br cDNA 28-I is expressed from a heat inducible Hsp70 promoter.
Over-expression of four copies of brBRcore.Z4.hs using heat shock at 5 hours after ecdysis to the second instar causes a high rate of lethality at approximately 26 hours after the heat shock (the time of ecdysis from second to third instar). Double mouthhooks are seen in these dead larvae.
Animals carrying four copies of brBRcore.Z4.hs and heat shocked at 56 hours after puparium formation have essentially full length bristles that are unpigmented. The sockets of the macrochaetae are also not tanned.
In response to heatshock, ectopic dorsal appendage material is produced in the dorsal anterior region of the eggshell. 0-3 hours post heatshock about 5% of the eggs produced are abnormal, and 95% of eggs laid hatch. 3-5 post heatshock 43% of the eggs produced are abnormal, and only 4% of eggs laid hatch. From 5-24 hours post heatshock about 3/4 of eggs produced are abnormal, and 15% of eggs laid hatch. 24-48 hours post heatshock, about a 1/5 of eggs produced are abnormal, and 97% of eggs laid hatch. Viability is recovered to about 95% in 2 days after heatshock.
A 37oC heat shock causing expression of brBRcore.Z4.hs during the third larval instar or early prepupal stage results in lethality within a few hours of the heat shock. Heat shock induced expression of brBRcore.Z4.hs during late prepupal or pupal stages has no effect.
brBRcore.Z4.hs is a non-suppressor of embryonic/larval salivary gland phenotype of ftz-f103649/ftz-f1ex7
Salivary gland histolysis is not rescued in ftz-f1ex7/ftz-f103649 transheterozygotes when brBRcore.Z4.hs is expressed using heat shock at 10 hours after puparium formation.
brBRcore.Z4.hs partially rescues brrbp-1
brBRcore.Z4.hs partially rescues brrbp-5
brBRcore.Z4.hs partially rescues br2Bc-2
brBRcore.Z4.hs partially rescues brrbp-1
brBRcore.Z4.hs partially rescues brrbp-1
brBRcore.Z4.hs fails to rescue br28
brBRcore.Z4.hs fails to rescue br5
brBRcore.Z4.hs fails to rescue brnpr-3
brBRcore.Z4.hs fails to rescue brnpr-7
Expression of one copy of brBRcore.Z4.hs in brrbp-1 mutant flies results rescue of only 7% of animals to eclosion. This increases to 13% when two copies are used. Mutant brrbp-1 flies rescued with brBRcore.Z4.hs typically die within 1-2 days of eclosion. These animals have a protracted proboscis and are most likely unable to feed. The malformed leg phenotype found in brrbp-1 animals that develop to late pupal stages is rescued in approximately 50% of cases by the expression of two brBRcore.Z4.hs transgenes.
The br Z4 protein isoform encoded by brBRcore.Z4.hs provides partial rbp+ function.