FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Allele: Dmel\numbhs.PU
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\numbhs.PU
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
heat shock construct of Uemura
FlyBase ID
FBal0035308
Feature type
allele
Associated gene
Associated Insertion(s)
Carried in Construct
Also Known As
hs-numb
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Cytology
Description

Construct: numb cDNA expressed from an Hsp70 promoter.

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Phenotypic Data
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Expression of numbhs.PU using heat shock at 14 hours after puparium formation (during the division of the microchaeta sensory organ precursor cells) results in extensive bristle loss on the notum.

numbhs.PUm flies heat shocked as pupae (2x 45 minute 37oC heat shocks separated by 30, at 16-18 hours APF) exhibit loss of approximately 70% of postorbital bristles.

Phenotype resembles that of Nl1N-ts1. A one hour heat shock at the time of the birth of the sensory organ precursors causes an increase in glial cells in most lineages analyzed. The most extreme phenotype is sensory organs with all six cells being glial cells.

Transient shifts to 29oC during external sensory organ development do not perturb the formation of normal sensory cell clusters containing a neuron and a socket cell. However in a l(2)glts3 background, outer cells (such as sockets) become transformed to inner cells (such as neurons) with a consequent loss of bristles on the notum.

Heat shock during larval development causes the development of double hairs. Without heat shock flies exhibit no bristle phenotype.

Ectopic expression of numb is sufficient to transform vMP2 into the dMP2 cell fate, the transformed cell has odd expression and has a posterior axon projection. The physical asymmetry of the MP2 division is not altered, only the fate of the daughter cells.

After heat shock at 39oC during the time when the sensory organ precursors divide (5-9hrs of development at 25oC), embryos develop transformed external sensory organs, with a duplicated neuron with associated sheath cell, formed at the expense of the outer hair and socket support cells. Heat shock during microchaetae formation in the pupa causes both balding and twinning of bristles. Transformations to neurons underlie the balding effect, which occurs with earlier heat shocks. Transformation of socket cell to hair cell underlies the twinning effect which occurs with later heat shocks.

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Phenotypic Class
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numbhs.PU has visible | heat sensitive phenotype, suppressible by insvunspecified

Phenotype Manifest In
Suppressed by
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numbhs.PU has chaeta | heat sensitive phenotype, suppressible by insvunspecified

NOT Suppressor of
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numbhs.PU is a non-suppressor of macrochaeta | somatic clone phenotype of AP-2αear4

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Genetic Interactions
Statement
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The bristle loss on the notum caused by expression of numbhs.PU using heat shock at 14 hours after puparium formation is strongly suppressed by insvunspecified.

The bristle transformations seen in α-Adaptinear4 clones are unaffected by the presence of numbhs.PU and heat shock conditions (2x 45 minute 37oC heat shocks separated by 30, at 16-18 hours APF).

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Discoverer

T. Uemura.

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Synonyms and Secondary IDs (2)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
numbhs.PU
Name Synonyms
heat shock construct of Uemura
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