FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Allele: Dmel\Sema1aUAS.cYa
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Dmel\Sema1aUAS.cYa
Species
D. melanogaster
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae UAS construct a of Yu
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FBal0086345
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UAS-sema-1a, UAS-sema1a, UAS:Sema-1a
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The entire Sema1a open reading frame is expressed under the control of UASt regulatory sequences.

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axon & eye photoreceptor cell, with Scer\GAL4GMR.PF

dendrite & antennal glomerulus | somatic clone, with Scer\GAL4GH146

eye photoreceptor cell & lamina, with Scer\GAL4GMR.PF

eye photoreceptor cell & medulla, with Scer\GAL4GMR.PF

nerve terminal & lamina plexus, with Scer\GAL4GMR.PF

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Expression of Sema1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4VGlut-OK371 results in defects in axonal branching in the motoneurons innervating leg muscles in proximal femur (excessive defasciculation, ectopic branches exiting the main nerve and corresponding reduction in thickness of the main nerve trunk) and distal tibia (reduced defasciculation).

Expression of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR results in a significant increase in ISNb defects in the embryonic muscles, including axon pathfinding defects, bypasses and axon-positioning defects. Embryos with Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa without a GAL4 driver do not exhibit an increase in ISNb defects compared to wild type.

Expression of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4GH146 does not suppress the dendrite targeting defects seen in homozygous meigo1 projection neuron clones.

Most posterior commissural axons do not cross the midline in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background.

Expression of one copy of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B results in a relatively normal pattern of innervation of the muscles by the ISNb and SNa nerves.

Expression of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa in R-cell axons under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF induces the formation of thicker R-cell axonal bundles between lamina and medulla. In medulla, R-cell axons form large clumps.

While expression of one copy of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa, under the control of Scer\GAL4GH146, in projection neuron clones do not cause a significant effect on the innervation of glomeruli. However, two copies of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa, under the control of Scer\GAL4GH146, results in a significant dorsolateral shift of the dendritic field. Rearing flies with Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B at a permissive temperature for this transgene, suppresses the overexpression phenotype of two copies of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa.

In late third instar Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa; Scer\GAL4GMR.PF larvae, the axons of eye photoreceptor cells are hyperfasciculated - forming thick bundles in both the lamina and medulla and large clumps of terminals in the lamina plexus. This phenotype is more severe if multiple copies of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa are present.

Expression of two copies of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa in midline glial cells, under the control of Scer\GAL4P52, in a Sema-1ak13702/Sema-1ak13702 background, leads to a lack of both anterior and posterior commissures as all commissural axons fail to cross the midline. Expression of one copy of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa in this background leads to the repulsion of fewer commissural axons from the midline, so that only the posterior commissure and not the anterior commissure is missing from most segments.

When expression is driven by Scer\GAL4how-24B there are low levels of axon guidance errors in SNa, with a slightly greater effect on ISNb (around 25% hemisegments affected).

In animals expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4c17 and reared at 18oC, most of the giant fiber (GF) axons are normal in structure (83% wild type) and function (67& wild type) in the adult. When animals expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4c17 are shifted to 30oC (for 24 hours) at 37.5% of pupal development, the resulting GF axon usually lacks the bend in the resulting adult flies and physiologically all GF to tergotrochanteral motoneuron contacts show long latencies and/or following frequencies. When animals expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4c17 are shifted to 30oC (for 24 hours) at 50% of pupal development, only 38% of the GF axons in the resulting adults are wild type, with 62% having a bendless phenotype. Only 7% of the GF axons are physiologically normal. Temperature shift to 30oC (for 24 hours) of animals expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4c17 at 12.5% or 62.5% pupal development has minor effect on GF anatomy and physiology compared to non-temperature shifted controls.

When Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa is driven by Scer\GAL4l(3)H94-H94, drastically reduces the proportion of motor neurons that properly innervate muscles 6 and 13, increasing the proportion with abnormal innervation from 22% (in controls) to 49%.

Embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4l(3)H94-H94 show abnormal innervation of muscle 13 by the ISNb axons in 52.7% of segments. Embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4F63 show abnormal innervation of the muscle 6/7 cleft by the ISNb axons in 40.3% of segments.

Embryos carrying two copies of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa expressed in all muscles under the control of two copies of Scer\GAL4how-24B in a wild-type background have dramatic motor axon defects. The intersegmental nerve b branch (ISNb) has a bypass phenotype in 24% of hemisegments, including both parallel bypass events (the ISNb fails to enter the ventral muscle field and extends dorsally in close proximity to the ISN as a separate pathway) and fusion bypass events (the ISNb fails to enter the ventral muscle field and extends dorsally along the ISN). A significant number of ISNb stall events are also seen, with the ISNb stalling either between muscles 7 and 6 or between muscles 6 and 13. ISNb pathways with no synaptic arborisations between muscles 6 and 7, or aberrant synaptic arborisations between muscles 6 and 7 or on muscle 12 are also often seen. A significant number of segmental nerve a branch (SNa) stall events are seen. Embryos expressing a single copy of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of a single copy of Scer\GAL4how-24B in a wild-type background do not have significant ISNb or SNa defects. The ISNb and SNa phenotypes seen in homozygous Sema-1ak13702 embryos are enhanced if the embryos also carry a single copy of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa expressed under the control of a single copy of Scer\GAL4how-24B. In addition, SNa fusion bypass events are seen in these embryos, in which the SNa fails to enter the ventral muscle field and extends dorsally along the ISN. The first and second arborisations of the ISN are missing in some hemisegments.

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Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has eye photoreceptor cell & medulla phenotype, enhanceable by Fas2UAS.cLa

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has nerve terminal & lamina plexus phenotype, enhanceable by Fas2UAS.cLa

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has axon & eye photoreceptor cell phenotype, enhanceable by Fas2UAS.cLa

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has axon & lamina phenotype, enhanceable by Fas2UAS.cLa

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has eye photoreceptor cell & lamina phenotype, enhanceable by Fas2UAS.cLa

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has axon & medulla phenotype, enhanceable by Fas2UAS.cLa

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Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has axon & eye photoreceptor cell phenotype, non-suppressible | somatic clone by Df(3R)swp2MICAL/Df(3R)swp2MICAL

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has eye photoreceptor cell & lamina phenotype, non-suppressible | somatic clone by Df(3R)swp2MICAL/Df(3R)swp2MICAL

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has eye photoreceptor cell & medulla phenotype, non-suppressible | somatic clone by Df(3R)swp2MICAL/Df(3R)swp2MICAL

Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, Sema1aUAS.cYa has nerve terminal & lamina plexus phenotype, non-suppressible | somatic clone by Df(3R)swp2MICAL/Df(3R)swp2MICAL

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The ISNb axon pathfinding, positioning and bypass defects caused by expression of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR are significantly reduced in Gyc76CKG03723ex173/+ embryos.

The ISNb axon pathfinding, positioning and bypass defects caused by expression of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR are significantly reduced in Df(4)C3/+ embryos.

The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is significantly suppressed if the embryos are also heterozygous for either Df(4)C3, trolnull or trol8.

The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is significantly enhanced if the embryos also carry one copy of plexA+tCa.

The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is significantly enhanced if the embryos are also heterozygous for either dally80, sfl03844 or sgl08310.

Co-expression of trolEP1160 significantly enhances the commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background.

Co-expression of either trolScer\UAS.RG or trolScer\UAS.RD strongly enhances the commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background.

The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is not affected if the embryos are also heterozygous for either dlp1, Sdc10608, botv510, Ext2326 or ttv00681b.

The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is significantly enhanced if the embryos are also heterozygous for ifunspecified or mysunspecified.

The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is not affected if the embryos are also heterozygous for mewunspecified.

The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is not affected if the embryos are also doubly heterozygous for Ext2326 and ttv00681b.

Co-expression of both trolScer\UAS.RG and Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4tey-5053A results in significant RP5 neuron defasciculation defects at the final choice point between muscles 12 and 13. Targeting defects are also seen, resulting in premature bifurcations.

Expression of one copy of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B in embryos that are also heterozygous for one of nvyPDFKG1, 14-3-3εj2B10, Pka-C1DN or mys1 results in axon guidance defects in the ISNb and SNa nerves, resulting in reduced muscle innervation.

A enaGC1 background does not affect the Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa overexpression-induced hyperfasciculation phenotype.

A Rho1E3.10 background significantly enhances the Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa overexpression-induced hyperfasciculation phenotype.

The hyperfasciculation phenotype seen in the axons of eye photoreceptor cells in ate third instar Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa; Scer\GAL4GMR.PF larvae is enhanced by Fas2Scer\UAS.cLa - axons are clustered into relatively few large bundles in the lamina and medulla. This phenotype is not suppressed in Df(3R)swp2MICAL homozygous somatic clones.

Decreasing the levels of plexA via a Df(4)C3/+ background partially suppresses the lack of posterior commissure in embryos that express one copy of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52. This phenotype is also partially suppressed in a Df(3L)5126/+ background.

When expression is driven by Scer\GAL4how-24B in a heterozygous Df(2R)nvyPDFKG38 background motor axons fail to defasciculate and innervate their muscle targets.

shi1.Scer\UAS and Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa show an interaction when expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4c17; even in the absence of a temperature shift to the restrictive temperature only half the adults have anatomically normal giant fiber (GF) axons, with the remainder having either a bendless phenotype or failing to reach the target area. Only 45% of the GF axons are physiologically normal. When shi1.Scer\UAS and Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa are co-expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4c17 and animals are shifted to the restrictive temperature (for 24 hours) at 37.5% of pupal development, 44% of the GF axons in the resulting adults terminate in the thorax and are anatomically defective and most of the reamining GF axons terminate in the brain. None of the GF axons are physiologically normal in these adults. When shi1.Scer\UAS and Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa are co-expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4c17 and animals are shifted to the restrictive temperature (for 24 hours) at 50% of pupal development, most of the GF axons in the resulting adults exit the brain but the presynaptic terminals in the thorax are defective. The disrupted axon terminals are unusually large and are often filled with membrane-bound vesicles. None of the GF axons are physiologically normal in these adults. When shi1.Scer\UAS and Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa are co-expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4c17 and animals are shifted to the restrictive temperature (for 24 hours) at 62.5% of pupal development, none of the GF axons show a bend when examined immediately after the temperature shift, suggesting that all immature synapses have retracted.

The addition of otk3/+ to Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa, Scer\GAL4l(3)H94-H94 flies reduces the proportion with of motor neurons abnormally innervating to from 49% to 26%.

The abnormal innervation of muscles by the ISNb axons caused by expression of Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4l(3)H94-H94 or Scer\GAL4F63 is dominantly suppressed by Df(4)C3.

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The photoreceptor axon projection phenotype seen in the optic lobes of late third instar Sema-1ak13702/Df(2L)N22-5 larvae is largely rescued by Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa; Scer\GAL4elav-C155.

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Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa
Sema1aScer\UAS.cYa
Sema1aUAS.cYa
sema-IUAS.cYa
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae UAS construct a of Yu
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