FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Allele: Dmel\shgR69
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Dmel\shgR69
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D. melanogaster
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Deletion extending from the w gene in the P{lacW} element into the shg coding region, removing the translation start site, the signal peptide and all cadherin repeats.

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Homozygous and shgR758/shgR69 embryos show defects in the left-right asymmetry of the hindgut: left-right inversion and bilateralism phenotypes are seen at stage 14 in the mutant embryos.

The mean length of the cell boundaries at the apical hindgut epithelium is greater than normal in mutant embryos at late stage 12, early stage 13 and late stage 13.

Mutant hindgut epithelial cells do not show the left-right asymmetry in cell shape which is seen in wild-type hindgut epithelial cells at late stage 12 (before epithelial tube rotation).

Zygotic mutant embryos of shgR69 fail to maintain epithelial integrity in the ventral and head regions, and neighboring dorsal trunk branches of the trachea fail to fuse.

shgR69 mutant cell clones are not able to grow in size in the larval epithelia of imaginal discs and appear to be eliminated from the tissues.

In egg chambers in which the germ-line is homozygous for shgR69, the oocyte is misplaced, and the border cell cluster fails to migrate between the nurse cells.

shgDEΔ833-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP is incapable of rescuing the zygotic shgR69 defects in the head and ventral epidermis. However, the transgene exhibited some rescuing activity in helping form pinched fusions of the dorsal trunk branches of the trachea.

The ventral epidermis and tracheal defects of shgR69 are almost completely rescued by shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP. The head defects are not rescued by shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP and the primary defects appear to occur in the anterior terminal region before stage 11.

Stage 12 and older embryos mutant for both maternal and zygotic shgR69 that carry shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP show disorganized epidermal ectoderm, particularly in the head and ventral regions. These embryos also show defects in ventral furrow formation: the two lines of the ventral midline cells either fail to meet or only meet partially.

Apical constrictions when cell shapes change are initiated relatively normally but subsequently decelerate in maternal and zygotic shgR69 mutants carrying shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP. Catastrophic disruption of the junctional network follows the defective apical constriction in the mutant embryos.

shgR69 maternal and zygotic embryonic mutants retain only dorsal cuticle.

Septate junctions remain intact in pupal eye shgR69 MARCM clones.

shgR69 germline stem cell (GSC) clones show less contact with the germarium cap cells than wild type clones, which leads the mutant cells to be out-competed from the niche.

7-day old shgR69/+ germaria have normal numbers of germline stem cells (GSCs), but at 63-days old, these germaria have significantly lower GSC numbers and contain significantly fewer cysts than controls, while cap cells are maintained at normal numbers.

shgR69 embryos have gonadal coalescence defects.

shgR69 homozygous germline clone cells do not survive in the testis.

shgR69 mutants lack head, ventral cuticle and, to some extent, dorsal cuticle.

Approximately 6.6% of shgR69 mutants are phenotypically wild-type. The majority of shgR69 mutants (42.2%) exhibit holes in their embryonic/larval cuticle. Approximately 24.8% exhibit a dorsal cuticle only (i.e. lack ventral cuticle). Approximately 6.1% exhibit a ventral cuticle, although only in fragments. Finally, approximately 17.3% exhibit a U-shaped dorsal cuticle (a severe phenotype).

shgR69 mixed border cell clones exhibit migration defects, where border cell clusters are split; wild-type border cells migrate normally, whereas shgR69 border cells are left behind.

shgR69 mutant centripetal cells fail to migrate and eventually round up.

Primordial germ cells that are part of shgR69 somatic clones induced in the first instar larva contribute approximately the proportions of cells to the 'germline stem cell niche' at late third instar as do wild-type.

When small clones of cells homozygous for shgR69 are present in the pupal retina (40 hours after puparium formation), the membranes of mutant primary pigment cells do not adhere to neighbouring cells. However, mutant cone cells fail to adhere to primary pigment cells, but still adhere to each other.

Homozygous mutant embryos secrete only a sheet or dorsal cuticle, as the ventral epidermis is so disrupted.

Marked shgR69 somatic stem cell (SSC) clones are only induced in the adult ovary at 13% of the frequency of control clones. Two weeks after clone induction, no germaria have mutant SSC clones, but some ovarioles have mutant follicle cell patches on egg chambers. Mutant oocytes often fail to localise to the posterior end of the egg chamber. When marked shgR69 SSC clones are induced in the third larval instar, only 0.8% of the resulting adult female germaria have marked mutant follicle cell patches, in contrast to marked wild-type clones induced in the third larval instar, where 34.3% of the resulting germaria have marked follicle cell patches. shgR69 follicle cell clones are similar in size to control clones.

Mutant germline stem cells (GSCs) are lost very quickly (with a half-life of 0.8 weeks) after clone induction, so that mutant GSCs occur at a much lower frequency (10%) in germaria during the first week after clone induction compared to controls. More than 95% of mutant GSCs observed during the first week after clone induction are lost within 2 weeks. Homozygous primordial germ cells are only incorporated into 0.4% of niches in the ovary, compared to 17.3% incorporation in wild type.

Mosaic follicles in which the follicle cells are homozygous for shgR69 show a variety of defects and eventually degenerate. Many of these follicles do not show defects in the integrity of the follicle until late oogenesis. Border follicle cell clusters in which all cells are homozygous for shgR69 (in mosaic follicles) do not migrate between the nurse cells towards the oocyte. The clusters are located either near the anterior tip of the follicle or at the boundary between the first and second nurse cell. Mosaic border follicle cell clusters in which some cells are homozygous for shgR69 (containing 3-5 shg+ and 2-4 shgR69 cells) migrate between the nurse cells towards the oocyte. The shg+ cells are always found at the leading edge of the cluster. Centripetal cells show no or only rudimentary movement in stage 10b follicles that are homozygous for shgR69 in the follicle cells (but shg+ in the germline). A few shgR69 centripetal cells segregate from the follicular epithelium but remain at the periphery of the follicle. The cells do not elongate or form protrusive ends (as occurs in wild type) but take on a rounded shape. shgR69 centripetal cells fail to migrate and have a rounded shape in mosaic follicles containing both shgR69 homozygous and wild-type centripetal cells. The wild-type centripetal cells migrate between the nurse cells and oocyte in these mosaic follicles, but the cells have a shorter and bulkier morphology compared with wild-type follicles. Mosaic follicles in which the germline is homozygous for shgR69 show a variety of defects and eventually degenerate. The border cell clusters remain attached to the follicular epithelium and do not penetrate between the nurse cells in follicles in which the oocyte is normally localised. They are typically found at the boundary between the first and second nurse cell. In mosaic follicles in which the germline is homozygous for shgR69 and the oocyte is centrally localised, a border cell cluster forms at both poles of the follicle. Border cell clusters are never seen between nurse cells in these follicles, although 35% of the clusters reach the oocyte. Clusters that reach the oocyte are still in contact with the follicular epithelium. The centripetal cells fail to migrate in most mosaic follicles in which the germline is homozygous for shgR69. In those follicles in which centripetal cells penetrate between the germline cells, the morphology of the invading cells is highly abnormal and they form irregular clusters.

The oocyte is positioned abnormally in 89% of stage 1 follicles with a homozygous germline and is positioned abnormally in 68% of stage 1 follicles with a homozygous follicular epithelium. Oocyte mislocalisation is also seen in follicles that are homozygous both in the germline and soma. In mosaic follicles in which 50% or more of the follicular epithelium is homozygous for shgR69 and the oocyte is shg+, the oocyte attaches itself with high fidelity (98%) to the remaining shg+ cells. In contrast, in mosaic follicles in which 50% or more of the follicular epithelium is homozygous for shgR69 and the oocyte is homozygous for shgR69 only 39% of oocytes are attached to the shg+ follicle cells.

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shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of lethal phenotype of PatjΔ1

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of visible phenotype of RASSF86

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype of p120ctn308

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shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of embryonic epidermis phenotype of stepKG09493/stepk08110

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of head | embryonic stage phenotype of stepKG09493/stepk08110

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of wing disc phenotype of CskGD9345, Scer\GAL4ptc-559.1

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of embryonic/larval cuticle phenotype of baz4

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of eye phenotype of RASSF86

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of interommatidial cell phenotype of p120ctn308

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of interommatidial cell | pupal stage P7 | ectopic phenotype of tkv8

shg[+]/shgR69 is an enhancer of phenotype of p120ctn308

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shg[+]/shgR69 is a suppressor of wing disc phenotype of Scer\GAL4ptc-559.1, Sin3AKK100700

shg[+]/shgR69 is a suppressor of zonula adherens & disc epithelium proper phenotype of CskRNAi.UAS, Scer\GAL4ptc-559.1

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The neural invasion phenotype (neural cells from the brain invade adjacent peripheral structures such as imaginal discs) observed in AdamTS-Arnwy1/AdamTS-Arnwy2 mutant third instar larvae is not suppressed by combination with a single copy of shgR69.

Heterozygosity for shgR69 severely enhances the "head hole" phenotype of stepKG09493/stepk08110 transheterozygotes, as it results in more frequent and wider head holes, often involving merged head and dorsal holes.

A shgR69 heterozygous mutant background enhances the actin remodelling and subsequent basolateral invasion of epithelial cells seen in flies expressing CskGD9345 in a stripe of cells at the anterior/posterior boundary of the larval wing disc under the control of Scer\GAL4ptc-559.1.

The cell invasion phenotype seen when Sin3AKK100700 is strongly expressed (using a line in which the transgene has been mobilised to the third chromosome) under the control of Scer\GAL4ptc-559.1 is suppressed in a shgR69/+ background.

shgR69/+ enhances the lethality of PatjΔ1 homozygotes, with greater lethality at earlier stages. The frequency of cuticle defects seen in PatjΔ1 embryos is also enhanced by shgR69/+. Late-stage shgR69/+ ; PatjΔ1/PatjΔ1 embryos have a multilayered epidermis, many of the epidermal cells start to round up and many epidermal cells undergo apoptosis.

Clones in the developing optic lobe expressing ey1-545.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC,T:en-Rep under the control of Scer\GAL4ey-OK107 which are also mutant for shgR69 form clumps of cells at a much lower frequency than clones expressing ey1-545.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC,T:en-Rep under the control of Scer\GAL4ey-OK107 in an otherwise wild-type background.

The cuticle phenotype of dead embryos derived from baz4/+ embryos derived from a cross of baz4/+ females to wild-type males is enhanced if the females also carry one copy of shgR69.

The enlarged eye phenotype seen in RASSF86 homozygotes is enhanced by shgR69/+.

Unlike bgcn20093 germline stem cell (GSC) clones, clones carrying both bgcn20093 and shgR69 do not outcompete wild type GSCs.

The Scer\GAL4GMR.PF>cindrdsRNA.PC.PD.Scer\UAS mispatterning phenotype is enhanced in a heterozygous shgR69 background. In addition, large patches of black tissue are observed in the eyes of 68.3% of these adult flies; this is a significant enhancement of the penetrance and extent of degenerative tissue that is observed in Scer\GAL4GMR.PF>cindrdsRNA.PC.PD.Scer\UAS mutant flies (12.6%).

p120ctn308, shgR69/+ mutant pupae exhibit disruption of the hexagonal inter-ommatidial precursor cell pattern with extra cells present in double layers around bristle cells in the retina.

One copy of shgR69 strongly enhances the increase in inter-ommatidial precursor cell number seen when pyd3.dsRNA.Scer\UAS is expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF.

shgR69/+ partially suppresses the abberant arangement of inter-ommatidial cells seen in the pupal and adult retinas of In(1)rst3/Y animals.

The retinas of shgR69/+ animals at 42 hours APF have only very occasional inter-ommatidial patterning defects (the occasional extra or misplaced cell). This phenotype is dramatically enhanced in tkv8/shgR69 or shgR69/shgR69 transheterozygotes.

The wing vein thickening phenotype seen in tkvIR2.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4sd-SG29.1 adults is enhanced by shgR69/+.

shgR69/+ suppresses the loss of apical profile, delamination and subsequent migration and cell death increase seen in cells at the posterior edge of theptc expression domain in CskIR.Scer\UAS Scer\GAL4ptc-559.1 third instar larvae.

Follicle cells clones that are homozygous for both shgR69 and Df(3L)79a do not cause oocyte mislocalisation, in contrast to the 75% mislocalisation induced by follicle cells mutant for Df(3L)79a alone.

Addition of Rho1rev220 to shgR69 suppresses the shgR69 cuticular phenotype. A larger fraction of the double mutants exhibit less severe phenotypes compared to the shg<up>R69 single mutants.

When small clones of cells homozygous for shgR69 are present in the retina of CadNM19/CadNM12 pupae (40 hours after puparium formation), cone cells in the mutant clones fail to adhere to their cone cell or primary pigment cell neighbours, and some lose all apical contact with other cells. The mutant cells round up, and the remaining wild-type cone cells in mosaic ommatidia pack into configurations typical for soap bubble aggregates.

In shg-/shg+ the viability of p120ctn308 homozygotes is reduced to 20-60% of their shg+/shg+ siblings.

Heterozygosity for shgR69 results in lethality in Abl1/+ embryos derived from homozygous Abl1 female germline clones. 30% of the lethal progeny of females with homozygous Abl4 germline clones mated to shgR69/+ ; Abl4/+ males have a prominent dorsal-anterior hole.

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Expression of shg::α-Catshg.ΔCyt.Scer\UAS in follicle cells using the MARCM system and Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B fails to suppress the follicle cell sorting, loss of epithelial integrity and oocyte mispositioning phenotypes seen in shgR69/+ mutant follicle cell clones.

Expression of shg::α-Catshg.ΔCyt.Scer\UAS in wild-type egg chambers using the MARCM system and Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B leads to a very mild cell migration defect. In mixed border cell clusters, in which half of the cells are wild-type and the other half are shgR69 mutant cells expressing shg::α-Catshg.ΔCyt.Scer\UAS, mild delays in migration are seen. This is similar to the phenotype seen in border cells that are half wild-type and half shgR69 mutant. Interestingly, in the presence of shg::α-Catshg.ΔCyt.Scer\UAS, mixed shgR69/wild-type border cell clusters are never split, and all possible ratios of wild-type to mutant cells are observed.

Expression of shg::α-Catshg.ΔCyt.Scer\UAS using the MARCM system and Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B suppresses the migration defects seen in shgR69 mutant centripetal cells.

Expression of shg::Rnor\CD2::α-Catshg.ΔCyt.Scer\UAS in follicle cells using the MARCM system and Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B suppresses the follicle cell sorting, loss of epithelial integrity and oocyte mispositioning phenotypes seen in shgR69/+ mutant follicle cell clones. However, expression of shg::Rnor\CD2::α-Catshg.ΔCyt.Scer\UAS fails to fully suppress the migration defects of shg mutant border cells.

Expression of shg::α-CatScer\UAS.fl in follicle cells using the MARCM system and Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B suppresses the follicle cell sorting, loss of epithelial integrity and oocyte mispositioning phenotypes seen in shgR69/+ mutant follicle cell clones. shg::α-CatScer\UAS.fl also fully rescues the migration defects of shg mutant border cells.

Expression of shg::α-CatΔβ.Scer\UAS in follicle cells using the MARCM system and Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B suppresses the follicle cell sorting, loss of epithelial integrity and oocyte mispositioning phenotypes seen in shgR69/+ mutant follicle cell clones. In border cells, shg::α-CatΔβ.Scer\UAS expression partially rescues shg migration defects.

Knockdown of p120ctn through expression of p120ctndsRNA.700.Scer\UAS in shg::α-CatΔβ.Scer\UAS mutant border cells, under the control of Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B, does not increase the migration defects observed in shg::α-CatΔβ.Scer\UAS shgR69/+ mutant cells.

Expression of shg::Mmus\cdh1shgΔC.Scer\UAS.cPa in follicle cells using the MARCM system and Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B suppresses the follicle cell sorting, loss of epithelial integrity and oocyte mispositioning phenotypes seen in shgR69/+ mutant follicle cell clones. In border cells, shg::Mmus\cdh1shgΔC.Scer\UAS.cPa expression rescues shg migration defects.

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Expression of shgUbi-p63E.T:Avic\GFP-rs rescues the lethality of shgR69. The head, ventral epidermis and tracheal defects of shgR69 are almost completely rescued by shgUbi-p63E.T:Avic\GFP-rs.

When shgUbi-p63E.T:Avic\GFP-rs is present, shgR69 mutant cell clones are able to grow in size in the epithelia. These epithelia developed normally into adult tissues.

When shgUbi-p63E.T:Avic\GFP-rs is present in the background, egg chambers containing shgR69 mutant germ-line clones show normal development.

Cellularization occurs normally in embryos mutant for both maternal and zygotic shgR69 that carry shgUbi-p63E.T:Avic\GFP-rs. Similarly, in the presence of shgUbi-p63E.T:Avic\GFP-rs, posterior invagination occurs normally, and the ectoderm initiates extension and maintains epithelial integrity in embryos mutant for both maternal and zygotic shgR69.

The ventral epidermis and tracheal defects of shgR69 are almost completely rescued by shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP. The head defects are not rescued by shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP and the primary defects appear to occur in the anterior terminal region before stage 11.

When shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP is present, shgR69 mutant cell clones are able to grow in size in the epithelia. These epithelia developed normally into adult tissues.

When shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP is present in the background, egg chambers containing shgR69 mutant germ-line clones show normal development.

Cellularization occurs normally in embryos mutant for both maternal and zygotic shgR69 that carry shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP. Similarly, in the presence of shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP, posterior invagination occurs normally, and the ectoderm initiates extension and maintains epithelial integrity in embryos mutant for both maternal and zygotic shgR69. However, ectopic furrows transiently appear and the extension is slightly affected, presumably because of failure in mesoderm invagination.

shgDEΔ833-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP is incapable of rescuing the zygotic shgR69 defects in the head and ventral epidermis. However, the transgene exhibited some rescuing activity in helping form pinched fusions of the dorsal trunk branches of the trachea.

shgmNcGSP.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP can rescue the lethality of of shgR69. The rescued embryos show normal ventral furrow and the ventral midline cells meet entirely.

Stage 12 and older embryos mutant for both maternal and zygotic shgR69 that carry shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP show disorganized epidermal ectoderm, particularly in the head and ventral regions. These embryos also show defects in ventral furrow formation: the two lines of the ventral midline cells either fail to meet or only meet partially.

Apical constrictions when cell shapes change are initiated relatively normally but subsequently decelerate in maternal and zygotic shgR69 mutants carrying shgDEΔ734-1316.Ubi.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP. Catastrophic disruption of the junctional network follows the defective apical constriction in the mutant embryos.

Expression of the shgαTub84B.PP transgene largely rescues the gonadal coalescence defects of shgR69 embryos.

Expression of shgScer\UAS.cSa under the control of Scer\GAL4Scer\FRT.Rnor\CD2.αTub84B suppresses the follicle cell sorting, loss of epithelial integrity and oocyte mis-positioning phenotypes seen in shgR69 mutant follicle cell clones.

The presence of shgΔJM.αTub84B.PP fully rescues the border cell migration defects found in shgR69 mutants. shgΔJM.αTub84B.PP also rescues all other shgR69 phenotypes during oogenesis as well as lethality caused by the absence of endogenous shg in the embryo.

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