per fibril is slightly reduced compared to wild type. The fibrils appear particularly unstable at the periphery, where the lattice collapses. wupAhdp-2/Y ; MhcD62/+ males have a near normal wing position, but cannot jump or fly. DLM fibres a to d appear almost normal in these flies, but DLM muscles e and f have gross structural defects near the posterior attachment site. The number of thick filaments per fibril is reduced compared to wild type. wupAhdp-2/Y ; MhcD1/MhcD41 flies can jump. wupAhdp-2/Y ; MhcD1/MhcD62 flies have a high frequency of double thick filaments in the DLMs. Lethal in combination with Mhc5. The heldout wing defects of wupAhdp-2 flies are not suppressed by Mhc6, Mhc8 or Df(2L)H20.

    l(1)16Fe1 fails to complement wupAhdp-2 with respect to wing position, flight and jump behaviour and muscle structure. The '23437' chromosome (in which l(1)16Fm and l(1)16Fe are affected) fully complements wupAhdp-2.

    In double mutants with Mhc7 the flight muscles appear normal and do not degenerate.

    wupAhdp-2 Mhc8 double heterozygotes are lethal. Female wupAhdp-2 Mhc5 double heterozygotes are completely flightless and have an abnormal wing posture. Male wupAhdp-2 heterozygotes also hemizygous for Mhc5 have reduced viability, the rare escapers have "gnarled" legs, walk poorly, and die within 2 days of eclosion. Double heterozygotes with Actn3, Actn14, Actn8 or Actn4 are flightless. Double heterozygotes with upint-3, up101 or upx are flightless and have an abnormal wing posture.

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